I'm far from the only one that thinks HBO's The Last of Us is the best video game adaptation ever, but that didn't necessarily mean the series would get the recognition it deserves by being showered with some of the biggest awards and nominations. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be a problem.
The Emmy nominations have now been revealed, and The Last of Us has 24 nominees. One of the main reasons for all of these is that Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and a bunch of supporting actors did an astounding job. Just look at the "Guest Actor" and "Guest Actress" categories.
That's obviously not the only show I adore being recognised, as Andor, Barry, Beef and Better Call Saul have also made sure that Succession will get some great competition on the 18th of September American time. Here are the nominees in the "less technical" categories:
Drama series
Andor
Better Call Saul
The Crown
House of the Dragon
The Last of Us
Succession
The White Lotus
Yellowjackets
Comedy series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Jury Duty
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Wednesday
Limited series
Beef
Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daisy Jones & the Six
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lead actor in a drama series
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
Lead actress in a drama series
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)
Supporting actor in a drama series
Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)
Alan Ruck (Succession)
F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Theo James (The White Lotus)
Will Sharpe (The White Lotus)
Supporting actress in a drama series
Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus)
Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus)
Guest actor in a drama series
Arian Moayed (Succession)
James Cromwell (Succession)
Keivonn Montreal Woodard (The Last of Us)
Lamar Johnson (The Last of Us)
Murray Bartlett (The Last of Us)
Nick Offerman (The Last of Us)
Guest actress in a drama series
Anna Torv (The Last of Us)
Cherry Jones (Succession)
Harriet Walter (Succession)
Hiam Abbass (Succession)
Melanie Lynskey (The Last of Us)
Storm Reid (The Last of Us)
Lead actor in a comedy series
Bill Hader (Barry)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Lead actress in a comedy series
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
James Marsden (Jury Duty)
Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Guest actor in a comedy series
Jon Bernthal (The Bear)
Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Nathan Lane (Only Murders In The Building)
Oliver Platt (The Bear)
Pedro Pascal (Saturday Night Live)
Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso)
Guest actress in a comedy series
Becky Ann Baker (Ted Lasso)
Harriet Walter (Ted Lasso)
Judith Light (Poker Face)
Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso)
Taraji P. Henson (Abbott Elementary)
Quinta Brunson (Saturday Night Live)
Lead actor in a limited series or movie
Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
Evan Peters (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Kumail Nanjiani (Welcome to Chippendales)
Michael Shannon (George & Tammy)
Steven Yeun (Beef)
Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
Lead actress in a limited series or movie
Ali Wong (Beef)
Dominique Fishback (Swarm)
Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things)
Lizzy Caplan (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six)
Supporting actor in a limited series or movie
Jesse Plemons (Love & Death)
Joseph Lee (Beef)
Murray Bartlett (Welcome to Chippendales)
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Ray Liotta (Black Bird)
Richard Jenkins (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Young Mazino (Beef)
Supporting actress in a limited series or movie
Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales)
Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six)
Claire Danes (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
Juliette Lewis (Welcome to Chippendales)
Maria Bello (Beef)
Merritt Wever "(Tiny Beautiful Things)
Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Variety Talk series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Problem With Jon Stewart
Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Voice
You can find all of the categories here.
Who do you think deserve to win and who got snubbed?