Karl Urban in Amazon series The Boys. Photo / Supplied
Karl Urban in Amazon series The Boys. Photo / Supplied
A show starring Kiwi actors is among the television shows up for Emmy awards.
The show follows a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their powers. The show is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
In addition, The Boys is up for best sound mixing, best visual effects, and best original music and lyrics.
Karl Urban plays Billy Butcher in the Amazon Original series, and Anthony Starr plays Homelander.
Netflix's latest season of British royal drama The Crown and Star Wars television series The Mandalorian on Disney+ topped this year's nominations with 24 nods each.
The two shows dominated the drama category, while fellow Disney+ series WandaVision scored the most limited series nods with 23, and Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso landed 20 for its debut season.
Hulu's dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale scored 21 nods as did Emmys perennial Saturday Night Live, which extended its all-time record number of nominations to 306.
The 73rd Emmy Awards – the small-screen equivalent of the Oscars – will be handed out at a live, in-person ceremony in Los Angeles broadcast by CBS on September 19.
Michaela Coel's blistering series I May Destroy You has proved to be a hit with Television Academy voters, picking up nine nominations after being snubbed at the Golden Globes.
SNUBS
• While WandaVision got a lot of love, Marvel's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was left out in the cold except for a nomination for Don Cheadle and several technical noms.
• Pedro Pascal apparently didn't take his helmet off for long enough to be among The Mandalorian's Emmy nominations.
• Ethan Hawke has been nominated for almost every award but an Emmy despite his brilliant work in The Good Lord Bird.
Paul Bettany as Vision and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' WandaVision. Photo / Disney +
• The Handmaid's Tale cast will be celebrating with so many receiving nominations, except for its resident villain Joseph Fiennes.
• Kim's Convenience did not get a look in for its final season, not even Appa aka Paul Sun-Hyung Lee.
• Alec Baldwin was again nominated for his portrayal of Donald Trump, but Brendan Gleeson was shut out despite his uncanny portrayal or the former president in The Comey Rule.
SURPRISES
• Aidy Bryant managed to score two Emmy nominations, one for SNL and a second for her comedy series Shrill. Fellow SNL castmate Kenan Thompson also managed to score two nominations with the Academy recognising his work on SNL and his self-titled sitcom, Kenan.
• Ewan McGregor was brilliant in Halston but was only a 50-50 chance to get a nomination given the series wasn't universally loved.
• Cobra Kai – The Netflix streamer spin-off from the Karate Kid film franchise kicked down the Emmy door.
Michaela Coel is the creator, writer, star and executive producer of I May Destroy You, a series based on her own experiences of sexual assault. Photo / Supplied
