The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2023 Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES — Emmy nominations arrived Wednesday, and with 2,428 performers vying for voters’ attention, the free-for-all to earn a place at the table sometimes gave off the same desperate vibes as that “Succession” finale board vote on the GoJo merger.
Was anyone promised a nomination when they were 7 years old at the Candy Kitchen in Bridgehampton, New York? We can’t say for sure, but maybe a nominee will come clean before the awards are handed out on Sept. 18 — provided labor unrest doesn’t postpone or outright cancel the show.
Even with the usual deluge of submissions, the nominations managed to deliver a fair number of surprises, pleasant and otherwise. And there were omissions, which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we’ll call “snubs,” though, again, with this kind of volume, it’s not like voters were actively shunning anyone. (Really, if anyone connected with this superlative season
