“I would never have thought in a million years
that playing a witch in a Marvel show would
lead to this. It’s like a dream,” said “WandaVision”
co-star Kathryn Hahn. The show’s total of 23
nominations was especially sweet.
“I’m so moved that the whole of it has been
recognized,” Hahn said. “It was incredibly
difficult. It was a hard, hard shoot. But ... the
experience of making this meant so much to me
and it was so unexpectedly deep.”
The nominations haul by Disney+, which
launched in late 2019, was impressive, but the
triumph of streaming was predictable, said Eric
Deggans, TV critic for National Public Radio.
“Disney+ came out of nowhere and got the
third-most nominations of any platform at
- ... We’re a point now where this is this is
increasingly becoming a streamers’ game and
the Emmy nominations reflect it,” Deggans said.
HBO and streaming service HBO Max edged into
lead with 130 total nominations, with Netflix
close on its heels with 129.
The frontrunner on the comedy side is the good-
hearted “Ted Lasso,” about a middling American
football coach imported to England to handle
a soccer team. The Apple TV+ series received
20 nominations, including for top comedy, star
Jason Sudeikis and six cast members.
“Hacks,” starring Jean Smart as a stand-up
comedian who resists getting aged out of Las
Vegas and life, was next with 15 nods, including
a lead actor award for Smart and a supporting
bid for Hannah Einbinder.
Smart, who some have said is enjoying a career
“Jeannaisance,” earned a second nomination for