The 2022 Emmy Nominations Are Out, And That’s “Emmy-Nominated Actress Jennifer Coolidge” To You!

If you’re a Jennifer Coolidge fan, then this news no doubt has you craving a celebratory hot dog real bad. Because the 2022 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced earlier today, and many, many first-time nominees heard their names called by Melissa Fumero and JB Smoove, who announced the nominees during today’s virtual ceremony. Like the effervescent acting powerhouse Jennifer Coolidge, who I would have assumed had already EGOT’ed at least three times by now, but surprisingly has not even come close. But she’s at least an E closer to such a distinction with her first Emmy nomination today, for her work in The White Lotus (it’s a good thing she didn’t let her pizza depression prevent her from accepting that gig). And alongside the usual suspects (Mr. Lasso and Madam Maisel), a number of records were made today too.

Much like last year, the nominating committee wasn’t able to hone down their nominations to the usual tight five that’s typical of Emmy categories. The acting categories have six nominees, and when it comes to series nominations, the categories are stacked and stuffed like a Cheesecake Factory breadbasket (with all brown bread too!). Of course Succession found itself with the most nominations (25 across the board), which was followed by Ted Lasso and The White Lotus (both with 20 nominations), and Hacks and Only Murders in the Building (both with 17 noms). Then Euphoria, a show that received the second-most drama nominations of the day (16). Several of which went to Zendaya, who made history once again. 25-year-old Zendaya is now the youngest-ever two-time acting nominee, and the youngest producer nominated (Euphoria, of which Zendaya is a producer on, was nominated for Best Drama Series).

Also in the history-making club is Quinta Brunson, who created, writes for, and stars in the Best Comedy Series-nominated Abbott Elementary. According to Variety, Quinta is the first Black woman to receive three comedy nominations in one year (Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and Writing for a Comedy Series). And according to me, history was also broken when I yelled “Yes, bitch” at the news that both Janelle James and capital-I icon Sheryl Lee Ralph both received their first nominations ever, both appearing in the category of Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for Abbott. Much like Jennifer Coolidge, I was shocked to learn that Sheryl Lee Ralph had never been nominated for an Emmy before, and clearly, she’s thrilled:

with over 50 years of being in this thing we call showbusiness, today my mother became an Emmy nominated actress. i’m so proud of @thesherylralph. I’m so glad I could be here in Jamaica with you for this moment. (excuse the mess in the video, we’re remodeling our bathroom lol) pic.twitter.com/kzQBepvPHH

— Your Friend’s Friend (@walkgoodetienne) July 12, 2022

Rounding out the rest of the nominations were the not-surprising nominations for Squid Game and multi-winners Barry and Ozark. Also, the Emmy nomination committee must have also thought that the 90s cosplay was convincing enough to reclassify Pam & Tommy from a goofy Lifetime-level parody to a legitimate miniseries, because it received 10 nominations, including nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress. And to the surprise of no one, Amanda Seyfried’s insanely weird portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout got Amanda an acting nomination as well.

And if you’re the type who gets rattled and reckless about snubs, then you have multiple reasons to be mad today. Zero acting nominations for the cast of Stranger Things (just series nominations). Nothing for The Righteous Gemstones. 17 nominations for Only Murders in the Building and not one for Selena Gomez. And yes, Murray Bartlett was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Limited or Anthology Series for his work on The White Lotus, but what about acknowledging the work of his best co-star, that CGI poo that he dropped in Jake Lacy’s luggage? The audacity of such a snub.

Here is a condensed list of the nominees you’ll see on Emmy night, September 12, 2022.

DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Euphoria
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Succession
Yellowjackets

COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
Barry
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
What We Do in the Shadows

LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Dopesick
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
Pam & Tommy
The White Lotus

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Zendaya, Euphoria

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance
Jeremy Strong, Succession

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Jean Smart, Hacks

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR ANTHOLOGY
Toni Collette, The Staircase
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
Lily James, Pam & Tommy
Sarah Paulson, Impeachment: American Crime Story
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR ANTHOLOGY
Colin Firth, The Staircase
Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven
Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage
Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Julia Garner, Ozark
Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
Sarah Snook, Succession
Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Park Hae-soo, Squid Game
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
John Turturro, Severance
Christopher Walken, Severance
Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Hope Davis, Succession
Marcia Gay Harden, The Morning Show
Martha Kelly, Euphoria
Sanaa Lathan, Succession
Harriet Walter, Succession
Lee You-mi, Squid Game

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Adrien Brody, Succession
James Cromwell, Succession
Colton Domingo, Euphoria
Arian Moayed, Succession
Tom Pelphrey, Ozark
Alexander Skarsgard, Succession

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler, Barry
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Adams, Hacks
Harriet Sansom Harris, Hacks
Jane Lynch, Only Murders in the Building
Laurie Metcalf, Hacks
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Harriet Walter, Ted Lasso

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jerrod Carmichael, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Curb Your Enthusiasm
James Lance, Ted Lasso
Nathan Lane, Only Murders in the Building
Christopher McDonald, Hacks
Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR MOVIE
Connie Britton, The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus
Mare Winningham, Dopesick

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR MOVIE
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Jake Lacy, The White Lotus
Will Poulter, Dopesick
Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy
Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick
Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick
Steve Zahn, The White Lotus

HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITON PROGRAM
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Making It
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Pic: HBO