This Year’s Biggest Emmy Nomination Snubs

This year’s Emmy nominations are in, and the list includes a boatload of recognition for HBO hits Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us — as well as the final season of the Apple TV+ phenom Ted Lasso, which lassoed 21 nominations for itself. Legends Norman Lear, 100, Mel Brooks, 97, Carol Burnett, 90, all landed nominations — as did former President Barack Obama, 61, for narrating the Netflix documentary Working: What We Do All Day.

Although the Television Academy did an admirable job of spreading the wealth, there were some notable snubs from the list of nominees. (Winners are due to be announced Sept. 18, though the ceremony may be postponed due to the strike by Hollywood writers and a likely walkout by actors.)

Here’s a look at some of the biggest names who were tragically overlooked by Emmy voters.

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Steve Martin, 77, Only Murders in the Building

The comedian and his costar Martin Short, 73, both scored nominations last year for the first season of the Hulu mystery-comedy, set in an intrigue-heavy apartment building in Manhattan. But this year, only Short snagged a nomination, leaving Martin (as well as 30-year-old fellow lead Selena Gomez) out in the cold. This is a puzzling omission given Martin’s status in the industry — and the fact that he and Short share virtually equal screen time on the show.

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Kevin Costner, 68, Yellowstone

Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western drama has been a ratings smash for the Paramount Network, but it continues to get the cold shoulder from the TV Academy. Costner, who’s expected to exit after the upcoming batch of six episodes remaining in Season 5, has been one of the chief draws as modern-day Montana rancher John Dutton III — and even won the Golden Globe this year. But Emmy voters don’t seem to be roped in despite the show’s popularity (12 million viewers for last fall’s Season 5 premiere within the first 24 hours) and Costner’s solid, gravel-voiced performance.

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Helen Mirren, 77, 1923

When Sheridan launched the Yellowstone prequel series 1923, he shrewdly cast Oscar and four-time Emmy winner Helen Mirren as the great-great-aunt of Costner’s modern-day rancher. Though critics praised her performance as a world-weary (and Irish-accented) rancher’s wife, Emmy voters were not impressed.