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Disney, HBO edge out Netflix in Emmy nominations

13 July 2021
 Dan Ackermann

HBO and HBO Max led all Hollywood studios with 130 nominations for the 73rd annual Emmy awards, the Television Academy said Tuesday. If you add up the nominations for networks owned by Disney, including Disney+, Hulu, FX, Nat Geo, ABC, the company topped HBO and HBO Max with 146 nominations.

Why it matters: It's an important milestone for both companies, which are now competing with several tech giants for TV eyeballs, including Netflix, Apple and Amazon. Netflix took home 129 nominations.

The big picture: With a huge number of Emmys nominations going to streaming shows this year, it's safe to say that streaming television has officially started to edge out traditional TV series when it comes to awards.

By the numbers: Several HBO shows took home a number of nominations, including "Hacks," "Mare of Easttown," "The Flight Attendant," "Lovecraft Country," and "I May Destroy You," per Variety.

  • Following HBO and Netflix, Disney+ received 71 nominations, thanks in large part to its hit series "The Mandalorian," which tied with Netflix's "The Queen" for the most nominations for a series. Disney's "WandaVision" came in a close second with 23 nominations.
  • NBCUniversal did well for a broadcast network, pulling in 46 nominations, with about half going to "Saturday Night Live." Its broadcast rival, CBS, received 26 nominations, mostly for its special programming, like the Super Bowl.
  • Apple TV+ received 34 nominations, with most going to its soccer comedy, "Ted Lasso." Hulu brought in 25, mostly for the "Handmaid's Tale." Amazon Prime Video took home 18 nominations.

Between the lines: There were also some notable "firsts" this year.

  • "Pose" star Mj Rodriguez became the first trans actress to get a nomination in a leading acting category. She was nominated for best actress in a drama series.
  • Both Apple and HBO Max earned their first nominations in the Best Comedy category, per Engadget.

Flashback: HBO's "Watchmen" leads 2020 Emmy nominations with 26

Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times

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Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.

Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.

The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.

  • The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.

What the transcripts say:

  • Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
  • The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
  • Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."

Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.