Baby Reindeer or Ripley? Stars gear up for Emmy Awards

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Getty Images Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd unneurotic connected the reddish carpet astatine the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards successful London

Stars of Baby Reindeer, The Bear and The Crown are among those gearing up for the Emmys, the tv industry's astir prestigious awards ceremony.

Ripley, Shogun, Abbott Elementary, Slow Horses, 3 Body Problem and Only Murders successful the Building are among the different shows competing for the apical prizes successful Los Angeles.

Big names successful the moving for acting honours see Idris Elba, Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Robert Downey Jr.

Sunday's lawsuit comes conscionable 8 months aft the past Emmys ceremony, which was delayed from its accustomed September slot to this January due to the fact that of the Hollywood strikes.

Who is hosting the Emmys?

Getty Images Eugene Levy and Dan Levy talk onstage during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards astatine The Shrine Auditorium connected January 19, 2020 successful Los Angeles, California

This year's hosts are Canadian father-and-son duo Eugene Levy and Dan Levy.

The brace are champion known for starring unneurotic successful and creating Schitt's Creek, the sitcom that blew up during the archetypal Covid lockdown and dominated the 2020 Emmy Awards.

Before that, dada Eugene, 77, had a agelong and palmy vocation successful movie and television, with roles successful American Pie and For Your Consideration, portion Dan, 41, has appeared successful Sex Education, Modern Family and Netflix movie Good Grief.

"For 2 Canadians who won our Emmys successful a literal quarantine tent, the thought of being asked to big this twelvemonth successful an existent theatre was inducement enough," the brace said successful a statement. "We’re thrilled to beryllium capable to rise a solid to this bonzer play of television."

Elsewhere, Selena Gomez, Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, Jimmy Kimmel, Christine Baranski, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Steve Martin volition each contiguous idiosyncratic awards.

It looks similar immoderate benignant of West Wing reunion could beryllium connected the cards too, arsenic Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Jimmy Smits, Dulé Hill and Janel Moloney are each listed connected the class presenters' list.

A Happy Days reunion is besides likely, with Ron Howard and Henry Winkler both acceptable to look arsenic the amusement celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Which TV shows are nominated?

Getty Images Imelda Staunton attends "The Crown" Finale Celebration astatine The Royal Festival Hall connected December 05, 2023 successful London, England

The Emmys divided their nominations into 3 categories - comedy, drama and limited series.

Traditionally, the astir prestigious class of the nighttime is champion play bid - and the aforesaid shows often triumph twelvemonth aft year.

Seven of the past 9 years person seen either Succession oregon Game of Thrones instrumentality the apical Emmy. But present some person ended, the tract is unfastened for a imaginable newcomer to instrumentality their place.

This year's champion play nominees are 3 Body Problem, The Morning Show, Fallout, Shogun, The Gilded Age, Slow Horses and Mr and Mrs Smith, alongside different erstwhile winner, The Crown.

Getty Images Andrew Scott attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix's "Ripley" astatine The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood connected April 03, 2024 successful Los Angeles, California

Arguably the astir absorbing class this twelvemonth is champion constricted series, wherever Baby Reindeer leads the field.

Scottish comedian Richard Gadd's relationship of being stalked by a pistillate for respective years, and being sexually abused by a antheral TV manufacture figure, has been the astir talked astir amusement of the year.

But the real-life pistillate who allegedly inspired the stalker quality is suing Netflix for defamation, negligence and privateness violations. Could that instrumentality immoderate of the radiance disconnected the amusement and outgo it votes astatine the Emmys?

Baby Reindeer's competitors for champion constricted bid are Fargo, Lessons successful Chemistry, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country.

Getty Images Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White holding up their Emmy trophies, 15 January 2024

Meanwhile, nominees successful the drama categories see Hacks, Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Palm Royale, What We Do successful the Shadows and Only Murders successful the Building.

However, the drama categories are apt to beryllium dominated by The Bear, thing which is successful itself arguable due to the fact that galore radical deliberation the amusement isn't a drama and shouldn't beryllium competing there.

Far beryllium it from america to speculate astir wherefore this amusement is submitted arsenic a drama - but immoderate radical mightiness wonderment if it's due to the fact that this class is simply a small easier to win, with little superior contention than successful drama.

Having said that, the 3rd play of The Bear has not been arsenic acclaimed by critics oregon loved by fans arsenic the archetypal two, truthful there's nary warrant it volition people arsenic galore wins arsenic its earlier seasons did.

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As usual, the main ceremonial is taking spot a week aft the Creative Arts Emmys, which saw Dick Van Dyke and Jamie Lee Curtis among the winners.