The series, which depicts the rivalries within a powerful family, will face for the best drama series other heavyweights like “Squid Game”, “Stranger Things”, “Ozark” and “Better Call Saul”.
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Series Succession from HBO came out on top on Tuesday, July 12, in the race for the Emmy Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars for American television, with 25 nominations in total. The series follows the horrors of a powerful family whose members plot and tear each other apart. The competition promises to be tight for best drama series ahead of the awards ceremony on September 12 with heavyweights confirmed as Stranger Things, ozark and Better Call Saul.
Winner in 2020, Succession will also face the South Korean series Squid Game, a dark and violent denunciation of the excesses of capitalism which has gone down in history as the first production in a language other than English to compete in the flagship category of drama series. The Netflix series features hundreds of characters in South Korea, taking part in children’s games like “one, two, three, sun” to win a huge sum of money, or risk being killed.
After the health restrictions that had forced Hollywood to close its film sets during the pandemic, productions are back to “a historic level” and the Academy Emmy Awards “received a record number of applications this season”said its director, Frank Scherma.
Comedy side, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+), winner last year, is in pole position with 20 nominations. The series featuring an American football coach parachuted into an English football team will notably face it The Fabulous Mrs. Maisel and barry. It will also take into account hacks and Only Murders in the Building who each received 17 nominations for this 74th edition.