drama series Succession HBO, which follows the torments of a powerful family whose members conspire and destroy each other, came to the fore on Tuesday in the race for the Emmy Awards, equivalent to the Oscars of American television, with 25 nominations in total.

Winner in 2020, Succession will face in particular the South Korean series squid gamethe worldwide success of Netflix, which made history as the first non-English language production to compete for the Emmy Awards in the category of flagship drama series.

Netflix’s most-watched series to date features hundreds of characters from South Korea’s most marginalized underclasses competing in children’s games like “one, two, three, sun” to win a huge sum of money, at the risk of be killed.

A “record” number of applications

The competition promises to be close heading into the trophy ceremony on September 12 with the heavyweights confirmed as Strange things, ozarks Y Better call Saul.

After the sanitary restrictions that forced Hollywood to close its sets during the pandemic, productions return to “a historic level” and the Academy Emmy Awards “received a record number of nominations 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 starring an American football coach who parachutes into an English soccer team will remarkably confront him The fabulous Mrs. Maisel Y barry.

It will also be taken into account hacks Y Only murders in the building who received 17 nominations each for this 74th edition.

For the miniseries, it’s the white lotus (HBO), a satire on the hypocrisy and superficiality among wealthy guests at a luxury hotel in Hawaii, which also stands out with 20 nominations.

Zendaya, Andrew Garfield, Sandra Oh Nominees

The main actor of squid gameLee Jung-jae, competes in the drama series category, along with the stars of SuccessionBrian Cox and Jeremy Strong.

Among the actresses, the young Zendaya, pampered by Hollywood for a few years and already crowned at the Emmys in 2020 for Euphoriais again well placed to win, with Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh (killing eve) as well as Reese Witherspoon, luckier than her co-star from the morning show Jennifer Aniston who did not qualify.

Another disappointment, the absence of Selena Gomez for Only murders in the buildingcomedy series that, however, will be represented by his male colleagues Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Among the stars snubbed Tuesday, Hollywood political watchers also noted the absence from the miniseries category of Julia Roberts (gas light) and Jessica Chastain (scenes of a marriage), in favor of less established actresses, such as Amanda Seyfried (abandonment) and Julia Garner (inventing ana).

Colin Firth (stairs), Andrew Garfield (Under the banner of heaven), Oscar Isaac (scenes of a marriage) and Michael Keaton (fool) have passed the nominations and will compete on September 12 for the Emmy Award for best actor in a miniseries.

In total, it is the HBO channel and its video-on-demand platform HBO Max that gain points during this nomination session, with 130 candidates compared to only 105 for its great competitor Netflix.