\nApple scores a historic 89 nominations across 15 programs for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, and leads as the network with the most nominations in the Best Drama and Best Comedy series categories, respectively, earning top program nominations for comedies Widow\u2019s Bay<\/i>, Shrinking<\/i>, and Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles,<\/i> alongside dramas Pluribus<\/i>, Slow Horses<\/i>, and Your Friends & Neighbors<\/i>. Apple\u2019s breakout comedy sensation Widow\u2019s Bay<\/i> leads as one of this year\u2019s most-nominated programs with 19 nominations in total, and Pluribus<\/i> lands 18 nominations following its global hit freshman season, as celebrated Apple Original Shrinking<\/i> lands 10 nominations, Slow Horses<\/i> is recognized with nine nominations, and Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/i> scores eight nominations in total.<\/p>\n
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260708132065\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n Apple\u2019s breakout comedy sensation Widow\u2019s Bay leads as one of this year\u2019s most-nominated programs with 19 nominations in total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \nThis year\u2019s record-breaking nominations follow Apple TV sweeping last year\u2019s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards as the network led with The Studio<\/i> becoming the most-winning freshman comedy in Emmy history, and Severance<\/i> leading as the year\u2019s most-winning drama. Nominations for the 78th Emmy Awards were announced today by the Television Academy, and the winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on September 14.<\/p>\n \n\u201cGreat stories have the ability to entertain, surprise, and bring people together, and these unprecedented nominations recognize shows that have done exactly that,\u201d said Matt Cherniss, Apple TV\u2019s head of programming. \u201cWe are in awe of the world-class storytellers we have the opportunity to collaborate with every day and are deeply grateful to the Television Academy for celebrating them. Congratulations to all of this year\u2019s nominees whose brilliant work has connected with viewers everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \nOn the heels of its broadly acclaimed first season,\u00a0Widow\u2019s Bay<\/i>\u00a0earns a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, along with six acting category nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor for star and executive producer Matthew Rhys; Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations for Kate O\u2019Flynn, Dale Dickey, and Stephen Root; as well as Outstanding Guest Actor nominations for Hamish Linklater and Betty Gilpin. The series also scores nominations for Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, and Outstanding Editing.<\/p>\n \nAs one of this year\u2019s most-nominated programs, Pluribus<\/i> is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, along with nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing for creator Vince Gilligan, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for star Rhea Seehorn, as well as Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations for Karolina Wydra and Carlos-Manuel Vesga, and Outstanding Guest Actor nods for Jeff Hiller and Miriam Shor.<\/p>\n \nOutstanding Comedy Series nominee Shrinking<\/i> lands 10 nominations in total, including Best Actor (Jason Segel), along with Best Supporting Actor nods for Harrison Ford and Michael Urie, an Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for Jessica Williams, and Outstanding Guest Actor nominations for Brett Goldstein and Michael J. Fox, who lands his first acting nomination in over a decade.<\/p>\n \nApple\u2019s acclaimed comedy Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/i> makes its Emmy debut with eight nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy for star and executive producer Elle Fanning, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for star and executive producer Michelle Pfeiffer, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Nick Offerman.<\/p>\n \nEmmy Award-winning drama Slow Horses<\/i> scores its third consecutive nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for its acclaimed fifth season, with nine total nominations, and Apple\u2019s hit original drama Your Friends & Neighbors<\/i> scores its first-ever nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for its second season.<\/p>\n \nOn the nonfiction side, Apple\u2019s documentary event Mr. Scorsese<\/i> scores top nominations including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary\/Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program. Plus, following its third season, The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy<\/i> lands its second nomination for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, along with a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.<\/p>\n \nApple Original Murderbot<\/i> also makes its Emmy debut with three nominations in total, and Palm Royale<\/i>, The Morning Show<\/i>, Foundation<\/i>, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/i>, and Smoke <\/i>are also recognized with nominations.<\/p>\n \nTo date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have been honored with 850 wins and 3,734 award nominations, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies The Studio<\/i> and Ted Lasso<\/i>; global cultural phenomenon Severance<\/i>; Apple\u2019s most-viewed drama, Pluribus<\/i>; Academy Award Best Picture winner CODA<\/i>; and Academy Award winner F1<\/i>, the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.<\/p>\n \nIn total, Apple scored 89 Emmy Award nominations, including:<\/p>\n Widow\u2019s Bay<\/b><\/i> (19)<\/b><\/p>\n Pluribus<\/b><\/i> (18)<\/b><\/p>\n Shrinking (10)<\/b><\/p>\n Slow Horses<\/b><\/i> (9)<\/b><\/p>\n Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles <\/b><\/i>(8)<\/b><\/p>\n Palm Royale<\/b><\/i> (8)<\/b><\/p>\n Murderbot<\/b><\/i> (3)<\/b><\/p>\n Mr. Scorsese<\/b><\/i> (3)<\/b><\/p>\n The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy<\/b><\/i> (2)<\/b><\/p>\n Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age<\/b><\/i> (2)<\/b><\/p>\n Your Friends & Neighbors<\/b><\/i> (1)<\/b><\/p>\n The Morning Show<\/b><\/i> (1)<\/b><\/p>\n Foundation<\/b><\/i> (1)<\/b><\/p>\n Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/b><\/i> (1)<\/b><\/p>\n Smoke<\/b><\/i> (1)<\/b><\/p>\n Nominees for Outstanding Commercial (2)<\/b><\/p>\n Pluribus<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nHailing from creator Vince Gilligan, Pluribus is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.<\/p>\n Slow Horses<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nThis darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Academy Award winner Sir Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world\u2019s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.<\/p>\n Your Friends & Neighbors<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nAfter being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager still grappling with his recent divorce resorts to stealing from his neighbors\u2019 homes in the exceedingly affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets and affairs hidden behind those wealthy facades might be more dangerous than he ever imagined.<\/p>\n The Morning Show<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nSeason Four of The Morning Show<\/i> opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of Season Three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives, and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate cover-ups \u2014 who can you trust? And how can you know what\u2019s actually real? Along with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the star-studded Season Four ensemble cast includes Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook, and returning fan favorite Jon Hamm.<\/p>\n Widow\u2019s Bay<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Widow\u2019s Bay<\/i> is a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There\u2019s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don\u2019t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: Tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true, start happening again. Widow\u2019s Bay<\/i> blends genuine horror with character-driven comedy.<\/p>\n Shrinking<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Shrinking<\/i> follows a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people\u2019s lives\u2026 including his own.<\/p>\n Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/i> is a bold, heartwarming, and comedic family drama following recent college dropout and aspiring writer Margo (Elle Fanning), the daughter of an ex-Hooters waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Nick Offerman), as she\u2019s forced to make her way with a new baby, a mounting pile of bills, and a dwindling amount of ways to pay them.<\/p>\n Palm Royale<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Palm Royale<\/i> is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale<\/i> asks the same question that still baffles us today: \u201cHow much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?\u201d Set during the powder keg year of 1969, Palm Royale<\/i> is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.<\/p>\n Murderbot<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nBased on Martha Wells\u2019 bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series, Murderbot<\/i> is a sci-fi thriller\/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.<\/p>\n Foundation<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nBased on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, Foundation<\/i> chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.<\/p>\n Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nSeason One of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/i> tracks two siblings looking to uncover their family\u2019s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later, where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.<\/p>\n \nSeason Two will pick up with the fate of Monarch \u2014 and the world \u2014 hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong\u2019s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend, and foe \u2014 all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon.<\/p>\n Smoke<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nInspired by true events, Smoke<\/i> follows a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.<\/p>\n Mr. Scorsese<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Mr. Scorsese<\/i> is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese\u2019s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks, and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris, and close childhood friends. From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, Mr. Scorsese<\/i> examines how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.<\/p>\n The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \nAfter confronting his fears and stepping outside his comfort zone in the first two seasons, Levy is inching closer to becoming an avid traveler. But before he can claim that title, he\u2019s discovering what the \u201cultimate travel bucket list\u201d is all about, and he gets a little help from a very special guest, the Prince of Wales. This season, Levy is also joined by a few famously familiar faces \u2014 including multiplatinum superstar and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bubl\u00e9; Levy\u2019s daughter, Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/i> and SurrealEstate<\/i> star Sarah Levy; NOWZ, one of the newest K-pop boy bands; and Rahul Dravid, former Indian cricketer known as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. This season takes him to Austria, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States, each stop bringing a new opportunity to broaden his perspective \u2014 and test his resolve. Additional guests and local guides this season include Eric Nam, a Korean American singer, songwriter and actor in South Korea, and Jofra Archer, a fast bowler who plays for the England cricket team, among many others who join Levy at different stops on his journey.<\/p>\n Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age<\/i> is a sweeping new installment of the award-winning natural history series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth<\/i>), and narrated by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (Earthsounds<\/i>), with an original score by Hans Zimmer, An\u017ee Rozman, and Kara Talve from Bleeding Fingers Music. The five-part docuseries invites viewers into a dramatic new era of prehistoric life, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs \u2014 an era shaped by ice, the intense fight to survive and the rise of a new cast of giants: the iconic megafauna.<\/p>\n \nAll titles are currently streaming on Apple TV.<\/p>\n \nApple TV offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user\u2019s favorite screens. 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