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HBO's "Game of Thrones" series and the Netflix platform took Thursday the lead of the Emmy Awards, the Oscars of American television to be awarded in September
HBO's award-winning, medieval-fantasy series, which has been awarded 38 times in six seasons but was ineligible last year for scheduling reasons, made a strong comeback with 22 nominations, including one for best drama series.
It comes right in front of "Saturday Night Live", the oldest satirical comedy show on American television, and the "Westworld" series, also on HBO, which come immediately behind with 21 nominations each
The battle for the very prestigious Emmy for the best drama series should now be played between the 7th season of "Game of Thrones" and the second delivery of the series from Margaret Atwood's nightmare novel "The Scarlet Maid."
Broadcast on the Hulu platform and Emmy-crowned best drama series last year, "The Scarlet Maid", with Elizabeth Moss nominated for Emmy for best actress in a drama series, is a fierce rival with 20 nominations.
"The continued growth of the sector allows new programs to emerge, while allowing flagship programs from the past season to prosper, "said Hayma Washington, president of the American Television Academy.
However, really new programs or series were rare this year.
"The Assbadination of Gianni Versace", a series about the badbadination of Gianni Versace, was one of the few to be a real novelty. ] Netflix dethrones HBO
Broadcast on FX, this series made by the authors of the series "The People vs. O.J. Simpson "(2016), on the trial of O.J. Simpson who had polarized America, won 18 nominations.
As expected, she dominated the nominations for best actors and best actresses in a miniseries, with Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez and Ricky Martin all nominees.
In the "comedy" category, the HBO "Veep" series being ineligible this year, FX's "Atlanta" series has dominated with 16 nominations.
In addition to Game of Thrones, Another big winner of these nominations will have been the Netflix platform, which has confirmed its tremendous rise and its now leading role in television production.
The streaming service has ended 17 years of HBO nomination, winning 112 nominations , the maximum reached this year
HBO was second with 108, while NB came a long way behind with 78.
Thursday's nominations are the result of a selection made by some 25,000 members of the Academy Television, which spent two weeks in June watching over 9,000 series and candidate shows.
Emmy winners to be announced on Sept. 17, at a Los Angeles ceremony presented by the duo of "Saturday Night Live" actors, Colin Jost and Michael Che.
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