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HBO's "Game of Thrones" series and the Netflix platform took the lead for the Emmy Awards on Thursday, the Oscars of American television to be awarded in September.
The fantastico-medieval series The HBO, which has won 38 times in six seasons but was ineligible last year for calendar reasons, made a strong comeback with 22 nominations, including one for best drama series.
The saga of noble families for the "Throne of Iron" arrives just in front of "Saturday Night Live", the show of satirical skits the oldest of American television, and the series "Westworld", also on HBO, who follow immediately behind with 21 nominations each.
The battle for the very prestigious Emmy of best drama series should now be played between the seventh season of "Game of Thrones" and the second delivery of the series taken from Margaret's nightmare novel Atwood "The Scarlet Maid".
Broadcast on the Hulu platform and crowned Emmy of the best drama series last year, "The Scarlet Maid", who imagines the United States submitted to a totalitarian government bringing women back to slavery, 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 flourish," said Hayma Washington, who chairs Academy of American television.
Yet, really new shows 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 –
Released on FX, this series directed by the authors of the series "The People vs. OJ Simpson" (2016), on the OJ Simpson trial that polarized America, won 18 nominations.
As expected, she dominated the nominations for Best Actors and Best Actresses in a mini-series, with nominated Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez and Ricky Martin.
In the "comedy" category, the HBO's "Veep" series being ineligible this year, FX's "Atlanta" series has dominated with 16 nominations.
In addition to Game of Thrones, the other 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 put an end to HBO's 17-year appointment, winning 112 nominations, the highest this year
HBO was second at 108, while NB came close behind with 78.
This show of force of Netflix took place even though the platform is not the origin of any of the programs or series featured this season.
The only series of the platform to appear in the "top 10" is "The Crown", with 13 nominations and actress Claire Foy in.
The "victory" of Netflix, who spent fortunes these The last few months of debating renowned producers come from the simple volume produced by the platform, which includes series as well as films for the cinema, documentaries, "one-man show" skits or reality shows.
"We are particularly excited to see the range of our programs celebrated by these nominations, spread over 40 titles, new or recurring, which reflect the variety of our programming," said after the announcement of nominations Ted Sarandos, responsible for Netflix's content
A political touch to these appointments: comedian Samantha Bee, criticized for insulting the president's daughter recently, gets absolution from Hollywood via a nomination for his show "Full Frontal ".
And the Roseanne series, which ABC stopped in June after a racist tweet from pro-Trump star Roseanne Barr, won two nominations, including one for actress Laurie Metcalf, who was camping the sister of Roseanne in the show.
Thursday's nominations are the result of a selection by some 25,000 TV Academy members, who spent two weeks in June watching over 9,000 series and broadcasts.
The Emmy winners are to be announced on September 17, during a ceremony in Los Angeles presented by the duo of actors of "Saturday Night Live", Colin Jost and Michael Che.
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