'Better Call Saul' Loses Name Due to Category Violation – Variety



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Better Call AMC: Two Emmy nominations for the abridged series of the "Better Call Saul Employee Training: Safety of Madrigal Electromotive" network have been withdrawn after being deemed ineligible for competition.

The TV academy recently discovered that the series did not meet the required minimum two-minute duration for at least six episodes – a new stipulation that was added to the Emmy rules this year.

As a result, the nomination of the show to outstanding comedy and drama series, as well as the nomination of star Jonathan Banks as an outstanding actor in a comedy or drama series, have been canceled.

Fortunately for Banks, he is still nominated for the supporting role in a drama series, while "Better Call Saul" is still competing in the best drama category.

This frees the office that receives the highest number of votes in the category, "State of the Union" from SundanceTV, which must now be nominated for humorous or dramatic series. And Ryan O'Connell will now be nominated in the comedian category in the comedy or drama category for the role of Ryan Hayes in the "Special" series of Netflix.

This brings to 118 the total number of Netflix Emmys nominations. Meanwhile, although this brings the total to 9 instead of 11, AMC adds another nomination to its sister network SundanceTV, which now has three nominations.

Post-appointment corrections occur regularly in the days following the announcement of the Emmys, although they rarely result in a change of nominee.

In 2016, Peter MacNicol, "Veep's", was disqualified in the comedian category for an outstanding actor after being determined to play in more than half of the season, breaking the rules. Peter Scolari took over and guest star "Girls" won Emmy that year.

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