After months of speculation—will John Mulaney knock one of the nightly network hosts out of contention for Outstanding Talk Series? Will Conan O’Brien help Hot Ones see its first Emmy nod in the same category? And why the hell is John Oliver competing against Saturday Night Live again?—the 2024 Emmy nominations have finally been announced.
At 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. LA time), Emmy winners Tony Hale (Veep) and Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) began announcing a selection of this year’s Emmy nominations, comprising shows that ran between June 2023 and May 2024. While The Bear broke an Emmy record for a comedy series with 23 nominations, you’re reading LateNighter because you’re interested in how your favorite late-night shows fared.
Among one of the biggest surprises: John Mulaney, who we previously reported had the potential to be nominated in three different categories, was only recognized for his appearance on David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Which was a bit of a surprise considering how much acclaim he has received for his work on Everybody’s in LA, including nabbing the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch.
Here’s how the nominations shook out for some of the bigger categories:
OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
OUTSTANDING SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live
David Paul Meyer, The Daily Show
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live got lots of love in some of the technical categories (i.e. Outstanding Makeup For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program) as well as in the Guest Actor and Actress categories—plus a major nomination for Bowen Yang:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Lionel Boyce, The Bear
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Paul Rudd, Only Murders in the Building
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Olivia Colman, The Bear
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Bernthal, The Bear
Matthew Broderick, Only Murders in the Building
Ryan Gosling, Saturday Night Live
Christopher Lloyd, Hacks
Bob Odenkirk, The Bear
Will Poulter, The Bear
The Short Form category was filled with late-night “extras” from the likes of Meyers and The Daily Show.
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers: Corrections
Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question
Overtime With Bill Maher
The Eric André Show
OUTSTANDING PERFORMER IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Eric André, The Eric André Show
Desi Lydic, Desi Lydic Foxsplains – The Daily Show
Mena Suvari, RZR
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
After the Cut: The Daily Show
Hacks: Bit by Bit
SNL Presents: Behind the Sketch
Shōgun – The Making Of Shōgun
The Crown: Farewell To A Royal Epic
Click here for a full list of this year’s Emmy nominees. The awards will be handed out at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 15; the ceremony will air live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
