HBO's Succession, the story of a ridiculously f*cked up but somewhat endearing (at times) family, just scored an impressive 18 Emmy nominations [1] for the 2020 ceremony, airing in September. The show about a modern-day dynasty earned nods across the acting categories [2] as well as plenty in the behind-the-scenes ones as well. Succession also got its second nomination in as many years for outstanding drama series.
In the 2019 ceremony, where Succession was celebrated for its first season, the show nabbed five nominations, taking home the awards for outstanding writing for a drama series and outstanding original main title theme music. This year, however, the show more than quadrupled its previous nominations (though Watchmen still earned more). All of your faves in the show scored an acting nod [3], though some find themselves competing against each other. We'll have to wait until Sept. 28 to see how many of these 18 awards the show brings home to HBO, but in the meantime, here's a scorecard for you to keep track of all the nominations.
- Outstanding production design for a narrative contemporary program (one hour or more)
- Outstanding drama series
- Outstanding casting for a drama series
- Outstanding writing for a drama series
- Outstanding directing for a drama series — Andrij Parekh
- Outstanding directing for a drama series – Mark Mylod
- Outstanding single-camera picture editing for a drama series — Ken Eluto
- Outstanding single-camera picture editing for a drama series — Bill Henry, Venya Bruk
- Outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score)
- Outstanding lead actor in a drama series — Brian Cox
- Outstanding lead actor in a drama series — Jeremy Strong
- Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series — Nicholas Braun [5]
- Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series — Kieran Culkin
- Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series — Matthew Mscfadyen
- Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series — Sarah Snook
- Outstanding guest actor in a drama series — James Cromwell
- Outstanding guest actress in a drama series — Cherry Jones
- Outstanding guest actress in a drama series — Harriet Walter