The nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled Wednesday, with 12 literary adaptations among the programs in contention for the annual television awards. In all, the adaptations totaled 45 nominations.
Leading the pack for nominations of series based on books was Daisy Jones & the Six, the Prime Video miniseries based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel. The show earned nine nods, including ones for limited or anthology series, lead actress in a limited or anthology series (Riley Keough), and supporting actress in a limited or anthology series (Camila Morrone).
HBO’s House of the Dragon, based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, was nominated in eight categories, including drama series. The FX miniseries based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman Is in Trouble wasn’t far behind with seven nods, including ones for limited or anthology series, lead actress in a limited or anthology series (Lizzy Caplan), supporting actress in a limited or anthology series (Claire Danes), and writing for a limited or anthology series (Brodesser-Akner).
Welcome to Chippendales, the Hulu miniseries inspired by K. Scot Macdonald and Patrick MontesDeOca’s Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders, earned five nominations, while George and Tammy, Showtime’s series based on Georgette Jones’ The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George, drew three.
Apple TV+’s Black Bird, based on In With the Devil by James Keene with Hillel Levin,was nominated in three categories, as was Hulu’s The 1619 Project, based on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ journalism project and book.
Other series earning nominations were The Old Man, based on Thomas Perry’s novel; Tiny Beautiful Things, based on Cheryl Strayed’s book; The Handmaid’s Tale, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel; Love & Death, based on John Bloom and Jim Atkinson’s Evidence of Love; and The Ms. Pat Show, based on Patricia Williams’ Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat.
The winners of this year’s award will be held on Sept. 18. A televised ceremony is planned, but could be scrapped depending on the Writers Guild of America strike and a possible Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists one.
Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.
