The Emmys have turned into an awards show for just a few shows.

The preponderance of nominations went to “Succession,” “Squid Game,” “White Lotus,” “Hacks,” “Mrs. Maisel,” “Only Murders in the Building.” Most of those shows are on Netflix, HBO, and Amazon.

Even Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” which got 13 nominations, had none for acting. None, not even for Matthew Modine and Sadie Sink, who deserved it.

Showtime’s “Billions” was ignored, as usual, which is disgraceful. So was HBO’s “The Gilded Age.”

Even worse, there was nothing for two Paramount Plus shows: “The Offer” and “The Thing About Pam.” The Emmys simply snubbed Renee Zellweger in the latter movie. Not nice.

But “The Offer” featured a winning performance by Matthew Goode as Robert Evans. And Miles Teller was equally good as Al Ruddy. The series was top notch. That this series was omitted is really criminal. Matthew Goode should sue!

There were plenty of other series and actors who deserved recognition. But the TV Academy went very narrow. The Academy reports these multiple noms:

Sydney Sweeney (two first-time nominations, Euphoria and The White Lotus).
In addition to Sweeney, individuals with multiple nominations this year include Jason Bateman (performance and directing for Ozark), Quinta Brunson (performance and writing for Abbott Elementary), Nicole Byer (host for Nailed It and writing for Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo)), Jerrod Carmichael (performance Saturday Night Live and writing for Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel), Julia Garner (Ozark and Inventing Anna), Bill Hader (performance, writing and directing for Barry and performance for Curb Your Enthusiasm), Steve Martin (performance and writing for Only Murders in the Building), Amy Poehler (host for Making It and directing for Lucy and Desi), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul and Cooper’s Bar), Harriet Walter (Ted Lasso and Succession) and Zendaya (performance and music and lyrics for Euphoria).

I’m sorry. Maybe no one person should be allowed more than one nomination. It doesn’t seem quite fair. Is it just that the voters are lazy and only watch certain shows, pulling all their nominees out of that group? Sure seems like it. Four of the six nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy are from “Hacks.” Should that have been allowed? The sheer weight of that show hurt another potential HBO nominee, Tracey Ullmann, from “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Well, another strange year. And for broadcast TV, with nominations just from “Abbott Elementary” on ABC, a disaster. There was NOTHING on network TV of quality otherwise? I find that hard to believe, sorry. Just look up the work of Sterling K. Brown or Mariska Hargitay.

This is a real time updated list of 2022 Emmy nominations. The Emmys snubbed powerhouse show “Yellowstone” and Kevin Costner. The show got nothing.

The two network shows with potential — “This is Us and “Ghosts” – also shut out, not even Sterling K Brown.

Everyone from “Succession” was nominated for something — the entire main cast. Seven other actors from that show got noms for being Guest Stars.

Five of the nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a limited series came from “The White Lotus.” Three of the men from that show were in Best Supporting Actor in a limited series.

Congrats to Seth Meyers for finally getting his “Late Night” nominated. Should win!

Bowen Yang was the ONLY member of the “Saturday Night Live” cast to be nominated.

There were NO acting nominations for “Stranger Things.” The did get 13 noms, all below the line and Best Drama.

Julia Garner has two nominations– Best Actress in “Inventing Anna,” Supporting Actress in “Ozark.” Tom Pelphrey got a Guest Actor nom for “Ozark.”

My favorite nomination: Harriet Sansom Harris, guest actress in “Hacks.” Also, Sheryl Lee Ralph, best supporting actress in a comedy series, for “Abbott Elementary.”

list updating…

LEAD ACTRESS COMEDY

Rachel Brosnahan, Quinta, Kaley Cuocco, Elle Fanning, Issa Rae, Jean Smart

LEAD ACTOR COMEDY

Donald Glover, Bill Hader, Nicholas Hoult, , Steve Martin, Martin Short, Jason Sudeikis.

Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary, Barry, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks, Mrs. Maisel, Only Murders in the Building, Ted Lasso, What We Do in the Shadows

Lead Actor Ltd Series or Movie

Colin Firth, Andrew Garfield, Oscar Isaac, Michael Keaton, Himesh Patel, Sebastian Stan

Lead Actress Ltd Series of Movie

Toni Colette, Julia Garner, Lily James. Sarah Paulson, Margaret Qualley, Amanda Seyfried

Ltd or Anthology Serises

Dopesick, Dropout, Inventing Anna, Pam and Tommy, The White Lotus

LEAD ACTRESS DRAMA

Jodie Comer, Laura L, Melanie, Sandra Oh,, Resse Witherspoon, Zendaya

LEAD ACTOR DRAMA

Jason Bateman, Brian Cox, Lee Jung-jae, Odenkirk, Adam Scott, Jeremy Strong

Drama Series

Better Call Saul, Euphoria. Ozark, Severance, Squid Game, Stranger Things, Succession, Yellowjackets

Emmy nominations come this morning at 11:30am. We already know that shows like “Succession,” “Stranger Things,” “Hacks,” “Mrs. Maisel” will all be in the mix.

But those are all on cable or streaming services, all “peak TV.” But what about network TV? WWill it make a comeback?

Each of three broadcast networks has a show that could score some noms. ABC has “Abbott Elementary,” NBC has “This is Us,” and CBS has “Ghosts.” All three are ratings hits, very popular, and critically praised. They could all be breakthroughs for network TV which doesn’t get much love anymore from awards groups.

“This is Us” has the most potential because this was the series finale. There should be a lot of sentiment for it.

“Abbott Elementary” is ABC’s gem right now, with Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph looking to score big time.

So hold on. The Emmys could provide some surprises this year. If only traditionally snubbed shows like “Billions” could be included. Now that would be exciting!