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Most Emmy nominations in one year (Comedy debut)

Most Emmy nominations in one year (Comedy debut)
Who
Ted Lasso
What
20 total number
Where
United States
When
13 July 2021

The most Emmy Award nominations secured by a "freshman comedy" – that is, one in its debut season – is 20, for Ted Lasso (USA, Apple TV+/Doozer Productions, 2021), as announced by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on 13 July 2021. The sports comedy-drama stars Jason Sudeikis as the titular American college football coach hired by a struggling English soccer team in a desperate attempt to reverse their fortunes. The first season won seven of its 20 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series.

Ted Lasso bettered the record of 19 held by the US musical comedy series Glee (Fox, 2009). Among the other wins for the series at the 2021 Emmys were Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Sudeikis), Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series (Hannah Waddingham, as club owner Rebecca Welton) and Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series (Brett Goldstein, as Roy Kent).

Full list (winners in bold):

  1. Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series – "The Hope That Kills You", MJ Delaney
  2. Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation – "The Hope That Kills You", Brent Findley, Bernard Weiser, Kip Smedley, Richard David Brown, Sharyn Gersh, Jordan McClain, Sanaa Kelley, Matt Salib
  3. Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series – "Make Rebecca Great Again", Declan Lowney
  4. Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series – "The Hope That Kills You", AJ Catoline
  5. Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series – "Make Rebecca Great Again", Melissa McCoy
  6. Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music – Marcus Mumford, Tom Howe
  7. Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
  8. Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series – Juno Temple (Keeley Jones)
  9. Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series – Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton)
  10. Outstanding Comedy Series – Ted Lasso, Apple TV+, Apple/Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
  11. Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation – "The Hope That Kills You", Ryan Kennedy, Sean Byrne, David Lascelles
  12. Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series – "Make Rebecca Great Again", Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly
  13. Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series – "Pilot", Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly
  14. Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series – Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent)
  15. Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour) – "For The Children", Paul Cripps, Iain White
  16. Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series – Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard)
  17. Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series – Ted Lasso, Theo Park
  18. Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series – Nick Mohammed (Nathan Shelley)
  19. Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series – "Biscuits", Zach Braff
  20. Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series – Jeremy Swift (Higgins)