Award-Nominated Television

76th Emmy Award Nominations Feature Palisadian Actors, Producers

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

Nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, July 17—and many Palisadians have a chance to take home awards.

“The nearly 22,000 voting members of the Academy nominated an abundance of inspiring talent and a robust selection of diverse program offerings,” read a statement by Television Academy. “In a year marked by significant challenges and changes in the television landscape, the nominations recognize the excellent work of performers, producers, writers, directors, craftspeople and professionals above and below the line on television programs from the 2023-24 eligibility year.”

Two shows starring Palisadians—“Only Murders in the Building” (former honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades Martin Short) and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Larry David)—are nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. The category also includes “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “Palm Royale,” “Reservation Dogs” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”

David and Short have also been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for their respective roles in their shows—David as himself in the 12th and final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and Short as Oliver Putnam. Also nominated are Matt Berry for “What We Do in the Shadows,” Steve Martin for “Only Murders in the Building,” Jeremy Allen White for “The Bear” and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai for “Reservation Dogs.”

David has been nominated previously for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy series for the role, most recently in 2018 and before that in 2012, while Short was nominated for his role in 2023 and 2022.

“Congratulations to the cast and crew of the HBO Original Series ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ on their [Emmys] nominations,” read the show’s Instagram page.

Palisadian Conan O’Brien has been nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program for the “Ireland” episode of “Conan O’Brien Must Go”—which has since been picked up for a six-episode second season by HBO | Max—alongside Jessie Gaskell, Matt O’Brien and Mike Sweeney. The category also features the “Scotland: My Mother’s Country” episode of “The Reluctant Traveler” with Eugene Levy, though the current honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades did not have a writing credit on the Apple TV+ show.

Both Levy and O’Brien have been nominated for executive producing and hosting their respective shows in the Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, a category that also includes “Finding Your Roots” with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for PBS, “How To” with John Wilson for HBO | MAX, and “My Next Guest” with David Letterman and John Mulaney for Netflix.

Palisadian Jamie Lee Curtis has been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role of Donna Berzatto in the “Fishes” episode of “The Bear.” The category includes Olivia Colman in “The Bear,” Kaitlin Olson in “Hacks,” Da’Vine Joy Randolph in “Only Murders in the Building,” and Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig as hosts of separate episodes of “Saturday Night Live.”

“A merry morning indeed,” Curtis shared on Instagram the day the nominations were announced. “[‘The Bear’] team from words to sounds and everything visually in between are represented so beautifully with their record 23 … nominations. The show is singular and it’s beauty and power and truth and I’m honored to be a member of the creative family.”

When it comes to Outstanding Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Palisadian Robert Downey Jr. received a nomination for a role in HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” a category that features Jonathan Bailey for “Fellow Travelers,” Tom Goodman-Hill for “Baby Reindeer,” John Hawkes for “True Detective: Night Country,” Lamorne Morris for “Fargo,” Lewis Pullman for “Lessons in Chemistry” and Treat Williams for “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.”

“The Morning Show”—which stars Palisadian Reese Witherspoon—is nominated in the Outstanding Drama Series category, which is rounded out by “The Crown,” “Fallout,” “The Gilded Age,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “Shōgun,” “Slow Horses,” and “3 Body Problem.”

Witherspoon has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role of Bradley Jackson in the show, alongside co-star Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy, Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell in “The Gilded Age,” Maya Erskine as Jane Smith in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko in “Shōgun,” and Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Crown.”

Palisadian Kevin Feige—president of Marvel Studios—has been nominated in the Outstanding Animated Program category for executive producing the “Remember It” episode of “X-Men ’97” for Disney+. Other shows in the category include “The Simpsons,” “Scavengers Reign,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “Blue Eye Samurai.”

“Shōgun” received the most nominations, with 25 in total, followed by “The Bear” with 23 and “Only Murders in the Building” with 21.

The awards will be broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, September 15, beginning at 5 p.m. They will be available for streaming beginning the next day on Hulu.