The number of comedy and drama series that qualified for Emmy Awards this year is down almost 40% over last year’s totals, according to ballots that went up online on the Television Academy’s website on Thursday, the first day of nomination voting.
The lack of qualifying shows, which is due largely to production slowdowns caused by the pandemic and by last year’s actors and writers strikes, is likely to result in more than a dozen fewer acting nominations this year, with most of the acting categories losing nominees.
Only 73 comedy series and 107 drama series qualified for this year’s awards, compared to 118 comedies and 171 dramas last year.
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