Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Emmys by the Number: HBO Scores Twice as Many Noms as Any Broadcast Network

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HBO received 108 Emmy nominations this morning. OK? That’s twice as many as CBS, ABC, and NBC. That’s almost six times as Fox, and five times as much as F/X. Almost four times as much as Showtime. “Game of Thrones” got 16 noms, “Behind the Candelabra” received 15. The Phil Spector movie starring Al Pacino got 11.

By series (three or more)

American Horror Story 17
Game of Thrones 16
Behind the Candelabra 15
Saturday Night Live 15
Breaking Bad 13
30 Rock 13
Downton Abbey 12
Mad Men 12
Modern Family 12
Homeland 11
Phil Spector 11
Boardwalk Empire 10
Dancing With the Stars 9
House of Cards 9
The Oscars 9
The Big Bang Theory 8
Top of the Lake 8
So You Think You Can Dance 7
The Borgias 6
The Colbert Report 6
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 6
The Girl 6
Louie 6
Survivor 6
The Amazing Race 5
Ethel 5
Girls 5
The Good Wife 5
London 2012 Olympi Games Opening Ceremony 5
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 5
Nurse Jackie 5
Parade’s End 5
Political Animals 5
Project Runway 5
66th Annual Tony Awards 5
Veep 5
The Voice 5
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 4
Crossfire Hurricane 4
Deadliest Catch 4
Glee 4
How I Met Your Mother 4
The Kennedy Center Honors 4
Louis C.K.: Oh My God 4
The Men Who Built America 4
Ring of Fire 4
American Idol 3
American Masters 3
Arrested Development 3
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome 3
The Bible 3
DaVinci’s Demons 3
Killing Lincoln 3
The Newsroom 3
The Office 3
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel 3
Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show Starring Beyonce 3
Vikings 3

By network (three or more)

HBO 108
CBS 53
NBC 53
ABC 45
Showtime 31
AMC 26
FX Networks 26
PBS 25
Fox 19
Comedy Central 16
Netflix 14
Lifetime 12
History 10
Sundance Channel 10
Cartoon Network 8
Discovery Channel 6

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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