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The 2024 Emmy nominees were unveiled on July 17, setting records for streamers and the comedy category.
FX’s award-winning series The Bear scored 23 nods, the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series. (The studio’s limited drama series, Shōgun, earned the most noms overall.) Nominated for 21 awards, Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building brings Selena Gomez her first nod for best actress in a comedy series after getting snubbed in years past. Other nominees include Abbott Elementary (which earned award-winning writer and star Quinta Brunson her first Emmy for acting), Curb Your Enthusiasm, What We Do in the Shadows, Hacks, Palm Royale and Reservation Dogs.
In order to be eligible for the 2024 Emmys, television programming had to air between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024.
The 76th Emmy Awards air live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15, starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. (The host has yet to be named.) The Creative Arts ceremonies, where a majority of the Emmy trophies are handed out, are set for Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8. Cord-cutters can watch the star-studded ceremony online on live TV streaming services that carry ABC and networks that air the Creative Arts Emmys, including DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Sling and others.
Ahead, find out where to stream the comedy series nominated for the 2024 Emmys (including for best acting, writing and directing), plus shop the books that inspired one first-time nominee.
Where to Stream 2024 Emmy-Nominated Comedy Series Online
Abbott Elementary
The single-camera comedy created by Quinta Brunson follows a small group of teachers at a chronically underfunded public school in West Philadelphia. Read THR’s full review here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actress in a comedy series (Quinta Brunson), best supporting actor in a comedy series (Tyler James Williams), best supporting actress in a comedy series (Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph), best directing for a comedy series (Randall Einhorn), best writing for a comedy series (Brunson)
Where to watch Abbott Elementary online: Hulu
The Bear
Christopher Storer’s FX-produced Hulu series continues to be packed with food porn, surprising guest stars and deep thoughts on the magic of cooking and mentorship. Read THR‘s season three review here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actor in a comedy series (Jeremy Allen White), best actress in a Comedy Series (Ayo Edebiri), best supporting actor in a comedy series (Lionel Boyce, Ebon Moss-Bachrach), best supporting actress in a comedy series (Liza Colón-Zayas), best guest actor in a comedy series (Jon Bernthal, Bob Odenkir, Will Poulter), best guest actress in a comedy series (Olivia Colman, Jamie Lee Curtis), best directing for a comedy series (Christopher Storer, Ramy Youssef), best writing for a comedy series (Storer)
Where to watch The Bear online: Hulu
Curb Your Enthusiasm
As Larry David’s HBO comedy returns for its 12th and final season, THR’s chief TV critic reflects on a series that vacillated between inspired and tired but never lost its grumpy grip on small-screen culture. Read more here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actor in a comedy series (Larry David)
Where to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm online: Hulu
The Gentlemen
A spinoff of Ritchie’s 2019 movie, the show centers on an aristocrat who inherits his late father’s estate — and with it, his late father’s involvement in a marijuana business. Read THR‘s full review here.
Nominations: Best directing for a comedy series (Guy Ritchie)
Where to watch The Gentlemen online: Netflix
Girls5eva
The ’90s are still back, and Dawn, Wickie, Summer and Gloria are ready for round three. Read more on THR here.
Nominations: Best directing for a comedy series (Meredith Scardino, Sam Means)
Where to watch Girls5eva online: Peacock (seasons 1 & 2) Netflix (season 3)
Hacks
“Hacks could have done the, well, hack-y thing, and simply reset its central love-hate dynamic season after season. Thankfully, like Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), the Max dramedy soared to new heights in its third season, propelling both characters to the top of their careers in order to illuminate how much they’ve evolved, and how much they never will,” writes THR‘s Angie Han. Read more about Hacks here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actress in a comedy series (Jean Smart), best supporting actor in a comedy series (Paul W. Downs), best supporting actress in a comedy series (Hannah Einbinder), best guest actor in a comedy series (Christopher Lloyd), best guest actress in a comedy series (Kaitlin Olson), best directing for a comedy series (Lucia Aniello), best writing for a comedy series (Aniello, Downs, Jen Statsky)
Where to watch Hacks online: Max
The Ms. Pat Show
Showrunner Jordan E. Cooper says of Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, star of the BET+ series: “There’s a healing that’s going on in front of the lens.” Read more here.
Nominations: Best directing for a comedy series (Mary Lou Belli)
Where to watch The Ms. Pat Show online: BET+
Only Murders in the Building
Renewed for a fourth season, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez reprise their roles in the Emmy-winning Hulu series that keeps finding murders in and around a Manhattan building. Read THR‘s season three review here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actor in a comedy series (Steve Martin, Martin Short), best actress in a comedy series (Selena Gomez), best supporting actor in a comedy series (Paul Rudd), best supporting actress in a comedy series (Meryl Streep), best guest actor in a comedy series (Matthew Broderick), best guest actress in a comedy series (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Where to watch Only Murders in the Building online: Hulu
Palm Royale
Loosely based on Juliet McDaniel’s novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie, it tells the story of Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig), a former pageant queen attempting to break into Palm Beach high society. Read more about Palm Royale here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actress in a comedy series (Kristen Wiig), best supporting actress in a comedy series (Carol Burnett)
Where to watch Palm Royale online: Apple TV+
Read the book that inspired the show
‘Mr. and Mrs. American Pie’ by Juliet McDaniel
Reservation Dogs
Sterlin Harjo’s Oklahoma-set series for FX on Hulu concludes its three-season run with a funeral, a spiritual send-off and plenty of showcase moments for its fictional Indigenous community and its real-life ensemble. Read THR‘s interview with Harjo here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actor in a comedy series (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai)
Where to watch Reservation Dogs online: Hulu
What We Do in the Shadows
The trailer for the fifth season of What We Do in the Shadows reveals that Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) does get turned into a vampire, as he has so long desired — or so he thinks. Read more about What We Do in the Shadows here.
Nominations: Best comedy series, best actor in a comedy series (Matt Berry), best writing for a comedy series (Jake Bender, Zach Dunn)
Where to watch What We Do in the Shadows online: Hulu
