Psychological thriller Severance from Apple TV+ and HBO crime drama The Penguin have stacked up the most nominations for television’s Emmy Awards, outpacing strong showings for The Studio and The White Lotus.

Severance received a leading 27 nominations and was nominated for the top prize of best drama alongside Andor, The Pitt, The White Lotus and others.

The Penguin, set in the DC Comics universe and starring Colin Farrell, earned 24 nominations and will compete for best limited series against Netflix hit Adolescence, among others.

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Hollywood satire The Studio and The White Lotus, about holiday makers at a luxury resort, received 23 each.

Comedy nominees included defending champion Hacks, previous winner The Bear, Nobody Wants This and Abbott Elementary.

Noah Wyle received his first Emmy nomination since 1999 for his role as an emergency room doctor on The Pitt.

Wyle was nominated five times for his role on ER but never won.

Harrison Ford, 83, earned his first Emmy nod ever, for playing a grumpy therapist on Shrinking.

Other notable acting nominees included Farrell, The Bear actors Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, Hacks star Jean Smart, Kathy Bates for Matlock and Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us.

Winners of the Emmys, the highest honours in television, will be announced at a red-carpet ceremony broadcast live on CBS on September 14.

Comedian Nate Bargatze will host.

The honourees will be chosen by the roughly 26,000 performers, directors, producers and other members of the Television Academy.

Here are the nominees for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards are:

Outstanding drama series

Andor

The Diplomat

The Last of Us

Paradise

The Pitt

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us

Adam Scott, Severance

Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Kathy Bates, Matlock

Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters

Britt Lower, Severance

Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us

Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

Zach Cherry, Severance

Walton Goggins, The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus

James Marsden, Paradise

Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman, Severance

John Turturro, Severance

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

Patricia Arquette, Severance

Carrie Coon, The White Lotus

Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt

Julianne Nicholson, Paradise

Parker Posey, The White Lotus

Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Outstanding guest actor in a drama series

Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys

Scott Glenn, The White Lotus

Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt

Joe Pantoliano, The Last of Us

Forest Whitaker, Andor

Jeffrey Wright, The Last of Us

Outstanding guest actress in a drama series

Jane Alexander, Severance

Gwendoline Christie, Severance

Kaitlyn Dever, The Last of Us

Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale

Catherine O’Hara, The Last of Us

Merritt Wever, Severance

Outstanding comedy series

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

Shrinking

The Studio

What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This

Seth Rogen, The Studio

Jason Segel, Shrinking

Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

Uzo Aduba, The Residence

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Jean Smart, Hacks

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio

Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons

Harrison Ford, Shrinking

Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

Kathryn Hahn, The Studio

Janelle James, Abbott Elementary

Catherine O’Hara, The Studio

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series

Jon Bernthal, The Bear

Bryan Cranston, The Studio

Dave Franco, The Studio

Ron Howard, The Studio

Anthony Mackie, The Studio

Martin Scorsese, The Studio

Outstanding guest actress in a comedy series

Olivia Colman, The Bear

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear

Cynthia Erivo, Poker Face

Robby Hoffman, Hacks

Zoë Kravitz, The Studio

Julianne Nicholson, Hacks

Outstanding limited or anthology series

Adolescence

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

The Penguin

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Colin Farrell, The Penguin

Owen Graham, Adolescence

Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent

Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief

Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer

Meghann Fahy, Sirens

Rashida Jones, Black Mirror

Cristin Milioti, The Penguin

Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent

Owen Cooper, Adolescence

Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex

Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent

Ashley Walters, Adolescence

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

Erin Doherty, Adolescence

Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent

Deirdre O’Connell, The Penguin

Chloü Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex

Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Outstanding talk series

The Daily Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding reality competition program

The Amazing Race

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Survivor

Top Chef

The Traitors

Outstanding variety special

The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, Fox

Beyoncé Bowl, Netflix

The Oscars, ABC

SNL50: The Anniversary Special, NBC

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, Peacock