Given the popularity of HBO’s The Last of Us, we shouldn’t be all that surprised it received a few Emmy nominations. But 24 nominations is a number we didn’t expect. Earlier today, nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards were announced and The Last of Us didn’t even lead the way for HBO series, since that honor went to Succession with 27 nominations. Nonetheless, a video game adaptation getting 24 Emmy nominations is very noteworthy and should be celebrated by the industry. This is what happens when a show is lovingly crafted to be faithful to the source material, and involves people who care about the property. I’m looking at you, Halo and The Witcher series.
Congratulations to the cast and crew for doing such a fantastic job adapting the best game I’ve ever played into a television series.
Here are the 24 nominations for The Last of Us:
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Peter Hoar)
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- Outstanding Main Title Design
- Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
- Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Pedro Pascal)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Bella Ramsey)
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Murray Bartlett)
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Lamar Johnson)
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Nick Offerman)
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Keivonn Montreal Woodard)
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Melanie Lynskey)
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Storm Reid)
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Torv)
- Outstanding Drama Series
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Craig Mazin)
