HBO Max Leads the Emmy Drama and Comedy Races for the First Time Since 2017. How Often Do Both Frontrunners Win?

HBO Max wants it all.

The most-nominated network enters Phase 2 of the Emmy race with the year’s two most-nominated series, giving the platform a rare opportunity to capture television’s top drama and comedy prizes, and potentially make history across three major program categories.

“The Pitt,” the sophomore season of the breakout medical drama, leads all programs with 25 nominations. Close behind is “Hacks,” which earned 24 nominations, making it the most-nominated comedy series in Emmy history. The next closest is Apple TV’s horror-comedy “Widow’s Bay,” with 19.

It’s an uncommon achievement for a single network or platform to produce both the most-nominated drama and comedy series in the same year.

Apple TV accomplished the feat last year with “Severance” and “The Studio,” the latter of which became another comedy record-breaker. A year earlier, FX earned the distinction with “Shōgun” and “The Bear,” which at the time also became the most-nominated comedy series in Emmy history before ultimately losing the top comedy prize to Season 3 of “Hacks.”