That’s a long way of saying, the Academy - in allowing networks and platforms to choose how their shows are credited - has also realized that it can’t win by putting them together in an apples-and-oranges tally. Disney would like to point out that its entire company (including ABC, Hulu, Disney+, FX Networks and Freeform) should be held up as a whole to Netflix, and in that case, they’re competitive (and last year beat both Netflix and HBO/HBO Max as a combo, with 146). Similarly, MTV’s “The Real World Reunion” series now airs on Paramount+ - but MTV Entertainment Group prefers to tally its nominations as a conglomerate, not via individual outlets. Nat Geo does the same thing for Disney+, yet those shows are credited to Disney+, not Nat Geo. But that didn’t sit well with Netflix, which was close behind with 129 - and would have been considered the leader in a time when different platforms weren’t merged: Separate the two, and HBO received 94 nominations, and HBO Max picked up 36.įX produces shows for Hulu, but would rather those series be credited to FX - even if they never aired on the linear channel. The outlets are both operated under the same Casey Bloys umbrella, and the shows are all campaigned together by the same awards team, the argument went. Last year, that led to a bit of a messy situation where HBO and HBO Max were jointly crowned the year’s leader, with 130 nominations.
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