Late-Night Emmy Category Set To Lose Another Nomination Slot After Submissions Low; ‘Conan’ In For Last Shot

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The late-night community has had its Emmy hopes hit once again after it emerged that this year there will likely be only four nominees – losing a spot compared to the 2021 awards.It reduces the chances of preventing Last Week Tonight with John Oliver scoring its seventh straight win and is a major blow for shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Late Show with James Corden scoring a nomination.The Emmy ballots came out today as nominations-round voting begins and given that there were only 19 shows submitted, per TV Academy rules, it means that there will be only four shows nominated – down from five last year and from six in 2019.Emmy rules dictate that if a category has between 16 and 19 submissions, it will have four nominations.Observers have suggested that the Academy does have some flexibility to change its rules on such a tight call, but as it stands, per its own guidelines, it’s another blow for the late-night community.Last year, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series category narrowly remained at five nominations as there were only 20 submissions.

However, the loss of shows such as A Little Late With Lilly Singh, Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson and Wilmore, has meant that this is further reduced.In 2021, the late-night shows nominated were: Last Week Tonight, Conan, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Conan took Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’s spot from 2020 and The Late Late Show with James Corden lost out as it moved from six nominations to five.This year’s group is now anyone’s guess.Curiously, Conan, who last year scored his first nomination in ten years and amusingly