Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe Emmy nominations, announced Tuesday morning, were, appropriately enough, a coronation.While the actual awards won’t be handed out until September, “The Crown,” in its fourth season, garnered 24 nominations — a field-leading total, tied with Disney Plus’ effects-heavy “The Mandalorian.” Netflix’s royals drama had been a major player in awards races of recent years: It had previously won awards for Claire Foy’s second-season performance as Queen Elizabeth II and for Stephen Daldry’s direction, among others.
But with this year’s nominations, it suddenly came to look like the show at the center of television.Not merely, for instance, did series regulars including Olivia Colman, Emma Corrin, and Josh O’Connor.
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