{"id":1595,"date":"2026-07-08T19:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:06:42","slug":"hbo-max-sweeps-emmy-nominations-amid-paramount-skydance-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/08\/hbo-max-sweeps-emmy-nominations-amid-paramount-skydance-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Sweeps Emmy Nominations Amid Paramount Skydance Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max secured a commanding position for the 78th annual Emmy Awards, led by the medical drama The Pitt and the record-breaking comedy Hacks. The Television Academy announced Wednesday that The Pitt earned 25 nominations in the drama category, while Hacks followed closely with 24 nominations\u2014the highest number ever recorded for a single program in the comedy category.<\/p>\n<p>This creative surge occurs as Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the parent company of HBO Max, navigates a major corporate transition. The media giant is currently in the process of being acquired by Paramount Skydance Corp, a move that could reshape the landscape of premium streaming. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmys.com\/academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Television Academy<\/a>, which oversees the honors, has increasingly seen streaming platforms displace traditional broadcast networks in major categories over the last decade. Apple TV also maintained a strong presence this year, with the horror-comedy Widow\u2019s Bay securing 19 nominations and the dystopian drama Pluribus also placing among the top contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony is scheduled to air Sept. 14 on NBC and the Peacock streaming service. The event will be hosted at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, marking a significant broadcast partnership for Comcast Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max secured a commanding position for the 78th annual Emmy Awards, led by the medical drama The Pitt and the record-breaking comedy Hacks. The Television Academy announced Wednesday that The Pitt earned 25 nominations in the drama category, while Hacks followed closely with 24 nominations\u2014the highest number ever recorded for a single program in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3222,3230,3227,3226,3224,3221,3233,3229,3234,3235,3232,3225,3223,3228,3231],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-78th-annual-emmy-awards","tag-apple-tv","tag-comedy-category","tag-drama-category","tag-hacks","tag-hbo-max","tag-nbc","tag-paramount-skydance-corp","tag-peacock","tag-peacock-theater","tag-pluribus","tag-television-academy","tag-the-pitt","tag-warner-bros-discovery-inc","tag-widows-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1596,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions\/1596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}