Smashing Success: “Only Murders In The Building,” Bags 21 Emmy Nominations

Steve Martin and John Hoffman’s suspenseful “Only Murders In The Building,” has bagged an astounding 21 Emmy Nominations.

The series, which follows the sleuth trio Oliver (played by Martin Short), Charles-Haden (played by Steve Martin), and Mabel (played by Selena Gomez), is a fictional murder mystery comedy set in a prosperous Upper West Side building. Its plot involves the trio investigating a series of murders taking place in their building after they bond over a love of true crime podcasts and agree that the facts of the homicide cases in their building are suspicious. 

The first season premiered on Hulu in August 2021 and became successful enough that a further two seasons aired. The fourth season is also on its way as the series producers announced that the trio will continue their investigations on the 27th of August when series 4, episode 1 airs. The rest of the episodes for season 4 will then be released on a weekly basis. 

The Hollywood Reporter has reported that the season will investigate who killed Sazz (Jane Lynch), if the murderer was actually aiming for Charles-Haden, and why anyone would want to murder one of the trio. It sounds like a good watch, especially if the nominations are anything to go by.

The nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - Steve Martin

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - Martin Short

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - Selena Gomez

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series - Paul Rudd

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - Meryl Streep

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - Matthew Broderick

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour)

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Series

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single-Camera Comedy Series (Sitzprobe)

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single-Camera Comedy Series (The White Room)

Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

Outstanding Music Supervision

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series

Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Comedy

The Emmys will take place on the 8th of September at 8pm EST. You can watch live on ABC or stream the next day on Hulu. If you’d like to vote, you can do so at vote.TelevisionAcademy.com.

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