Creative Arts Emmy Analysis: ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘The White Lotus’ Are the Big Craft Winners

HBO’s “The Last of Us,” the acclaimed dystopian survival drama from showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, led all Emmys craft categories July 12 with 12 (the first for a live-action video game adaptation).

Right behind was the streamer’s “The White Lotus” with 11 nominations.

Mike White’s vacationing social satire relocated to Sicily and now competes for Best Drama Series after winning Best Anthology/Limited Series for its first season.“The Mandalorian” followed with nine nominations, a sharp falloff for Season 3 after the Disney+ “Star Wars” juggernaut dominated its first two seasons with 15 and 17 noms, respectively.

Also sharing nine noms were Netflix’s popular “Addams Family” spin-off “Wednesday” and the finale seasons of “The Marvelous Mrs.

Maisel” (Prime) and “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+), both up from the previous season.HBO’s Best Drama Series, “Succession,” gained eight nominations for its final season (with a contemporary costume breakthrough for costume designer…

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