“Not yet” beamed the actor who is celebrating his first Emmy nom today for Batman HBO DC Studios spinoff series, The Penguin.

The all-time Emmy record haul remains the 160 nominations hoovered up by Netflix, also in 2020. This year, Netflix commanded 120, ranking second among platforms and up from last year's 107 noms. Limited series "The Penguin" punched above its weight with 24 nominations.

A whole year is a large window, but even still The Last of Us should be back within two-ish years. A second season of The Penguin seems much less certain, but it also sounds like HBO hasn’t ruled it out.

Television Academy viewers didn’t treat The Penguin like some waddling bafoonish, cartoon villain, rather as a high-end prestige series. The DC Studios HBO show swam toward 24 Primetime Emmy nominations this morning,

The excitement of Emmy nomination morning fades quickly for studios and networks, because the more daunting question is always the same: How do we actually win? It’s tempting to judge frontrunners based on sheer nomination tallies.

Cristin Milioti received an Emmy nomination for her work on The Penguin. The actress said that she would "love to revisit" her character, Sofia Gigante, in the future. Milioti also said that the series "doesn't feel finished" in a conversation with EW's The Awardist.

Conor McGregor is a narcissistic bully who has lost a civil action in which he was accused of a savage rape. But millions still slavishly worship him because he rose from the streets and used violence to claim his share of the good life.

It was quite a fine morning for Casey Bloys, the HBO and Max content chairman/CEO who saw his combined platform pull off 142 Emmy nominations - a new best for the company. Bloys said he had been prepped by his head of awards,