Bethesda and Prime Video’s Fallout TV series gets 16 Emmy nominations — here are the categories it might win
The Fallout TV series grabbed 16 Emmy nominations for the 2024 awards, including Walton Goggins for Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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There’s a lot of praise out in the Wasteland.
The 2024 Emmynominationsfor the Television Academy Awards are out, with Bethesda Game Studios, Kilter Films, and Amazon MGM Studios’FalloutTV series snagging 17 nominations. Notably, the series is up for Outstanding Drama Series, while Walton Goggins (who plays “The Ghoul” in the series) is up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Despite the high number of nominations, Fallout wasn’t quite the most-nominated series, with Hulu’s Shogun and The Bear (season 2) grabbing 25 and 23 nominations, respectively.
The Fallout TV series is available to watch exclusively on Prime Video. Below, you can find the full list of categories it was nominated in for the 2024 awards Television Academy Awards:
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The Fallout TV series helped breathe new life into the franchise
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The launch of the Fallout TV series has helped propel new interest in the games, withevery Fallout game seeing a surge in player countshortly after the series arrived. The series was critically acclaimed, with praise for the attention to deal in practically every aspect.
This growth has helped propel Fallout to become one of the most important franchises for Bethesda Softworks and for the entire Xbox organization. WhileFallout 5is years and years away, Fallout 76 is continuing to see new updates, including a feature coming in 2025 that’lllet players become a Ghoul.
Inmy review of the Fallout TV series' first season, I wrote that “It’s the small things that end up mattering the most, and everything here just feels comfortably Fallout, from the set dressing to that uncomfortable first moment where someone gives in to drinking irradiated water.”
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I also spoke with the cast and creators of the Fallout TV series, who talked about the challenges they faced when working on the series, and what it meant to pull in the same sense of wandering and wonder that Bethesda’s games provide.
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
