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,

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The nominations for this year’s Emmys are out, and while HBO Max is leading the pack with 142 noms total, Apple has a good chance of cleaning up as well thanks to Severance (27 noms) and The Studio (23 noms).