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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,

HBO Max dominated the 2025 Emmy nominations on Tuesday with a record 142 nods, led by “Hacks,” “The Penguin,” “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus.”