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Amazon's Fallout show and Walton Goggins score some Emmy nominations

Prime Video's adaptation of Bethesda's RPG series continues to prosper and earns Emmy recognition in its debut season.

Justin Carter, Contributing Editor

July 17, 2024

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Walton Goggins as the Ghoul in Prime Video's Fallout.
Image via Prime Video.

The Emmys has revealed its nominees for the 2023-2024 season, and Prime Video's Fallout walked away with 16 total nominations.

Of the bunch, the most prestigious is "Best Drama," putting it alongside big series like The Crown, Shogun, and 3-Body Problem. Acting-wise, Walton Goggins was the sole actor to get recognized, earning a "Best Actor" nod for playing The Ghoul, aka Cooper Howard.

On a technical level, Fallout's nominations included "Outstanding Title Design," "Best Makeup (Period or Sci-Fi/Fantasy)," and "Outstanding Writing" for its pilot episode.

This makes Fallout the second video game adaptation to earn nominations in big Emmy categories, following the success of HBO's The Last of Us from last year. That series went on to win eight Creative Emmys, including "Outstanding Title Design" and "Outstanding VFX."

Since its April release, Fallout has been met with critical and audience acclaim. That success has bounced back to the games proper, with nearly every game seeing a massive player surge just days after the show's release.

A week later, Amazon gave it a season two renewal. By the end of April, Amazon boasted that the show amassed 65 million viewers in a two-week run.

In response to the show's popularity, Bethesda's Todd Howard stressed the franchise wouldn't end at Fallout 4 (which is nearly 10 years old) and Fallout 76 (six years old). More games are planned, he said, but Bethesda Game Studios' chief priority is currently Elder Scrolls 6.

The full list of nominees for the 2023-2024 Emmys can be found here. ABC will air the ceremony on Sunday, September 15.

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Justin Carter

Contributing Editor, GameDeveloper.com

A Kansas City, MO native, Justin Carter has written for numerous sites including IGN, Polygon, and SyFy Wire. In addition to Game Developer, his writing can be found at io9 over on Gizmodo. Don't ask him about how much gum he's had, because the answer will be more than he's willing to admit.

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