Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Billy Crudup is entering the “The Morning Show” episode “Ghost in the Machine” as his 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Drama Supporting Actor. “Ghost in the Machine” aired on September 13, 2023 and is the second episode of the Apple TV+ drama’s third season.
In “Ghost in the Machine”: Alex (Jennifer Aniston) passes the news of the deal between Cory (Crudup) and Paul (Jon Hamm) to Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) and Cybil (Holland Taylor) so they could hatch a plan to frustrate it together. UBA falls under a massive cyberattack and is taken off air. The hackers request $50 million ransom so the extracted confidential information of the employees would not spill further into the Internet. The board led by Cybil vote not to proceed with the payout, and Bradley warns that compromising information may arise. UBA hires tech analysts to close the breach and investigate into the impact of the hack. They determine that all media on all devices connected to the network, bringing various inside conflicts and private relationships to the light.
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“The Morning Show” received 15 Emmy nominations this year, including Best Drama Series, along with bids for 10 of its actors.
This year marks the third Emmy nomination for Crudup. He won this category for the same role in 2020. For this 2024 contest, he is competing against his “The Morning Show” castmates Mark Duplass and Jon Hamm, “Shōgun” duo Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira, as well as Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses”) and Jonathan Pryce (“The Crown”).
For a complete list of all episode submissions announced so far, join our special discussion in the Gold Derby forums. Television Academy voters are asked to watch each of the episodes submitted for that category before marking their ballots.
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