‘Better Call Saul’ Is 0 For 53 In Emmy Nominations, Ending Six-Season Run Without A Win

After six seasons and 53 Emmy nominations, including seven for Outstanding Drama Series, Better Call Saul has left us without a single win.

The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad prequel was nominated for seven Emmys tonight, including Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor for Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman, Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, as well as Picture Editing, Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series, Sound Mixing and two nominations in the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series category for the “Point and Shoot” episode and series finale, “Saul Gone”, but came up empty for all. The series somehow, despite its acclaim, never matched the awards success of the mothership series, which won 16 Emmys out of 58 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, four Lead Actor wins for Bryan Cranston, three for Aaron Paul in the supporting actor category and one for Anna Gunn for supporting actress.

Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, the prequel revolved around Odenkirk’s former con man Jimmy McGill and his transformation from a down-on-his-luck fledgling lawyer, to the notoriously sleazy yet endearing Saul Goodman. Seehorn portrayed the fan favorite character Kim Wexler, a new character who did not appear in Breaking Bad. Wexler was Jimmy’s love interest and fellow colleague.

In addition to Odenkirk and Seehorn, Better Call Saul starred Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton and Giancarlo Esposito.

Series was executive produced by Gould, Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, and Michael Morris.

Succession took wins tonight for outstanding drama series, writing for a drama series and lead actor in a drama series for Kieran Culkin along with Jennifer Coolidge for supporting actress in a drama series for The White Lotus.