There’s been a lot of (justified) doom and gloom about the streaming landscape lately, despite the fact that the delivery method had its best month ever this past June. Still, in the wake of receiving two Emmy nominations himself this morning, Jon Hamm pointed out a rarely celebrated aspect of our current era, one that wasn’t around in his Mad Men days.
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“What is TV has certainly changed, even in the ranks of both the categories,” Hamm told The Hollywood Reporter on a post-announcement call. “Baby Reindeer probably wouldn’t have been on the air, much less in the conversation, in a pre-streamer era. And it’s all a good thing.” In the same vein, he also took some time to celebrate the diversity of nominations (although there were a lot of nods for The Bear and even his own Morning Show). “I’m thrilled for everybody who I got to work with that got nominated, and I’m also thrilled it was spread across the board,” Hamm said. “That’s always nice to be not be [sic] one of one—to be one of many is very, very cool.”
Hamm definitely used to be the former, with a total of twelve nominations (and one win) for his work in Mad Men, as well as a few others for guest roles in 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Including nods for his work in Fargo and The Morning Show today, he’s been nominated a total of 18 times. “I think it does feel different to be involved [than it did during Mad Men] and it’s obviously different to play such different characters and to have both recognized,” he shared. “I mean, yeah, I’m very, very happy. And as you said, it’s nice that the frequent flyer miles that I accumulated are being recognized as well.”
Even though things are different now, the veteran actor did have some good advice for first-time nominees. “I know we’re on the downside of peak TV, but there’s still tons of TV out there, so to have yours [sic] role or show or performance or whatever it is, singled out of the multitudes is already a win,” he said. “And when you look around, especially when you’re in a room, and you see who else you’re getting to share the experience with, it’s a very nice feeling.”