'Severance' leads Emmy nominees with 27

"Severance" separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations Tuesday, while "The Studio" led comedy nominees with a record-tying 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+.

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No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series “Severance,” which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season, bringing an expected Emmy bounty.

“It’s been the best kind of morning,” Apple TV+ head of programming Matt Cherniss told The Associated Press.

Lead acting nominations went to “Severance” stars Adam Scott and Britt Lower for their dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman got a supporting nod for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-welding supervisor.

Patricia Arquette was nominated for supporting actress for playing an outcast from the sinister family business at the center of the show.

And Ben Stiller got a nomination for directing the Season 2 finale.

Apple’s Hollywood satire “The Studio” was expected to make a significant showing for its first season, but it romped over more established shows like “Hacks,” which got 14, and “The Bear,” which got 13.

And “The Studio” tied a record set by “The Bear” last year when it also got 23 nominations, the most ever for a comedy.

Seth Rogen, who co-created “The Studio” with longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, personally got three nominations — for acting, writing and directing.

Rogen told the AP that “my ego is in shock” and called the raft of nominations “very validating in a way that I’m not used to being validated.”