10 Emmy-nominated TV shows you can watch for free on Prime Video…


 

The Primetime Emmys are just a few days away, and as they’re gearing up to celebrate the best of the best of the 2023-2024 television season, it’s time to make sure you’re all caught up, too.

Prime Video is a great place to start.

In addition to racking up an impressive 37 nominations on its own Amazon Original titles, which are all available to stream with an Amazon Prime membership ($14.99/month), you can also watch some of the other nominated shows thanks to Prime Video Channels add-ons.

HBO/Max and Paramount+ are just two of the streaming services you can conveniently add onto your Prime Video account, and they come with even more great nominees.

Below, we rounded up some of the shows you won’t want to miss heading into Emmy weekend, all available to stream on Prime Video.

Emmy-nominated Amazon Originals:

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Cast: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Walton Goggins

Nominations: 17, including Outstanding Drama Series

About the show: “Based on the video game, “Fallout” is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them above.”



Donald Glover and Maya Erskine standing in a room in a scene from the Prime Video series 'Mr and Mrs Smith'
David Lee/Prime Video

Cast: Donald Glover, Maya Erskine

Nominations: 16, including Outstanding Drama Series

About the show: “Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and identities to be thrown together as partners – both in espionage and in marriage.”



A cartoon of a man in a superhero garment
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Cast: Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh

Nominations: 1 (Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Sterling K. Brown)

About the show: “After an earth-shattering betrayal, Mark fights to rebuild his life. In the face of apocalyptic threats, he discovers new allies and wrestles with his greatest fear – that he might become his father.”



Comedian Tig Notaro holding a microphone
Emilio Madrid/Prime Video

Cast: Tig Notaro

Nominations: 2

About the show: “Tig Notaro returns with a hilarious and sharply observed stand-up special packed with delightfully awkward misunderstandings, health scares made hilarious, and family moments with her wife and children that are simultaneously sidesplitting and heartwarming. With her signature delivery and celebrated gift for storytelling, Tig’s new hour hits all the right notes.”



Two men relaxing in a hammock
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Cast: Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Clifton Collins Jr., Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Stephen Fry, Uma Thurman

Nominations: 1 (Outstanding Television Movie)

About the movie: “Based on the New York Times bestseller, “Red, White & Royal Blue” centers around Alex, the president’s son, and Britain’s Prince Henry whose long-running feud threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a staged truce, their icy relationship begins to thaw and the friction between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.”


More Emmy nominees to stream on Prime Video:

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 12


Larry David with his arms spread out near a curb
HBO

Cast: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, J. B. Smoove

Nominations: 4, including Outstanding Comedy Series

About the show: “Larry accidentally champions an important political cause, takes part in a country club controversy, and attempts to restore his public image in the 12th and final season of this hit HBO comedy series.”


‘Fellow Travelers’


A group of men in a room, including celebrities Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey
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Cast: Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Jelani Alladin, Linus Roache, Noah J. Ricketts, Allison Williams

Nominations: 3

About the show: “Decades-long chronicle of the risky, volatile and steamy relationship between the charismatic and ambitious Hawk and the pious and idealistic Tim, two political staffers who fall in love at the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare. Through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco culture of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s…”


‘True Detective: Night Country’


Jodie Foster standing with Kali Reis in the snow
HBO

Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Isabella Star LaBlanc, John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston

Nominations: 19, including Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

About the show: “The mysterious disappearance of eight scientists without a trace in Ennis, Alaska forces detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) to dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the ice.”


‘Hacks’ Season 3


Jean Smart with a group of women standing next to each other
HBO

Cast: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Megan Stalter, Paul W. Downs, Rose Abdoo, Mark Indelicato

Nominations: 16, including Outstanding Comedy Series

About the show: “To salvage her waning career, legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance is forced to team up with an entitled, outcast television writer in this hilariously dark comedy series.”


‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2


Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon dressed in gilded-age garments
HBO

Cast: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Thomas Cocquerel, Simon Jones, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski

Nominations: 6, including Outstanding Drama Series

About the show: “Bertha challenges the old guard by backing the new Metropolitan Opera House, George faces battles at his largest steel plant, Marian secretly begins teaching at a girls’ school, and Ada finds herself in an unexpected courtship.”



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