{"id":321933,"date":"2026-04-21T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321933"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:30:32","slug":"riz-ahmeds-bait-21-category-emmys-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/riz-ahmeds-bait-21-category-emmys-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Riz Ahmed&#8217;s &#8216;Bait&#8217; 21 Category Emmys Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmazon is putting out some \u201cBait\u201d to hook Emmy voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe streamer\u2019s British six-part miniseries \u201cBait,\u201d starring Riz Ahmed, is making a push for the Emmy season, with plans to submit in 21 categories, including outstanding limited or anthology series, <em>Variety <\/em>has learned exclusively. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBait\u201d follows Shah Latif (Ahmed), a struggling British Pakistani actor navigating an existential crisis while auditioning for the role of James Bond amid cultural backlash, skilled pressure and strained family relationships. The Prime Video series, which premiered globally on March 25 after debuting earlier this 12 months on the Sundance Film Festival, has received positive reviews from critics and currently sits at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn the Emmy front, \u201cBait\u201d will mount a wide-ranging campaign spanning major series and craft categories. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAhmed, an Oscar winner for producing the live-action short \u201cThe Long Goodbye\u201d (2021) and a best actor nominee for the extreme drama \u201cSound of Metal\u201d (2020), has established himself as a multi-hyphenate across film, television and theater. On the Emmys in 2017, he made history as the primary South Asian and Muslim man to win an acting Emmy for his role as Nasir Khan in HBO\u2019s miniseries \u201cThe Night Of.\u201d That very same 12 months, he earned a second nom in guest actor for HBO\u2019s comedy \u201cGirls.\u201d He\u2019ll be an enormous focus for the campaign, going for an additional nomination for lead actor (limited).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGuz Khan, who portrays Shah\u2019s cousin Zulfi, will probably be submitted for supporting actor (limited), while Sheeba Chaddha, who plays Tahira, will vie for supporting actress. Actors may self-submit for Emmy consideration, and lots of final selections regarding episode submissions for artisans is not going to be fully known until nomination voting begins in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDirector Bassam Tariq will put forth episode 3, titled \u201cHouse or Home,\u201d which will even serve because the official writing submission for author Azam Mahmood. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTogether with Ahmed, the series\u2019 executive producers are Allie Moore, Ben Karlin and Jake Fuller, with Chris Sheriff, Karen Joseph Adcock, Dipika Guha, Prashanth Venkataramanujam and Azam Mahmood serving as producers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis 12 months\u2019s Emmy timeline begins with nomination-round voting from June 11-22, followed by nominations on July 8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure  lrv-u-font-family-secondary u-color-medium-grey lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-light-grey-tint-two u-margin-b-150 lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \"><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  \">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe complete list of Emmy submissions for \u201cBait\u201d is below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"container \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Limited or Anthology Series<\/li>\n<li>Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie \u2014 Riz Ahmed<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie \u2014 Guz Khan <\/li>\n<li>Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie \u2014 Sheeba Chaddha<\/li>\n<li>Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie \u2014 Bassam Tariq, Episode 3: \u201cHouse or Home\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie \u2014 Episode 3: \u201cHouse of Home\u201d by Azan Mahmood<\/li>\n<li>Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<\/li>\n<li>Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<\/li>\n<li>Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<br \/>Production Design (Half-Hour Narrative Program)<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Costumes<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Hairstyling<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)<\/li>\n<li>Title Design<\/li>\n<li>Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Rating)<\/li>\n<li>Music Supervision<\/li>\n<li>Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special<\/li>\n<li>Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<\/li>\n<li>Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming<\/li>\n<li>Stunt Performance<\/li>\n<li>Special Effects (season or episode TBD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>All six episodes of \u201cBait\u201d at the moment are streaming on Amazon Prime Video.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is putting out some \u201cBait\u201d to hook Emmy voters. The streamer\u2019s British six-part miniseries \u201cBait,\u201d starring Riz Ahmed, is making a push for the Emmy season, with plans to submit in 21 categories, including outstanding limited or anthology series, Variety has learned exclusively. \u201cBait\u201d follows Shah Latif (Ahmed), a struggling British Pakistani actor navigating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[32619,21444,4754,3244,40408,12810],"class_list":["post-321933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-ahmeds","tag-bait","tag-category","tag-emmys","tag-riz","tag-submissions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321936,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321933\/revisions\/321936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}