Actor Courteney Cox, known for her role as Monica Geller on “Friends,” has been nominated for her first-ever primetime Emmy award. The HBO Max special “Friends: The Reunion” received a nomination for best variety special from the Television Academy on Tuesday.
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According to Variety, com, Cox was one of the executive producers alongside the original show’s creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane and cast members Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, which resulted in the accolade.
NBC’s Sitcom “Friends,” which aired for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004, was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards during its run. However, Cox was the only member from the show who didn’t get a single nomination that time.
Last month during her appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show, Cox said that “When every single cast member was nominated but me, it definitely hurt my feelings.”
The “Friends” reunion special was nominated in the variety category alongside “8:46” by Dave Chappelle, “A West Wing Special To Benefit When We All Vote,” “Bo Burnham: Inside,” “David Byrne’s America Utopia” and “Hamilton”.
More specifically, the HBO Max special “Friends: The Reunion” received a variety special (pre-recorded) nomination from the Television Academy on Tuesday.
Cox was one of the executive producers alongside the original show’s creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane and cast members Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, which resulted in the accolade.
“Friends: The Reunion” streamed on HBO Max in May and consisted not only of a sit-down interview of the six stars with James Corden, but also bits of script readings, a trivia game, a fashion show, and more. The special was also nominated in the variety special directing, variety special production design and variety special lighting design/direction categories