The second season of Dan Erickson’s and Ben Stiller’s Apple TV+ drama was very good, but season one was great — and mostly ignored at its own Emmy Awards.

In January, Stiller gave an update on season 3, saying that the creative team was working on the new season. A month later, in February, Stiller repeated his insistence that "Severance" was already back in production, just before Apple officially greenlit season 3.

Apple TV+ programming head Matt Cherniss on the streamer's Emmy noms, when 'Severance' might return and all those cameos on 'The Studio.'

Apple TV+'s "Severance" and HBO's "The Penguin" lead the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards, outpacing other top shows. Additionally, a Swedish court has convicted three individuals for their involvement in the murder of rapper C.

Apple TV's Severance earned the most Emmy nominations this year, with 27 nominations marking a win for the streaming network, along with The Studio, which also received 23 nominations.

Not only did the second season of the Apple TV+ thriller earn Scott a much deserved nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but “Severance” itself was the clear leader of Tuesday’s nominations. Altogether, the drama was nominated for 27 awards, the most of any one series.

Joyel Crawford, workplace expert and career coach, explains how 'Severance' exposes the realities of corporate culture and why the dystopian vision feels so familiar to today’s professionals. The Apple TV+ series is the most nominated show this year,

The network has earned a record-breaking 81 Emmy Award nominations across 14 hit Apple Original titles with the head of Worldwide Video saying Severance "exceeded expectations".