Martin Short Lands Emmy Nods in Three Genres — SkimNews
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- Martin Short landed Emmy nominations across three distinct projects: Outstanding comedy lead actor plus a comedy series nom (as executive producer) for Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building," a game show host nod for ABC's "Match Game," and three noms for the Netflix documentary "Marty, Life Is Short."
- Lawrence Kasdan directed "Marty, Life Is Short," and Short gave him access to shelves of personal camcorder footage he'd transferred to DVD; Steven Spielberg also contributed home movies he had filmed featuring Short.
- After Short's daughter Katherine died in February, Kasdan offered to hold back the documentary, but Short chose to proceed, telling him the film could be called "Love, Loss and Survival."
- Short's Netflix documentary "Marty, Life Is Short" competes directly against Amazon's "John Candy: I Like Me" — another doc in which Short appears heavily — in the outstanding documentary or nonfiction special category.
- Short teased that next season's "Only Murders in the Building" will move to London with a new batch of A-list guest stars; he said there are no future "Match Game" seasons planned, but added "never say never."
- Short credited late friend John Candy with starting his home-video habit in 1981, recounting that he traded his VHS machine for Betamax so the two "SCTV" co-stars could exchange tapes.
Why it matters: A single nominee appearing across acting, hosting, and documentary categories in one Emmy cycle is rare, and Short's decision to release the Netflix doc just months after his daughter's death reframes it from a career retrospective into a public meditation on grief — one he says has resonated with viewers since the film's May global premiere.
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