The Studio is a comedy series from Apple TV, about a well meaning but bumbling newly-appointed executive of a movie studio, played by Seth Rogen, who struggles to balance financial demands with artistic ambition.

There’s an episode where Rogen’s character is panicking over whether the lead actor of the film he greenlit will thank him if he wins a Golden Globe.

“ I'm worried that if she wins, she's not gonna thank me in her speech. But maybe that doesn't even matter. Right?” Rogen’s character whines to a producer of the film, played by Catherine O’Hara. “Oh no,” O’Hara says back to him, “That's everything.”

It’s a scene that now plays as very meta given that “The Studio” is up for 23 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Comedy Series. Rogen himself is up for Best Lead Actor in a C

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