It felt like a moment from “ Severance .” That’s how Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor described waking up in July to the news that the company’s Apple TV+ drama was top of the leaderboard in this year’s Emmy Awards derby.

“It was surreal. It maybe felt like a moment in ‘Severance,’ ” Rice says on the latest episode of “Daily Variety” podcast. “Obviously we’d hoped for some love but hadn’t imagined what happened. Twenty- seven [nominations] is an unimaginable number for us. So we were extremely pleased and extremely grateful and happy for all the incredible people who make the show, just an incredible assemblage of craftsmen and women.”

Taylor adds that the blossoming of “Severance” as a buzzy show in pop culture has paid big dividends for Fifth Season, as well as f

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