'Severance' leads Emmy nominations with 27

'Severance' tells the story of employees of a biotech company who have their memories surgically separated between their 'innie' work lives and their 'outie' personal lives. Photo: Handout

Apple TV+'s dark sci-fi office drama "Severance" on Tuesday led the contenders for the Emmy Awards, television's version of the Oscars, with a whopping 27 nominations.

"The Penguin," HBO Max's Batman villain spinoff series, came in second with 24.