After Emmy Awards Success, Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Earns Major Nomination in National Television Awards

Wrexham looks to be aiming for trophies beyond their achievements on the soccer pitch. The Welsh club’s documentary, ‘Welcome to Wrexham,’ has been a global sensation since its release. Already savored the taste of winning 5 Emmy Awards, the series is now in contention for another prestigious honor, having earned a major nomination at the National Television Awards.

Among the 15 categories, Welcome to Wrexham has been shortlisted in only one: the Factual Entertainment genre. Competing for the award against 44 other nominees, Ryan Reynolds and Co.’s project will face direct competition from other sports stories, including ‘Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story,’ Amazon Prime’s ‘Married to the Game,’ Manchester United’s treble-winning coverage series ’99,’ and Gary Lineker’s ‘Match of the Day.’ Interestingly, in the Authored Documentary category, films ‘Beckham’ and ‘Rooney’ are set to compete among 14 other nominations. 

Speaking of the remaining genres, the New Drama category has 30 nominations, and the Quiz Game Show category has 23. Notably, the highest number of nominations is in the Drama Performance category with 81, followed by TV Presenter with 51. The rest include Returning Drama (27), The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award (23), Serial Drama (8), Expert (45), Serial Drama Performance (27), Reality Competition (15), Daytime (28), Comedy (29), and Talent Show (18).

Fans can nominate their favorite picks for Britain’s leading TV awards on NTA’s website. All votes must be submitted by 11 PM on May 31, 2024. The resulting shortlist of nominees will be revealed in August, marking the start of the final round of voting. A final event will see the awards get distributed on Wednesday 11th September 2024, live from The O2 London. Let’s see if Wrexham faithful help Reynolds and Co. win the award, given the commendation they have received. 

Welcome to Wrexham set to be renewed for Season 4 as the Welsh club exceeds ‘expectations’

The tremendous response to the first two seasons of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ led to the early release of the third season earlier this month. As the documentary continues to dominate the charts, Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment, is delighted with its success and has decided to renew it for a fourth season.

FX also commended the club owners’ vision for the Welsh club. Mr. Grad specifically praised the Red Dragons’ historic season, stating, “Wrexham AFC has exceeded all expectations on the pitch and with fans, scoring back-to-back promotions under the leadership of Rob and Ryan and rising to compete in League One next season.”

Indeed, it has been quite a journey for Welcome to Wrexham, a series that continues to achieve milestones. Certainly, the FX-based documentary would be looking to bring the NTA award to STōK Cae Ras.