What does "Newcomers snag Emmy nods" mean?

[NewHopeR]

Does it mean "Newcomers grab the opportunity of Emmy"?

Context:

Newcomers snag Emmy nods

'Homeland,' 'Girls' get Emmy nominations

Emmy nominations: 'Homeland,' 'Girls,' 'Veep,' 'Mad Men,' 'Big Bang'

 

[SoothingDave]

They received nominations for the Emmy awards.

 

[charliedeut]

Hi,

"Newcomers" means, IMO, that those series are in hteir first season (="newbie")

 

[BobK]

Hi,

"Newcomers" means, IMO, that those series are in hteir first season (="newbie")

:up: So they don't 'grab' any 'opportunity'; they just get nominated ('nod' - another short word very popular with headline-writers - as discussed in another (recent) thread).

b

 

[NewHopeR]

:up: So they don't 'grab' any 'opportunity'; they just get nominated ('nod' - another short word very popular with headline-writers - as discussed in another (recent) thread).

b

The link to the 'nod" thread, please?
I searched it and failed to find it.

 

[BobK]

It is in no sense a 'nod' thread. It's just one where I mentioned the habit of newspaper headlines to use short words. The post was this.