2021 Emmy Awards

[danfrank]

The Emmy Awards take a tiny step forward: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/televi ... 235002002/

So, some recognition that not all actors fit the gender binary. However, the binary continues to be reinforced with the binary categories, thus forcing some actors (or their reps) to choose an incorrect category or bowing out altogether.

How do you all think the various awards organizations will be handling this issue in the future?

[Big Magilla]

The link has been fixed.

[Big Magilla]

The Emmy ballots have been released.

The "performer" or "acting" link doesn't work.

[anonymous1980]

The Emmy ballots have been released.

[Sabin]

anonymous1980 wrote
Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

This casting did *NOT* work for me.

[mlrg]

I still need to watch the final episode of Mare of Easttown but I would say that Kate Winslet is very very good in this. It might be her best work ever. She would be a very deserving winner.

In the comedy side I've just finished the last season of The Kominski Method (it's only 6 episodes) and both Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner are a joy to watch together after all this years. Douglas would be a very deserving winner. Don't want to spoil the show but the Emmy for guest actor in a comedy series might be locked as well.

[Reza]

Ewan McGregor in Halston?

[anonymous1980]

anonymous, you're not predicting Mr. Mayor for Comedy Series or Holly Hunter for Lead Actress?

I looked it up. It got bad reviews. I'm predicting Ted Danson because the category is a bit empty and he's a beloved veteran coming off of The Good Place.

[Greg]

anonymous, you're not predicting Mr. Mayor for Comedy Series or Holly Hunter for Lead Actress?

[Sabin]

At this point, it's clear that television and music have become the dominant artistic mediums of our time. Movies just aren't anymore and that's a shame. And yet, when I see every category of the Emmys with six, seven, or eight nominations, I just don't care. This award feels absolutely meaningless in a way that no other award does. Not the Oscar, Grammy, or Tony. Expand every category to twenty? Who cares.

That said, great predictions. I'd be surprised if Juno Temple wasn't nominated for Ted Lasso alongside Hannah Waddingham. Keeley Jones may not be a huge stretch for Temple but as depictions of influencers have dominated our zeitgeist, Keely is one of the more sympathetic and nuanced ones. It's like Keely Jones has starts the series where Schitt's Creek's Alexis Rose leaves off. The more I think about it, I think Juno Temple could win. If not her, who would be favored?

[anonymous1980]

It's the end of May. Time for my first attempt at Emmy predictions.

OUTSTANDING LIMITED or ANTHOLOGY SERIES
I May Destroy You (HBO)
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)
WandaVision (Disney+)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Bridgerton (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Perry Mason (HBO)
Pose (FX)
This Is Us (NBC)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
black-ish (ABC)
The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Hacks (HBO Max)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Pen15 (Hulu)
Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)

OUTSTANDING MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIE
An American Pickle (HBO Max)
Oslo (HBO)
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
Sylvie's Love (Prime Video)
Uncle Frank (Prime Video)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Paul Bettany, WandaVision (Disney+)
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor (Showtime)
Joel Edgerton, The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)
Hugh Grant, The Undoing (HBO)
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You (HBO)
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)
Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision (Disney+)
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
John Boyega, Small Axe (Prime Video)
Bill Camp, The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton (Disney+)
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule (Showtime)
Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton (Disney+)
Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision (Disney+)
Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown (HBO)
Letitia Wright, Small Axe (Prime Video)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Josh O'Connor, The Crown (Netflix)
Rege-Jean Page, Bridgerton (Netflix)
Billy Porter, Pose (FX)
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Uzo Aduba, In Treatment (HBO)
Olivia Colman, The Crown (Netflix)
Emma Corrin, The Crown (Netflix)
Phoebe Dynevor, Bridgerton (Netflix)
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Sarah Paulson, Ratched (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Bailey, Bridgerton (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian (Disney+)
John Benjamin Hickey, In Treatment (HBO)
John Lithgow, Perry Mason (HBO)
Tobias Menzies, The Crown (Netflix)
Anthony Ramos, In Treatment (HBO)
Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Michael Kenneth Williams, Lovecraft Country (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gillian Anderson, The Crown (Netflix)
Helena Bonham-Carter, The Crown (Netflix)
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Emerald Fennell, The Crown (Netflix)
Wunmi Mosaku, Lovecraft Country (HBO)
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched (Netflix)
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish (ABC)
Ted Danson, Mr. Mayor (NBC)
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
John Goodman, The Conners (ABC)
Ralph Macchio, Cobra Kai (Netflix)
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Sara Bareilles, Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish (ABC)
Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Beck Bennett, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)
Michiel Huisman, The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Alex Newell, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Paul Reiser, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
George Segal, The Goldbergs (ABC)
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Paula Pell, Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Rosie Perez, The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
Busy Phillips, Girls5Eva (Peacock)
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Kathleen Turner, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)