The 2020 Emmy Awards nominations are out and if there’s one thing we’ve learned from them, it’s that we really need to up our TV reviewing game. We’ve missed a lot in the last couple of years writing and promoting the book. Will that stop us from having opinions? Are you new here?
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Black Monday
Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe
black-ish
Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson Sr.
The Good Place
Ted Danson as Michael
The Kominsky Method
Ramy Youssef as Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose
Honestly, this feels like a race between Ted Danson and Eugene Levy. Like some of the other Schitt’s Creek cast member nominees, Levy is going to go into the voting with that sheen of “long neglected but highly deserved,” which will benefit him in the long run, we think.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
black-ish
Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Dead To Me
Christina Applegate as Jen Harding
Dead To Me
Linda Cardellini as Judy Hale
Insecure
Issa Rae as Issa
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose
See our previous entry. We don’t see how Catherine O’Hara doesn’t take this. Weird that Kristen Bell didn’t get a nod.
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
We don’t have strong thoughts either way, except Samantha Bee is the one whose work we catch most and she deserves a win just for being the only woman at the sausage party.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
The Morning Show
Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler
Ozark
Jason Bateman as Martin ‘Marty’ Byrde
Pose
Billy Porter as Pray Tell
Succession
Brian Cox as Logan Roy
Succession
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy
People are pissed poor Bob Odenkirk didn’t get nominated. Of this lot, we suspect the members of the Roy family will be duking it out, as they tend to do. Love to see Billy Porter get the nod, but none of his sisters from Pose did, and that seems kind of wrong. MJ Rodriguez deserved.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
The Crown
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
Euphoria
Zendaya as Rue
Killing Eve
Jodie Comer as Villanelle
Killing Eve
Sandra Oh as Eve Polast ri
The Morning Show
Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy
Ozark
Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde
To our eyes, this looks like a contest between Jennifer Aniston and Zendaya. It could honestly go either way, but if this had been a normal year with the usual Emmys ceremony, there would have been a TON of speculation about Jen showing up with fellow nominee (for SNL) Brad, we’d bet.
OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Masked Singer
Nailed it!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Drag Race doesn’t deserve it this year, we’re sorry to say. It’s Nailed It‘s time.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Bad Education
Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone
Hollywood
Jeremy Pope as Archie Coleman
I Know This Much Is True
Mark Ruffalo as Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey
Normal People
Paul Mescal as Connell
Watchmen
Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
On buzz alone, this would seem to be Paul Mescal’s to win, although Irons and Jackman were both excellent.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Little Fires Everywhere
Kerry Washington as Mia Warren
Mrs. America
Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly
Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
Octavia Spencer as Madam C.J. Walker
Unorthodox
Shira Haas as Esther Shapiro
Watchmen
Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night
Reese Witherspoon got snubbed for no less than three different roles (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show, Little Fires Everywhere), which means she’s having a sucky morning. Cate Blanchett probably has the most buzz based on her pedigree as a movie star, but we think this comes down to Regina King and Shira Haas. It’s a shame Merrit Wever didn’t get a nod for Unbelievable.
OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen
It’s a tossup between Mrs. America and Watchmen, both of which pushed some hot-topic buttons in the zeitgeist (although Watchmen seems almost prescient in retrospect).
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead To Me
The Good Place
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
What We Do In The Shadows
Again, we’re looking at the beloved and departed Schitt’s Creek going up against the beloved and departed The Good Place.
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession
LOVE that The Mandalorian got a nod, but we’re thinking Succession for this one.
UPDATED:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
GLOW
Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan
The Good Place
D’Arcy Carden as Janet
Insecure
Yvonne Orji as Molly
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman
Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon as Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
Cecily St rong as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek
Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose
Ooooh, Annie Murphy vs. D’Arcy Carden. That one hurts.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt
The Good Place
William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye
The Kominsky Method
Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Sterling K. Brown as Reggie
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman
Ramy
Mahershala Ali as Sheikh Malik
Saturday Night Live
Kenan Thompson as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek
Daniel Levy as David Rose
Sorry, William Jackson Harper, if Dan Levy doesn’t get this, we riot.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Big Little Lies
Laura Dern as Renata Klein
Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright
The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret
The Handmaid’s Tale
Samira Wiley as Moira
Killing Eve
Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens
Ozark
Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore
Succession
Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy
Westworld
Thandie Newton as Maeve
Much as we love Miss Thandie, her season sucked. This is probably Sarah Snook’s.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring
The Handmaid’s Tale
Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence
The Morning Show
Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison
The Morning Show
Mark Duplass as Charles ‘Chip’ Black
Succession
Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch
Succession
Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
Westworld
Jeffrey Wright as Bernard
Braun vs. Culkin for the trophy.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Hollywood
Holland Taylor as Miss Kincaid
Mrs. America
Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm
Mrs. America
Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan
Unbelievable
Toni Collette as Detective Grace Rasmussen
Watchmen
Jean Smart as Agent Laurie Blake
Uzo by a MILE.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Hollywood
Dylan McDermott as Ernie
Hollywood
Jim Parsons as Henry Willson
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon
Watchmen
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar / Dr. Manhattan
Watchmen
Jovan Adepo as Officer Will Reeves / Hooded Justice
Watchmen
Louis Gossett Jr. as William Reeves
Louis Gossett, Jr. for his line reading of “Wounds need air” alone.
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