Emmy Wins / Open Thread

by Nathaniel R

Though I don't always finish watching the Emmys, we'll list the winners for you and a few comments here and there. My personal half interest is because I dont watch enough TV or when I do I don't do it quickly enough to be current (of the nominees I really ♥️ Mrs Maisel, GLOW, The Americans, and Handmaid's Tale but am definitely not up to date with any of them), This leaves me without strong opinions but for "it's so dumb that the same people win every year!" But here's a place to discuss and we'll list the winners and maybe the occasional comment. A big thank you to Spencer for doing a swath of "who will/should win" posts for us this month.

RuPaul's Drag Race FINALLY won Best Reality Competition Series. Breaking the decade plus grip on this category from The Voice and The Amazing Race. ALL THE WINNERS AND MORE AFTER THE JUMP... 

The hosts were not funny but at least a lot of funny people got air time!

COMEDY SERIES

Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
With Veep out of the running we finally have a new winner in the category.

Lead Actor Comedy Series  Bill Hader, Barry
The Emmy voters wanted fresh comedies this year. All the major comedy wins are brand new shows.

Lead Actress Comedy Series  Rachel Brosnaham, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Urging us to find our voice by voting. Trivia note: I had no idea that her boyfriend was Jason Ralph who stars in SyFy's really fun series The Magicians. 

Supporting Actor Comedy Series Henry Winkler, Barry
Winkler was nominated 3 times for Happy Days but never won. He joked that he wrote this speech 40+ years ago. We're just relieved it wasn't Alec Baldwin again!

Supporting Actress Comedy Series Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Performing a wee striptease on her way up. "You gotta have a gimmick..." 

Writing Comedy Series Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

My panic room is gonna be so pretty!

Directing Comedy Series Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 

LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE

Best Limited Series/Movie The Assassination of Gianni Versace 

Best Lead Actor Limited Series / Movie Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianna Versace

Best Lead Actress Limited Series/Movie Regina King Seven Seconds
This is King's third win from four nominations, all in the Limited Series acting categories

Supporting Actress Mini-Series/Movie Merrit Wever, Godless
Her second Emmy. Remember the shock when she won for Nurse Jackie back in the day?

 

Tip for young actors: When they call and say can you ride a horse, don't lie. You will find on day one you're in the Kentucky Derby. I'd like to thank my horse, Apollo. He was Jeff Bridges horse on True Grit. I felt he was making unfair comparisons....

Supporting Actor Mini-Series/Movie Jeff Daniels, Godless
His second Emmy. He previously won for The Newsroom. Delightful acceptance speech which veered into a joke about his horse.

Writing Mini-Series/Movie William Bridges and Charlie Booker, USS Callister: Black Mirror
Jorge wrote about this screenplay in his series 'Blueprints'. 

Directing Mini-Series/Movie Ryan Murphy, The Assassination of Gianna Versace: American Crime Story
I can't believe he revealed the secret gay mantra to the whole world. 

Writing Variety Series /Special John Mulaney

Directing Variety Series / Special Glenn Weiss for the Oscars. This is his 14th win. Most of his previous wins are from the Emmy Awards. HE PROPOSED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND FROM THE STAGE. She said yes. But I had to share this cut of the celebrities reacting.

DRAMA SERIES

Drama Series Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones didn't win directing or writing but it still took home 6 trophies including it's third win in Series. No show has won more than 4 times for Best Drama Series (Hill Street Blues, LA Law, Mad Men, and The West Wing are tied for "most wins" with 4)

 

Lead Actor Drama Series Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Repeating the Friday Night Lights and Mad Men situations, the Best Actor win goes to the male lead in a critical darling show's final season after NO previous acting wins for the leads or regular supporting cast ... but the female lead loses.

Lead Actress Drama Series Claire Foy, The Crown 

Supporting Actor Drama Series Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
This is his third win for playing Tyrion Lannister.

I don't even believe in God, but I'm going to thank Her tonight.

Supporting Actress Drama Series Thandie Newton, Westworld
YAY! She's so great on that show and Ann Dowd already won for Handmaid's Tale (and contrary to Emmy voters, you don't really need to win multiple times. (We don't however approve of the decision to have TWO Handmaid's Tale stars present this prize with nominees from their own show in the mix. 

Writing For Drama Series Joel Fields and Joe Weiser for The Americans
They thanked television critics for "keeping us on air" - love it. 

Directing for Drama Series Stephen Daldry for The Crown
Claire Foy seems very surprised.

RANDOMNESS

Best Reality Show Competition Program RuPaul's Drag Race
FINALLY. 

Best Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live

Best Late Night Talk Show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Comments

[Mike Troutman]

Loved the Reyes win was hoping for more for the Americans but just glad they got anything. The telecast wasn’t great, Jost and Che weren’t ready. After the independent spirit awards not sure why every awards show isn’t using Kroll and Mulaney. I enjoyed the rick and morty bit, but it just reminded me that it’s time to scrap the best animated program bullshit and just have a best animated series Emmy and reward it on the big night. I want Bojack vs Rick and Morty vs Bobs burgers at next years Emmys.

[Jakey]

Helen Hunt won all those Emmys because in those days, it was all about episode submission, and the best way to win a Best Actress in a a Comedy Emmy was to submit a "serious" episode. This strategy also worked for Roseanne (in an episode written by Amy Sherman-Palladino!) and Debra Messing.

[BD (the real one)]

Annoying FIY: Helen Hunt’s Oscar came before her third Emmy win, actually, in 1998. She won again in 1999 for the final season.

[femineest]

Awesome* FIY: Helen Hunt’s Oscar came before her third Emmy win, actually, in 1998. She won again in 1999 for the final season.

FTFY

[Debby M]

I'm with you Michael R, totally missed seeing the noms in their street/carpet clothes and their reactions. Who needs to see a two second clip of a performance? Did like the giant picture of their character behind the acceptance speech. Maybe it saves time to have the announcer list the nominations, but how awkward was it to open the envelope after the ridiculous banter?

[James from Ames]

Want to repeat the earlier comment about how great it was that they showed CLIPS of the nominees! Oscars take note.

Nat: I wanted to ask you about Laurie Metcalf, who has been nominated for an Emmy, a Tony and an Oscar all in one year. Has any other performer accomplished this? What a year!