Screen Actors Guild Nominations: TV

By Abe Friedtanzer

The TV picks from SAG might actually be a bit more interesting than the Golden Globe list from yesterday, though it feels like they’re actually both honoring a lot of the same shows, which is not so typical. A few programs that were completely omitted by the Globes did score, while, for instance, What We Do in the Shadows was completely shut out again. Let’s dive in to the eight categories, after the jump…

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Screen Actors Guild Nominations - The Movies

SAG Award nominations were announced this morning by Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) and Lily Collins (Mank). The late Chadwick Boseman made history with 4 nominations simultaneously (2 Cast, 1 Lead, 1 Supporting) and Minari, one of our three favourite pictures of the year, suprised by nabbing THREE nominations when none were at all certain. Trial of the Chicago 7 and Ma Rainey also snagged 3  nominations.

After the jump brief commentary on the surprises, snubs, and what it might mean (or doesn't mean) for Oscar. It's always worth reeminding that there is next to no overlap from group to group in terms of voting. SAG's nominating committee are a mix of random people from their close to 100,000 wide membership and the acting branch of the Academy is infinitely smaller and though they're also members of SAG, only a tiny percentage might actually end up on the SAG nominating committee in any given year...

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Cloris Leachman, "The Actress"

We're still thinking about Cloris Leachman (RIP) and we are thrilled to have been pointed at one of her Emmy wins last night (thanks StinkyLulu!) that we hadn't seen. Her fifth (of eight) Emmy wins came in the now defunct category of "Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program" The occassion was the Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration in 1984 and Cloris performs a mini-musical/play called "The Actress". It is very much worth your 10 minutes...

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FYC: Best Ensemble

by Nathaniel R

SAG has a lot of choices for "Outstanding Cast" but will they choose well?

SAG and GLOBE and BFCA members are all voting right now or very soon for their nominations for the 2020 film year. This is as good a time as any then, to do FYCs that also serve as my own ballot in the first wave of the annual Film Bitch Awards. SAG and I don't often see eye to eye in terms of "Outstanding Cast". For my own "Ensemble" Award I tend to think of it as interplay and chemistry between actors. A  perfect ensemble has all performers operating on a high level and doing so together, so group scenes are far more important than a series of one-on-one encounters.

For instance, I wouldn't nominate Promising Young Woman for an Ensemble award even though it has a large talented cast because there's almost no group acting. Each scene is essentially Carey Mulligan versus  _____...

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Which Limited Series Will Dominate Year-End Awards?

By Abe Friedtanzer

There are more limited series than ever before on the air, though that classification is in itself complicated because of all the anthology series that introduce new characters and storylines each season. As we approach year-end awards that will, unlikee the Emmys, pull from both halves of 2020, which of the buzzy shows we talked about around Emmy time will still be in the running? What other offerings from the last few months will zoom ahead of them?

It’s worth remembering that the overall Emmy nominations leader this past season was a limited series, albeit not one that was considered as such at the end of 2019. Before its staggering 26-nomination haul at the Emmys, Watchmen competed as a drama series, landing four bids and two wins from the Critics Choice Association, a stunt ensemble nod from SAG, and absolutely nothing at the Golden Globes...

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