Here are the nominees for the 2022 Emmy Awards
This year's ceremony will air on NBC on Monday, September 12
Aux News the 2022 Emmy Awards
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Keenan Thompson from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, will air on NBC on Monday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET. Here’s a complete list of this year’s nominees for television’s biggest honor and the categories that will be awarded during the show. Check back with The A.V. Club before, during, and after the show for comprehensive coverage, including live updates as each winner is announced.
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Issa Rae, Insecure
Jean Smart, Hacks
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Steve Martin, Only Murders In The Building
Martin Short, Only Murders In The Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Outstanding Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls
Nailed It!
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series
Inventing Anna
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or A Movie
Colin Firth, The Staircase
Andrew Garfield, Under The Banner Of Heaven
Oscar Isaac, Scenes From A Marriage
Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or A Movie
Toni Collette, The Staircase
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
Lily James, Pam & Tommy
Sarah Paulson, American Crime Story: Impeachment
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout
Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Melanie Lynsey, Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Zendaya, Euphoria
Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Julia Garner, Ozark
Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
Sarah Snook, Succession
Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria
Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Park Hae-soo, Squid Game
Matthew Macfayden, Succession
John Turturro, Severance
Christopher Walken, Severance
Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game
Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler, Barry
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series
Connie Britton, The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus
Mare Winningham, Dopesick
Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Jake Lacy, The White Lotus
Will Poulter, Dopesick
Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy
Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick
Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick
Steve Zahn, The White Lotus
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Hope Davis, Succession
Marcia Gay Harden, The Morning Show
Martha Kelly, Euphoria
Sanaa Lathan, Succession
Harriet Walter, Succession
Lee You-mi, Squid Game
Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Adrien Brody, Succession
James Cromwell, Succession
Colman Domingo, Euphoria
Arian Moayed, Succession
Tom Pelphrey, Ozark
Alexander Skarsgård, Succession
Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Adams, Hacks
Harriet Sansom Harris, Hacks
Jane Lynch, Only Murders In The Building
Laurie Metcalf, Hacks
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Harriet Walter, Ted Lasso
Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Jerrod Carmichael, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Curb Your Enthusiasm
James Lance, Ted Lasso
Nathan Lane, Only Murders In The Building
Christopher McDonald, Hacks
Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso
Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Saturday Night Live
Variety Special (Live)
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards
Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: The Facts Of Life And Diff’rent Strokes
The Oscars
Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, And 50 Cent
Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back!
Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Adele: One Night Only
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett And Lady Gaga
Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
The Problem With Jon Stewart
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy
VICE
The World According To Jeff Goldblum
Host For A Reality Or Competition Program
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, Making It
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
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Donald Glover? I love Atlanta, but he was barely in it this season, and was never the standout actor in the episodes in which he appeared.
Come on, Rhea Seehorn!
Apparently she’s not nominated. 🙁
Rhea Seehorn got two nominations this morning!
Actually, she is, they just didn’t list the supporting actor/actress categories.
Shame nothing for Banks, Mando or Dalton though.
Oh good!
Idk, she submitted as a supporting actress in a drama series. Is this list complete?
I see her name on Variety’s live updating.
I really wish the Emmys had a “Best Ensemble” award – there would so many contenders this year (my personal vote would go to White Lotus).
I agree. There’s a bunch of “Outstanding Casting” categories but apparently that’s more for the casting director(s) than the actual cast.
I’ve never been one for awarding casting directors because that’s more business than art, but awards that focus on ensembles is something I can get behind. We are now seeing entire categories populated by multiple actors from a single show, (snubbing out a lot more variety) and I think it may be time to just have an Outstanding Cast award if that’s what they’re going to do.
Casting is kind of a strange beast because the most important roles (leads, supporting, guest stars) are usually decided by producers. Casting directors act as gatekeepers, sometimes not even that as lead roles can be created with specific actors in mind.
And they have that category at the SAGs for both film and television, so it’s not like there isn’t precedent. The Tony’s should add the same, too.
White Lotus has a fantastic cast but I’d have to vote for Shadows.
Peacemaker got nothing? Like Nothing? Fuck off you cunts.
Eagly was robbed
He was! We need him to show up at the awards and steal and award for peacemaker!
Eagly does not steal. He liberates!
rhea seehorn please
no Osscar Issac or Ethan Hawke for Moonknight?
No Cena, Robert Patrick for Peacemaker?!
booo (tbf a lot of the nominees did earn it, too much good tv)
I blame the fact that Oscar Isaac was excellent in 2 limited series. He had been on every prediction list for Scenes from a Marriage. I think probably those voting for nominations had a hard time voting for him twice in the same category. He picked up double nods elsewhere, but usually on ballots that separate cable from streaming.I really hope he wins for Scenes. He’s great in it, but I also just think he has surprisingly few accolades for consistently terrific work.
The voters who saw Peacemaker were gonna vote John Cena but they couldn’t see him on their emmy ballot.
They still haven’t nominated Rhea Seehorn, you gotta be fucking kidding me.
She was nominated. This site is slow to update Supporting categories.
“Dope!” “Sick!”
Rhea Seehorn finally got nominated, cool.Glad Squid Game was recognized.
Wow, Disney+ basically got shut out, eh? I thought we’d see something in an acting category from Obi-Wan, Moon Knight, or Loki (like Moses Ingraham or Tom Hiddleston, and I think May Callamaway definitely deserved a nod). I also think Iman Vellani deserves it for Ms. Marvel, but I assume it was released after the nomination period. Then again, I’m hardly the first to say that that type of genre fare is often underappreciated for this kind of recognition.
Something, something “not really cinema”, something, something.To be fair, Disney’s not doing those shows for the awards.
Except for Eternals. Maybe I’m crazy but I really feel like they were gunning for an award there and it’s too bad for them that Eternals sucked.
Maybe, although I suspect they’ve given up after Black Panther. And, of course, it wouldn’t be eligible for an Emmy.In defense of Eternals, however, I’d argue that it only sucked when graded against the rest of the MCU (and it’s still better than Dark World). I’d call it aggressively mediocre, at worst.
Eternals would’ve probably fit best as a D+ show with 6~9 episodes. Given enough time to flesh out the characters as well as their impacts on the world while in hiding, establish the Deviants as an actual threat, and have enough time for the Celestial ‘twist’ to have an actual meaning. As is, it just seemed to be a background events movie in the same vein as Black Widow since nothing from it will really pay off until a year or five from now.
Eternals suffered from reverse-The Avengers syndrome. The original Avengers film was so successful because it introduced it’s ensemble elsewhere and let them bounce off eachother the whole film. Eternals is literally just character introduction after character introduction. We don’t even meet Phastos until after the halfway mark. That’s so exhausting.
There’s a strong argument that it is aggressively terrible, although the spot in the middle where it turns out that Space Boss has been gaslighting them for like 5,000 years was just beautiful.
So I made those CGI dogs and then they got out of hand so I made you to take care of them and also you are like robots and stuff and also I just made up some memories of a fake home, and oh shit, I gotta go, late for a meeting, just make sure you don’t something crazy and abort that space fetus growing inside the planet.
These are the Emmy’s, not the Kids’ Choice Awards.
Hey, I can be a snob too, but quality is not zero-sum; something being mainstream (or – GASP! – even aimed partially at kids) does not mean it can’t be good, and it being good does not somehow diminish “higher-brow” work in the process. And a good performance is a good performance, no matter the package it comes in. One doesn’t have to wade too deeply into the “art vs content” debate to recognize that both can have merit, or that the Emmys (and other award shows) have always over-emphasized a very narrow vision of what constitutes quality.
Right, but I’m saying none of those performances were award-worthy, and a few were downright terrible. Hence my comment suggesting you have a Disney myopia on display here.
Just slap Minions in the face of anyone that argues children entertainment cant be good. Also, Turning Red is a tear jerker.
Hard to argue against Minions level money.
ah the classic commenter who equates enjoying disney IPs to being a child. You certainly are the salt of the earth.
ah the classic commenter who equates enjoying disney IPs to multiple Emmy-worthy performances. You’re certainly the salt of the magic kingdom.
i’d love to see them make better shows!
The Emmy nomination deadline was May 31, so you are correct that Ms. Marvel isn’t eligible for this year’s awards. Only two episodes of Obi-Wan aired by the deadline, so it might still be eligible for next year’s awards.
In terms of Oscar Isaac, I do think the fact that he was already seen as a near lock for Scenes from a Marriage made it less likely he would score a second nod because it would have had to be in the same category. He picked up both at the HCAs, but they separate cable and streaming. I don’t think May had enough to do.I think Loki likely was hurt by the fact that season 2 is already announced which through it into the very crowded drama pool instead of Limited.
People keep telling me his performance was amazing on Moon Knight but I really think it was average. People seem mystified to see a latino man do a hokey british accent. It reminds me of people insisting that James McAvoy was some kind of genius for “playing 23 characters” in Split.
Personally, I think that’s a little reductive. There is something to be said at how seamlessly he moved between the two characters with Disney going so far as to publicize the fact that he would film as Marc talking to Steven and Steven talking to Marc at the same time. That is skill. I also think you have to acknowledge that he does change body language considerably between the two. I think the makeup and hair department is owed an award for the support they played in making him look different. Being able to create two distinct characters is harder than it looks.But I’m not just impressed that he managed to play two characters. I think the emotional beats of the Asylum episode especially the moment where he’s watching his mother’s shiva then walking down the street was good acting. The moment in the temple where he admits he’s unwell, good acting. In a world where people weren’t already planning to nominate him for Scenes from a Marriage which is acting-with-a-capital-a acting in a stacked category I think he would have gotten the nom, tbh.
I think Obi-Wan was ineligible this year since shows had to have aired between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. Obi-Wan had only released two episodes by May 31, so I don’t think it was eligible. Likewise, Ms. Marvel came out on June 8 and will be eligible for next year.Loki may have suffered from some fading memory. It premiered at the very start of the nomination window in 2021, and most people watched it more than a year ago.But mostly it seems to me like Disney is more interested in having these Marvel and Star Wars properties premiere in the summer as TV “tentpoles” than they are in timing them for awards season. And I think that makes sense, because while these shows may be popular, they rarely garner significant critical acclaim that is likely to carry them to a bunch of nominations or wins. It’s just not a good return on investment for Disney to pour a whole bunch of resources into campaigns for nominations in exchange for a couple of bids. I haven’t seen any of these shows, with the exception of Loki, so I can’t speak to how competitive they would be in the categories, but in general genre stuff like this struggles to break through in awards when they get up against more “prestige” TV.
I think maybe Obi-Wan was ineligible because it sucked
Marvel really doesn’t need the publicity these things provide. Black Panther being nominated for Best Picture is all they cared about award wise.
Oh c’mon. Disney+ shows got multiple nominations last year. The Boys is another superhero show that got nominated for best drama last year, the latest season of which isn’t eligible for this Emmy so it’s not a snub there either. Squid Game is a genre show from Korea and it got six nominations.Maybe Disney just didn’t deserve to be nominated this year.
What If is nominated for the Best Animated show. It doesn’t deserve to win it imo but hey it’s there.Also I’m slipping into heavy cynicism but Chadwick Boseman is nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (again, for What If) and I feel like he’s a lock to win even though he doesn’t deserve it there either.
What If is nominated for the Best Animated show. It doesn’t deserve to win it imo but hey it’s there.Arcane is going to take that award. There shouldn’t be any question about it.
I really hope so but both The Simpsons and Rick & Morty, the reigning champs of winning undeservedly, are up as well.
Disney Plus got a handful of nominations in the less hyped categories. Loki and Moon Knight got cinematography and production design nominations, one of the Star Wars Visions shorts got an Outstanding Short Animated Program nomination, and an episode of What If? was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (it was the Dr. Strange episode, which wasn’t great but at least it wasn’t the stupid Zombies episode.)
There are the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which these shows pertain to, tbh.
Iman Vellani was fantastic.
It’s Moses Ingram if you had spelled it correctly maybe someone would have gotten sucked in by your troll.
I think those shows not being very good may have had something to do with it
How was Sarah Goldberg not nominated? Her work on Barry is unreal.also this kinja crap still doesn’t work even after signing in… but what’s new.
I am about to raise holy hell about that snub. Goldberg was insanely good in this season of Barry. A criminal omission.
I love the irony that there’s no variety in the variety show nominations.
It’s “Everyone but Jimmy Fallon”
About damn time Rhea Seehorn gets a nom! Let’s hope she wins it.
Those supporting for limited categories are pretty insulting to performers not in White Lotus. Same with those guest categories. Same with Succession in series…where’s the variety?A ton of great work in HBO series overlooked, I see.
And man, I would take Black Lady’s tight six episodes over a sloppy season of SNL any day.
I enjoyed White Lotus, but it wasn’t that good. Or am I delusional? Mostly I’m sitting here wondering how White Lotus got so many nominations and the much, much better Station Eleven only garnered one, for the outstanding work of Himesh Patel.
Well White Lotus was fun escapism with some excellent performances by industry veterans whereas Station Eleven was about the aftermath of a global pandemic. Don’t think it’s hard to see why viewers and voters drifted towards the former.And don’t get me wrong Station Eleven was brilliant and absolutely deserved more recognition, but it was tough to get through at times and most people I’ve mentioned it to have expressed zero interest due to the content.
I get it on that level, especially with regard to convincing people to watch. But that shouldn’t be an issue with voters, who are supposed to watch before voting on the nominees. For my money, ultimately Station Eleven was hopeful, in some ways even *more* hopeful than White Lotus, I think. I guess I didn’t see as much escapist fun in White Lotus. It was satirical and funny at times, but there was also a darker thread running through it about the emptiness of these privileged people’s lives. In the end, I thought it felt rather bleak, whereas Station Eleven uplifted. It’s a shame really, because everyone I know who has watched Station Eleven really, really liked it, whereas in my experience responses to White Lotus have been much more mixed. Or at least more polarized—people either really liked it or really didn’t like it.
Agreed on all points. But I do have to say I am thrilled that Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Rothwell, and Murray Bartlett got nominations.
Anne Hathaway should have been in there for We Crashed too. Even just for the bad acting with the bad Russian accent scene because it was so brilliantly cringe it came all the way back around to transcendent.
No Tracy Ullman for Curb?! She was by far the best part of the last season.
Rhea Seehorn is relegated to the supporting category since agents and Academy insiders who don’t watch a lot of TV decide these things, which is both unfair to others in the supporting category, and to Seehorn, who would have an excellent chance of winning in the lead category if given the chance.I’m glad both Christopher Walken and John Turturro are nominated in drama supporting actor, but I really want Walken to win. Turturro is great, and so are the other actors from the show that were passed over, but Walken’s resigned loneliness hurt me right in the heart.Also of note is that two dead actors, Jessica Walter for Archer and Chadwick Boseman for What If, are nominated in the animated voice acting category. They were both incredible and talented, but they wouldn’t have been nominated for those roles if they were still here. It just feels like lazy pandering, perhaps as a way to generate disingenuous discussion to promote the Emmys broadcast.No love for Undone, which is an awful omission. Amazon doesn’t just cheap out on working conditions, but award campaigning, too.
The transphobic Chappelle special was nominated, so something to root against. Norm MacDonald’s show should win instead. He at least changed his act over time to avoid being blatantly mean spirited towards people who already experience enough of that. In an interview, he said, “I’m worried that someone might get hurt, not offended. I know other
comedians that go, “If the joke is funny, I don’t care if someone gets
beat up.” I don’t care if the whole world laughs: If someone gets beat
up over a joke of mine, what was the point of doing it? Really it’s my
own fault if someone had ambiguity or felt any pain on behalf of my
jokes. That means I didn’t communicate the joke clearly or properly.” And still, there were too many people who ignored this to try to cancel him in the immediate wake of his death because he used to make a lot of trans jokes in a very different climate 30 years ago.
Yeah the pandering aspect of the Boseman nod seems a bit disrespectful. This keeps happening to him, remember Black Panther’s Best Picture nod?
How does a film get nominated for Best Picture but no other category? Was it made by nobody and just willed itself into existence? Come on. That was all about ratings.
Nothing signifies the glut of TV/streaming programming more than just the sheer amount of nominees in per category. I didn’t look, but I’m sure Emmy nominees from 15-25 years ago must have had 5 nominees per category, tops.
What a dumb comment. If there are lots of nominees, that should indicate a wealth of good programming.
Melanie Lynsey, Yellowjackets*Lynskey
i know there’s probably a very simple explanation but i do not understand how stranger things that came out a month ago can be nominated alongside squid game that i’m certain came out 5 years ago**i know it didn’t come out 5 years ago but i feel like there’s been an emmy’s since then.
Squid Game came out (Sept. 17) after last year’s nomination deadline (May 31) but before last year’s awards awards were presented (Sept. 19)
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori GRiener, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank*Greiner
Desus & Mero, snubbed again. Boo!
Um… 8 supporting nominations for White Lotus? Has that ever happened before, oh television watchers? And some other shows not far behind.
They were really all spectacular.
What We Do In The Shadows is one of the best comedy series on television, it is nominated! Is anyone in it any good, good enough to get a nomination? Hell no! Okay… that’s not confusing at all.
my cat’s breath smells like cat food…
and also…the Expanse??!?!? I know it aint very popular and hard sci-fi doesn’t give LA folks mad bonerville or anything, but damn. That’s a gol darn series…Dominique Tipper shouldve won 2 or 3 times already
Norm is definitely going to win. Also, how is White Lotus is a “limited series” when it was already renewed for a second season?
I believe Limited Series is inclusive of Anthologies and the next season of White Lotus is all new characters.
It’s the Anthology part. 2nd season is a new cast and setting.
Nothing for Strange New Worlds, huh?
Not eligible this year. To be eligible in a given year six episodes must have aired to a national audience before the deadline. SNW had only for four in before the deadline.
Not a single nomination for Reservation Dogs. What in the actual fuck. Did it come out so long ago that voters forgot about it?Other thoughts:I’m glad Nicholas Hoult got some recognition for his work in The Great. He’s excellent in it.I’m not surprised Tuturro and Walken were nominated for Severance, but I was really hoping Tramell Tillman would get some love too.Going way down the list, I was really happy to see the “John and Sun-Hee” episode of The Boys: Diabolical get a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. It was the best episode of that spin-off by far, and the only episode that wasn’t afraid to ditch comedy to tell a surprisingly heart-wrenching story.
I am thrilled for Nicholas Hoult because he really was outstanding and carried a lot of the season. He’ll have stiff competition from Hader for Barry, but I actually think that this season of Barry was so much more about Barry’s corrosive affects on those around him, so there might be room for someone else to sneak in there. I’d hope it would be Hoult, as I felt S2 of Ted Lasso was sub-par.
I think FX shows only get attention if Sarah Paulson is in them.
Also nothing for Station Eleven, which was by far the best limited series this year and had some great acting.
Station Eleven got 3 noms: Best Lead Actor (Himesh Patel), Best Directing (Hiro Murai for “Wheel of Fire” ,aka the first episode), and Best Writing (Patrick Somerville for “Unbroken Circle”, aka the final episode). Still feels like it got the short shrift though.
I just started Ted Lasso Saturday and finished this morning.They should all win.
Where’s Sadie Sink? What a bunch of horseshit.
Snub: Mandy Moore. A sparkling performance throughout the final season. I’d pull Witherspoon for her, but I don’t get a vote. Cuz, you know, I’m dead.
I was thinking the same but wouldn’t the final season of TIU be included in the 2022 awards season which would air next year?
Where are the writing and directing noms>?
And music? Editing?
It’s like they think the actors are the only thing we care about.
This isn’t the official list. I don’t think most AVClub readers care about the music and editing awards. But check them out here: https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022
I don’t think most AVClub readers care about the music and editing awards
Since when does AVClub care about what AVClub readers care about.
Thanks for the link.
https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022
Rose Byrne should be on that list.
Total snub for Antony Starr I see.
No, The Boys isn’t eligible for this years’ Emmy’s. It premiered too late.
I think Melanie Lynskey is a weak link in yellowjackets
And again The Boys gets The Shaft.
No noms for Evil, really?Also I thought this was the streaming awards at first because I didn’t see anything for the broadcast networks until the late show segment.
Quick thoughts:Sarah Goldberg: snub. Goldberg’s turn as Sally in Barry was crackling with intensity this season. She deserved not just the nomination in supporting actress, but also the win in my book. One of the Emmy’s largest snubs in recent years. (Stephen Root is also a snub for Barry in my estimation). Supporting actress in a limited series: Wow. 5 out of 7 nominations go to White Lotus, which I thought was good but not great. And only 2 limited series got nominations at all. I don’t know what to make of that. There were were other shows with other actresses that deserved some consideration, in my opinion. Andie MacDowell in Maid, for one, or Jessica Chastain for Scenes from a Marriage. Station Eleven: snub. This would have been a far more worth inclusion in the best limited series category than Inventing Anna. I would also have been supportive of a nomination for Mackenzie Davis, and maybe even a supporting nod for Lori Petty. I thought it had more to say than most of the nominees that beat it out. Limited Series overall: It was a fairly middling year for limited series, in my opinion. Lots of stuff that was expected to garner acclaim got lukewarm responses. Under the Banner of Heaven was mediocre, (and Gil Birmingham could have been nominated rather than Garfield, imo). We Own this City hasn’t made a splash. The Staircase came and went without much hubbub (Firth and Collette’s nominations are deserved, but overall the series didn’t do much for me). Gaslit didn’t make much of a ripple. For a category that in recent years has been choc full of standouts, this year feels a bit thin. Two of the main nominees—Dopesick and the Dropout—I would consider to be workmanlike submissions but not really groundbreaking. The clear frontrunner is White Lotus, which again I liked but didn’t love, and which hasn’t risen in my estimation over time. It’s…fine. But again, not pushing the bounds of the form. Overall a surprisingly weak year for limited series.
How does Donald Glover snag a lead nomination when he’s in Atlanta for like 5 minutes?
Cynical answer: They didn’t watch it. Cynical-er answer: They needed a diversity nod or it would have been all-white. (And I can’t think of anybody else for Lead Actor Comedy in the past year with a show good enough they could pick instead- This might speak to its own issue…)If it were Season 1, I’d be all for Glover, but Atlanta has slowly become Brian Tyree Henry’s show, so I think he should be the one getting the lead actor nominations now.
Definitely should have been Brian Tyree Henry nominated. He was certainly the lead actor this season, and was great.
agreed
Actors choose which category (lead or supporting) to submit themselves in (with lots and lots of helpful input/pressure, I’m sure). Rob Lowe for example is kind of notorious for submitting himself as a lead when supporting or maybe even guest would have been more appropriate.An actor’s choice can be overruled by committee, but I don’t think this happens very often.“It is the decision of the entrant whether to enter as a lead, supporting or guest performer, however, only performers appearing in less than 50% of the eligible episodes can submit in the Guest Performer categories and only performers appearing in 50% or more of the eligible episodes for short form programs can submit in the Short Form Performer categories.”https://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/2022-rules-procedures-v5.pdf
And its only other nom is for directing in an episode he’s barely in? I could see the format changes this season being divisive, but it’s weird to me that the voters apparently recognized that but still thought he was the lead and, evidently, his acting was the best part of the show.
I really like his work but he really isn’t the best thing about Atlanta. Brian Tyree Henry on the other hand. His line readings are amazing.
WOW, so for Comedy they totally screwed over The Righteous Gemstones for Atlanta, mmm, I wonder why
atlanta only got two nominations, wtf are you trying to say
I am saying Righteous Gemstones is a far superior show in every way, that is WTF I am saying DAD
both categories have two noms each for Only Murders In The Building, why hone in on atlanta and then say “mmm, I wonder why”
Only Murders In The Building is just as bad, but has big stars and I never watched it, so that means it will probably win DAD
Some people hate Atlanta because they feel it’s trying to act smart.
I really enjoy righteous gemstones, but it’s not emmy-worthy in my opinion.
Honoring just Glover’s acting for Atlanta is so weird. He’s either barely or not in half the episodes, and his character has less of an arc this season than any of the four main cast. There’s only 1-2 episodes where you could credibly call him the lead.
Wait, what? NO Supporting bids for Better Call Saul? And TWO each for Squid Game and Severance and THREE for Succession? I’ve watched all of these shows, all are good, but that is absolutely ridiculous. WTAF?
Lead Actress for Limited or Anthology is the best race here. Inventing Anna vs The Staircase vs The Dropout vs Maid, are you kidding me? All up against Sarah Paulson! Bring it on. Even Lily James was really good as Pamela Anderson. (Sebastian Stan’s Tommy Lee was also great)Next best is maybe Lead Actor Drama. I’m good with any of them winning.Big congrats to Squid Game, Severance, and Rhea mother effin Seehorn
Yellowjackets for Best Drama. Nothing came close.
Trying to find Rhea Seahorn’s name here…
It’s kind of cruel having people choose between John Turturro and Christopher Walken up for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Severance. Their tragic love story in that show was one of the best things about Severance (in a show that already had a lot of great things in it). Best show I’ve seen this year hands down.
Kaley Cuoco?? LOL!!!!
No Dark Winds?
Holy shit am I out of touch. Looking through every category, I’ve seen:Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso (which was fine this season, but I’m surprised it got any nominations, really)
What We Do in the Shadows
Saturday Night Live
Late Show with Stephen ColbertHave not seen a single episode of any of the other shows, actors, anything of any of the other shows. I guess hype drives me away.
CHRISTINE BARANSKI!…at least I only have one more year to complain about the constant snubs for Diane Lockhart.