72nd Emmy Awards (2019/2020)

[venom1976]

Who saw The Mandalorian coming?

[malcolm1980]

The snubs of Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn and Tom Pelphrey were unfortunate.

The Mandalorian and What We Do In the Shadows - who knew?

Zendaya was a surprise too. I thought Euphoria was too young for the Emmys.

[Brad]

Some of my immediate reactions

Yay:
What We Do In The Shadows
Zendaya
D’Arcy Carden & William Jackson Harper
Yvonne Orji, Issa Rae, and Insecure

Boo:
No Better Things, particularly Adlon
No McTier
No Wever or Dever for Unbelievable

[NUguy514]

Yeah, the snub for Bell when Danson, Harper, and Carden were all nominated is dumb, and while I only saw half of the actual nominees this year, I'd say she was more deserving than all of them except for Catherine O'Hara.

I hope Carden and Murphy tie for the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy, but we all know it will go to Alex fucking Borstein again, some more.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the lack of Tom Pelphrey. He gave the best dramatic performance on TV this past year, but, sure, let's not nominate him! The closest corollary I can think of is the snub for Zach Gilford.

I guess I should check out Succession.

[misplaced validity]

At first glance these noms at least seem nicely diverse.

The snub of Bell seems random, but then they always snubbed her for Veronica Mars so she must not be a favorite.

Reese Witherspoon was in 3 bug projects and didn't get an acting nod, but most of her co-stars did. Welp.

[malcolm1980]

(07-29-2020 02:51 AM)NUguy514 Wrote:  I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the lack of Tom Pelphrey. He gave the best dramatic performance on TV this past year, but, sure, let's not nominate him!

For him not to get in despite the fact that Ozark did very well otherwise AND there were 8 slots in Supporting Actor is truly puzzling indeed.

Also, not a single song from John Mulaney and Sack Lunch Bunch got in Outstanding Music & Lyrics? WTF?!?

[venom1976]

Yays
Noms for D'arcy Carden, the full cast of Schitt's Creek

Boo:
Only one nomination for The Plot Against America (Cinematography)
Only one nomination for The Great (Directing for the pilot).
No Hong Chau for Watchmen
Just a couple of noms for Brooklyn Nine-Nine


Overrewarded:
Succession - Happy to see the show get nominated and think Culkin is great, but pretty meh on most of the remaining cast nominations.
The Morning Show - Aniston is excellent and Crudup is good, but Duplass and Carrell are nothing special.
Killing Eve - I dropped this after Season 2 and what seemed like mediocre reviews for Season 3...did I miss something?

[Brad]

(07-29-2020 03:46 AM)venom1976 Wrote:  Killing Eve - I dropped this after Season 2 and what seemed like mediocre reviews for Season 3...did I miss something?

No, I really loved the first two seasons, but I was really disappointed with Season 3. If you were already feeling that in Season 2, it did not get better.

[emmygrammyoscartony]

(06-17-2020 11:54 PM)emmygrammyoscartony Wrote:  I really hope that season 3 of "Stranger Things" is not forgotten when the noms come out, but I fear that it has been too long for it to get nods in anything major except for Harbour in supporting actor and even that looks doubtful. I think it should additionally be up for supporting actor (Montgomery), supporting actress (Brown), drama series, writing x2, and directing x2.

I am so happy that the show got in Series, but it should have been nodded for so much more!

[Sanny]

I am happiest about W&G's nominations. Especially in directing. Kind of cool that James Burrows came full circle since the show's first nod was for him directing the pilot.

Also, Buzz Aldrin got a cinematography nomination. Interesting.

(07-29-2020 04:40 AM)Brad Wrote:  

(07-29-2020 03:46 AM)venom1976 Wrote:  Killing Eve - I dropped this after Season 2 and what seemed like mediocre reviews for Season 3...did I miss something?

No, I really loved the first two seasons, but I was really disappointed with Season 3. If you were already feeling that in Season 2, it did not get better.

I'm surprised they got a series nod (this season sucked) and for Sandra Oh's nod. She wasn't remotely Emmy-worthy this year. It was one of those lazy rote nods. And they just like her in general. The other nominations they got I can understand.