Vintage Emmy thoughts

[misplaced validity]

While all of those categories could use a more diverse group of winners, the Comedy ones are a real sham/shame.

[NUguy514]

(09-24-2020 12:47 AM)malcolm1980 Wrote:  Zendaya's win got me thinking: Just how diverse are the acting categories at the Emmys? So I decided to get into a Wikipedia deep dive and research how many non-whites have won in the each of the major acting categories (I'm not including Guest, Voice and Short-Form acting categories).

DRAMA

Lead Actor in a Drama Series (6): Billy Porter, Sterling K. Brown, Rami Malek, Andre Braugher, James Earl Jones, [cancelled person] (x3).

Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2): Zendaya, Viola Davis.

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2): Hector Elizondo, Jimmy Smits.

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (6): Thandie Newton, Uzo Aduba, Archie Panjabi, Mary Alice, Madge Sinclair, Alfre Woodard.

Total = 16.

COMEDY

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2): Donald Glover, Robert Guillaume.

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (1): Isabel Sanford.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1): Robert Guillaume.

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1): Jackee.

Total = 4

MINISERIES/MOVIE

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (6): Jharrel Jerome, Darren Criss, Riz Ahmed, Courtney B. Vance, Andre Braugher, Raul Julia.

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (6): Regina King (x2), S. Epatha Merkerson, Halle Berry, Alfre Woodard, Lynn Whitfield, Cicely Tyson.

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (4): Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sterling K. Brown, Jeffrey Wright, James Earl Jones.

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (6): Uzo Aduba, Regina King (x2), Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cicely Tyson, Ruby Dee, Esther Rolle.

Total = 21

For what it's worth, America Ferrera has also won Comedy Actress.

[malcolm1980]

^Oops. Corrected^ Also added Edward James Olmos.

[malcolm1980]

I went into a Wikipedia rabbit hole again because Hwang Dong-hyuk's win made me think: How many women and people of color have won major Primetime Emmy awards directing Emmys (Drama, Comedy, Limited)?

Here's what I found out:

Directing for a Drama Series: 4 women (Karen Arthur, Mimi Leder, Reed Morano and Jessica Hobbs) and 5 POC's (Thomas Carter (x2), Eric Laneuville, Paris Barclay (x2), Cary Joji Fukunaga and Hwang Dong-hyuk).

Directing for a Comedy Series: 6 women (Betty Thomas, Gail Mancuso (x2), Joey Soloway (X2; identified as a woman at the time), Amy Sherman Palladino, Lucia Aniello, MJ Delaney) and 1 POC (Donald Glover)

Directing for a Limited Series or Movie: 4 women (Dearbhla Walsh, Lisa Cholodenko, Susanne Bier, Maria Schrader), 2 POC's (Charles S. Dutton, Tony To)