We've now unofficially begun Phase 2 of
this year's Emmy Watch. With the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards in our
rear view and only the SAG awards remaining, it's time to discuss some of the
other major groups that give awards for television.
This year I will be expanding my scope
slightly more as well as looking to see if other major awards groups even
exist. For this article I'm finally going to get around to dealing with a group
I started covering for my blog during the last few years: the NAACP Image
Awards and their nominations for TV.
While it remains highly unlikely, to say
the least, the Emmys will ever recognize series like Reasonable Doubt or
The Upshaws for award recognition looking at the various acting and
writing nominations for all three groups one can see possibilities for the year
to come. And as is usually the case much of the time you wish the Emmys, in
their less then infinite wisdom, would show some common sense and nominate some
of these series and actors.
Anyway here we go and as always I start
with drama.
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
One of these series was nominated for
best drama by the Emmys last year and may well be again: Paradise. Beyond the Gates is no doubt going to be
in the hunt for Daytime Emmys down the road and Forever did get some
recognition for various awards. The Emmys will never recognize Bel-Air or
Reasonable Doubt.
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown is here for Paradise and
perhaps he'll even win. The Emmys really should nominate Forest Whitaker for Godfather
of Harlem. I'm glad to see Morris Chestnut recognized for Watson. Michael
Cooper is here for Forever and Jabari Banks is here for the last time
for Bel-Air.
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Yes the Emmys need to give Angela Bassett
some love for her work in 9-1-1; they really do. Queen Latifah is here
for the last time for The Equalizer. Lovie Simone, Patina Miller and Emayatzy
Corinealdi have no realistic chance.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
SERIES.
Okay I'm kind of shocked that no one from Severance
here, considering Tramell Tillman did win the Emmy and the Critics Choice
Award. Ato Essandoh has been nominated for the Critics Choice Award for his
work in The Diplomat and it's not impossible he will be by the Emmys.
Caleb McLaughin fills the gap for Stranger Things. Wood Harris has
deserved an Emmy since The Wire but they're not going to nominate him
for Forever, likewise no one from The Chi will get in and Adrian
Holmes for Bel-Air.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Karen Pittman is competing against herself:
she's nominated for both Forever and The Morning Show. She's more
likely to be nominated for the latter as is Nicole Beharie, both have been in
previous years. I would love to see Audra McDonald nominated for The Gilded
Age though its more likely Denee Benton will be. Aisha Hinds has no chance
for 9-1-1
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING
Salli Richardson-Whitfield might very well
get nominated for directing The Gilded Age or indeed some other award. Its not clear what will happen with The
Copenhagen Test. None of the other three series have much of a chance.
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA
This actually has some legs. The Lowdown
does have some possibility for nominations so Walter Mosley could have a
chance. The Pitt has had writing nominations in the chance and The
Beast in Me is a contender for nominations in Best Limited Series. FBI and
Law & Order have no realistic chance but its because the Emmys have
turned their backs on network TV.
Now Comedy.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Big surprise Abbott Elementary is
here. Bigger surprise is the recognition for The Residence which got
some Emmy recognition before it was canceled. Harlem has gotten some
nominations for awards in the past and The Upshaws and Survival of
the Thickest will not.
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Emmys absolutely should nominated David
Alan Grier for St. Denis Medical. I've advocated for it numerous times. The
Vince Staples Show was canceled. I'm not sure there's much love coming for
the canceled Government Cheese and Cedric The Entertainer and Mike Epps
have no realistic chance.
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
This is the first category the Emmys either
have or will follow: only Michelle Buteau for Survival of the Thickest has
no chance. Uzo Abuda was nominated for The Residence last year and Ayo
Edebiri, Maya Rudolph and Quinta Brunson are already regulars for their
respective shows. Edebiri and Brunson are certainties and Maya Rudolph might buck
the odds for Loot
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR A COMEDY
Colman Domingo was nominated for The
Four Seasons. Giancarlo Esposito should have been for The Residence. And
I want to see Wendell Pierce nominated for Elsbeth and William Stanford
Davis nominated for Abbott Elementary. The Daily Show doesn't fit
the category.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Janelle James may be the front runner for
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy. Ego Nwodim left SNL before the
season began so she's ineligible as is Edwina Finley for The Residence. The
other two nominees have no realistic chance
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY
The Four Seasons, Government Cheese and Demascus are ineligible. Tyler
James Williams might make it.
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY
All of the nominees are for shows that
either ineligible this year or have already happened. That said Abbott
Elementary and Hacks are likely to be in contention for writing.
OUTTSANDING TV MOVIE, MINI SERIES OR
SPECIAL
Washington Black, Ironheart and G20 I've all heard of and they're
ineligible. Ruth & Boaz and Straw have no chance.
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN TV MOVIE, LIMITED
SERIES, SPECIAL
Bryan Tyree Henry has been nominated for
multiple awards for Dope Thief. Idris Elba's best chance is for Hijack,
not Heads of State. Taye Diggs and Giancarlo Esposito are great actors
they don't have a chance.
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE, MINI
SERIES OR SPECIAL
All of these nominees are ineligible, which
is a shame because Dominque Thorne in Ironheart was solid.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED
SERIES OR SPECIAL
Okay I wouldn't mind if Jay Ellis was
nominated for his work in All Her Fault and having seen much of Dope
Thief Ving Rhames more than deserved a nomination. Neither of the nominees
for Straw have much of a chance.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV
MOVIE, LIMITED SERIES OR SPECIAL
Zero Day should have gotten more nominations across the board. No one
else is likely
I'm actually going to look at some of the
other categories.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH
Frankly I think this category should exist
at the Emmys. And Amanda Christine and Blake Cameron James work in Welcome
to Derry was superb as was Percy Daggs IV in Paradise.
Shows like Chief of War might
contend for technical awards. The Emmys won't touch All's Fair with a
ten-mile pole.
I'll be back at the end of the month to see
if the winners give us any guidance. Later this month I'll be dealing with a new
face to Emmy watch: the Saturn's. And I should have following them even longer
the Images honestly.
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