The limited series/TV movie
category is by definition always closest to what the Emmys can do. The Astras
have limited (unintentional play on words) the number of nominees in this
category to six over the last few years, which is as close to current lead up.
That said, the same quirks that
are present throughout are often seen, most notably in 2024 when the Astras
completely ignored Capote Vs. The Swans, which while it wasn't nominated
for Best Limited Series received 12 other nominations in major categories.
There's nothing quite as egregious here but there are still some striking
omissions and inclusions.
OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
Five of the six nominated series
will likely be major contenders: All Her Fault, Season 2 of Beef,
Half Man, DTF St. Louis and The Beast in Me. The odd one is that The
Girlfriend is present rather than Love Story, though it was
nominated by the Critics Choice Award for better Limited Series
I'll pass over TV Movie save to
say that Remarkably Bright Creatures is already one of the major
front-runners and will likely be a possibility in some of the Emmy nominations
down the road.
LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE CAST
ENSEMBLE
Obviously I can't fault them for
the nominations for Beef or All Her Fault. The Girlfriend makes sense
under their arguments and because Mike, Nick, Nick & Alice is
here for TV movie I get that.
I do question Lord of The
Flies and Something Very Bad is Going to Happen being here ahead of DTF
St. Louis and Love Story. Half Man is far more of a two man show so
that's not surprising and Love Story was a coin toss.
ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV
MOVIE
Carey Mulligan, Claire Danes,
Sarah Pidgeon and Sarah Snook are absolutely going to be fighting it out for
Best Actress in the Emmys. I can see the argument for Sally Field for Remarkably
Bright Creatures.
I do, however, question Camila
Morrone being here for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen ahead of
either Robin Wright or Olivia Cooke for The Girlfriend. Considering
Wright was nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award, this is a
striking omission.
ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES
Credit where its due: Charlie
Hunnam isn't her for playing Ed Gein, despite having been nominated for the
Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award. Indeed the third season of Monster has
no presence at all. I really hope the Emmys follow that.
Richard Gadd, Oscar Isaac, Paul
Anthony Kelly and Matthew Rhys are basically locks for Emmy nominations. Lewis
Pullman is a dark horse for Remarkably Bright Creatures. I have no idea
what the Emmys will do for Riz Ahmed in Bait. We'll have to see. But no
notes on this one.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED
SERIES
Linda Cardellini is here for DTF:
St. Louis. Dakota Fanning will be attending with her sister as a co-nominee
as she's nominated for All Her Fault. Callie Spaeny and Youn Yuh-Jung
are both here for Season 2 of Beef. And Grace Gummer is in the hunt for
playing Caroline Kennedy in Love Story.
Brittany Snow being here for The
Beast of Me is an interesting choice. It's possible like Michelle Pfeiffer
and John C. McGinley she's double dipping but having seen Beast In Me I
know that Snow's work is generally excellent. I might have preferred to see
Naomi Watts here instead but Snow's a decent choice and maybe the Emmys will
have room for both. Good.
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED
SERIES OR TV MOVIE
David Harbour and Jason Bateman
are both deservedly here for DTF: St. Louis. Jamie Bell is here for Half
Man as he should be. Jake Lacy is here for All Her Fault and Charles
Melton for Beef.
I'll confess to being slightly
surprised to see Troy Kotsur here for Black Rabbit but considering that
the show has no other presence her (Bateman was not nominated for Best Actor)
I'm basically okay. Besides I'm honestly not sure who my sixth pick will be in
a few months' time.
DIRECTING IN A LIMITED SERIES OR
TV MOVIE
All Her Fault, Beef and DTF St. Louis more
than deserve it and I can see the logic for Remarkably Bright Creatures. I
could hem and haw about Something Very Bad and The Girlfriend being
here instead of Half Man or Beast in Me but honestly The
Girlfriend did have good direction and Half Man's strengths are not
technical.
WRITING
Here I am somewhat annoyed not to
see Half Man considered for Best writing and to see Something Very
Bad here. All the other nominees are from directing, save Bait which
was nominated for writing instead. And honestly given the description of the
series I really can't fault the Astras for choosing it.
So I'm okay with ninety percent
of the nominees. I'm a little annoyed by Something Very Bad doing so
very well but considering that four of my choices for Best Limited Series have
done best by the Astras and that even the fifth has done better then some of
the previous Ryan Murphy series, I'm basically okay. And honestly if The
Girlfriend had gotten some acting nominations I might be happier.
The remainder of the nominations
I have no real skin in the game. I still don't care about reality series,
competition or otherwise my interest in talk or variety faded along time ago
and I have no real interest in animation, at least group. That said there are
some ephemera that I am happy about.
As a Jeopardy fan I take pleasure
in seeing both Celebrity Jeopardy All-Stars and Pop Culture Jeopardy nominated
for Best Game Show. Several of the documentary TV movies this past year gave me
immense enjoyment in different ways and I was thrilled to see Mel Brooks:
The 99 Year Old Man and Mariska Hargitay's My Mom Jayne both
nominated. And I'm thrilled to see Nikki Glaser nominated for Best Standup or
Variety special and I truly hope the nomination for The Muppet Show convinces
somebody to make it more than a one-off. (Or maybe I want to see Kermit the
Frog give an acceptance speech, which would be awesome.)
The Astra TV Awards are scheduled
to be held Saturday August 15th. I will be back in late August with
my predictions and hopefully I can actually see it this year.
I will be back with more on at
least one of Phase 3 of Emmy Watch which I've missed sometime next week. Thanks
for reading.
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