Before we begin I want it noted for
the record that I was right about six of my eight selections for outstanding
Comedy series and I was also mostly right about the Emmys ignoring The Bear in
the majority of its acting nominations. They did only give it one acting
nomination out of four.
As for my apparent oversight with Widow's
Bay I published my review of the show after I'd made my predictions. I knew
after just two episodes it was worthy of all the recognition and praise fans
and critics had given it but by the time I'd seen it I'd already started my
work on predicting the Emmy nominations and I didn't want to flip-flop. It
deserved all the praise it got.
So with that in mind let's look at the
nominees.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Obviously I have no problem with Hacks
the overwhelming and deserving frontrunner for its final season. Ditto no
problem with Abbott Elementary, Margo's Got Money Trouble, Only Murders in
the Building and Shrinking. Widow's Bay more then deserves to be
there and I actually wish Nobody Wants This had gotten more nominations.
I'm not shocked the Emmys nominated
Season 4 of The Bear. Old habits die hard. And I'm not particularly
surprised The Comeback and Rooster both of which got a lot of
high praise from critics drastically underperformed at the Emmys this fall. The
former was always too high concept, the latter show while exceptional, just not
typical HBO.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Okay here I do have objections. I
predicted Jason Segel and Martin Short. After my review of Widow's Bay I
have no objection to Matthew Rhys being here. And Steve Carell getting
nominated for Rooster seemed relatively certain. And I will take credit
for predicting Jeremy Allan White would not be here.
But Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for Wonder
Man? Seriously? Bad enough he's the only nominee for his show but they went
for him over so many other deserving candidates. Over Steve Martin who keeps
getting shafting by the Emmys? (Though to be fair this is kind of how awards
show always treat him.) Over Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This? Over
David Alan Grier for St. Denis Medical? This nomination to put it mildly
is far from a wonder
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
This is better. I predicted Quinta
Brunson, Elle Fanning and Jean Smart and I won't deny I figured Lisa Kudrow had
a better than even chance for The Comeback considering she has been
nominated for the previous two seasons.
Am I annoyed that Ayo Edebiri is here
ahead of Selena Gomez and Kristen Bell? Yes. But the latter two will get
another chance. And we all know who's going to win in this category anyway.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A
COMEDY
Well I managed five out of seven
correctly which was better than I expected. Harrison Ford and Michael Urie are
here for Shrinking as they deserve to be. Paul W. Downs is here for the
final season of Hacks as an actor. They rectified a past wrong when they
put Tyler James Williams here and Nick Offerman is here. (More than I
expected). And having seen the first two episodes Stephen Root absolutely
deserves his nomination for Widow's Bay.
I am somewhat annoyed Colman Domingo
is here for The Four Seasons instead of Timothy Simons for Nobody
Wants This but relatively speaking that's my problem. And am I upset
Ebon-Moss Bachrach was ignored? Not really.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A
COMEDY
Again five for seven. The one that
give me the most pleasure is that the Emmys finally nominated Megan Stalter for
Hacks. Yes she'll probably lose to Hannah Einbinder but I don't care as
much about that.
I was right about Michelle Pfeiffer,
Jessica Williams and Janelle James. I'm somewhat annoyed Sheryl Lee Ralph was
ignored but she does already have one Emmy and a lot of other trophies for Abbott
Elementary. And to be clear Kate
O'Flynn more than deserves her nomination for Widow's Bay. I'm not yet
sure about Dale Dickey but as someone who's been a fan of her work for more
than two decades I'm glad she was invited to the party.
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
I've less knowledge on this one but
I'm thrilled to see Michael J. Fox and Brett Goldstein here for Shrinking, I'm
glad Christopher McDonald got one last nod for his work in Hacks and I
think Rob Reiner earned this. I'll assume Hamish Linklater deserved it.
If they had to nominate one host for SNL
I'm glad it was Connor Storie considering how the Emmys have annoyed so
many people by following the rules with Heated Rivalry. And considering that there is no one from
the regular cast taking up space that might have robbed a deserving nominee
I'll let them have this one.
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
They nominated everyone in Hacks and
I'm more than fine with it. Kaitlin Olson is the favorite but it’s a tough
field as she's up against Laurie Metcalf who won in this category. Loved that
Leslie Bibb and Cherry Jones are here, I think we are all rooting for them to
hook up in real life. I always loved Laura Weedman as Mayor Jo and it seems
Weedman was in every comedy series in 2025 from Abbott Elementary to Nobody
Wants This to Wonder Man!
As for the two other non-Hacks nominees
I'm thrilled that the Emmys finally nominated Betty Gilpin for something after
ten straight years of giving great performances across the board. If its Widow's
Bay rather than Death By Lightning, I'm fine. And of course Jamie
Lee Curtis had to be here for The Bear
DIRECTING
Fine with Hacks, Abbott Elementary and
Widow's Bay and it wouldn't be the Emmys if they didn't nominated
Christopher Storer for The Bear.
I really don't know what it is about
the Ms. Pat Show that causes the Emmys to nominate it year after year.
But I guess if The Chair Company had to be nominated for something I'm
good with it here.
WRITING
Glad to see Brunson here for Abbott,
wonderful to see Hacks and Widow's Bay here. It doesn't
surprise me to see Jury Duty, The Comeback or The Chair Company represented
here. I should add in both directing and writing I'm fine with any of the
nominations over I Love LA which was completely shutout and The Bear,
which owned this category two years ago, doesn't have a nomination here at
all. Now if they could just get to recognizing Shrinking…
So I'm pretty good with this group.
Tomorrow I wrap it up with Outstanding Limited Series where there were the most
surprises by far and I do have some issues…although even here less than you
might think.
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