2017 Emmy Awards Wrap Up

Did well this time around. I got 21 out of 24 categories (I count predicted and wanted as wins). Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies had a big night. I enjoyed Stephen Colbert’s hosting from his opening song to his tongue-in-cheek comments about John Oliver after losing the Variety Talk category.  I also really liked David Mandel acceptance speech with Veep’s win. Weird things for me included Sarah Paulson’s disco ball dress and the bizarre In Memoriam segment with cheesy Family Ties-inspired picture frames with sappy music and cross fades. My wife also noticed that there were a lot of green earrings (I was not aware). As is evidenced with my score, there were not many surprises. Well, Sean Spicer was a surprise. It was fun watching the utter shock on the celebrity faces; Melissa McCarthy looked so uncomfortable. Anyway, here is what won:

THE WINNERS:

Drama Series: The Handmaid’s Tale (Predicted)  

Comedy Series: Veep (Predicted)

Limited Series: Big Little Lies (Predicted)

Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Predicted & Wanted)

Variety Sketch Series: SNL (Predicted & Wanted)

Reality Series: The Voice

Lead Actor [Drama]: Sterling K Brown (Predicted)  

Lead Actress [Drama]: Elisabeth Moss (Predicted & Wanted)

Lead Actor [Comedy]: Donald Glover (Predicted)  

Lead Actress [Comedy]: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Predicted & Wanted)

Lead Actor [Limited]: Riz Ahmed (Predicted)  

Lead Actress [Limited]: Nicole Kidman (Predicted & Wanted)

Supp. Actor [Drama]: John Lithgow (Predicted & Wanted)

Supp. Actress [Drama]: Ann Dowd  

Supp. Actor [Comedy]: Alec Baldwin (Predicted)

Supp. Actress [Comedy]: Kate McKinnon (Predicted & Wanted)

Supp. Actor [Limited]: Alexander Skarsgard (Predicted)  

Supp. Actress [Limited]: Laura Dern (Predicted & Wanted)

Directing [Drama]: The Handmaid’s Tale – Ofred (Pilot) (Predicted)  

Writing [Drama]: The Handmaid’s Tale – Ofred (Pilot)

Directing [Comedy]: Atlanta – B.A.N. (Predicted)  

Writing [Comedy]: Master of None – Thanksgiving (Predicted & Wanted)   

Directing [Limited]: Big Little Lies (Predicted)  

Writing [Limited]: Black Mirror – San Junipera (Predicted)  

The fall season begins soon.

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