Monday, September 17, 2018

Emmy Award Wrap Up 2018








Couple surprises this time around. I got 15 out of 22 categories (I count predicted and wanted as wins). Don’t know anyone who has seen Mrs. Maisel but apparently it deserves awards? It was a weird night. Didn’t think Colin Jost and Michael Che were that funny but it could have been worse. I found the set off-putting. What’s with the enormous photos and revolving walls? Were they trying to make the presenters and winners look tiny? Also, did they not trust the presenters to say “here are the nominees” this year? Awkward to have the nominees followed by awful banter before announcing a winner. Found it funny that they had two Handmaid’s Tale actresses hand out the award for supporting actress where three of their own were nominated only to give it to Thandie Newton (who I didn’t really think deserved it). Liked Fred Armisen’s ‘You good?’ but the idea of him and Maya Rudolph as experts was ill-conceived. Liked Jeff Daniels winning and his speech. Loved the surprise proposal and the reactions, loved that Leslie Jones seemed more excited about Regina King’s win than she did and loved that Henry Winkler, Bill Hader, John Mulaney and The Americans won awards tonight. Here were some of the winners:

THE WINNERS:
Drama Series: Game of Thrones (Wanted)  
Comedy Series: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Limited Series: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (Predicted & Wanted)
Television Movie: Black Mirror – USS Callister (Wanted)  
Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Predicted & Wanted)
Variety Sketch Series: SNL (Predicted & Wanted)
Reality Series: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Predicted)  
Lead Actor [Drama]: Matthew Rhys (Predicted)  
Lead Actress [Drama]: Claire Foy
Lead Actor [Comedy]: Bill Hader (Wanted)  
Lead Actress [Comedy]: Rachel Brosnahan (Predicted)
Lead Actor [Limited]: Darren Criss (Predicted)  
Lead Actress [Limited]: Regina King
Supp. Actor [Drama]: Peter Dinklage
Supp. Actress [Drama]: Thandie Newton  
Supp. Actor [Comedy]: Henry Winkler (Predicted)
Supp. Actress [Comedy]: Alex Borstein
Supp. Actor [Limited]: Jeff Daniels (Predicted)  
Supp. Actress [Limited]: Merritt Weaver
Writing [Drama]: The Americans – Start
Writing [Comedy]: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Pilot (Predicted)   
Writing [Limited]: Black Mirror – USS Callister (Predicted & Wanted) 

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