2019 Emmy Wrap-Up

Good job Fleabag (started watching the show tonight as a result). I didn’t do well, I got 12 out of 22 categories (I count predicted and wanted as wins). The ceremony was more miss than hit. I was okay with the no-host thing but Thomas Lennon as the commentator didn’t really add anything to the broadcast, maybe his Felicity Huffman shout-out. The massive photos behind the winners were unflattering at times. Some of the music choices were poorly chosen; some pretty upbeat tunes for the depressing Chernobyl wins. I was also embarrassed for Adam Devine’s dance number introducing the variety portion of the show; it was no Tony intro. Ken Jeong's TikTok bit was awful.  I’m always annoyed that some categories show clips for the shows and others are sped through; but this year it was ultra awkward as they showed the nominees then brought the presenters out to do lame banter. In the meantime, my short attention span had forgotten the nominees already. Dumb order. I did like a couple things. The president of television something or other explaining the meaningfulness of television was well said. My highlight was Maya Rudolph and Ike Barinholtz naming the nominees. Their opening bit about being blind took too long but I loved the misreadings of the names. “Here are the nimrods for dead ascot in a chocolate staircase.” Loved Bill Hader’s win and speech. Here are some of the other winners:

THE WINNERS:

Drama Series: Game of Thrones (Predicted & Wanted)

Comedy Series: Fleabag

Limited Series: Chernobyl

Television Movie: Black Mirror – Bandersnatch (Predicted & 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]: Billy Porter

Lead Actress [Drama]: Jodie Comer

Lead Actor [Comedy]: Bill Hader (Predicted)

Lead Actress [Comedy]: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Lead Actor [Limited]: Jharrel Jerome (Predicted)  

Lead Actress [Limited]: Michelle Williams

Supp. Actor [Drama]: Peter Dinklage (Predicted & Wanted)

Supp. Actress [Drama]: Julia Garner (Predicted)   

Supp. Actor [Comedy]: Tony Shalhoub (Predicted)

Supp. Actress [Comedy]: Alex Borstein

Supp. Actor [Limited]: Ben Whishaw

Supp. Actress [Limited]: Patricia Arquette

Writing [Drama]: Succession – Nobody is Ever Missing

Writing [Comedy]: Fleabag – Episode 1 (Predicted)   

Writing [Limited]: Chernobyl (Predicted)