One more win for the road? Probably so, as GOT dominates the Emmy nominations, landing every acting nod it could despite widespread dissatisfaction with the final season. Oh well, you can’t argue with its technical, cinematic quality at least. Just no wins for the writing, please.
Wow. That’s a new record for any show in the history of the Emmys, so I’m guessing despite all the whining and complaining, that Game of Thrones will take one more Drama Series win for its final year. Almost the entire cast got nominated! (Sophie Turner? Alfie Allen? Gwendoline Christie, who had like four lines this season? Really?) In other news, Barry also got its entire cast nominated (even Sarah Goldberg! Awesome!), and I think it has a really good chance to win Comedy Series, even though Veep came back for its final season as well, but with less recognition this time. Chernobyl and When They See Us got a boatload of nominations each in that brutal Limited Series category, where Fosse/Verdon also got lots of (well-deserved) love. One of those first two is going to win there, but I don’t know which one. Fleabag (which is a great show, review coming this Friday) got honored with a bunch of nods in Comedy, and Jodie Comer got in for Killing Eve!!!! So excited about that, and with Best Drama Actress wide open, I’m honestly wondering if she could pull off a surprise win. I know most think it’s Sandra Oh, but honestly Comer was still a standout in the second season while Oh’s character had issues this time. We’ll see. I’m sad that GLOW wasn’t acknowledged more for its second season, but that’s close to my only disappointment (that and Andrew Scott not getting in for Fleabag, since they liked the show so much). Oh, and Bodyguard getting nominated for Drama but Richard Madden not getting a nomination for it is a bit odd. Still, these are some very good nominations overall.
2019 EMMY NOMINATIONS LIST
COMEDY
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Barry
Fleabag
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Russian Doll
Schitt’s Creek
Veep
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Can Barry win Comedy Series? I think so, as it lands multiple nods for writing and directing, along with acting for Bill Hader, Anthony Carrigan (above), Stephen Root, Henry Winkler and Sarah Goldberg. The buzz is real.
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Tony Hale, Veep
Stephen Root, Barry
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Henry Winkler, Barry
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Sian Clifford, Fleabag
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Sarah Goldberg, Barry
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
DRAMA
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Bodyguard
Game of Thrones
Killing Eve
Ozark
Pose
Succession
This Is Us
BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Billy Porter, Pose
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Laura Linney, Ozark
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Jodie Comer is in! Killing Eve was nominated all over the place too, so I’m rooting for a surprise win for my favorite TV killer in Best Actress
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
LIMTED SERIES/TV MOVIE
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Chernobyl
Escape at Dannemora
Fosse/Verdon
Sharp Objects
When They See Us
BEST TV MOVIE
Bandersnatch: Black Mirror
Brexit
Deadwood: The Movie
King Lear
My Dinner With Hervé
BEST MOVIE/MINI ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Benicio del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Jharell Jerome, When They See Us
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
Jharell Jerome HAS to win Best Actor in a Limited Series for When They See Us- his devastating performance in the final episode still haunts me
BEST MOVIE/MINI ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
Joey King, The Act
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
BEST MOVIE/MINI SUPPORTING ACTOR
Asante Blackk, When They See Us
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora
John Leguizamo, When They See Us
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Michael K Williams, When They See Us
BEST MOVIE/MINI SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
REALITY/VARIETY
BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman
Saturday Night Live
Who Is America?
BEST VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s excellent show Fleabag got much deserved attention and nods for all its women, but Andrew Scott (above) really should have been in there too- he was kind of the heart of this last season
