It’s that time of year where we get to talking about TV of the previous season. With the Emmy nominations due to be announced next week and my home group Hollywood Critics Association announcing their nominations, I figured it was finally time for me to drop my favorites.
Because of my crazy work and travel schedule, I had to roll back the categories a smidge, so no animated or non-fiction categories this year. I do want to shoutout the amazing Welcome to Earth docuseries starring Will Smith that’s on Disney+. It’s so good.
Now onto my nominations, I initially hated that the Emmys have a sliding scale but that approach is very useful. I initially tried to whittle down the directing and writing nominations and then I remembered these are my nominations, and I can have whatever rules I want! So you’ll see in comedy and drama there are 10 nominees for writing and directing, between 6-8 acting and tech nominations. The big winner this year was the phenomenal second of The Other Two which walked away with 6 wins including Best Comedy. Truly one of the funniest seasons of a show I’ve ever seen. What shows did you love this year?
Movie
Book of Love
I Want You Back
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Miniseries
Fear Street Trilogy
Hot Zone: Anthrax
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
Landscapers
Guest Actor
Kiroshan Naidoo, Around the World in 80 Days
Guest Actress
Shivaani Ghai, Around the World in 80 Days
Actor
Paul Bettany, A Very British Scandal
Tony Goldwyn, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight
Daniel Dae Kim, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Sebastian Stan, Fresh
David Tennant, Around the World in 80 Days
David Thewlis, Landscapers
Actress
Leonie Benesch, Around the World in 80 Days
Olivia Colman, Landscapers
Claire Foy, A Very British Scandal
Daisy Edgar Jones, Fresh
Kiana Madeira, Fear Street Trilogy
Dawn Oliveri, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Jenny Slate, I Want You Back
Supporting Actor
Dylan Copak, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Dipo Ola, Landscapers
Manny Jacinto, I Want You Back
Wyatt Russell, Under the Banner of Heaven
Ted Sutherland, Fear Street 1978
Sam Worthington, Under the Banner of Heaven
Ashley Zukerman, Fear Street Trilogy
Supporting Actress
Julia Davis, A Very British Scandal
Denise Gough, Under the Banner of Heaven
Kate O’Flynn, Landscapers
Julia Rehwald, Fear Street Trilogy
Emily Rudd, Fear Street Trilogy
Sadie Sink, Fear Street 1978
Samantha Sloyan, Midnight Mass
Writing
Fear Street: 1994
Hell’s Chimney, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Episode 2, Around the World in 80 Days
Episode 1, A Very British Scandal
Episode 3, Landscapers
I Want You Back
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Director
Episode 2, Around the World in 80 Days
Episode 7, Around the World in 80 Days
Fear Street:1994
Hell’s Chimney, Hot Zone: Anthrax
Episode 3, Landscapers
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Episode 1, A Very British Scandal
Music
Hot Zone: Anthrax
Fresh
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
Landscapers
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Costumes
Fear Street Trilogy
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
I Want You Back
Under the Banner of Heaven
The Essex Serpent
Cinematography
Fear Street Trilogy
Hot Zone: Anthrax
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
Landscapers
The Essex Serpent
Production Design
Fear Street Trilogy
Midnight Mass
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
Landscapers
Under the Banner of Heaven
Editing
Hot Zone: Anthrax
A Very British Scandal
Around the World in 80 Days
Landscapers
I Want You Back
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Insecure
Love Spells
The Other Two
Our Flag Means Death
Pretty Smart
Schmigadoon!
Starstruck
Guest Actor
Jaime Camil, Schmigadoon!
Michael Campayno, The Other Two
Common, Never Have I Ever
John Gemberling, Pretty Smart
Gideon Glick, The Other Two
Jimmy Fowlie, The Other Two
Taylor Zakhar Perez, Minx
Guest Actress
Jordana Brewster, The Other Two
Brittney Ayona Clemmons, Insecure
Minnie Driver, Starstruck
Brianne Howey, Dollface
Jane Krakowski, Schmigadoon!
Amy Landecker, Minx
Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer, The Sex Lives of College Girls
Actor
Lorenzo Adorni, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Rhys Darby, Our Flag Means Death
Bill Hader, Barry
Jake Johnson, Minx
Nikesh Patel, Starstruck
Martín Saracho, Love Spells
Drew Tarver, The Other Two
Actress
Gabriela de la Garza, Love Spells
Claudio Gusmano, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Rose Matafeo, Starstruck
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Issa Rae, Insecure
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Never Have I Ever
Helena Yorke, The Other Two
Supporting Actor
Kevin Bigley, Upload
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Jay Ellis, Insecure
Ken Marino, The Other Two
Michael Hsu Rosen, Pretty Smart
Josh Segarra, The Other Two
Taika Watiti, Our Flag Means Death
Supporting Actress
Cinthya Carmona, Pretty Smart
Kristen Chenoweth, Schmigadoon!
Poorna Jagannathan, Never Have I Ever
Zainab Johnson, Upload
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Emily in Paris
Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso
Molly Shannon, The Other Two
Writing
Miss Codependent, Dollface
Bonne aniversaire!, Emily in Paris
Agua bendita, Love Spells
“…thrown a rager”, Never Have I Ever
Chase and Pat Are Killing It, The Other Two
Pat Gets an Offer to Host “Tic Tac Toe”, The Other Two
Discomfort in a Married State, Our Flag Means Death
Guys! It’s a Cody Briggs night!, Pretty Smart
Schmigadoon!, Schmigadoon!
Summer, Starstruck
Director
Capricorn, An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Limonada, Barry
La dalia roja, Love Spells
“…thrown a rager”, Never Have I Ever
Chase and Pat Are Killing It, The Other Two
Discomfort in a Married State, Our Flag Means Death
Guys! It’s a Cody Briggs night!, Pretty Smart
Schmigadoon!, Schmigadoon!
Summer, Starstruck
Christmas, Starstruck
Music
An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Emily in Paris
Insecure
Love Spells
Minx
Our Flag Means Death
Schmigadoon!
Costumes
An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts
Emily in Paris
Insecure
Minx
The Other Two
Our Flag Means Death
Schmigadoon!
Cinematography
Barry
Insecure
Minx
The Other Two
Our Flag Means Death
Schmigadoon!
Starstruck
Production Design
Schmigadoon!
Dollface
Pretty Smart
Love Spells
Our Flag Means Death
Minx
Upload
Editing
Barry
Insecure
Love Spells
The Other Two
Our Flag Means Death
Schmigadoon!
Starstruck
Chucky
Invasion
Kinnporsche
Severance
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Stargirl
The Witcher
Young Royals
Guest Actor
Fares Fares, The Wheel of Time
Peter Franzen, The Wheel of Time
Kristofer Hivju, The Witcher
Nathan Lane, The Gilded Age
Jonathan Majors, Loki
José Manuel Poga, Sky Rojo
Bryan Safi, You
Milo Stein, Stargirl
Guest Actress
Olivia Colman, Heartstopper
Nikki M. James, Severance
Dichen Lachman, Severance
Audra McDonald, The Gilded Age
T’Nia Miller, Foundation
Donna Murphy, The Gilded Age
Sophie Okonedo, The Wheel of Time
Gia Sandhu, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Actor
Jonathan Bailey, Bridgerton
Alexander Elliot, The Hardy Boys
Lee Pace, Foundation
Edvin Ryding, Young Royals
Adam Scott, Severance
Michael Shannon, Nine Perfect Strangers
Morgan Spector, The Gilded Age
Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat, Kinnporsche
Actress
Simone Ashley, Bridgerton
Doona Bae, The Silent Sea
Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age
Brec Bassinger, Stargirl
April Bowlby, Doom Patrol
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Golshifteh Farahani, Invasion
Britt Lower, Severance
Supporting Actor
Cassian Bilton, Foundation
Jonathan Cake, Stargirl
Cameron Gellman, Stargirl
Daniel Henny, The Wheel of Time
Cristian Perri, The Hardy Boys
Bible Wichapas Sumettikul, Kinnporsche
John Tuturo, Severance
Travis Van Winkle, You
Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Laura Birn, Foundation
Shalita Grant, You
Kim Joo-ryoung, Squid Game
Yvette Monreal, Stargirl
Mimi Ndiweni, The Witcher
Zoe Robbins, The Wheel of Time
Jennifer Tilly, Chucky
Writing
Cape Queer, Chucky
Death and the Maiden, Foundation
Kiss, Heartstopper
Crash, Invasion
Episode 1.3, Kinnporsche
What’s for Dinner?, Severance
The Elysium Kingdom, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Episode 8, Stargirl
The Dragon Reborn, The Wheel of Time
Episode 4, Young Royals
Director
Cape Queer, Chucky
Death by Misadventure, Chucky
Pilot, Foundation
Kiss, Heartstopper
Crash, Invasion
The We We Are, Severance
Red Light, Green Light, Squid Game
Episode 6, Stargirl
The Dragon Reborn, The Wheel of Time
Family, The Witcher
Music
Bridgerton
Chucky
Foundation
Kinnporsche
Loki
Severance
The Witcher
Costumes
Foundation
The Gilded Age
Kinnporsche
Pachinko
Squid Game
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Theodosia
Cinematography
Doom Patrol
Foundation
Invasion
Pachinko
Severance
Stargirl
The Witcher
Production Design
Chucky
Foundation
Loki
Pachinko
Severance
Squid Game
The Witcher
Editing
Chucky
Invasion
Severance
Sky Rojo
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Stargirl
The Witcher