The Emmy nominations are always cause for celebration and consternation…and this year is absolutely no different. This year’s nominations are coming during a time of the WGA being on strike and SAG next so we shall see about the show. Honestly, after reviewing the nominations, I found the kinda meh. Other than a couple select choices, they’re pretty standard across the board and it feels like the voting body isn’t so much voting with their hearts but ticking off what has the most buzz. You can view the full list here, but for now here’s my thoughts:
The Good
Supporting Actress in a Comedy is going to be tough. It’s also the Blackest category and that should be applauded.
Loved seeing James Marsden get his due. He’s been an unsung part of a lot of projects and has good acting chops. Meghann Fahy is also nominated after giving the best performance in White Lotus so that’s nice.
The Other Two landing a writing nomination is quite wonderful. Especially as it’s for one of the show’s most acidic and best episodes.
The Bad
Is it bad that I think it is almost disqualification worthy to your chances of being in best series if you don’t get a writing, directing, or acting nomination? If not, then how did House of the Dragon get a nod for Best Drama Series in such a competative year?
Despite their love for HBO and despite them clearly watching the show cause it got a writing nominations, how did The Other Two not land any more big nominations? Baffling
The Ugly
Once again we have a situation where certain shows overwhelmingly dominate categories. It is beyond time for some sort of revamping of the thresholds that govern the awards, if only to protect the awards from the laziness of their own members. White Lotus and Succession accounting for ALL the drama supporting actor nominations, Succession and The Last of Us in all the guest actor nominations (actor and actress), etc. is completely out of pocket and makes the voting members look extremely suspect. In fact the voting as a whole feels very much like its only swayed by shows on certain networks or those with the highest marketing budgets.