TV Tuesdays Free Talk

I was looking at some of the Emmy nominees. First of all, I got the limited series category really wrong. Maid seemed like a sure thing to get nominated (it even got nominated in directing, writing, and editing) but somehow Inventing Anna got the Netflix nomination instead despite terrible reviews. Pam and Tommy also surprised over The Staircase. I didn’t actually end up finishing Pam and Tommy. I don’t know why, I kind of just lost interest in the story. I enjoyed what I watched though so I’m fine with that nomination.

Though I’d say the limited series category is unbelievably weak this year compared to last year which had Queen’s Gambit, Mare of Easttown, WandaVision, The Underground Railroad, and I May Destroy You.

The only big nomination that Disney+ got was for animated series for What If (which wasn’t highly predicted but I predicted it thank you very much) so Disney flopped. Loki got a lot of technical nominations and Moon Knight got some nominations. But yeah, nothing compared to the success of WandaVision. Probably due to that show being incredibly well received by everyone, and also the fact that it was celebrating the history of television which is why Emmy voters ended up liking it a lot.

Edit: This was a lie. Disney actually got a TV movie nomination for Chip n Dales.

Happy for What We Do in the Shadows getting a nomination, but I’m disappointed that Marvelous Mrs Maisel got in probably due to lazy namechecks. This last season was terrible and didn’t deserve any awards recognition.

There's one thing a movie/TV show can do to make me immediately interested: frantic hyperpaced editing to convey stressful situations. When it's done well, it hits me like nothing else. The pilot of The Bear did it really, really well. Half of it feels like a relentless march without a real full break, and it's great at bottling up that line cook stress and conveying it well. The show calms down a bit afterwards but that first episode is something really special, like a miniaturized Uncut Gems sequence or something.

Not to bombard you guys with Emmy stuff. But I’ll quickly post my predictions for wins.

DRAMA

Series: Successsion

Lead Actor Drama: Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game

Lead Actress Drama: Melanie Lynskey - Yellowjackets

Supporting Actor Drama: Kieran Culkin - Succession

Supporting Actress Drama: Jung Ho-yeon - Squid Game

Guest Actress Drama: Harriet Walter - Succession

Guest Actor Drama: Colman Domingo - Euphoria

Directing: Succession - All The Bells Say

Writing: Succession

COMEDY

Series: Hacks

Lead Actor Comedy: Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso

Lead Actress Comedy: Jean Smart - Hacks

Supporting Actor Comedy: Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso

Supporting Actress Comedy: Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

Guest Actress Comedy: Jane Lynch - Only Murders in the Building

Guest Actor Comedy: Jerrod Carmichael - SNL

Directing: Hacks

Writing: Hacks

LIMITED AND MOVIE

Series: Dopesick

Movie: Chip n Dale Rescue Ranger

Lead Actor Limited Series: Michael Keaton - Dopesick

Lead Actress Limited Series: Amanda Seyfried - The Dropout

Supporting Actor Limited Series: Murray Bartlett - White Lotus

Supporting Actress Limited Series: Jennifer Coolidge - White Lotus

Directing: Dopesick

Writing: The White Lotus

Variety Special Pre-Recorded: Adele: One Night Only

Kenobi -- the Patterson Cut was posted the other day and is getting a lot of press. Its pretty good, overall, but there are a handful of cuts that are super awkward. That being said, there are some truly magical improvements that make it worth a watch.

Nothing else is new. If anybody wants to make their Wexler predictions, I'm all ears :)