73rd Emmy Award Winners

How was the show?

I enjoyed the show. It certainly put the Oscars to shame. I liked the 'Just A Friend' parody with Cedric the Entertainer, LL Cool J, and then more surprises, then all 100-ish join in. Like a fun high-school reunion. (Still weird to think Biz Markie is dead.) I liked Seth Rogen calling out the crowd for not social-distancing (then Cedric letting everyone at home know everyone in attendance is vaxxed). Cedric showed why comedians should always be hosts of shows like this. There was some #EmmysSoWhite hanging over it when we were halfway through the awards and I realized the only non-white people who'd won so far were members of writing teams. But then you had RuPaul, Michaela Cole...

Favorite moments:

Seeing in general how tight the Ted Lasso cast and crew are.

- Juno Temple bawling through Hannah Waddington's speech

- Hannah squeeeezing Brett Goldstein before he could get to the stage

- Brendan Hunt's old-school gent outfit

Kerry Washington's moment for Michael K. Williams.

Lorne Michaels' nod to Norm MacDonald.

The support circle for non-Emmy winners (Scott Bakula, Jason Alexander, etc).

Jean Smart's tribute to her husband who died six months ago.

DEBBIE ALLEN.

Anything Conan O'Brien did.

In Memoriam.

Low-point:

Old white man Scott Frank (director of The Queen's Gambit) refusing to get played off three times, acting like his reading of his windy two-page speech deserved more air-time than Debbie Allen.

==COMEDY SERIES==

BEST TV COMEDY - Ted Lasso

BEST ACTOR - Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

BEST ACTRESS - Jean Smart, Hacks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Hannah Waddington, Ted Lasso

BEST WRITING - Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, Hacks

BEST DIRECTING - Lucia Aniello, Hacks

==DRAMA SERIES==

BEST TV DRAMA - The Crown

BEST ACTOR - Josh O'Connor, The Crown

BEST ACTRESS - Olivia Colman, The Crown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Tobias Menzies, The Crown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Gillian Anderson, The Crown

BEST WRITING - Peter Morgan, The Crown

BEST DIRECTING - Jessica Hobbs, The Crown

==LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE==

BEST LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE - The Queen's Gambit

BEST ACTOR - Ewan McGregor, Halston

BEST ACTRESS - Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown

BEST WRITING - Michaela Cole, I May Destroy You

BEST DIRECTING - Scott Frank, The Queen's Gambit

==VARIETY==

BEST VARIETY TALK SHOW - Last Week with John Oliver

BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES - Saturday Night Live

BEST COMPETITION PROGRAM - RuPaul's Drag Race

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL LIVE - Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL PRE-RECORDED - Hamilton

BEST VARIETY WRITING - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

GOVERNOR'S LIFETIME AWARD - Debbie Allen

Stuff I'm Binging

TED LASSO (AppleTV) - Jason Sudeikis is really good at playing smarmy a-holes, so it's a warm surprise to see him play a character so optimistic and sincere, you can't help but root for him. It's not so much a laugh-out-loud comedy as it is a soothing warm-glass-of-milk comfort comedy, about an American college football coach who's been hired to coach a premiere English football team (aka "soccer"). The owner of the team is a recent divorcee who wants Ted to fail because she know it would make her ex-husband upset to see his favorite team lose, but his approach is so crazy it just. Might. Work. Fun supporting characters, especially Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones) as the owner.

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH (Disney+) - Never watch more than a few episodes of any of the SW animated series, but this one had a really good 70-minute episode 1. It picks up right when Order 66 is executed, and five clones who are a little different than everyone else don't get the order transmitted into their brains and don't feel compelled to follow it, which means they are torn between siding with their brothers or siding with the Jedi. Timeline-wise my understanding is this places it a few years before Star Wars: Rebels. I'm compelled to watch a few more with my kids and see how it goes.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (Paramount+) - Finally started watching it, and I'm thoroughly enjoying how they've tweaked the ST formula. Instead of the main character being the captain and virtually every episode being stand-alone, the captain is a secondary character who's therefore free to be more flawed than every series before it. Best thing that ever happened to Sonequa Martin-Greene was getting cast on The Walking Dead as Sasha, and then having her character killed right when this opportunity opened up. It feels like it wants to be halfway between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, which is a good thing.

THE CROWN (Netflix) - Finally finished season 4. Loved how the first two seasons had Claire Foy take us through the first 15 years as Queen Elizabeth II, then Olivia Colman took us through the next 20-25 years over S3 and S4, and then when S5 comes out in a few months, Imelda Staunton will take us from the 1990's to the present over the final two seasons. I wonder if the series finale will be Prince Philip's funeral. Then again, my understanding is they don't plan for Diana's death to occur until S6, so maybe it'll conclude while Tony Blair's still PM.

THE ORDER (Netflix) - It had 100% on Rotten Tomatoes so we tried it. It was terrible. Bad acting, humor that might have been funny on Buffy or Angel 20 years ago that lands flat now. I don't get it. My wife kept watching; she says it's terrible but okay to have on while she's doing puzzles.

2020 Golden Globe Winners

As expected, it had some surprising results. But also some heartfelt moments, specifically when Chadwick Boseman's widow Taylor Simone Boseman accepted his Golden Globe on his behalf.

==MOVIES==

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“Minari” (A24)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
“Soul” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
“Soul” (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Io Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi

==TELEVISION==

Best Television Series – Drama
“The Crown” (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Schitt’s Creek”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Emma Corrin (“The Crown”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series
Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series
Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”)

Best Television Limited Series or TV Movie
“The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Boyega (“Small Axe”)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”)

2020 Emmy Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
Insecure
Schitt's Creek
The Good Place
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Regina King, Watchmen
Octavia Spencer, Self Made
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid's Tale
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Julia Garner, Ozark
Sarah Snook, Succession
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Mahershala Ali, Ramy
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Holland Taylor, Hollywood
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Jean Smart, Watchmen

Outstanding 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 Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Drunk History
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Amy Poehler, Making It
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Bobby Berk, Queer Eye
RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race
Barbara Corcoran, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Andrew Scott, Black Mirror
James Cromwell, Succession
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian
Martin Short, The Morning Show
Jason Bateman, The Outsider
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Cherry Jones, Succession
Harriet Walter, Succession
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Fred Willard, Modern Family
Dev Patel, Modern Love
Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Bette Midler, The Politician

Full List of Emmys Nominations for 2017-2018

Comedy Series

Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Drama Series

The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
The Americans
This Is Us
Westworld


Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
William H. Macy, Shameless


Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie


Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld


Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Foy, The Crown
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld


Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister


Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult


Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Matt Smith, The Crown


Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale


Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Henry Winkler, Barry


Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace


Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Jeff Daniels, Godless
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar
John Leguizamo, Waco
Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story


Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult
Merritt Wever, Godless
Letitia Wright, Black Museum (Black Mirror)


Reality/Competition Series

The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice


Variety Sketch Series

At Home with Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You, America
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show


Variety Talk Series

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Limited Series

The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose


Television Movie

Fahrenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale
USS Callister (Black Mirror)


Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Icarus
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring A Very Special, Contractually
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like
Spielberg
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling


Documentary or Nonfiction Series

American Masters
Blue Planet II
The Defiant Ones
The Fourth Estate
Wild Wild Country


Variety Special (Live)

The 75th Annual Golden Globes
60th Annual Grammy Awards
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Night of Too Many Stars
The Oscars


Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American Puerto Rico (It’s Complicated)
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life


Informational Series or Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson
Vice


Guest Actor in a Drama Series

F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Cameron Britton, Mindhunter
Matthew Goode, The Crown
Ron Cephas-Jones, This Is Us
Gerald McRainey, This Is Us
Jimmi Simpson, Westworld


Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis, Scandal
Kelly Jenrette, The Handmaid's Tale
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid's Tale
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale


Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Sterling K. Brown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Will Ferrell, Saturday Night Live
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Katt Williams, Atlanta


Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live
Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Molly Shannon, Will & Grace
Wanda Sykes, Black-ish