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December 26, 2017 at 1:15 pm #1202449159
A pattern has taken hold in the Emmys category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Since 2011, the winner has been someone for the first or the last season of his respective series:
• 2011: Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC) — Last
• 2012: Damian Lewis, Homeland (Showtime) — First
• 2013: Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO) — First
• 2014: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC) — Last
• 2015: Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC) — Last
• 2016: Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA) — First
• 2017: Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC) — FirstIf this pattern continues, my feeling with 2018 is the winner will end up being, for a given series’ premiere season, Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (ABC).
Does anyone have any theories why this has played out?
ReplyDecember 26, 2017 at 1:39 pm #1202449168You’re just giving me hope for a Matthew Rhys win next year.
ReplyCopy URLDecember 26, 2017 at 1:53 pm #1202449177This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.December 26, 2017 at 8:27 pm #1202449348This is a pretty neat and interesting trend, but each of those performers had other specific unique circumstances that lead to their wins (albeit buzz surrounding a final season or dazzling debut certainly helped).
Unless Rhys is absolutely undeniable (which isn’t likely since his performance is usually quiet) there wont really be any final season contenders. Additionally, all of the freshman season contenders like Bateman and Highmore don’t have the kind of media frenzy buzz that surrounded the performances Malek and Brown consistently for an entire year. (Not including Daniels or Lewis since the tape system is a different beast)
Unless something huge (like handmaids tale level) debuts this spring, I expect either Malek or Brown to win their second with Rhys as a boy-can-dream Longshot dark horse.
ReplyCopy URLDecember 26, 2017 at 9:34 pm #1202449370This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.December 26, 2017 at 10:10 pm #1202449381This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.December 26, 2017 at 10:17 pm #1202449384According to this trend Kevin Spacey would have easily won though we all know what happened.
ReplyCopy URLSeptember 18, 2018 at 2:01 pm #1202636303It turns out the pattern held..
Eden should be happy with the result.
The winner of the 2017–18 Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series: Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX).
The winning performance is for a series’ last season.
ReplyCopy URLSeptember 18, 2018 at 2:07 pm #1202636304You’re just giving me hope for a Matthew Rhys win next year.
ReplyCopy URLFYC: Fleabag Season 2 in ALL categories!
September 18, 2018 at 2:39 pm #1202636316Eden should be happy with the result.
Oh, I am.
I wanna hear early predictions for next year based on this theory. Kit Harington and Rami Malek will compete for their final season. Sean Penn won’t be nominated, but looking forward to seeing someone new.
ReplyCopy URLSeptember 18, 2018 at 3:02 pm #1202636332This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.September 18, 2018 at 11:56 pm #1202636665I think the Acting Branch not liking Game of Thrones apart from their irrational love for Dinklage is why I won’t be predicting Harrington – though he is definitely getting nominated.
It’s exciting to see who will win this next year, as Brown is not winning again for This is Us and Rhys is ineligible.
ReplyCopy URLSeptember 19, 2018 at 12:00 am #1202636666I think the Acting Branch not liking Game of Thrones apart from their irrational love for Dinklage is why I won’t be predicting Harrington – though he is definitely getting nominated. It’s exciting to see who will win this next year, as Brown is not winning again for This is Us and Rhys is ineligible.
Maybe Odenkirk pulls through this time.
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