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“The Last Day of Bunny Folger” was clearly the standout episode of the season for me.
To be fair, their 2 biggest English-language seasons to date didn’t do great with Emmys this year. Stranger getting series but nothing for acting/writing/directing; Bridgerton not getting that either.
Yep, but they still got in.
I am happy to be proven wrong but I think the days of explicit comedy awards fair at Netflix are over. They haven’t renewed a single first season comedy since the 2021 Emmy cycle and it is extremely hard to campaign something that is a one-and-done.
“The Last Day of Bunny Folger” was clearly the standout episode of the season for me.
Yes, I do agree. The finale is also great and I think compares to either the first episode or the last of S1 (in terms of technical aspects and overall love from the viewers)
I Know Who Did It is my favorite from s2, The Last Day of Bunny Folger a close second.
FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!
Series (Alphabetical)
-Abbott Elementary
-Barry
-Dead To Me (I think Applegate’s narrative could give it a shot, plus Netflix will likely campaign for it due the same reasons)
-Hacks
-The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
-Only Murders in the Building
-Ted Lasso
-What We Do in The Shadows"EGOT" and "Triple Crown of Acting" winner: VIOLA DAVIS!!!!
I feel like comedy feels too predictable, after the last few years? It may just be settling back in to an early 2010s vibe again, but I’d be surprised if it were all returning series.
I feel like comedy feels too predictable, after the last few years? It may just be settling back in to an early 2010s vibe again, but I’d be surprised if it were all returning series.
It looks like 7 out of the 8 nominees from this year will be back lol, only Curb is out
And all 7 feels safe unless some breakthrough comedy like Abbott and Murders were shows up.FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!
And all 7 feels safe unless some breakthrough comedy like Abbott and Murders were shows up.
I kind of feel like that’s inevitable? Swings and roundabouts. Hard to say what though.
Also, is it generally agreed that She-Hulk is DOA? I know there’s a bunch of controversy, review bombing etc but even discounting that, I just think it’s…really average?
It looks like 7 out of the 8 nominees from this year will be back lol, only Curb is out And all 7 feels safe unless some breakthrough comedy like Abbott and Murders were shows up.
And that’s probably not happening. I know nobody ever thought something like Abbott would happen, so me saying it’s probably not happening directly contradicts that, but I think that was such an isolated incident. I can’t see another network comedy doing the same this year. As for OMITB, many were predicting that based on its pedigree before it even premiered; I can’t think of a similar show now. I’m expecting every nominee to be returning except for The Bear.
Once there was only Dark. If you ask me, the Light's winning.
I don’t see how comedy feels like it’s gone back to being predictable when this year’s comedy series, supporting actress, directing and casting races were some of the most atypical we’ve ever seen in any field under this current voting system. Even in categories like actor, actress and writing consensus was split on this site over whether it would be Sudeikis, Smart and Abbott Elementary that would triumph in those or Hader, Brunson and Hacks. With the definition of comedy (and the types of which that are being consumed) being so broad in the current television climate it’s much harder to gauge what voters are watching. Some years they’re checking off much more niche comedies like Ramy and What We Do in the Shadows, other years they’re checking off populist fan-fare like Cobra Kai and Emily in Paris. Voters were cold on Veep‘s final season whilst television critics were the opposite. Likewise television critics ended up being colder on the back half of Ted Lasso season 2 than they were with season 1 whilst Emmy voters gave the show, Sudeikis and Goldstein repeat wins.
I agree that it feels quite likely that the 7 (or 5 considering Hacks and Ted Lasso both seem to be quite borderline on the eligibility front) of last season’s series nominees that are eligible again this year will all retain their slots but even then we’ve only had two years in which only twice have we had lineups in comedy series in particular have almost clean repeats. And in both instances (in 2017 and this past season) shows that had won major Emmys the last time they competed (Atlanta and Transparent) were knocked out of series for the first time by new shows. In what was seen as a weaker comedy series field in 2018 (due to the absence of incumbent series and actress winner Veep), 5 time comedy series winner and 8 time nominee Modern Family was kicked out of series in spite of there being more slots in that category than there were the previous year and only 2 of the shows that were nominated in that category that year (series sweeper The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and actor + s. actor winner Barry) going on to actual repeat their series nominations for their following seasons.
We ultimately are just a playing a guessing game until the winter awards and guild season starts. There’s always a The Good Place or a What We Do in the Shadows waiting in the corner after missing out on their first go rounds due to breaking late and a new series that no one has heard of at the start of the season that breaks through. Who even had heard of Abbott Elementary this time last year never mind expected it to be an across the board Emmy contender?
FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.
Regarding Ted Lasso I think it’s safe to presume it will make Emmy eligibility. They should wrap filming in November and Jeremy Swift mentioned in a recent podcast they start promo for season 3 in December which indicates a January/February premiere. They just have to start airing by March 11th to make eligibility (presuming they air 1 episode a week in a 12 episode season). They actually have plenty of time.
But Ted Lasso will continue to be formidable competition if this really is the last season (and it more or less sticks the landing) and it won’t have the “recency” bias working against it.
I kind of feel like that’s inevitable? Swings and roundabouts. Hard to say what though. Also, is it generally agreed that She-Hulk is DOA? I know there’s a bunch of controversy, review bombing etc but even discounting that, I just think it’s…really average?
well it’s a marvel show that’s not wandavision so 0 major noms is reasonable
I think we should watch out for High Desert starring Patricia Arquette. There’s also Weruche Opia in it.
If The Great and Ted Lasso miss, this would be an all-timer lineup…
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FYC: Bad Sisters (Anne-Marie Duff) Cunk on Earth (Diane Morgan), Fleishman Is in Trouble (Lizzy Caplan/Claire Danes), Industry (Marisa Abela/Myha'la Herrold), Physical (Rose Byrne), Poker Face (Ellen Barkin/Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Chloë Sevigny), The White Lotus (Sabrina Impacciatore)
Ah interesting (do you have a link to that by any chance?) I wasn’t sure whether it would make it or not because the behind the scenes delays that were reported last week seemed to imply they’d be still shooting through the Spring.
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