A random one from me which will need confirming…

Is David Rose the first Emmy winning character to be LGBT+ and not experience any homophobia on screen and/or not have a HIV/AIDS diagnosis?

Productions pending, but early prediction

DRAMA SERIES: The Crown vs Ozark vs Succession

COMEDY SERIES: Barry vs The Marvelous Mrs Maisel vs What We Do In The Shadows

Olivia Colman wins Best Actress for her final The Crown run.

Gillian Anderson vs Julia Garner for Supporting Actress.

1. Catherine O’Hara
2. Daniel Levy
3. Annie Murphy
4. Regina King
5. Jeremy Strong
6. Billy Crudup
7. Eugene Levy
8. Ron Cephas Jones
9. Cherry Jones
10. Uzo Aduba
11. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

I tried to manifest it last year to no avail, but let’s try again (provided they are all worthy)

BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia Coppola – On The Rocks
Regina King – One Night In Miami
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland

Three big contenders. Fingers crossed more than one female director is on the line-up this year!

They’ve yet to win a Series trophy at the Emmys though…

This Is Us
Homeland
New Girl

Julia Garner and Thandie Newton have never faced off before. Either one could start to cement themselves as the new Dinklage with a win this year.

Post-BAFTA 2021 Predictions

General thoughts: it’s time BAFTA had five nominees in all TV categories. They should also have supporting comedy categories, too.

Best Drama Series
The Crown
Gangs of London
Last Tango In Halifax
The Nest

Best Miniseries
I May Destroy You
Normal People
The Salisbury Poisonings
Small Axe

Best Single D…[Read more]

I’d argue MJ Rodriguez was the stand out of both seasons, with Indya Moore worthy of nominations both times.

BAFTA’s ARE VOTED ON BY A JURY – NOT THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP.

YOU CANNOT ASSUME HOW BRITS ARE GOING TO VOTE AT THE EMMYs BASED ON THEM!

I got…9 correct out of 26…man I’m good :-/

People saying this ruins The Crown’s chances at the Emmys – Succession lost Best International to When They See Us, so is that not winning now too?

People are putting WAY too much weight on the TV BAFTAs when it comes to the Emmys.

The Crown isn’t the kind of show that wins BAFTAs. They like grittier, more modern dramas than period pieces like The Crown.

Juries vote for them. Not an entire membership. They don’t know how other juries vote.

Seeing Caroline Flack in the ‘In Memoriam’ section hits so much harder and so much deeper than anything else.

I think given the circumstances, BAFTA are doing really well. It works for me. Some people online are commenting on it having no audience, but I detest canned audiences so I’d rather the few claps we do have than anything else.

My favourite win of the night so far.

COMEDY
Best Comedy Series: Schitt’s Creek
Lead Actor: Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Lead Actress: Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
Supporting Actor: Dan Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Supporting Actress: Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
Guest Actor: Fred Willard – Modern Family
Guest Actress: Bette Midler – The Politician
Comedy Writing: Happy Ending – Sc…[Read more]

That’s exactly my point. Look at that amazing cast FULL of incredible performances by actresses who are trans. Yet the only person the Emmys have singled out from such a diverse cast is a cisgender male? Really?

RE: it’s because the show has little support: Billy Porter won last year – so voters clearly have watched the show. They clearly hav…[Read more]

With the Emmys there does seem to be *something* against the women of Pose though.

And don’t reply with ‘well Laverne Cox has an Emmy and consistent noms so they can’t be transphobic’. That isn’t an argument against transphobia.

It’s not about voting based on race. It’s about acknowledging our own biases.

The fact that the majority of Emmy acting nominees we as a collective did not nominate are non-white actors shows that we all need to look at what unconscious bias we have.

That includes what shows we watch.

If a show has a black lead, do we tend to give it a mis…[Read more]

FINAL PREDICTIONS

DRAMA SERIES: Giri Haji
MINI SERIES: Chernobyl
SINGLE DRAMA: Elizabeth Is Missing
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA: Coronation Street

LEADING ACTOR: Stephen Graham – The Virtues
LEADING ACTRESS: Glenda Jackson – Elizabeth is Missing
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Will Sharpe – Giri/Haji
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jasmine Jonson – Top Boy

SCRIPTED COMED…[Read more]