Ugh, is Jim Parson really going to be nominated again? That sixth slot is ridiculous. I have Jim Carrey only because Kidding was pretentiously artsy, which makes it more admirable than other flops. At least they were striving for something, you know? But if it comes down to pure name recognition, I could see it being Jason Bateman. He has so much respect right now. We know how much the Emmys could not care less about certain shows (especially in the comedy lead categories), but people get nominated because of accumulated goodwill from their careers.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is headed for her 7th nomination and 7th consecutive win for VEEP. That’s really where the “Ugh” should start and end.
Would be great if both Parsons and Louis-Dreyfus won again on the same night. The last time the Emmys had ratings to write home about, was 2014 (66th) where they both won.
From a ratings standpoint (ask the Oscars), Game of Thrones and Big Bang Theory would bring in audiences the Emmys need. The audiences they lost when they dropped a popular, ratings monster like The Big Bang Theory, in favor of niche and bougie shows that people don’t watch. We’re at a disastrous 10 million viewers, the lowest in history, and lower than a lot of Network tv shows. And dropping.
Give the people what they want. The Oscars just proved that.
