Updated predictions for the month of December, post GG/SAG noms, are now up! Kills me to drop Widows from every category. 🙁

Viewership collapsed the year NPH hosted. He will never be invited back.

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If Grant wins the Globe or SAG, I suspect he takes the Oscar. BAFTA seems a given and the coupling of that with another major prize would likely seal the deal.

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The SAG winner will win the Oscar.

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A lame and labored finale (sans the amazing Casey Wilson) to an only intermittently funny season. This won’t be winning Emmys next year.

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Loved the stuff with Mrs. Shapiro but I actually found all of the Hamilton material kind of flat and labored. I wouldn’t nominate Miranda.

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Another great one, though I still wish Graham had a bit more to do.

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Wish Graham had more to do here (though perhaps she’s returning) but I did laugh quite a bit. Larry watching Leon open the door was vintage Curb.

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This was AMAZING, devastatingly funny, vintage Curb. Fabulous performances all-around and this could well be the show’s Directing Emmy nom next year.

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This one had some BIG laughs but some of the PTSD stuff admittedly left me a little uneasy.

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At last, a great episode! Not perfect but leaps and bounds superior to the first three.

OSCAR FLASHBACK: Nicholson at the Oscars (2002) – About Schmidt

Oof I legit loathed this episode. Not a single laugh in sight. The series seems so labored and uninspired vis a vis prior seasons. Also, everyone is grating and detestable.

OSCAR FLASHBACK: Nicholson at the Oscars (1997) – As Good As It Gets

This was a solid, satisfying premiere, albeit not quite among the series’ best. I’d give it a B+.

OSCAR FLASHBACK: Nicholson at the Oscars (1987) – Ironweed

I’ve been going back and revisiting a bunch of the old episodes. How was Cheri Oteri not Emmy-nominated for “The Nanny from Hell”?!

OSCAR FLASHBACK: Nicholson at the Oscars (1987) – Ironweed

I’d like to think Larry David will at last take home an Emmy for this show.

OSCAR FLASHBACK: Best Original Song (1965) – Nat King Cole’s Swan Song

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Friday Night Lights and Newhart would probably be my top 3. MTM and FNL just completely nailed it all-around, while Newhart‘s twist is truly one of the all-time great and most hilarious television moments period.

Honorable Mentions: The Wonder Years, Cheers (not amazing episodes but still moving, given all of the time…[Read more]