This is one snub I’ll never understand.

Ugh, I will never forget this. Definitely one of the worst award show losses in recent memory.

Not sure where all this confidence in Sarah Paulson is coming from. That category is going to be stacked.

Given how prominently he’s been featured so far in flashbacks, etc. I am wondering if Skaarsgard is getting a follow-up nod.

Enjoyed the premiere well enough but didn’t get a clear sense of where the actual plot is heading. Definitely worth a second look, though. I don’t see this as an awards contender, really. Maybe some Globes love but I’d be hesitant to predict even that.

The reviews for this have been much stronger than I had anticipated, particularly when taking into account that this type of show is not at all in vogue in the moment. I may check out if I have the time, but it feels like a commitment. Bacon is a Globes possibility for sure.

Re-posting this for emphasis.

Not sure if this was in reference to my Heigl/Garner comparison but it really only strengthens my argument if you take that Heigl win away.

Again, who’s the viable alternative?

Show me one winner in this category that resembles a performer like Williams. She doesn’t fit the trend.

This is objectively untrue.

Emmy voters don’t always think in season-specific ways…I don’t know why this is such a difficult concept to grasp.

Ask Ben Mendehlson.

Headey is still out front until someone presents me with a viable argument for an alternative because I still haven’t heard one.

She just is so young, though, she really doesn’t fit the profile of the category.

The best comparison I can really think of would be Katherine Heigl but she was a budding star at that point in her career. Garner has been popping up all over the place on TV and is well regarded by avid TV-watchers and industry people but I don’t believe that…[Read more]

Patriot – Escape from Paris

I am very confident in her chances. I actually think she’s ahead of both Williams and Turner.

Not to re-engage the endless and boring back-and-forth GOT debate, but I would suggest that her scenes in Episode 2 were some of the most universally loved of the season, maybe the only aspect that was universally loved. Plus, voters still heavily…[Read more]

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I think that McTeer is pretty memorable but it’s not an especially flashy or emotional part. Still, she’s featured pretty heavily, has some great moments, and is on a show that Emmy voters appear to be watching. She’s in the mix.

So is anyone else taking the leap and adding any of the GOT self-submitters to their predictions? I have both Allen and Christie in now (and Van Houten in guest).

Will the myth that Emmy voters are sentimental ever die?

Thanks Riley – I feel that she should definitely be added to the predictions center then.