BoJack Horseman: Comedy Series, Writing for a Comedy Series (“The View from Halfway Down”)

The Deuce: Drama Series, Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Emily Meade), Directing for a Drama Series (“Finish It”), Writing for a Drama Series (“Finish It”)

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• 070 Shake – Modus Vivendi
• Alice Boman – Dream On
• Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
• BC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff
• Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• J Hus – Big Conspiracy
• Mac Miller – Circles
• Moses Sumney – græ
• Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
• Run the Jewels – RTJ4

One per artist:

• 070 Shake – “Morrow”
• BC Camplight – “I Only Drink When I’m Drunk”
• Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
• Fiona Apple – “Relay”
• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – “Baby $hit”
• Mac Miller – “Blue World”
• Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage Remix” (feat. Beyoncé)
• Moses Sumney – “In Bloom”
• Run the Jewels – “JU$T” (feat. Pharrell Williams & Z…

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I love all three but Macfadyen to me is absolutely perfect in this show. He gets the most to do in terms of comedy and drama and I think he balances them flawlessly.

John Belushi
Dana Carvey
Will Ferrell
Ana Gasteyer
Bill Hader
Phil Hartman
Eddie Murphy
Bill Murray
Amy Poehler
Gilda Radner
Molly Shannon

1. Watchmen
2. Mrs. America
3. Unbelievable

Merritt Wever’s turn in Unbelievable was another in an excellent string of performances, and I hope she wins.

The Leftovers and Rectify both came to mind. Between Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Regina King, Christopher Eccleston in The Leftovers and Aden Young and Abigail Spencer in Rectify, someone should’ve gotten a nomination. Plus The Leftovers had some really wild episodes that should’ve been right at home in the Directing category, and Rectify had…[Read more]

“Bad Choice Road” is incredible, hopefully it gets nominated. A great showcase for Rhea Seehorn and Tony Dalton as well, both deserving of nominations.

The Good Place – “Whenever You’re Ready” (written by Michael Schur)

One of the best series finales I’ve ever ever seen.

Mr. Robot – “407 Proxy Authentication Required” (written by Sam Esmail)

The first season was great, but I like the second season even more. It does what all great sophomore seasons do and expand more on the supporting cast and their world; the episodes that focused on Ramy’s family members were truly moving in their own unique ways. And then there’s Mahershala Ali, an actor who can do no wrong in my book. He brings…[Read more]

BEST COMEDY SERIES
BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
The Good Place (NBC)
Lodge 49 (AMC)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Ramy (Hulu)
Silicon Valley (HBO)

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Deuce (HBO)
Mindhunter (Netflix)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)
Undone (Amazon)

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Bob’s Burgers has plenty of fun original songs each season. I liked Fiona Apple’s “Pig Trouble in Little Tina” a lot.

I had fun with this final season, and the show was overall pretty entertaining, but the finale didn’t land for me. By the beginning of Season 6, there were so many loose threads to tie up that they all got sloppily combined into this vague conspiracy involving Hannah, the governor, the Castillo family, and a corrupt FBI agent. It was an…[Read more]

1. Parasite (A+)
2. Get Out (A)
3. Manchester by the Sea (A)
4. Birdman (A)
5. Her (A-)
6. Django Unchained (A-)
7. Midnight in Paris (B+)
8. The King’s Speech (B)
9. Spotlight (B-)
10. Green Book (C-)

I was quite happy with how it turned out. It’s smart about how it provides these characters’ self-justifications for their crimes. The script does a great job of giving us perspective on the characters without ever insinuating that what they’re doing is anything less than immoral, providing us the delusions these characters feed to themselves to…[Read more]

BEST COMEDY SERIES

• 2019-20: The Good Place (NBC)
• 2018-19: Barry (HBO)
• 2017-18: Atlanta (FX)
• 2016-17: Master of None (Netflix)
• 2015-16: Transparent (Amazon)
• 2014-15: Parks and Recreation (NBC)
• 2013-14: Review (Comedy Central)
• 2012-13: 30 Rock (NBC)
• 2011-12: Community (NBC)
• 2010-11: Community (NBC)
• 2009-10: Modern Family (ABC)

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