There is something that has long frustrated us about the Actress in a Comedy Series category when it comes to the Emmys: The awards show’s frequent insistence on just nominating the same sort of people again and again that are either on shows that are barely comedies, or are big names that are on shows […]
With some Emmy categories, the end decision simply comes down to which way the voters decide to swing the pendulum. Do they go with older, more familiar names, or go daring and trying to recognize someone new? When it comes to the Actor in a Comedy Series category this year, it’s really up in the […]
Emmys, Happy Endings, Parks and Recreation
This was a rather strange year when it comes to comedy. There was not a breakout show on any of the major networks, all new comedies with the exception of “The Mindy Project” fell off the map, and while “The Big Bang Theory” found yet another way to trounce the other shows in the ratings, […]
If there is an Emmy category out there that does need some sort of freshening up, it’s Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. We know most pundits have Maggie Smith listed as the top contender again for “Downton Abbey,” but is she really deserving based on the body of work in the past year? While […]
“Family Guy” is apparently not above doing whatever it takes to get the Emmys to notice them, whether it is offending people, begging for sympathy, or even reminding them how long it has been since an animated series has received some love in the Comedy Series category. So what has the Seth MacFarlane-created show decided […]
There are competitive Primetime Emmy Award categories, and then there is Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. By far, this is among the hardest to call out of any that are coming up this year. There are fifteen or so names that we considered having on this list, and some that we’d have on here […]
Yesterday, we wrote about six of our top contenders for the Actor in a Drama Series prize for the Primetime Emmy Awards, and this is a category that really should be just as competitive: Actress in a Drama Series. While we are well aware that a certain “Homeland” star is considered the favorite, we legitimately […]
In day 2 of our Primetime Emmy preview series, we’re playing “pick the nominations” with one of our favorite categories of the year: Actor in a Drama Series. There are so many good roles for leading men out there right now in this category, and we could have made this list ten people if the […]
Bates Motel, Emmys, Homeland, The Newsroom
Emmy fans, rejoice! We have finally arrived to that time of year again, where we start to take a look at the possible candidates for what we consider to be television’s biggest night in the Primetime Emmy Awards. This year, we’re really taking the show in stages. We’re beginning the series today, by focusing on […]
Neil Patrick Harris’ schedule has just got a little bit more crammed in the upcoming months. He’s already got the Tony Awards to host, the ninth season of “How I Met Your Mother” to appear in (which starts filming in a couple of months), and now, it has also been announced that he will host […]
