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As this morning’s Emmy nominations prove, there may be less TV being made nowadays, but the quality certain hasn’t declined with the quantity.
As widely expected, The Bear and Shōgun were mentioned more than once this AM by past Emmy winners Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tony Hale. As Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego said, “it was an exceptional year in television.” It seemed exceptional, but for the first time in a long time, the names Succession and Ted Lasso were not heard when the nominations were read out, as those multiple winners have wrapped up their runs.
There were surprises like the too long overlooked Reservation Dogs, but there also some other names not mentioned. Our condolences to those would-be contenders who were not granted TV Academy voters favor.
In that, remember, the Primetime Emmy Awards are on ABC on September 15 live from the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
Here are some of the prominent names you won’t hear called out that night, plus a few surprises too. As always, drop us a line if you think we missed anyone this year.
SNUBS
KELSEY GRAMMER – Frasier returned late last year after almost 20 years with a new season on Paramount that locked right into some of the best and sharpest slices of its previous multi-Emmy winning run from 1993 to 2004. A lot of the old gang on both sides of the camera (we see you Jimmy Burrows) were back, as of course was six-time Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer as the pompous shrink. Grammer has been nominated by the TV Academy in every decade from 1988 to 2006, but not this decade. Or to paraphrase that great line from the very first season of the show back in the Clinton Era: “You stole my Emmy nomination!”
LOKI – No Emmy magic for Disney+ God of Mischief’s final season.
EMMA STONE – Looks like the two-time Oscar winner was truly cursed this morning with Stone getting nothing for her often hilarious performance in Paramount+’s The Curse.
A MAN IN FULL – Jeff Daniels. Diane Lane. Netflix’s adaption of Ton Wolfe’s sprawling 742-page 1998 novel had two of the best at their best, and much more. Alas, in a crowded limited series race, the Man in Full cup did not overflow.
I’M A VIRGO – Boots Riley’s Prime Video show of a surreal Oakland populated by a 19-year old giant and a billionaire anti-hero superhero (played by Fallout fav Walton Goggins, a nominee today for that other prime Video show) was one of the most original and challenging things on any screen, big or small, in ages. Clearly and sadly, too much so for TV Academy voters.
JOHN MULANEY PRESENTS: EVERYBODY’S IN L.A – Now a technical nomination is nothing to scoff at in the grand scheme of thing. But, let’s be honest, live on Netflix during the streamer’s comedy fest in May, the two-time past Emmy winner’s take on the old school talk show clearly didn’t seem to go over that well with the hometown crowd voters.
KRISTIN SCOTT-THOMAS – Gary Oldman received an Emmy nomination today for his Slow Horses work – and rightly so. But looks like TV Academy voters forgot the other more elegant hand (an Oscar nominee and a real-life Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the two hander spy show that makes the intrigue swirl.
SURPRISES
IDRIS ELBA – The Hijack star got a seat on the Emmy ride. Strap in for September
RESERVATION DOGS – After years of being ignored by the TV Academy, the Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi created FX/Hulu series of the Indigenous communities of rural Oklahoma? got its well-deserved Emmy nom in the Comedy category for its joyous final season. And D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai is in the best actor race too.
