Emmy Wins / Open Thread
Monday, September 17, 2018 at 8:33PM by Nathaniel R
Though I don't always finish watching the Emmys, we'll list the winners for you and a few comments here and there. My personal half interest is because I dont watch enough TV or when I do I don't do it quickly enough to be current (of the nominees I really ♥️ Mrs Maisel, GLOW, The Americans, and Handmaid's Tale but am definitely not up to date with any of them), This leaves me without strong opinions but for "it's so dumb that the same people win every year!" But here's a place to discuss and we'll list the winners and maybe the occasional comment. A big thank you to Spencer for doing a swath of "who will/should win" posts for us this month.
RuPaul's Drag Race FINALLY won Best Reality Competition Series. Breaking the decade plus grip on this category from The Voice and The Amazing Race. ALL THE WINNERS AND MORE AFTER THE JUMP...
The hosts were not funny but at least a lot of funny people got air time!
COMEDY SERIES
Comedy Series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
With Veep out of the running we finally have a new winner in the category.
Lead Actor Comedy Series Bill Hader, Barry
The Emmy voters wanted fresh comedies this year. All the major comedy wins are brand new shows.
Lead Actress Comedy Series Rachel Brosnaham, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Urging us to find our voice by voting. Trivia note: I had no idea that her boyfriend was Jason Ralph who stars in SyFy's really fun series The Magicians.
Supporting Actor Comedy Series Henry Winkler, Barry
Winkler was nominated 3 times for Happy Days but never won. He joked that he wrote this speech 40+ years ago. We're just relieved it wasn't Alec Baldwin again!
Supporting Actress Comedy Series Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Performing a wee striptease on her way up. "You gotta have a gimmick..."
Writing Comedy Series Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
My panic room is gonna be so pretty!
Directing Comedy Series Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE
Best Limited Series/Movie The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Best Lead Actor Limited Series / Movie Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianna Versace
Best Lead Actress Limited Series/Movie Regina King Seven Seconds
This is King's third win from four nominations, all in the Limited Series acting categories
Supporting Actress Mini-Series/Movie Merrit Wever, Godless
Her second Emmy. Remember the shock when she won for Nurse Jackie back in the day?
Tip for young actors: When they call and say can you ride a horse, don't lie. You will find on day one you're in the Kentucky Derby. I'd like to thank my horse, Apollo. He was Jeff Bridges horse on True Grit. I felt he was making unfair comparisons....
Supporting Actor Mini-Series/Movie Jeff Daniels, Godless
His second Emmy. He previously won for The Newsroom. Delightful acceptance speech which veered into a joke about his horse.
Writing Mini-Series/Movie William Bridges and Charlie Booker, USS Callister: Black Mirror
Jorge wrote about this screenplay in his series 'Blueprints'.
Directing Mini-Series/Movie Ryan Murphy, The Assassination of Gianna Versace: American Crime Story
I can't believe he revealed the secret gay mantra to the whole world.
Writing Variety Series /Special John Mulaney
Directing Variety Series / Special Glenn Weiss for the Oscars. This is his 14th win. Most of his previous wins are from the Emmy Awards. HE PROPOSED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND FROM THE STAGE. She said yes. But I had to share this cut of the celebrities reacting.
DRAMA SERIES
Drama Series Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones didn't win directing or writing but it still took home 6 trophies including it's third win in Series. No show has won more than 4 times for Best Drama Series (Hill Street Blues, LA Law, Mad Men, and The West Wing are tied for "most wins" with 4)
Lead Actor Drama Series Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Repeating the Friday Night Lights and Mad Men situations, the Best Actor win goes to the male lead in a critical darling show's final season after NO previous acting wins for the leads or regular supporting cast ... but the female lead loses.
Lead Actress Drama Series Claire Foy, The Crown
Supporting Actor Drama Series Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
This is his third win for playing Tyrion Lannister.
I don't even believe in God, but I'm going to thank Her tonight.
Supporting Actress Drama Series Thandie Newton, Westworld
YAY! She's so great on that show and Ann Dowd already won for Handmaid's Tale (and contrary to Emmy voters, you don't really need to win multiple times. (We don't however approve of the decision to have TWO Handmaid's Tale stars present this prize with nominees from their own show in the mix.
Writing For Drama Series Joel Fields and Joe Weiser for The Americans
They thanked television critics for "keeping us on air" - love it.
Directing for Drama Series Stephen Daldry for The Crown
Claire Foy seems very surprised.
RANDOMNESS
Best Reality Show Competition Program RuPaul's Drag Race
FINALLY.
Best Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live
Best Late Night Talk Show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Reader Comments (56)
The way they are presenting the nominees is terrible!
Darren won so I can go to bed now.
Wow, I was SO OFF with where Barry was in the rankings. Glad for Henry Winkler, though. Now, how he didn't win 14 years ago for Barry Zuckerkorn is a different story.
Jessica Lange..? :(
This was the worst Award show ever... it was so like the Amateur Hour!!!
The race jokes became sickening. It has set back any other award shows to come.
Best freaking Emmys ever!
I'm tired of Claire Foy.
Yay Darren Criss! Let’s hope he can switch into film roles!
I am so glad Claire Foy won!!! She is guaranteed that Oscar nom now.
So happy for DRAG RACE!!!!
Pop culture phenomenon!
Regina King is gonna be an Oscar winner soon.
I feel so bad for Keri and good for Darren. Did Ryan not thank Jessica Lange!? Wtf!
Murphy snubbed Lange by accident?
but also another female lead who's leaving her show won for her last season... happy for Foy, she made that show immensely watchable.
Glenn Weiss just showed why the Oscars shouldn’t relegate any category to the comercials. Most memorable moment of the night in a category that, as the Oscars would say, few people care about.
Also: the Regina King love is real.
Regina King is gonna be an Oscar winner soon.
Nominee. Her white competitors have narratives and performances that rivals her. Kidman could Lange it. Adams definitely could default overdue win. Colman could sweep the season if she goes supporting.
YAYYY for Matthew Rhys! But it really is Friday Night Lights all over again, with the lack of love for the female co-lead. Oh well, I'll take what I can get...
Lylee -- yes. that's how i felt about Friday Night Lights too!
Troy and /3rtful -- I hope so but yeah it won't be this year. She's not in enough of "If Beale Street" to make a run for the win but one of her scenes is pretty showy and great.
Patagonia -- right? crazy that it took this long..
Volvagia being so off, no way!!,
Great set design and use of images behind the winners. But otherwise...the winners were fine, but so few interesting speeches and the rest was just dreck. So disappointed with the writing. Too much reliance on the wrong current and former SNL cast members. Quite a few choices for worst dressed as well. Hannah Gadsby and Benicio should host next year.
Claire Foy as the charisma of paper towel
I believe that this may be the beginning of the path to the Oscar of Regina King. Be careful with her, from what I see she is very loved.
"Her white competitors"? I really find your comments useless.
Very pleasantly surprised by Borstein's win. She won another Emmy last week for her voice work on "Family Guy", and I assumed that was their way of giving her a consolation prize.
I think every fan of Ryan Murphy (I’m not one of them but...) would’ve expected to hear Jessica Lange in the list of women from his acceptance speech. That was weird.
For Weiss you mean wins for the Tonys.
The proposal singlehandedly saved this boring show from being a total wash. I'm still gasping!
Glenn Weiss stole the show. Let him get married and RETIRE
So thrilled for Claire Foy - winning for her final season in the same way Rhys did. It’s such a glorious piece of work - her ability to show you everything her character is feeling without SHOWING you should be studied. Amidst a sea of shouting, I’m thrilled for her.
Thandie Newton does good work on Westworld, but I was just a little put off her by her behaviour in this year’s THR Roundtable. I’m not sure Angela Bassett would’ve applauded her loudly.
RobUK - would you mind expanding on what you mean regarding Newton's behaviour during the Roundtable?
Personally, it was one of the best Roundtables (any medium) that I've seen - a truly disparate mix of actresses, all with very unique histories and origins.
Bassett seemed bemused by every other person at the table (her response to Gyllenhaal's question about being sexualised was everything - "that has never been required of me" aka I'd kind of love to but racist white men never viewed me as a potential sex symbol).
Newton was her usual self - articulate, intelligent, educated and privileged. She fascinates me and I'm thrilled that she's finally starting to be cast in projects worthy of her skills (Beloved seemed so long ago for such a long time).
Sure - personal opinion of course, but I felt she took over in general; talking over a lot of thoughtful responses before they were fully articulated, and frequently lost her train of thought in exploring tangents. I felt she irritated some of the other guests who didn't get to speak. The look she got from Angela Bassett from throwing Michael Jackson under the bus spoke volumes to me.
I've rewatched last year's Roundtable with Oprah, Lange, Nicole and Metz many times - that's for me a sisterhood genuinely interested in each other and with interesting experiences to convey... I wouldn't want to watch this year's again.
I've always liked Newton previously - I think she's the standout in Crash and I'd have nominated her for that. As I say, I think she's doing good work in Westworld too. But sometimes it's powerful to listen.
That Amy Sherman-Palladino is the WORST!!
I hope u all use your Twitter accounts and let this very loud an clear:
Emmys 2018
3 hours running show.
26 categories presented (plus one in memorium?).
No need to present awards during commercials.
You understand now, AMPAS????
I'm with @RobUK about Thandie Newton and her behavior on the Hollywood Reporter Roundtable.
I really start to dislike her since I've watched the roundtable. Make clear to me how huge is her ego and I felt that the other girls was a little intimitaded (on the bad way).
I don't like her win last night at all! Yvonne deserves more!
But Tandie dress was 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️😍
That was the best Emmy telecast. Jost and Che weren't funny? They got a ton of laughs in the room. Such a breezy ceremony. And every acting catrgory got CLIPS! How is everyone not happy that everybody got clips!
I demand reaction shots.
— Thrilled for Matthew Rhys and The Americans’ writers.
— If anyone had to beat Keri Russell, I’m glad it was Claire Foy. They both richly deserved Emmys for those roles and the academy didn’t do the “easy” thing by rewarding Moss again. On another note, I’m glad the Handmaid’s Tale fever is breaking.
— Thandie Newton’s win was unexpected but very well-deserved. That show has lost its way but she is consistently the best thing about it.
— I love the sound of “three-time Emmy winner Regina King.”
— Merritt Weaver has now given two of the all-time best Emmy speeches. I loved when she said she'd thank people privately.
I don’t watch Mrs. Maisel, but that whole team is so fun to root for.
I wasn’t as gagged by the Drag Race win as I expected to be. That program is a beacon of genius and joy on television that doesn’t need a rubber stamp from the Emmys. We’re here, we’re fabulous, get into it.
Overall a VERY good group of winners.
Having survived the years in which Helen Hunt and Allison Janney swept every year, and Kyra Sedgwick’s nonsense upset, I find the negative reaction to Claire Foy’s win laughable. Tough category but she was incredible on The Crown and I’m happy to see they rewarded her nuanced performance. It’s a shame, though, because now I feel like the claws are out for her two movies this year.
Having said that, my heart goes out to Keri, who is an incredibly underrated actresss. But at least she gets to take home that sexy accent every night!
Also, i know the Emmys changed the way they vote recently, but it’s obvious they still have their weird quirks and fallbacks. At least the Oscars try to adapt to criticisms. Never thought I’d say that.
A dreadful ceremony with fabulous winners - especially thrilled for King, Winkler and Borstein. But Che and Jost? Never again.
George - To be fair, the Mad About You/West Wing years were a different era with far less competition.
Foy has won four of the six "Big 3" televised awards (Emmy, Globe and SAG) in the past 2 years (Moss won the other two). She also is starring/has starred in 3 films this year (Unsane, the Dragon Tattoo sequel and the Niel Armstrong) and is universally thought to be headed for an Oscar nom.
There is bound to be some fatigue. Not even McConaughey seemed that ubiquitous when he won the Oscar.
Will you ever learn to Pronounce Versace my beloved Americans?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgAeLLCf728&feature=youtu.be
Maybe Ryan Murphy did not thank Jessica because she should be thanking him?
The unknown wedding proposer stole the show.
Happy for Hader and Winkler. Well deserved.
I'm with George. I don't even like Claire Foy but it's not her fault if Emmy voters fell in love with The Americans way too late.
Calista Flockhart, Kim Cattrall, Frances Conroy, Sandra Oh, the entire female cast of Mad Men... Keri Russell is in good company.
The Emmys are so boring. People complain that the Oscars are dull, but the Emmys last night felt lifeless.
Sigh, Helen Hunt maybe had competition in her category in the final win, but they were farewelling a beloved show at the time. She was also about to (?) win a well deserved, but hated among self-concious "movie fans", Oscar. A well deserved nom for The Sessions all those years later too. Kudos to an actress who does a muted reality grounded presence better than many.
Keri Russell is going to be in the next Star Wars; Sandra Oh will continue with Killing Eve; etc. etc. etc. Saying Claire Foy will go on to an Oscar nomination shouldn't discredit her Emmy win. She was terrific on The Crown and people are acting like it was an outrageous choice.
So happy for Newton, who is so good and really the best part of that show. But also sad for Stravhoski, who I think has a tougher role and knocks it out of the park. She'd get my vote.
I really missed seeing all the nominees faces during the "and the Emmy goes to..." part of the award presentations. And Jost and Che were not funny at all.
My favorite moment was Ryan Murphy walking up to the stage. Martin, Ramirez and Criss were all trying to congratulate him but he didn't acknowledge them. He saved his first embrace for someone far more worthy, Judith Light. Priorities=Straight.
well anyone who already dislikes Foy is in for trouble this season because she is legit great in FIRST MAN. taking what could be a stock role and making it feel utterly three dimensional.
If GoT can win on this sub-par--frankly, bad--season, they're a shoo-in for their final season.