Emmy Podcast #19: FINAL Emmy Nomination Predictions
In this 19th Emmy podcast I am joined by AwardsWatch’s Peter Cioth and Jonathan Boehle to discuss our final predictions for the 69th Emmy nominations.
Our focus this podcast is on Drama and Comedy Series and the Lead and Supporting categories in both. In Drama, much discussion surrounds what new shows will find themselves with nominations with Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey not in contention (This Is Us, The Crown, Westworld, Stranger Things, The Handmaid’s Tale) and what could be left off this year (Homeland, House of Cards, Mr. Robot). Same goes for Comedy, will this be the year Modern Family is dropped? Will Atlanta be the only new show nominated or can Dear White People or Fleabag get in?
We end with the Variety and Special Class Program predictions. Official predictions will be up on Monday but you can catch them in progress right here.
With music this podcast runs about 2h 9m.
Intro music: Stranger Things opening theme by Survive (Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein)
Outro music: Atlanta opening music by Childish Gambino
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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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