HBO’s Barry grabbed three nominations from the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2018. The Americans, Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale (last year’s champ) and newcomer Succession are …
Read More »‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ top 70th Primetime Emmy Awards
Game of Thrones managed another Drama Series win after losing both writing and directing for a total of 10 wins including its haul from last week’s Creative Arts Emmys. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel made a near sweep of the comedy awards, taking home Lead Actress for Rachel Brosnahan, Supporting Actress for Alex Borstein, writing and directing for show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino …
Read More »‘Game of Thrones,’ Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Atlanta, ‘Mrs. Maisel’: Final Emmy winner predictions for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards
It seems like this could be one of the most interesting Emmys in quite a while as we don’t have nearly as many ‘locks’ as we normally do right up to the weekend before the big show. Game of Thrones, which sat out last year, was the big winner at the two nights of the Creative Arts Emmys, winning eight. …
Read More »Creative Arts Emmys: Tiffany Haddish, Katt Williams, Ron Cephus Jones, Samira Wiley Make History in Guest Acting Categories
This was the first time in Emmy history that four black actors swept the Guest Acting categories The first set of Emmy trophies (54, to be exact) were handed out Saturday night, giving awards watchers some interesting clues as to how the big races may shake out next Sunday. Drama nomination leader and two-time champion Game of Thrones claimed seven …
Read More »Creative Arts Emmys Night 1 Predictions
The 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be presented this weekend in two parts – on Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th. These cover the wide array of technical and ‘below the line’ categories like Stunt Coordination, Music Supervision or Single-Camera Picture Editing bu they also give us the Guest Acting categories. Although the Creative Arts Emmys event is …
Read More »2018 Emmy Winner Predictions: Drama, Comedy, Limited Series and TV Movie
The fight for the top series categories is going to be a tough one this year as The Handmaid’s Tale will have to defend its title against two-time champ Game of Thrones, which it didn’t have to battle last year. While each show’s last season took some critical hits, and both aired only shortened seasons within the eligibility period, I’m …
Read More »2018 Emmy Winner Predictions: Drama, Comedy, Limited Series/TV Movie Acting Categories
Probably the most anticipated categories of the Emmy awards, even more than series, are the acting cats. With so many returning winners, first-time nominees and those looking for a first win after multiple nominations, there is someone for everyone to root for. But who’s gonna win? Right up at the top, the lead acting categories for drama series feel very …
Read More »2018 Emmy Winner Predictions: Writing and Directing Categories
There are some very contentious categories in writing and directing this year, especially in Comedy and Drama Series. In Comedy Series Writing it feels like a fight between the second season of Atlanta and first season The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Atlanta creator Donald Glover won directing last year, but lost writing. It might happen again, and in fact I’m predicting …
Read More »‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ Atlanta’ top 2018 Emmy Nominations
Shocks galore this morning as the 70th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced. With surprising inclusions like the return of Tatiana Maslany in Lead Actress in a Drama Series to snubs like Twin Peaks in Limited Series, the morning certainly kept us on our feet. Rumors of a possible split in nominations for Game of Thrones and Westworld ended up …
Read More »2018 Emmys: FINAL Emmy Nomination Predictions in Drama, Comedy, Limited Series/TV Movie, Reality and Variety
The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards are in just a few days and I have my FINAL predictions in Drama Series, Comedy Series, Limited Series, TV Movie, all acting, writing and directing and Variety and Reality categories. After you’ve perused these surefire predictions, take a trip over the newest Emmy podcasts with Awardsdaily TV’s Joey Moser and GoldDerby’s …
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