the 2022 Emmy nominations are a mixture of inspiration and absurdity –

Daniel Fienberg: Good morning Amen! Odisha. I’m a little shaken up. It’s the most exciting morning of the year for those who love television and like to measure success or failure based on the opinions of a few thousand industry experts rather than a few savvy TV critics like us!

So where do we want to start?

We’re excited to see Rhea Zehorn finally step up and get her first nomination. You better call Saul.? Or our anxiety for new faces like yellow jackets s Release any Abbott Elementary Does it make big splashes? Or a well-received title sequence nomination for the Jubilee opening pachinko?

Or we want to lead in anger so that was the only indication pachinko cast reserve dogs He received a whopping zero nominations, even best things?

Light side or dark side of the force, Angie?

Angie Hahn: Life is short, I say we start with a good one. Like, yeah, Rhea Zehorn Finally She received a well-deserved Emmy nomination for her last performance as Kim Wexler over the years! I won’t even argue with the fact that he put her in a supporting role when she is clearly the protagonist.

Would add to your list of interesting newcomers squid game. It’s rare for a non-English language series to get the Emmy’s attention, and I’m delighted that so many individual actors got what they deserved – I was hoping for Lee Jung-jae and maybe Jung Ho. Yeon, but Park Hae-soo, Oh Yong-soo, and Lee Yoo-mi are equally worthy. I think Emmy voters found this first season as addictive as we did.

and although I don’t know ted’s bow s white lotus must be taken Quite With as many places in their respective categories as they have, the good thing is that they had room for less obvious options: Sarah Niles, Tohib Jimmo and Sam Richardson for the first (Richardson he must he nodded to that the after partyBut so what, I waved at this guest) and Jake Lacey and Natasha Rothwell among many, many others white lotus.

DF: It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: It’s a universe of over 550 shows, but Emmy voters largely capture only a small corner of this diverse landscape, for what you get. heritage s ted’s bow s white lotus, now all outlaw favorites, receive more than 20 nominations each, and that means many categories are becoming the domain of just a few shows. as a supporting actress in a limited category or anthology where you have seven nominees and all are white lotus any dopsik. Not that any of these actors don’t deserve it, but it’s a huge category and when even someone like Laurie Metcalf abandonment It can’t be broken, it’s weird. Fortunately, Metcalfe received the nomination tricksNot that he’s worried about Laurie Metcalf and the awards. He is well. But still, it will end something like this. we own this city Getting zero referrals. Man, Emmy voters just don’t like David Simon shows.

Odisha. I wanted to start on a positive note.

Duo named Sydney Sweeney! I don’t always like the bland and pleasant way. Euphoria he treats him, but you can’t say he doesn’t act like an idiot no matter how hard the material he gets. He was even good at the Amazon thriller he made. When talking voyeur – We weren’t – why can’t the Emmys win the Best TV Movie category? do you have hbo? survivor And so the “movies” are based on that. rescue ranger, Renault 911!, Ray Donovan s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. There are so many movies that air every week. how did we get here

Odisha. positive!

Harriet Walter, nominated duo ted’s bow s heritage! Jerrod Carmichael nominations everywhere! Dual director candidate Hiro Mirai! (Wait but no station eleven Nominations for series or Mackenzie Davis?) Nominations for Bill Hader everywhere! (Wait but no Pub A Sarah Goldberg nomination?)

I tried to be positive.

oh: … And that’s another reason I wanted to start with the positive: because the more I look at this list, the more it reminds me of things that make me happy, things that don’t make me so happy.

I’m so proud Release The cast walked in there and were disappointed that Britt Lauer wasn’t among them. I’m glad Margaret Qualley and Andrew Garfield got the recognition they deserved, but it pissed me off. ana’s invention s dopsik Pronounced employee s Under the banner of heaven Best in limited series. I can’t complain much heritageIt’s an incredible success because I love it too, but it’s definitely worth it. one third Of dramatic performance spaces?

pachinkoThe opening credits deserve the nominations they received, but the rest of the show deserves far more nominations than they didn’t. At least they fared better than their newcomer counterparts. reserve dogs, someone somewhere, the after party, Martha, Our flag means death s we are female partswith their zero indications combined.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy but not surprised. Abbott Elementary s Only murders in the building. They did so well (although: where is Selena Gomez’s love? Here I go, complaining again). but definitely tricks s ted’s bow Can be tilted to make room. any of these comedies.

with you Good, Dan. Time to go to the full dark side. What is your biggest challenge?

DF: “Wait, you sent TKTK but didn’t assign TKTK?!?” The game is one of my favorites.

Oscar Isaac for that wedding scenes But not Jessica Chastain? You mentioned voters skipped Britt Lauer Release, which is absolutely true, but all these indications and no Trammell Tillman? Finally, a nomination for Rhea Zehorn, actually a double nomination because she’s ready for something. cooper bar Also, should we leave out Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando and Tony Dalton? The candidacy continues What are we doing in the shadows? But none of the cast members?

Honestly, my biggest regret is something I’ve already mentioned. This is fun best things It ended without a single directing nomination for Pamela Adlon, although I don’t want to point the finger at shows in this category, and I’m very happy with the BET+ multi-camera nomination. Show by Mrs. patty, which I guarantee no one saw coming. He can’t even admit it. reserve dogs Because writing or playing as a guest is crazy. Lack of technical indications below pachinko Even funnier than Apple TV+’s lack of major drama nominations.

And all this without categorizing. Zehorn, as you say, should have been a leader. You better call Saul.. What are you going to do. How the hell is Julia Garner the host? ana’s invention, which is based entirely on the character of Anna Chlumsky? Donald Glover was definitely the lead actor. atlanta this season how many episodes were built around your character?

கெர்கு! Bigger picture! The Television Academy did not break down the nominations by broadcaster/network this year, reflecting changes in ratings and production, among others. Still, our amazing colleague Leslie Goldberg took over and it was a great morning for HBO/HBO Max with 140 nominations, and that was pretty bad, including some of the shows you mentioned too. Julia, which looked like a mediocre dunk at one point, but may have confused viewers who didn’t think it was a comedy. Netflix has received 105 nominations, and that leaves a lot of potential nominations for original movies. Apple TV+ ranked fourth (including Hulu) and that was it. pachinko Close to disconnection and total absence bright girls s slow horses.

What does the big picture mean to you?

oh: For Netflix to come in second in the nominations is admittedly ridiculous, but I find it interesting that, as Leslie also points out, those 105 nominations are for 35 different shows (including Dave Chappelle). nearwho scored two points despite public backlash for his transphobic material).

In other words, no Netflix title is giant. heritage, white lotus s tricks is for HBO/HBO Max, that is, the form ted’s bow is for Apple TV+. Netflix’s highest-grossing series was This Morning. squid game with 14 strokes, making it the seventh most nominated title overall.

On the other hand, there is still something to celebrate for Netflix! And streamers in general are doing much better than broadcasters, which… Abbott Elementary However, they mostly responded to the top categories with a shrug. not even CBS ghosts Among. It will have to be content with being very popular with real-world audiences like the Paramount Network. yellow stoneAnother highly rated series that was shut down entirely.

I can talk all day about Amy’s many good and bad decisions, and I’m sure you can too. But in closing, I think I’ll end by thanking you for some of the little things.

Congratulations visions of star warsarguably my favorite Star Wars TV show that has ever fallen into the short-form animation category. And to Chadwick Boseman and Jessica Walter for their posthumous Marvel nominations. And yes…? s Sagittarius, respectively. How satisfying is that? Release, squid game s white lotus were among those recognized for their incredible production design. I don’t think anyone is surprised by this. Weird stuff“Dear Bill” has taken notice of music supervision, but kudos to this team for keeping Kate Bush everywhere this summer.

Am I saying this is all worth it? reserve dogs Will you be terribly underrated? Of course. But this is an Emmy for you. I’ll take what I can.