2019 Emmy Awards Winners.

Seemed too quiet around the fact De Niro almost won an Emmy! Love the State of the Union wins, a fine well-acted little movie! And um... Whitford over Nanjiani? hmm

There's a new interview of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau with Jimmy Kimmel and my god, he's the most gorgeous actor in the world. So handsome !

Anyway, guys.. any chance he and Emilia win in their categories? That'd be the best.

Dinklage winning for that stupid character would be the worst! He's already won like 100 times before. And talking of stupid, how I hate Killing Eve S1😕

My predictions:

Outstanding Drama Series
Game Of Thrones • HBO

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Billy Porter, Pose • FX Networks

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve • BBC America

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones • HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Julia Garner, Ozark • Netflix

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
Game Of Thrones, “The Long Night” Miguel Sapochnik • HBO

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Killing Eve, “Nice And Neat,” Emerald Fennell • BBC America

Outstanding Comedy Series
Veep • HBO

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Bill Hader, Barry • HBO

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep • HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Tony Hale, Veep • HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Olivia Colman, Fleabag • Amazon Prime Video

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
Barry, “ronny/lily,” Bill Hader • HBO

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Fleabag, “Episode 1,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge • Amazon Prime Video

Outstanding Limited Series
When They See Us • Netflix


Outstanding Television Movie
Deadwood • HBO

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us • Netflix

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon • FX Networks

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal • Amazon Prime Video

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Object s • HBO

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay • Netflix

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special
Chernobyl, Craig Mazin • HBO

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Documentary Now! • IFC

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Saturday Night Live, “Host : Adam Sandler,” Don Roy King • NBC

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO

Outstanding Competition Program
The Amazing Race • CBS

Doing predictions seems like it'd be too masochistic an exercise, so I'll just do my rankings from categories where I've seen a notable amount of stuff because I'm bored


Outstanding Comedy Series
1. Fleabag
2. Veep
3. Russian Doll
4. The Good Place


Outstanding Drama Series
1. Better Call Saul - The only great one here.
2. Bodyguard - the fact I have this second makes me sad for this lineup.
3. Succession - this should be in comedy
4. Killing Eve - ridiculous dropoff from season 1. Tempting to put GOT over it.
5. Game of Thrones


Outstanding Limited Series
1. Chernobyl
2. Fosse/Verdon
3. Escape at Dannemora
4. When They See Us
5. Sharp Objects

^first outstanding, second a blast, third gets good at the half way mark. last two suck.


Outstanding Television Movie
1. Deadwood: The Movie
2. Brexit: The Uncivil War
3. King Lear
4. Bandersnatch


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
1. Phoebe Waller-Bridge
2. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
3. Natasha Lyonne

These three are all so fucking good, and would be all be incredible winners. Happy that JLD's farewell win will actually be a deserved win unlike so many of those.


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
1. Jared Harris
2. Sam Rockwell
3. Hugh Grant
4. Mahershala Ali
5. Benicio Del Toro
6. Jharrel Jerome

This lineup is fucking incredible, and if/when Jerome wins it will be a bigger joke than the characterization of all the white people on that show.


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
1. Joey King
2. Michelle Williams
3. Amy Adams
4. Fuck all of the other nominees.

King and Williams are both awesome, and would both be such good winners. I haven't liked Adams in anything for ages as much as I did in this. I thought Arquette was embarrassing on this thing, and this will be worse than her Oscar win. All the sad mothers in When They See Us have just blurred together in my mind. I couldn't tell you a single memorable scene any of them had.


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1. Sian Clifford
2. Olivia Colman
3. Betty Gilpin
4. Anna Chlumsky

Clifford and Colman are awesome, the most memorable thing I can remember Gilpin doing is being naked in the shower, and I have no idea why or how Chlumsky keeps getting nominated, she was barely even in this season, was she? That's Clea Duvall's nomination.


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1. Jonathan Banks
2. Giancarlo Esposito
3. I'm not even going to rank the Game of Thrones guys. All of their nominations are embarrassing.

Terrible lineup, even those top two gods of previous years were hardly outstanding this time around. Maybe I should watch that last season of House of Cards


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1. Fiona Shaw
2. What I said about Game of Thrones supporting actors goes for the supporting actresses, though I guess Christie and Williams were half decent. They'd be 2 and 3.


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
1. John Leguizamo
2. Michael K. Williams
3. Ben Whishaw
4. Stellan Skarsgard
5. Paul Dano
6. Asante Blackk

Decent lineup from top to bottom without any blowaway noms for me. I think Leguizamo and Williams were the only really memorable performers in that show. I don't even remember anything about Asante Blackk.


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
1. Patricia Arquette
2. Emily Watson
3. LMAO

If Arquette's other nomination is one of my least favourite nominated, this one is one of my favourites. She was career best awesome here, and this is the one she should win for. Watson was really good too, I'm not really sure why Qualley was nominated, Clarkson has Scanlen's nom, Marsha Stephanie Blake is I guess another of the sad moms club? I really remember nothing about any of them. Vera Farmiga's performance was awful. Total misjudgement, and maybe the low point of the whole show, and that's saying something.


Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1. The Handmaid's Tale, Holly
2. Game of Thrones, The Long Night
3. Killing Eve, Desperate Times
4. Game of Thrones, The Iron Throne
5. Game of Thrones, The Last of the Starks
6. Succession, Celebration

Hope Daina Reed wins, it's the only really good one of these from what I've seen. I think The Long Night had some amazing work, the recreation of the Jurassic Park kitchen scene in the library, the wordless final stretch was incredible, but it's hard to get past the fucking gloom. I have no recollection of Desperate Times, and the others all suck.


Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
1. Chernobyl
2. A Very English Scandal
3. When They See Us
4. Fosse/Verdon: Who's Got the Pain
5. Fosse/Verdon: Glory

Unlike the drama one, this is a badass lineup. I hated the first three episodes of When They See Us, but the sort of haunted quality of that last episode earns Ava this nomination all by itself. Chernobyl was just one of the best things I've seen on television in a while, A Very English Scandal is maybe as into Frears as I have ever been, it was just perfectly made and so hilariously unique. The two F/V noms are fine. The first meeting in Who's Got the Pain is to die for.


Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
1. Fleabag, Episode 1
2. The Good Place, Janet(s)
3. Veep, Veep
4. Russian Doll, A Warm Body
5. Russian Doll, Nothing in This World is Easy

Russian Doll noms are underwhelming for me, the other three are all awesome.


Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Better Call Saul, Winner
The Handmaid's Tale, Holly
Bodyguard, Episode 1
Succession, Nobody is Ever Missing
Killing Eve, Nice and Neat
Game of Thrones, The Iron Throne

First two are both AWESOME, I really hope so much that one of them wins. I really don't remember which episode Nice and Neat is, but everything about season 2(except Comer) underwhelmed me so much I'll put it down there. Bodyguard to me deserved a directing nom for that episode more than a writing one, the Succession writing and directing noms should both have gone to 'Which Side Are You On?', and obviously The Iron Throne getting nominated for a writing award is so funny you don't even need to make jokes.


Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
1. Chernobyl
2. A Very English Scandal
3. Escape at Dannemora, part 6
4. When They See Us, part 4
5. Fosse/Verdon, Providence
6. Escape at Dannemora, part 7

Good lineup! Not sure I agree with the singling out of that Fosse/Verdon episode, I think Who's Got the Pain would be much more worthy, but it was good, Dannemora part 6 was probably the highlight of the show save for Arquette's performance in it, A Very English Scandal blends comedy and dark drama like a fucking dream.

Another cringe worthy opening with the even more cringe worthy Anthony Anderson.

I didnt realize Bob Newhart looked so old. Makes me feel old.

Fleabag wins directing and Hader wins his second. Couldn't get into his show.

Yes!!!! Phoebe Waller Bridge stops the Dreyfuss streak! About damn time. What a lovely woman that Phoebe.

Hmm, do I see a Fleabag win over Veep? 

Craig Mazan wins writing for Chernobyl! I'm sure its getting Best Limited series.

Had no idea Whishaw was gay.

Jhareel Jerome wins Best Actor, Limited Series. Wow. He beat out Mahershala and Rockwell.

Should have been Harris

Michelle Williams for Fosse/Verdon!!!! Yes Queen!

Really happy to see Chernobyl, Barry, and Fleabag getting love. Jharrel Jerome winning was also a really pleasant surprise!