Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive with clear favorites but few sure things.
Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive with clear favorites but few sure things.
Will the acclaim for “Adolescence” carry it to limited series dominance, or will “The Penguin” complete a run that began with big nomination numbers and continued with a big performance at the Creative Arts Emmys? Will top overall nominee “Severance” reign like “Succession” and “Shogun” did before it? And can any comedy stop “The Studio?”This image released by Apple TV+ shows Ike Barinholtz, from left, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and Seth Rogen in a scene from “The Studio.” (Apple TV+ via AP)
Associated Press Writers Alicia Rancilio and Andrew Dalton share their predictions in 10 top categories, along with a bonus pick.
Nominees: “Andor,” “Paradise,” “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “The Diplomat,” “The Pitt,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus”
RANCILIO: “Severance” and “The White Lotus” were the most talked about shows of the year. But “The White Lotus” seems made more for the acting categories. I’m going to say “Severance” will take this trophy.
DALTON: “Severance” felt like the peak of the prestige TV year when its episodes were rolling out. Yet as Emmys week arrives a “Shogun”-style sweep seems extremely unlikely. Still, it has felt destined for this award since halfway through its second season and despite the surges of “The White Lotus” and “The Pitt,” it’s going to win here.
Nominees: Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” ; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” ; Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”; Adam Scott, “Severance” ; Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
DALTON: Noah Wyle’s narrative is too powerful to deny. He gets five nominations without a win for “ER,” only to come back 30 years later and triumph for playing an older, warm-but-world-weary version of an emergency doctor on “The Pitt.” Fortunately, his actual performance was even more powerful than his personal story. His win will be well deserved on the merits.
RANCILIO: Hollywood loves a comeback and it’s time for Wyle to get his flowers. And, like you said, his win will be well deserved. Wyle’s performance is not just powerful but his character Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch is the kind of teacher, manager and, yes, doctor we all wish we had. I also saw Wyle say in an interview that he does actually know how to perform stitches, and that’s pretty cool.This image released by Max shows Noah Wyle in a scene from “The Pitt.” (Warrick Page/MAX via AP)
Nominees: Kathy Bates, “Matlock”; Sharon Horgan, “Bad Sisters”; Britt Lower, “Severance”; Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”; Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
RANCILIO: See above about Wyle for why I think Emmy voters will check the box for Kathy Bates. Having said that, Bates’ Maddie Matlock is such a layered performance of someone-seeking- justice-who-can-occasionally-feel-guilty. People are not all one thing, life is complicated, and Bates nails that.
DALTON: Bates raced to the front soon after “Matlock” premiered and it still feels like she’ll close the deal. It’ll be well-deserved for one of our great actors giving a bravura performance on the kind of network procedural that has been all-but-absent from the Emmys for years now.
Nominees: Patricia Arquette, “Severance”; Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”; Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”; Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”; Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”; Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus”; Aimee Lee Wood, “The White Lotus”
DALTON: It’s nuts that the women of “The White Lotus” got four nominations in this category and it almost doesn’t feel like enough.
