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An unprecedented number of this year’s Emmy-nominated programs center on characters who are something other than straight white males, which explains why so many of this year’s Emmy acting nominees also fit that description. This development is noteworthy in and of itself, but what’s particularly interesting, to me, is that a majority of these programs are comedies. Each of this year’s seven nominees for best comedy series — FX’s Atlanta, ABC’s Black-ish and Modern Family, HBO’s Silicon Valley and Veep and Netflix’s Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — features protagonists who are people of color, immigrants or second-generation Americans, LGBTQ and/or women. Represented in the comedy acting categories are shows about trans people (Transparent), seniors (Grace and Frankie) and a substance abuser (Mom). One even features a man…
DRAMA Viola Davis How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) ↑ For her portrayal of attorney Annalise Keating, this category’s 2015 winner is now its sole nominee of color and sole representative from a broadcast show. She also landed a Critics’ Choice nomination this season. ↓ Of this category’s nominees, she’s one of only two whose show did not receive a drama series nomination, and her soapy hour has the fewest total noms (just two). Claire Foy The Crown (NETFLIX) ↑ The diminutive upand- comer navigated the tricky terrain of playing Queen Elizabeth II — how does one convey the inner life of a woman famous for hiding her emotions? — in the first of two seasons in which she’ll play the part. She already has captured a SAG Award…
Jan. 8 Golden Globes “[This is] one of my personal favorites,” says Stewart of the custom-made canary yellow, paillette-embroidered Michael Kors Collection gown, which was paired with more than 90 carats of Harry Winston diamonds. “It symbolized strength and happiness and was a great start to a great awards season!” Jan. 15 BAFTA: A Life in Pictures Davis donned a merino wool dress, accented with red and black snakeskin trim and black patent heels, to a London event honoring her work. “Mimi Plange is a new, young, unknown talent, and Viola loves to support young talent,” Stewart says of the designer who created the dramatic, figure-hugging frock. Jan. 29 SAG Awards For her supporting actress win for Fences, Davis wore a structured column dress from the Vivienne Westwood Couture Collection, accented…
• COMEDY • DRAMA • LIMITED Pamela Adlon • BETTER THINGS (FX) HAVE VIEWERS MADE ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU AND YOUR CHARACTER ARE THE SAME PERSON? Yeah, and rightfully so. [Better Things] has all the bones of my life. I’m able to live out situations — “I should have done that,” “What if I said that?” — and do this extension of reality and infuse it into my show. It’s a very satisfying creative release. YOU ALSO WRITE, PRODUCE AND DIRECT, REQUIRING YOU TO WATCH YOURSELF ACT. WHAT’S THAT LIKE? If I’m on the set and I’m watching playback, I’ve just got to say, “Oh, God, my neck looks 100 years old, but this is the best take.” I have to separate myself from “me” and look at my show as a…
Earning a limited series Emmy nomination this past season was no easy feat. It helped to have a pair of battling brothers who make Cain and Abel seem like the Hemsworth boys. Two doyennes of the silver screen also came in handy, as did a bunch of well-to-do liars, some theoretical physicists and a group of complex convicts. But to make those characters leap off the screen, it took a boatload of exceptional acting performances, the kind that garnered Emmy nominations of their own. The five limited series nominees — Fargo, Feud, Big Little Lies, Genius and The Night Of — earned nearly all of the limited series/TV movie acting noms this year, including for all of their leads. The showrunners certainly appreciate this embarrassment of riches. Fargo’s Noah Hawley…
FARGO “ There’s something about this show that continually finds its way to greatness. Granted, Fargo’s not for everybody. … What remains interesting about the series is the unparalleled zeal Hawley has for telling a story that allows for outrageous serendipity, humorous misfortune, pathos, violence, both broad and nuanced comedy, a deep exploration of familial bonds, a love of language and its confusions, an interest in local traditions, a study of the fear of change and, of course, that obsession with what happens when evil passes through (or bubbles up from within) smaller American towns with a tight-knit social fabric and certain niceties that locals cling to almost against their better judgment when facing it.” — TIM GOODMAN, APRIL 11 GENIUS “ Genius is an above-average event series about an extraordinary man.…
