Winners of the 74th Annual Emmy Awards will be announced Monday night in downtown Los Angeles. Viewers can catch the ceremony on NBC or streaming service Peacock starting at 8 p.m. ET.
“Saturday Night Live” veteran Kenan Thompson will be the host of this year’s awards ceremony, and will do his part to boost the Emmy ratings for the second year in a row. Last year’s awards ceremony attracted 7.4 million viewers, reversing the trend of record-low viewership.
The ceremony should look more or less typical. For the first time since 2019, the ceremony will return to the traditional home of the Microsoft Theater (although the 2020 ceremony was mostly virtual, last year’s event took place inside a tent).
Some elements of last year’s ceremony remain.program producer talks hollywood reporter They would revive the Golden Globe-style dinner table instead of placing candidates in theater-style seating.
This may be the most competitive year yet at the Emmy Awards. Substantial increase in entries for drama, comedy and limited categories.
Even with all the strong contenders, the top two most decorated networks are almost certainly HBO and Netflix, as always. After dozens of tech awards at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, HBO and its streaming app, HBO Max, have won 26 Emmys to date, leading all networks. Netflix is his second with 23 Emmy Awards.
Programs eligible for this year’s awards had to premiere between June 2021 and May 2022.
Here are the details of what to expect:
‘Succession’ is a drama favorite
Everything seems to be on track for “succession”.
Winner of Best Drama of 2020, the HBO family drama received more nominations than any other show. More than six of his actors on the show are due to receive awards on Monday. And “Succession” took home Best Cast in a Drama at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, often leading the way in the Best Drama race. (Five of the past seven Best Drama winners also won Best Casting.)
However, some may contain spoilers. Netflix’s Korean blockbuster ‘Squid Game’ and Apple TV+ thriller ‘Severance’.
If “Squid Game” becomes a big hit, it will be the first foreign-language program to win the Top Show Award. With television becoming more global and American audiences increasingly receptive to subtitled series, this will be a breakthrough. Netflix can certainly capitalize on the good news: Streaming The service has racked up subscriber losses throughout the first half of this year, calling into question the quality of its programming slate.
If Apple’s dystopian workplace thriller “Severance” wins best drama, the tech giant will have a string of tears to shed. His Apple TV+, which debuted in November 2019, has already won an Emmy for Best Comedy (last year’s “Ted Lasso”) and an Oscar for Best Picture (“CODA”). And indeed, many of the show’s actors — Adam Scott, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette — managed to emerge victorious.
Acting races are very competitive
Could Zendaya take home another best actress statuette for her role in ‘Euphoria’? Can Melanie Lynskey, who was nominated for the first time for The Jackets, stop it?
Drama’s best actress is just one of the many major acting categories that seem to be wide open this year, giving the ceremony a little too predictably the jolt it needs.
One of the most watched races is for Best Actor in a Drama. Jeremy Strong is vying for his second Emmy for his role in “Succession.” He faces off against castmate Brian Cox, who is about to win an Emmy for the first time since he won for his TNT miniseries Nuremberg in 2000. Lee Jung-jae, who played the main character in Netflix’s bloody thriller Squid Game, has also been in the mix quite a lot. If Jung-jae wins, he will be the first actor to appear in a non-English series.
Likewise, comedy lead actors seem to be in fierce competition. Bill Hader has won twice so far for his role as a hitman-turned-actor on HBO’s “Barry,” and last year’s winner, former “SNL” castmate Jason Sudeikis. (“Ted Lasso”). Also, comedy legends Steve His Martin and Martin Short pair are also looking for roles in “Only Murders in the Building.” If Martin wins, it will be his first Emmy Award since he won Best Original Screenplay at the 1969 Smathers Brothers Comedy Awards.
Can a network show actually win best comedy?
On the one hand, it seems inevitable that the feel-good Apple TV+ sports comedy “Ted Lasso” will repeat itself as a good comedy. After all, when Emmy voters find a show they like, they usually stick with it. (John Oliver’s HBO show has won his category for best talk show six years in a row.)
However, like any drama competition, there are two viable upset candidates. The Hulu comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” about a murder mystery in a fancy Manhattan apartment, and his big-hearted ABC’s “Abbott Elementary.” A comedy about elementary school teachers. The second season of “Only Murders” was streamed during the Emmy voting period and provided a fresh impression on the minds of Emmy voters.
The Television Critics Association made a big statement last month when it chose “Abbott Elementary” as show of the year, beating out tough contenders like “Succession” and “White Lotus.” And “Abbott” won Best Casting in a Comedy at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend. This is a promising sign. The winner for best casting has won the award for best comedy for the seventh year in a row.
If “Abbott Elementary” wins, the broadcast network will be in a long dry spell. The last network show to win Best Comedy was “Modern Family” eight years ago. And if “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Branson defeats last year’s winner Jean Smart (“The Hux”) for Best Actress in a Comedy, she will be the first to win the category since Melissa. Become the first Network Star you earn. McCarthy won her 30-minute show “Mike & Molly” on CBS in 2011. Branson also becomes the first black woman since Isabel Sanford (“The Jefferson Family”) won her 1981 award.
‘The White Lotus’ Faces ‘Dopesick’ in Best Limited Series
Last year, the Emmy producers officially announced what everyone knew. Best limited series is right up there with best drama as television’s most prestigious award. We broke the usual tradition of handing out.
Competing in this category this year are one wholly fictional series (the upstairs-to-downstairs drama White Lotus) and four series based on real events. . “Dope Sick” (about the Sacklers and the opioid crisis); “Pam and Tommy” (about a sex tape); and “Inventing Anna” (about a real-life cheater).
“White Lotus” dominated its competitors in terms of nominations. At number 20, alongside “Ted Lasso,” his second-most of any show, Emmy voters seemed to go crazy for the series’ actors. A whopping eight performers were nominated for the award, including Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge. The anthology’s second season premieres next month and may already be on the mind for Emmy voters.