A week ago, I wrote about the snubs and surprises of the Golden Globes; a much trickier proposition than I was anticipating because all the nominees I wanted to win won. Succession cleaned up in the drama categories, The Bear cleaned up in comedy and Beef cleaned up basically everywhere else, which was good for television but bad for my specific assignment. Today I am writing about all the snubs and surprises of Monday night’s Emmys. And guess what? It has happened again.
Succession won best drama series, best lead actor (Kieran Culkin), best lead actress (Sarah Snook), and best supporting actor (Matthew Macfadyen). The Bear won best comedy, best lead actor (Jeremy Allen White), best supporting actor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and best supporting actress (Ayo Edebiri), best directing (Christopher Storer) and best writing (also Christopher Storer). Beef won best limited series, best lead actress (Ali Wong), best lead actor (Steven Yeun), best writing (Lee Sung Jin) and best directing (also Lee Sung Jin). And now, somehow, despite singing the praises of all these three shows frequently over the last year, I have to make out that they’re wrong. Good luck to me, I guess.
