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It all makes me want to head to a shady corner of the backyard and crack open a beer to escape the alarming news. Wait… Anchor Brewing is probably closing? Ok…maybe I need something more powerful to get me through this week. (I was thinking of hearing the hum of bees in a quiet park…why, what do you think I had in mind?)
Emmy nominations: Good news for ‘Succession’, ‘The Last of Us’, ‘Ted Lasso’
Voters provided some nice parting gifts for “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” showering those departed shows with plenty of love as the Emmy nominations were announced this week. It all went very much as I predicted a few weeks ago, with “Succession” picking up 27 wins, including three for lead actor (a record) and four out of eight supporting actor spots. (“The White Lotus” took the other half of that category, part of its day of 23 nominations.) Freshman apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” earned 24 nominations. So yeah, a good day for HBO.
Aside from those three dramas, Wednesday’s big winner (well, besides “Wednesday,” which got a dozen nods) was “Ted Lasso,” which led the comedy field with 21 nominations. As I wrote in a prediction column, the strength of the show’s support would be measured by the number of supporting performance slots it won. And the total was more solid than I imagined, with “Ted Lasso” scoring nods for Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham, Phil Dunster and Brett Goldstein, as well as guest stars Sam Richardson, Becky Ann Baker, Sarah Niles and Harriet Walter. All that love makes “Ted Lasso” the overwhelming favorite to win again when the Emmys are handed out to… well…
Brett Goldstein and Phil Dunster, Emmy nominees for “Ted Lasso.”
(Luke Varley/Apple TV+)
So when will the Emmys be handed out?
For the first time in 63 years, both the actors’ and writers’ unions are simultaneously on strike. To put that into perspective, Ronald Reagan was president, of the Screen Actors Guild, the last time it happened.
With Hollywood on lockdown, it’s unlikely that the Emmys will go ahead as planned in September. Sources at the Television Academy indicate that final voting for winners will likely be held until August: “We can only sit on the results,” one official told me, and that the ceremony will be extended into January.
why so late As with all programming decisions, this is a network call. And Fox executives, sources tell me, want the ceremony delayed until next year because the stalemate between the unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers doesn’t end early. “Maybe there’s a deal with the actors,” says one network executive, “but probably not the writers any time soon. And then once you have a settlement, you need a ramp to get the show off the ground and sell advertising.”
No, it’s not ideal, as a January ceremony will inevitably feel dated. But delaying the Emmys is far down the list of concerns at a time when production is at a standstill and executives like Disney’s Bob Iger, who collected $27 million in compensation last year, criticizes unions for not being “realistic” in their requests for justice. to pay. what a world
Disney CEO Bob Iger says writers’ and actors’ unions aren’t being “realistic.”
(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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‘Snubs’ and surprises from the 2023 Emmy nominations
With 2,428 performers vying for voters’ attention, the free-for-all for a seat at the table sometimes gave off the same desperate vibes as that final “Succession” board vote on the GoJo merger.
Was anyone promised a nomination when they were 7 years old at the Candy Kitchen in Bridgehampton, New York? We can’t say for sure, but perhaps a nominee will be revealed before the awards are handed out.
Times TV critic Lorraine Ali and I ran through the list of the unexpected, mentioning “Bad Sisters,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and, of course, the nod no one saw coming: the show of Freevee mock prank “Jury Duty”. a nod to the comedy series and James Marsden’s supporting turn as himself.
James Marsden, a surprise Emmy nominee for “Jury Duty.”
(Amazon Freeview)
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