Award Season: 72nd Emmys

The 2020 Emmys is where my award season starts. It's the first night I stay up super late to watch people win awards.

The downside to being awards obsessed when you live in Europe is that you have to stay up late until 2am to watch them live and find some shady website that lets you watch ABC for free. It gets better if the red carpet show starts earlier so it's only until 12pm until something fun happens, but still, you pretty much are super tired the next day and since the big awards are usually on a sunday you can't expect a super productive monday afterwards, especially if there is lots to discuss and catch up on 'cause there is no possible way to catch everything that happened at first watch.

Hopes

Throughout the week the Creative Arts Emmys took place and a few people have already got their Emmy. Tonight the last Emmys are given out and I'm very excited to see people win awards again. Jimmy Kimmel is hosting and I'm hoping he will be as good as at the Oscars.

I am rooting for some love for "The Good Place" because I really liked the show. I believe "Mrs. America" is gonna bring home some Emmys, because there is just too much excellence in it to not win - even though I haven't seen it yet, I believe everything Cate Blanchett does, is brilliant. "Killing Eve" and "Hollywood" is being talked about a lot, so I think they might win some things. As for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", which has always been sweeping awards the last few years, I think they will definitely continue with that. Since "Watchmen" has been talked about a lot as well and it has the most nominations of the night, I guess they won't go home empty-handed either. I really want "Dead To Me" to win something cause it was just too good and it resonated very much with me. Aside from that, one win I really want to happen is for Toni Collette to win for "Unbelievable", since Kaitlyn Dever wasn't nominated I hope the limited series is going to at least get acknowledged in that way.

Roundup

The 2020 Primetime Emmys were all in all a very entertaining, well-organized event. The jokes were mostly based on the current crisis, but were appropriate and from my point of view not even too much even though they dominated all comedic sequences. As we are used to by now it was very political and people did not shy away to make statements about the Black-Lives-Matter-Movement, RBG or the upcoming US elections. But other than we are used to, in my opinion, it was never coming in a bad way of sarcasm, irony or condescension. The speeches were heartfelt and felt very personal. The whole show was definitely different than I expected, in a good way though. The direction of the whole show was very well made - it must have been a nightmare to coordinate everything from the telecast and the connection to the nominees to giving out the actual awards without giving away who the winner is in advance. So it was all handled very well and comedic parts where either shot previously so it all had kind of a SNL feel or simple little, but effective jokes on the "stage".

The highlights of the nights definitely included "Schitt's Creek" sweeping one award after another, Zendaya winning and Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Kimmel almost setting the stage on fire. 

Predictions & Winners

actual winners marked in green
predicted winners marked in orange
want to win marked in blue (Disclaimer: these are either people I'd like to win or performances I've actually seen, the rest is probably also well deserved but I haven't seen them)

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dead to Me
• The Good Place
• Insecure
• The Kominsky Method
• The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Schitt's Creek
• What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Drama Series

• Better Caul Saul
• The Crown
• The Handmaid's Tale
• Killing Eve
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Stranger Things
• Succession

Outstanding Limited Series

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Mrs. America
• Unbelievable
  
• Unorthodox
• Watchmen

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Competition Program

• The Masked Singer
• Nailed It!
• RuPaul's Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Voice

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
• Don Cheadle - Showtime
• Ted Danson - The Good Place
• Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method
• Eugene Levy - Schitt's Creek
• Ramy Youssef - Ramy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate - Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Linda Cardellini - Dead to Me
• Catherine O'Hara - Schitt's Creek
• Issa Rae - Insecure
• Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman - Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown - This is Us
• Steve Carell - The Morning Show
• Brian Cox - Succession
• Billy Porter - Pose
• Jeremy Strong - Succession

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show
• Olivia Colman - The Crown
• Jodie Comer - Killing Eve
• Laura Linney - Ozark
• Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
• Zendaya - Euphoria

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jeremy Irons - Watchmen
• Hugh Jackman - Bad Education
• Paul Mescal - Normal People
• Jeremy Pope - Hollywood
• Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much Is True

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Cate Blanchett - Mrs. America
• Shira Haas - Unorthodox
• Regina King - Watchmen
• Octavia Spencer - Self Made
• Kerry Washington - Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Mahershala Ali - Ramy
• Alan Arkin - The Kominsky Method
• Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Sterling K. Brown - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• William Jackson Harper - The Good Place
• Dan Levy -  Schitt's Creek
• Tony Shalhoub - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• D'Arcy Carden - The Good Place
• Betty Gilpin - GLOW
• Marin Hinkle - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live
• Annie Murphy - Schitt's Creek
• Yvonne Orji - Insecure
• Cecily Strong - Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nicholas Braun - Succession
• Billy Cudrup - The Morning Show
• Kieran Culkin - Succession
• Mark Duplass - The Morning Show
• Giancarlo Esposito - Better Caul Saul
• Matthew Macfayden - Succession
• Bradley Whitford - The Handmaid's Tale
• Jeffrey Wright - Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown
• Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
• Julia Garner - Ozark
• Thandie Newton - Westworld
• Fiona Shaw - Killing Eve
• Sarah Snook - Succession
• Meryl Streep - Big Little Lies
• Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Yayha Abdul-Mateen II - Watchmen
• Jovan Adepo - Watchmen
• Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
• Louis Gossett Jr. - Watchmen
• Dylan McDermott - Hollywood
• Jim Parsons - Hollywood

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Uzo Aduba - Mrs. America
• Toni Collette - Unbelievable
• Margo Martingale - Mrs. America
• Jean Smart - Watchmen
• Holland Taylor - Hollywood
• Tracey Ullman - Mrs. America

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• Matt Shakman - The Great
• Amy Sherman-Palladino - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Daniel Palladino - The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
• Gail Mancuso - Modern Family
• Ramy Youssef - Ramy
• Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy - Schitt's Creek
• James Burrows - Will & Grace

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• Benjamin Caron - The Crown
• Jessica Hobbs - The Crown
• Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland
• Mimi Leder - The Morning Show
• Alik Sakharov - Ozark
• Ben Semanoff - Ozark
• Andrij Parekh - Succession
• Mark Mylod - Succession

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

• Lynn Shelton - Little Fires Everywhere
• Lenny Abrahamson - Normal People
• Maria Schrader - Unorthodox
• Nicole Kassell - Watchmen
• Steph Green - Watchmen
• Stephen Williams - Watchmen

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Michael Schur - The Good Place
• Tony McNamara - The Great
• Dan Levy - Schitt's Creek
• David West Read - Schitt's Creek
• Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil - What We Do in the Shadows
• Paul Simms - What We Do in the Shadows
• Stefani Robinson - What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Thomas Schnauz - Better Caul Saul
• Gordon Smith - Better Caul Saul
• Peter Morgan - The Crown
• Chris Mundy - Ozark
• John Shiban - Ozark
• Miki Johnson - Ozark
• Jesse Armstrong - Succession

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

• Tanya Barfield - Mrs. America
• Sally Rooney and Alice Birch - Normal People
• Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman - Unbelievable
• Anna Winger - Unorthodox
• Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson - Watchmen

Some Random Thoughts

Disclaimer: these out-of-context thoughts make no sense if you haven't watched the show, but they are kind of fun to read through to see what my mind was doing while watching... so imma go ahead and leave them here

Starting off the night with a some good editing and Jennifer Aniston announcing the first category. Various Corona and sanitation jokes. Lol, almost setting the studio on fire. Really works well so far - I guess it's thanks to good editing and directing - props to whoever is directing this, must be a organizational nightmare. No people's choice awards haha
Schitt's Creek crew celebrating together is so cute
What We Do in the Shadows looks super fun
Schitt's Creek goes 3 for 3
scratch that 4 for 4
5 for 5
and Dan Levy winning 3 Emmys in one night - he is the cutest
Zendaya's outfit is my favorite so far
what's going on ? :o Schitt's Creek is winning literally everything :o
Jason Sudeikis is here - yes, I love him - Covid test right in the middle of his announcement
Elton John supporting Schitt's Creek - if it doesn't win again - i don't know
there we go - another one for Schitt's Creek
hahaha "has the president tweeted us yet"
they have emphasized on how they deliver the Emmys to the winners alot
David Letterman announcing a category somewhere in the wilds of Louisiana 
not taking themselves too seriously - I really like it so far
a box giving out Emmys is genius
Regina King getting her Emmy with a knock at her door just chilling in her living room - must be bizarre. haven't seen watchmen yet, but probably very well deserved!
OK, Mark Ruffalo winning is the cutest thing tonight, sorry Dan Levy
most random thing I have seen at an award show: an alpaca with parts of a tuxido
Watchmen gets another one and we're down to only two opportunities for Unbelievable to win
a message from the ISS - that's pretty cool
Maria Schrader - the Germans are gonna be happy about that I'm glad to see there is some other crazy people in Europe staying up for this
a show all in the light of a pandemic
haven't seen Mrs America yet, BUT Toni Collette was incredible!! Uzi looks like a good person though, her calling her mom was the funniest thing so far haha
there is a lot of Breonna Taylor shirts and Black Lives Matter
very political in general but not in a condescending way
I guess I gotta go and watch Watchmen after this
RBG leads into the "In Memoriam" part which was beautiful
I'm not really a "f r i e n d s"-fan but this reunion is kinda cute. at first i thought this was some kind of coming out and jennifer aniston and courtney cox are dating haha
Billy Porter is chilling at his home and still being super glamorous
I really didn't expect Zendaya to win - that's awesome, I thought they might just snub her and give it to Jennifer Aniston
OK, I LOVE Laverne Cox's dress
Jimmy talking to the paper standins is me talking to my friends who don't care 
No Emmy for Meryl Streep