Here we are again – that one night, out of sync with all the other awards nights, where you realize how much TV you missed this year. No more time to catch up! The Emmys are back, and we’ve got several real races on our hands.
After crashing the prestige TV gates last year by nearly sweeping the drama awards, The Pitt, HBO Max’s back-to-basics medical drama, is once again the favorite for tonight’s premiere best drama award (and I’d have my money on Noah Wyle for repeat best actor, as well). Another win would make the hit series the first to win for its first two seasons since Mad Men in 2009… but keep an eye out for Pluribus, the critical darling from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, a slow-burn that has a dark horse shot.
On the comedy side, one would ordinarily assume that the fifth and final season of beloved Emmys stalwart Hacks would have this all wrapped up – but then Widow’s Bay, the Apple TV+ horror-comedy starring multiple nominee Matthew Rhys, became the breakout TV hit of the summer. And in limited series/anthology, we have the return of Beef, which cleaned up in three years ago for its first installment, though pre-telecast acting awards for DTF St Louis’s David Harbour and Linda Cardinelli suggest a changing of the guard…
The night, then, promises at least one surprise, as well as the usual cast reunions and tributes shepherded, for the first time, by Mariska Hargitay, who between the Knicks and Detective Olivia Benson becoming the longest-running primetime character ever, is having a championship year. Stick with us for all the highlights!