Will The Pitt dominate? Can Widow’s Bay break through? Will Love Story lead the limited series pack? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Apple TV, FX, HBO, Netflix |
At long last, next Wednesday’s Emmy nominations will answer some of our most urgent questions. Just how popular has The Pitt gotten in the year since it took home Best Drama? Was Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay able to reach enough voters in time to capitalize on the overwhelming word-of-mouth enthusiasm? Will the final season of Hacks result in a Schitt’s Creek–style send-off sweep? Will Emmy voters cotton to new shows like Pluribus and Margo’s Got Money Troubles? Will returning shows like Euphoria and The Comeback retain their old Emmys bona fides?
Trying to anticipate these answers is the task of the humble Emmys prognosticator. But TV Academy voters are not such mysterious creatures. They like the shows and performers they’ve already told us they like, and this year’s nominating ballot was filled with old faves, from Vince Gilligan to actors like Jon Hamm, Allison Janney, and Colman Domingo. My calculus involves combining the voters’ track record with the TV Academy’s historical stubbornness to acknowledge certain shows and performers that are most visible in the cultural conversation. Sometimes that’s easy: Love Story’s Soho-style revival was a steady reminder that regardless of viewership, the FX show had permeated the cultural imagination in a way that, say, Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison did not.
And sometimes it’s guessing. Let’s not kid ourselves. |
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Roxana Hadadi on The Art of Star Wars: Andor |
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For everyone who thinks (correctly) that Andor is the best Star Wars property in years, Phil Szostak’s book is an incredible resource, full of concept art, production stories, and other fascinating details about how Tony Gilroy’s two-season series was fashioned. Interviews with Gilroy, star Diego Luna, and Lucasfilm artists complement beautifully detailed multipage spreads that explain how locations, costumes, and character designs were worked out over time; everything from Mon Mothma’s glitzy Coruscant outfits to Narkina 5’s brutal prison workstations are covered. Yes, B2EMO (named after Gilroy's son’s dog) gets his own special section.
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Kelce and Swift’s besties were spotted wearing a color you could describe as wine, or burgundy, or a third thing. |
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Or rumored to be happening, at the very least. |
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“A magnificent ship full of gay men. And me.” |
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The rest of Movie Night results in Kenzie, KC, and Sincere going on apology tours, but there’s a glimmer of hope that Melanie is finally fed up. |
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