ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND AWARD NEWS 

AUGUST 20, 2020

Can the Emmys Break Out of Their Usual Patterns in This Most Unusual Year? 

On Friday, Television Academy voters will begin making their final picks for this year’s Emmy Awards, meaning that, somehow, the first major awards show of this strange pandemic age is almost upon us. But with the Democratic National Convention currently underway, making Zoom applause and comeback calamari feel like the new normal, we probably have a better sense of what these virtual Emmys will look like.

But who will actually win them? That part is much harder to figure out, partly because so many of this year’s favorites—Schitt's Creek, Succession, and Watchmen—would be first-time winners, something of a rarity for an awards show that has so often favored the same shows and actors year after year. So is this highly unconventional Emmys year the year for the conventional wisdom to be overturned? And if so, who might benefit? On this week’s Little Gold Menpodcast, Mike Hogan, Richard Lawson, Katey Rich, and Christopher Rosendiscuss the likeliest contenders in the top categories, and why for some shows, their sheer popularity might make it hard for them to win. (When you’ve got two best-drama-actor nominees from Succession, how are you supposed to choose between them?)

The episode also includes interviews with two of those Emmy contenders. First up, Richard Lawson talks to Linda Cardellini, who was nominated alongside her Dead to Me costar Christina Applegate in the best-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series category this year. And then Christopher Rosen talks to Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is currently in Berlin preparing to shoot the next Matrixmovie, and was nominated alongside two of his Watchmen costars (Louis Gossett Jr. and Jovan Adepo) in the category for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie.

Listen to this week’s Little Gold Men, and tune in next week for more conversations with Emmy nominees, as well as a dispatch from Paris, where lucky moviegoers are actually getting the chance to see Christopher Nolan’s Tenet.

What to Expect From the Emmys as Final Voting Begins

On this week’s Little Gold Men podcast, a look at the favorites for the top Emmy awards—and the many surprises that are likely in store.

R E A D  M O R E »