Netflix’s The Crown led the field of winners at the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning seven awards. The series won in every category for which it was nominated. I believe, also, that it is the first drama series to completely sweep all major drama categories including series, directing, writing, and four acting races. AppleTV+’s Ted Lasso took home four awards including Comedy Series with HBO’s Hacks making a strong showing with three awards including an expected win for Jean Smart and surprises for Comedy Directing and Writing.
Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit won the hotly contested Limited Series race, but Mare of Easttown took home three acting awards to be the most awarded Limited Series of the evening.
Also, congrats to Sy Mattina for winning Awards Daily’s Predict the Emmy Contest!!!
Limited Series – The Queen’s Gambit
Drama Series – The Crown
Comedy Series – Ted Lasso
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown
Writing for a Drama Series – Peter Morgan, The Crown
Directing for a Drama Series – Jessica Hobbs, The Crown
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Tobias Menzies, The Crown
Writing for a Variety Series – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Variety Talk Series – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Variety Sketch Series – Saturday Night Live
Writing for a Comedy Series – Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, Hacks
Directing for a Comedy Series – Lucia Aniello, Hacks
Actress in a Comedy Series – Jean Smart, Hacks
Actor in a Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Competition Program – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Directing for a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Scott Frank, The Queen’s Gambit
Writing for a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You
Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Actor in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie – Ewan McGregor, Halston
Actress in a Drama Series – Olivia Colman, The Crown
Actor in a Drama Series – Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Variety Special (Live) – Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020…
Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) – Hamilton
There was such a brilliant comment on Gold Derby in regards to The Crown wins: “Like in real life, everyone but Diana won.”
And Margaret, which … given her story line on the show (I didn’t even know of her existence prior to the show, which is weird) doesn’t surprise me either.
Margaret is a very interesting person. I read a lot about the royals, especially Diana and Grace.
I liked how the show started. It had energy and it felt much better than the Oscars. Then the energy simply disappeared. Anyway, in terms of winners:
1. The Crown had a stellar season but did not deserve a sweep, especially wins for Menzies and Colman. Colman is extremely disappointing in this role and she pales in comparison with Foy. A truly forgettable and rather dull performance. And there were so many far more deserving options. Don’t even get me started on the embarrassment of riches that was supporting actor. And they gave it to Menzies.
2. Kate Winslet deliver a wonderful performance, but imo Coel deserved the Emmy. Taylor-Joy is also terrific. Winslet won based on name recognition and recency.
3. Jean Smart is hilarious. I love that woman.
4. The variety wins were boring. And that Hamilton win is a shame. Sorry, Bo, you were really robbed. I don’t know why voters feel the pressure to vote for Hamilton every time they see it somewhere.
5. The best acting win though: People finally realise that there is this great actress called Julianne Nicholson.
6. Ted Lasso is charming, but not my cup of tea. I know that it’s probably not a popular opinion here, but I’d love to see shows like Fleabag, Russian Doll, Barry, Schitts Creek win Emmys.
Bottom line: The Emmys had a great system. Voters actually saw the work and voted for what they liked best regardless of buzz and other awards. But Hollywood favours groupthink and the interesting Emmys are a thing of the past. Now the Emmys are even more predictable and boring than the Oscars.
Winslet deserved it. Mare is a career high for her. This is a very common sentiment. Michaela’s win for writing was the best win of the night.
I agree that this was her best performance but I still don’t think that she deserved to win the Emmy. Coel was heartbreaking, Anya was terrific as well. I would have voted for Coel, with Anya my runner-up. Winslet would have been a solid third.
Schitt’s Creek swept the Emmys last year, so it was a show that won Emmys.
No matter one’s opinion on Mare of Easttown, the performances were deserving.
Agree somewhat on Menzies (he’s fine/good, but perhaps the weakest of the cast at least in season 4, behind Corrin and HBC, who were competing with their co-stars), but Colman is great. Sure, Foy did a terrific job as an unknown and establishing the character at the beginning, but Colman’s scenes with Anderson were riveting. Season 4 of The Crown was always going to be a good opportunity for the Emmys to reward a show that had been gaining momentum. It was still a surprise to choose the Queen over Diana, though.
The Handmaid’s Tale….0 for the Emmys, as in the worst. 0-for-21. beating 2012’s Mad Men, who went winless in 17 tries. Next up w/16 goose-eggs were Northern Exposure (1993) and The Larry Sanders Show (1997)
Handmaid’s Tale deserved zero noms so zero wins makes up for laughable number of nominations. Absolutely ridiculous season on every level, good on Emmy voters that they woke up on time and gave it 2 middle fingers each.
I hope this week there is a serious, legit discussion about the future of broadcast network TV at the Emmys. It is at a crisis stage at this point, hammered home by the telecast happening on the 5th anniversary of the debut of The Good Place, maybe the last hall of fame Big 4 comedy for the foreseeable future.
Deadline has an article on their site saying “Emmys Prove It’s a Streamers’ World and We’re Just Living in It”. What can the Big Four do to turn the tide of staring extinction in the face with the TV Academy? NBC isn’t just the network of SNL. They lose This is Us next year, and what do they have in their lineup that can be a prestige ticket back to the Emmy big-time?
ABC: Some consider Black-ish their jewel, but that show stopped being relevant and good a few years ago. It departs next spring. Same question; what do they have in the offing that can be a prestige ticket back to the Emmy big time? The Conners? Don’t make me laugh.
An CBS, the hosts, which had won 44 Emmys wayback in the day, getting skunked by Netflix, and having ZERO winners. What do they have in the bullpen? The NCIS and CSI motherships? NCIS Hawaii? Some say Evil has promise. But can you look anywhere on their roster and say, yes, THAT SHOW is our golden ticket?
So I want to open the floor? What do you see on the Big 4 either in development or on the fall schedule? Or is this truly and absolutely the end of 70+ years of broadcast network hegemony at the Emmys? That it’s just inevitable. That is a future too gruesome to contemplate.
There is nothing “gruesome” about network death. The future is bright. Network is pointless.
Evil is also a Paramount+ exclusive now so it doesn’t even count as a broadcast show.
I thought it was a CBS exclusive, see it next day on P+. Thanks for the correction.
Absolutely no one cares about network television. It’s dead, it’s over. More relevantly here: Awards shows still tying themselves to the old network paradigm have dug their own grave. If AMPAS had made the Oscars a multi-platform streaming event (with ads) they could have survived. But they didn’t. They will become a shadow of what Oscars once were.
Finally, the decline of awards shows in 2021 is stemmed.
7.4m viewers, up 16% from last year’s abysmal numbers. No out of home or Paramount+ numbers released yet.
https: // deadline. com /2021 /09 /2021-emmys-tv-ratings-award-show-ted-lasso-the-crown-cbs-nfl-nbc-1234840524/
That Colman win really hurt…but I’m really sorry to hear about her dad. 🙁
FYI: Thirteen winners last night were British.
Hence, my ‘Welcome to Hollywood on Thames’ remark of Bob Hope’s first words of the 1967 Oscsrs telecast.
Same # as the year before last, I believe, or close to it.
Was it? I didn’t notice. In any case, between this and the outcome of this year’s Oscars, it certainly feels like the Brits are running things.
I’m so here for The Crown domination and complete Handmaid’s Tale shutout! A ha ha ha ha! Even Yass Queen Slaaay finale and Texas Taliban couldn’t save that turd! What a shitty season lmao! Emmys got carried away with nominations but came to their senses. Congrats to The Crown’s epic sweep! I’d prefer Corrin over Colman but now the ball is in KStew’s court at the Oscars. And that Mare of East Town acting sweep! Evan Peters yes yes yes! Sad for Anya who dominated Limited Series Actress wins til Emmys but well deserved Kate!
And Mando shutout except in techs a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Most overrated show currently airing. Season 2 was just one endless promo reel for all the spin-offs they are making. Good riddance!
Congrats to Ewan McGregor on a win for a shitshow!
Overall, very pleased with results. No pandering, no BS, just straight up quality wins.
How about this killer drama series lineup in 2022?
The Expanse
Foundation
Succession
Better Call Saul
This is Us
2 TBA
Top wins by show:
1. Queen’s Gambit, The Crown 11
2. SNL 8
3. Ted Lasso, The Mandalorian 7
4. Love, Death and Robots 6
5. RuPaul’s Drag Race 5
6. Mare of Easttown 4
7. Bo Burnham Inside, Hacks, David Attenborough: A LIfe on Our Planet, Last Week with John Oliver, Pose, WandaVision 3
8. American Utopia, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, Hamilton, I May Destroy You, Life Before Zero, Lovecraft Country, Social Dilemma 2
Top 6 wins by network:
Netflix 44
HBO/HBO Max 19
Disney+ 14
AppleTV+ 10
NBC 8 (all SNL)
VH1 6
7th on down remain unchanged, except Showtime picked up one tonight for the Colbert Election Live Special. Worst broadcast network showing EVER (13)
I watched part of the show to see the winners, then went to bed around 9:15. I think a problem is that the show itself is so boring, and often the winners’ speeches aren’t very good either, so I get bored and fast forward through them, maybe missing a few gems along the way. For example, I would have listened to the people who paid tribute to Norm MacDonald. I only watch to see who wins and to figure out how right my predictions were. I was especially happy for the Jean Smart, Julianne Nicholson, and Kate Winslet wins and think that The Crown was good but a bit overrewarded. There were other good dramas, too, and I am kinda over Olivia Colman, so I didn’t like that winner, either.
Maybe I will try Ted Lasso. I started one episode and just didn’t care. I’m not saying it’s bad—just that I personally did not get into it.
How ridiculous that they had Hamilton in consideration
I’m just glad that at least bo burnham won an emmy for Inside, even if it was beaten by Hamilton in its top category
Deadline takes a ball bat to the Emmy telecast: https: // deadline. com /2021 /09 /2021 -emmy-awards-review-ted-lasso-the-crown-1234839443/
No going rogue; no going off the deep end. Logical, thought out choices. Who knew the Emmys had it in them after the farce of the past 3 years in Comedy?
Fleabag
So Hacks got directing, writing and lead actress but NOT Best Comedy Show ?
Interesting.
You could make the argument TL should’ve gotten both (Make Rebecca Great Again, writing and The Hope that Kills You in directing).
The curse of having multiple nods on a new system that does not allow voters to rank but to vote for a single nominee.
Lasso split the votes with itself, having multiple episodes nominated for writing and directing.
Hacks is a strong show. But having only one entry into each category helps focus the attention.
TED MOTHER FORKING LASSO!
Ew
Conspiracy theory?; did the Emmys use WandaVision to get an artificial ratings bump and to say, unlike the Oscars, we love Marvel?
No. They nominated it because they liked it.
When AMPAS liked a Marvel movie enough they nominated it for BP.
But when the rubber met the road, they crashed a virtual chair over the head of Endgame.
Endgame wasn’t one of the ten best movies to come out that year, so that tracks.
No. They just loved other shows more.
Wandavision was an epic homage to American television, featuring 3 absolutely brilliant performances, but as far as storytelling goes, its competition was tighter, I think.
Also this category is for shows that tell their stories from beginning to end. Wandavision didn’t do that. Its competition did.
Well, Black Panther didn’t win either. If it got nominated, good for it
Olivia Colman is a surprise who shouldn’t have surprised me but she did. After all they did the same with the previous queen : nomination for her first season, win for her second.
I’ve never been more happy to be wrong in my prediction. I adore her!
She is great ! I was hoping for MJ Rodriguez or Emma Corrin but you can never go wrong with Olivia Colman.
Kate comes through for the Philly suburbs! Glad I stuck with her over ATJ.
Ewan McGregor ? Great actor, not a great show. I thought Bettany would get this one. And as flawed as The Undoing was, Hugh Grant was excellent and worthy of awards.
Winslet deserved that one. Asterisk being that so did Coel. And Taylor-Joy. And Olsen. And Erivo.
There were no wrong options in that category.
Michaela Cole!!! best award given this year. Well done.
Michaela Coel !!!!!!!!!!
I May Destroy You should have swept that whole section. Weruche Opia was robbed of a nomination.
Upset Alert 2: Ted Lasso lost BOTH writing and directing.
Lord have mercy it’s not an upset. Stop reading articles by people who know nothing about anything and check the dates of emmy voting and the dates seasons were released.
Factor in people’s short term memories. Ding ding ding.
The surest result of the night.
Our first upset alert: Hacks over Ted Lasso in writing.
I like the winners so far, especially Gillian Anderson, Evan Peters, and Julianne Nicholson. A bit sorry that Williams did not win.
Would’ve been so much more epic had the Crown faced this show and not the slop Amazon Prime went all-in on: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6c434378454cea7d567684f1dc9327ecf123d164d255cc6770ed2bc1d8f901da.jpg
Ted Lasso, Mare of Easttown and The Crown are cleaning up and rightfully so
A tad let down by Hahn not winning as liked her but Nicholson great and deserving too.
Five years ago tonight, the best comedy of the 2010’s debuted. And the era of Peak TV was cemented. They scrapped their way to just 14 Emmy nominations in their 4 seasons on the air, departing with none. The awful night Dan fucking Levy won four fucking Emmys in one fucking HOUR. How seriously warped was that? And two years back the Voldermort of TV, as in She Who Shall Never Be Named, won 3 in one night.
For the first time in five years the best comedy somehow will actually be the BEST comedy in the Emmys’ eyes. Imagine if The Good Place had been on a streaming service instead of merely NBC? Ted Lasso will be a massive upgrade over Schitt’s, Fleagag and Maisel.
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FLEABAG
Just remember this one key word here : subjective.
NY Times Review: At the Emmys, TV celebrates its own survival:
“The telecast felt like a very private party; people seemed to be having fun, but the jollity didn’t really come through the screen.”
https: // www. nytimes. com /2021 /09 /19 /arts /television /review-the-emmy-awards.html
I absolutely loved The Queen’s Gambit, Mare of Easttown and I May Destroy You. I’m glad all of them won something tonight.
Same. Great awards tonight.
The Queen’s Gambit.
Fleabag!
Dickhed!
FLEA
BAG
The Crown swept.
The Crown – Best Drama.
Bob Hope in his introduction to the 1967 Oscars said ‘Welcome to Hollywood on Thames’. I suppose this is true tonight as well.
Very happy for the early love for Mare of Easttown and Hacks, in particular for the first major award the criminally underrated Julianne Nicholson has ever won.
The SNL win was annoying, A Black Lady Sketch Show should have won that without breaking a sweat.
Only took 70 minutes, but broadcast network TV is finally in the winner’s circle. Will it be their only moment of the night?
Any link to the live feed please?
You have to have Paramount+.