Today's award is Outstanding Guest Actor or Actress in a Drama Series!
This years nominees are...
LA TRICE HARPER as Adult Deja on This is Us (NBC)
DELROY LINDO as Adrian Boseman on The Good Fight (Paramount+)
GERALD MCRANEY as Dr. Nathan Katowski on This is Us (NBC)
LAURA NIEMI as Marilyn Pearson on This is Us (NBC)
TOM PELPHREY as Ben Davis on Ozark (Netflix)
YUL VAZQUEZ as Petey on Severance (Apple TV+)
HARRIET WALTER as Lady Caroline Collingwood on Succession (HBO)
And the Winner Is...
GERALD MCRANEY
This is Us (NBC)
Gerald McRaney has been a key player on This is Us since the very first episode. Even though he only appeared in a small handful of episodes over the six season run, his presence permeated through the entire series up to his guest appearance in the penultimate episode of the season. While former regular Ron Cephas Jones had a much more prominent part in "The Train" and was a potential nominee, I liked the simplicity of what they did with Dr. K as the bartender in the very unique episode that said goodbye to Mandy Moore's Rebecca. He provided his usual wisdom and genteel delivery. McRaney was the perfect casting choice for this role and he delivered each time. It was important to see the character one last time as he was perhaps the most important character on the show to never be a regular.
Thoughts on the Rest of the Nominees:
There were two other This is Us guests nominated for this award. La Trice Harper did an exceptional job of being a very believable adult Deja with impressive vocal inflections that matched present Deja Lyric Ross. Laura Niemi gave a very heartbreaking but sweet performance as Jack's mom earlier in the season. A couple former series regulars made the nominee list for their guest appearances this season. Delroy Lindo said goodbye to his The Good Fight character with gusto in the season premiere while Tom Pelphrey (a nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actor for 2020's Benjamonster Awards) made a brief but memorable return to Ozark. Yul Vazquez did a great job driving some of the early mystery and action in Severance and Harriet Walter had her strongest guest appearance yet in this season of Succession.
Tomorrow: Outstanding Guest Actor or Actress in a Comedy Series!
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