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I hope you enjoyed my month of awards! Here's a recap of all the awards, check below this post for each individual award post. This blog will take the month of August off and will resume with weekly newsletters on September 8. See you then!! Past Recaps:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 Outstanding Comedy Series: Shrinking (Apple TV+) Outstanding Drama Series:  The Pitt (Max) Outstanding Limited/Anthology Series: The White Lotus (HBO) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Kathy Bates, Matlock (CBS) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series: Imogen Faith Reid, Good American Family (Hulu) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside (Netflix) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Noah Wyle, The Pitt (Max) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series: Josh Andres Rivera, American Sports Story:...

It's time for the final award - Outstanding Comedy Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC) THE FOUR SEASONS (Netflix) HACKS (Max) A MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix) SHRINKING (Apple TV+) THE STUDIO (Apple TV+) WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (FX) And the Winner Is... SHRINKING Apple TV+ I was mixed on the first season of Shrinking but I absolutely fell in love with the show in its second season. The show is the best current example of a "hangout" comedy following in the footsteps of shows like Friends and New Girl . But it goes a lot deeper than those shows. The show tackles big life decisions and moments with just the right touch. Something I love about Shrinking is that it felt like in every episode, there were a couple characters going through some serious stuff but the rest of the characters were just there to mess around and have fun. The show always fo...

Today's award is Outstanding Drama Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... THE BEAR (FX/Hulu) THE HANDMAID'S TALE (Hulu) LANDMAN (Paramount+) THE LAST OF US (HBO) MATLOCK (CBS) THE PITT (Max) SEVERANCE (Apple TV+) And the Winner Is... THE PITT Max I've always been sort of "meh" on medical dramas. I never watched ER , it was a little before my time and I never watched it after the fact. I have watched the first seasons of some network dramas and still use Chicago Med as a background show. So imagine my surprise when I completely fell in love with The Pitt . I can't remember getting this excited about the first season of an on-going drama in a long time and I just couldn't wait for Thursdays to spend an hour with this team of doctors and nurses. It managed to make medical dramas cool again and it also showed us how a broadcast-type drama can work in the streaming world. It's no...

We are at the big three awards! Today's award is for Outstanding Limited/Anthology Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... ACCUSED (FOX) ADOLESCENCE (Netflix) AMERICAN SPORTS STORY: AARON HERNANDEZ (FX) DYING FOR SEX (FX/Hulu) GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY (Hulu) THE WHITE LOTUS (HBO) And the Winner Is... THE WHITE LOTUS HBO OK, so this was a tough call even though the series has won for its two previous seasons. The third season of The White Lotus was my least favorite of the series and yet, it was still my favorite from this list of nominees. There wasn't a show on this list I was close to as excited about watching on a weekly basis and even when it's not completely on its game, The White Lotus is still great TV. So even with my concerns, specifically with the pacing, let's talk about what did work: the impeccable and irresistible cast, the stunning cinematography, the willingness t...

Today's award is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... KRISTEN BELL as Joanne in Nobody Wants This (Netflix) HANNAH EINBINDER as Ava Daniels in Hacks (Max) BRIDGET EVERETT as Sam in Somebody Somewhere (HBO) TINA FEY as Kate in The Four Seasons (Netflix) NATASHA LYONNE as Charlie Cale in Poker Face (Peacock) EDI PATTERSON as Judy Gemstone in The Righteous Gemstones (HBO) JEAN SMART as Deborah Vance in Hacks (Max) And the Winner Is... HANNAH EINBINDER Hacks (Max) I never thought this day would come: where Hannah Einbinder would topple her legendary co-star Jean Smart for this award. But Season 4 was Hannah's year. Years of acting alongside Smart has turned Einbinder from a raw talent to a polished actress and she just had the better season this time around, which is no slight to Smart. Einbinder has really found her comic voice in her...

Today's award is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... KATHY BATES as Madeline Matlock in Matlock (CBS) AYO EDEBIRI as Sydney Adamu in The Bear (FX/Hulu) BRITT LOWER as Helly in Severance (Apple TV+) ELISABETH MOSS as June Osborne in The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) CARRIE PRESTON as Elsbeth Tascioni in Elsbeth (CBS) BELLA RAMSEY as Ellie Williams in The Last of Us (HBO) KERI RUSSELL as Ambassador Kate Wyler in The Diplomat (Netflix) And the Winner Is... KATHY BATES Matlock (CBS) You know you're in good hands when Kathy Bates is the center of your show. Over a decade ago, she helped Harry's Law be a much better show than it ever deserved to be. She returned to Broadcast TV this past fall in Matlock, a show that would certainly appeal to boomers but also had its sights set on being a little something more. The show worked really well at tim...

Today's award is Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series! Past Awards in This Category:  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020 This year's nominees are... MEGHANN FAHY as Devon DeWitt in Sirens (Netflix) NICOLE KIDMAN as Greer Garrison Winbury in The Perfect Couple (Netflix) CRISTIN MILIOTI as Sofia Falcone in The Penguin (HBO) ELLEN POMPEO as Kristine Barnett in Good American Family (Hulu) IMOGEN FAITH REID as Natalia Grace in Good American Family (Hulu) MICHELLE WILLIAMS as Molly Kochan in Dying For Sex (FX/Hulu) And the Winner Is... IMOGEN FAITH REID Good American Family (Hulu) Good American Family was one of the first roles for Imogen Faith Reid and she proved more than up to the task with a fascinating portrayal of Natalia Grace. It takes a special person who can pull off someone who appears to be a troubled child or a diabolical adult depending on how one looks at the case. She only got stronger as the series went alon...