Sad Jon Hamms Ready for This Year’s Emmy Awards
The good news for host Andy Samberg, however, is the mammoth promotional platform the games present. The comedian rose to fame as part of musical comedy trio The Lonely Island, whose hits includeI’m On A Boat, before landing a role on Saturday Night Live. Because I am so YOLO but also because I have a goldfish memory, Hannibal will never get its due, because it’s NOT now BEING RECOGNIZED. We debate who will win, who will lose, and whether Hannibal should somehow win this year, next year, and every year.
Amy: “Any show other than the Emmys, Game of Thrones would win”.
Sticking to the drama side of the street, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” leads all series with 24 nominations.
Will win: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep“. With shows like “Crazy people”, “Parks and Recreation“, “How To Get Away With Murder” and “Session of Thrones” up for recompenses, viewers can expect an elegant occasion.
Will win: “Veep.” The political winds are at its back after four solid seasons on the campaign trail, and Emmy voters will reward consistency. Previously, Emmy winners were determined by only a tiny percentage of the TV Academy’s membership. These panels predominantly attracted older members who tend to be less busy and make more conservative choices.
Jon Hamm might as well be waiting on the stage when the show starts.
The actor was a relative unknown in 2007 when he landed the role of the womanising New York advertising executive. For best actor in a drama, the list is this: Kyle Chandler, Bloodline; Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom; Jon Hamm, Mad Men; Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul; Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan; and Kevin Spacey, House of Cards.
One big question on everyone’s minds for this year’s 67th Primetime Emmys, television’s version of the Oscars, is: will Jon Hamm of “Mad Men” finally win on his eighth try for his work as troubled ad man Don Draper? This year, all of the members of the Television Academy – a total of 15,000 or more – will have the opportunity to vote for winners via an online voting system. “Certainly he is the sentimental favourite going into Emmy night”. That’s TV. Mad Men was fantastic for a while and everyone loved it, and now it’s probably going to get a shiny statue that says “Good Job”.
How will the Brits fare?
Yet, if Hamm doesn’t win the award for lead actor, he does have a chance to win an Emmy as a producer on “Mad Men“, which is nominated this year for Outstanding Drama Series. The nominations will pit the fictional Daenerys Targaryen (Clarke) against her GoT nemesis Cersei Lannister (Headey).
The Brits are represented by Downton Abbey, which received eight nominations including best drama series, best supporting actress in a drama series for Joanne Froggatt and best supporting actor in a drama series for Jim Carter. Cumming is by far one of the most brilliant performers on a show that specializes in them, and in a series where the dialogue is so brilliant he has one of the more expressive faces on TV. But “Family” still has time to make history (it already has five best comedy awards).
However, before Davis can battle it out with Empire’s Henson, they must first see off tough competition from Claire Danes (Homeland) and Robin Wright (House of Cards) who both return after being nominated past year .
“That network seemed like it was struggling, but once they picked up ‘Mad Men, ‘ which a lot of networks passed on, [AMC] was on fire”, said Rentrak media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. Such an outcome is probable, as demonstrated by Breaking Bad’s clear up of the awards when it came to an end a year ago .