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T HE ENVELOPE LOS ANGELES TIMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019LEAD ACTRESS COMEDY
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Rachel Brosnahan,“The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,“Veep”
Natasha Lyonne,“Russian Doll”
Catherine O’Hara,“Schitt’s Creek”
Phoebe Waller-Bridge,“Fleabag”
Winner:Louis-Dreyfus
Analysis:I don’t need to tell you that
Louis-Dreyfus has won a few Emmys.
(Eleven, to be precise.) She has prevailed
for all six seasons of “Veep.” She’s eligible
for the show’s final season after a yearlong
hiatus spent treating her breast cancer.
Take it to the bank: She’s going to win
again.
Waller-Bridge, with her exquisite
comic timing and ace ability to convey
grief and brokenness, is equally deserving.
And it’s not like last year’s winner, Bros-
nahan, was any less good on the show’s
second season. I’m sure both will be
happy to applaud for Louis-Dreyfus when
the envelope is opened.SUPPORTING ACTRESS COMEDY
Alex Borstein,“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Anna Chlumsky,“Veep”
Sian Clifford,“Fleabag”
Olivia Colman,“Fleabag”
Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”
Sarah Goldberg,“Barry”
Marin Hinkle,“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Kate McKinnon,“Saturday Night Live”
Winner:Colman
Analysis:This was another Emmy that
“Maisel” won last year. And it’s probably
the prize it might well win again, though
the nomination of Hinkle (her first) adds
a wrinkle. “Fleabag” sports two nominees
as well, but I think voters might lean
toward Colman, spectacular again as the
heroine’s insufferable stepmother. After
Colman’s delightful Oscar acceptance
speech for “The Favourite,” who wouldn’t
enjoy a repeat performance at the
Emmys?
LEAD ACTOR COMEDY
Anthony Anderson,“black-ish”
Don Cheadle,“Black Monday”
Ted Danson,“The Good Place”
Michael Douglas,“The Kominsky Method”
Bill Hader,“Barry”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”Winner:HaderAnalysis:There isn’t a better pairing of
actors on a television comedy this year
than Douglas and his costar Alan Arkin
on “The Kominsky Method.” Watching
Douglas, playing an actor forced by theindustry and his own choices into making
a living as an acting coach, deal with the
indignities of aging was an absolute de-
light. I figured that after taking the Gold-
en Globe in January, he’d win this Emmy
... until voters passed on nominating the
series itself. Actors can win this prize
without a series nomination. But Douglas
and Arkin earning the show’s only Emmy
nods doesn’t bode well, particularly since
Hader’s “Barry” busted out with voters in
its second season. Hader will repeat.SUPPORTING ACTOR COMEDY
Alan Arkin,“The Kominsky Method”
Anthony Carrigan,“Barry”
Tony Hale,“Veep”
Stephen Root, “Barry”
Tony Shalhoub,“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”Winner:ShalhoubAnalysis:Good news for “Barry” fans:
There have been four times in Emmy
history when a supporting comedy nomi-
nee has bested two castmates. Cynthia
Nixon won over fellow “Sex and the City”
contenders Kim Cattrall and Kristin
Davis in 2004. Kate McKinnon won for
“Saturday Night Live” two years ago
against Vanessa Bayer and Leslie Jones.
And Eric Stonestreet prevailed for “Mod-
ern Family” twice over Ty Burrell and
Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
That said, since each of the “Barry”
nominees — Root, Carrigan and lastyear’s winner, Winkler — offer compelling
cases, it’s likely the vote will be scattered.
That could be good for Arkin, but with
Shalhoub, a three-time winner in the mix,
we might be hearing the “Maisel” theme.“VEEP’S”Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won the acting Emmy all six seasons, so ...
Colleen HayesHBOASECONDtrophy seems likely for “Barry’s” titular hired gun, Bill Hader.Aaron EpsteinHBOOLIVIAColman is a real delight as
“Fleabag’s” insufferable stepmom.AmazonTONY Shalhoub’s winning ways
might be a factor for “Marvelous.”Nicole RivelliAmazon