Ladiesin Waiting
THE ACTING CATEGORIES
PROVED TOO SMALL
TO HONOR ALL OF THE
TALENTED WOMEN ON TV
THIS YEAR. HERE ARE THE
MOST EGREGIOUS SNUBS.
BY KRISTEN BALDWINConnie Britton DIRTY JOHN
Britton should have landed
her fifth nomination, for her
immersive performance on
Bravo’s true-crime adaptation.Christine Baranski
THE GOOD FIGHT
Objection! Baranski is a
national freaking treasure and
should be treated as such!Rhea Seehorn
BETTER CALL SAUL
As Kim Wexler, Seehorn often
delivers gut-punch emotions
without even uttering a line.Tracee Ellis Ross BLACK-ISH
With so much turnover in the
Lead Actress in a Comedy
category, three-time nominee
Ross sadly got bumped.Pamela Adlon BETTER THINGS
There’s nothing on TV like this
FX series, and creator-writer-
director-star Adlon deserves
better from Emmy.Lead Actress
in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus beat cancer
and delivered another “performance
of her career” in Veep’s final season.
Give the woman her seventh straight
Emmy or we’ll start swearing.
Christina Applegate Dead to Me
(Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
● Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep (HBO)
Natasha Lyonne Russian Doll
(Netflix)
Catherine O’Hara Schitt’s Creek
(Pop TV)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag
(Amazon Prime Video)
Supporting Actor
in a Comedy Series
With a trio of deserving Barry actors
splitting the vote, it’s likely that
Veep’s stealthily hilarious Tony Hale
will take home his third statuette.
Alan Arkin The Kominsky Method
(Netflix)
Anthony Carrigan Barry (HBO)
● Tony Hale Veep (HBO)
Stephen Root Barry (HBO)
Tony Shalhoub The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
Henry Winkler Barry (HBO)
Supporting Actress
in a Comedy Series
Fleabag season 2 is just about
flawless, and so is Olivia Colman’s
performance as the brutally passive-
aggressive Godmother. Plus, she
gives a great acceptance speech.
Alex Borstein The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
Anna Chlumsky Veep (HBO)
Sian Clifford Fleabag (Amazon
Prime Video)
● Olivia Colman Fleabag (Amazon
Prime Video)
Betty Gilpin GLOW (Netflix)
Sarah Goldberg Barry (HBO)
Marin Hinkle The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
Kate McKinnon Saturday Night
Live (NBC)
Outstanding
Limited Series
Both Chernobyl and When They
See Us examine the failings of
deeply broken systems, but WTSU’s
themes of racially motivated injus-
tice feel particularly relevant today.
Chernobyl (HBO)
Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)
Fosse/Verdon (FX)
Sharp Objects (HBO)
● When They See Us (Netflix)Lead Actor
in a Limited Series
First-time nominee Jharrel
Jerome, who plays WTSU’s Korey
Wise from the age of 16 to 28,
gives one of the year’s most
devastating performances.
Mahershela Ali True Detective
(HBO)
Benicio Del Toro Escape at
Dannemora (Showtime)
Hugh Grant A Very English
Scandal (Amazon Prime Video)
Jared Harris Chernobyl (HBO)
● Jharrel Jerome When They
See Us (Netflix)
Sam Rockwell Fosse/Verdon (FX)Lead Actress
in a Limited Series
There are very few sure things in
this world. Michelle Williams winning
for her mesmerizing turn as Gwen
Verdon is one of them.
Amy Adams Sharp Objects (HBO)
Patricia Arquette Escape at
Dannemora (Showtime)
Aunjanue Ellis When They See Us
(Netflix)
Joey King The Act (Hulu)
Niecy Nash When They See Us
(Netflix)
● Michelle Williams Fosse/Verdon
(FX)