OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY “Live from New York, it’s –“Well, no one may be nominated for Saturday Night Live, but this category has a distinct SNL oeuvre. Three of the actors were regulars on the series; one has hosted more times than anybody in history, and one was…

My Reactions to the Series Finale Of Better Call Saul Considering how high a bar Felina set not just for Better Call Saul but really every series finale that has aired in the near decade since then, the final episode had an incredibly high bar to cross. So: was ‘Saul…

Week 1, Part 1: Outstanding Comedy Series Last month when the Emmy nominations were announced, I reacted with a great deal of dismay and unhappiness, saying that I was not particularly pleased with the choices and not looking forward to trying to predict the winners this year. What a difference…

Conclusion: Streaming Awards If there was a flaw with the second night of the HCA TV awards, it was that the lion’s share of the nominees and winners were absent. …

Part 1: The Broadcast and Cable TV Awards On at least three separate occasions last night at the HCA TV awards, I heard variations on the phrase: “This is the best awards show ever!” Granted, the people saying it had just won awards and could understandably be using hyperbole, but…

What David Simon and His Visionaries Got Wrong About The Drug War I have finally finished Dopesick. There is a lot I can say about it — the quality of the writing, the extraordinary level of the performance, what it ultimately says about the war on drugs. But I have…

Part 1: The Setup Twenty-five years ago, television and the LGBTQ+ community was changed forever when on an episode titled simply: ‘The Puppy Episode’, Ellen DeGeneres’ character — essentially an avatar for her — came out on national TV. There were immediate rewards — DeGeneres’ became an icon and won…

Conclusion: Limited Series or Movie awards and a few ephemera I will wrap this up by trying to make predictions in the Limited Series awards. I will preface this with the acknowledgement of the TV Movie categories. For Broadcast and Cable, I would like to see Ray Donovan: The Movie…

Part 3 of An Ongoing Series Three of the next five on this list would be obvious choices. The next two are borderline compared to those who’ve enjoyed success in recent years, but having had reason to review it recently they are more than worthy choices. Dan Pawson Why he’s…