The Emmy nominations were revealed today.  There’s so many of them that I couldn’t even begin to list them all here on the site but you can view them over at the Emmys’s main site.  While looking over the nominees, I had just a few thoughts.

First off, the Emmys themselves always feel a bit silly.  I think it’s because there’s so many different categories and so many contenders that, inevitably, one feels as if they’ve only seen a few of the actual nominees.  As well, the Emmys tend to fall into the habit of nominating the same programs over and over again, regardless of whether the show or performer actually had a good individual season.  Once a show is nominated two times in a row, it seems destined to be nominated for the rest of its run, even if its subsequent seasons aren’t that interesting.  (Cases in point: Only Murders In The Building and Ted Lasso.)  By that same token, if a show is snubbed during it’s first or second season, it’ll probably never be nominated for anything, regardless of how popular or critically acclaimed it may eventually become.  (Case in point: Yellowstone.)  In other words, don’t take the Emmys seriously.

In the comedy categories, I was really happy to see that both Jury Duty and James Marsden were nominated.  Ted Lasso was nominated because the Academy is addicted to voting for it and not because it had a particularly noteworthy third season.  I was glad to see that Barry was nominated but annoyed to see that neither Sarah Goldberg nor Stephen Root were remembered.  I was glad that Natasha Lyonne was nominated but Poker Face still deserved far more nominations than it received.

In the drama categories, it’s pretty much all Succession.  Succession ended this season and I’m glad that I’ll no longer have to pretend to care about it.  There’s something so liberating about the prospect of never having to read another cutesy interview with Brian Cox or another think piece on why Shiv is the greatest character ever.  I imagine Succession will sweep the Emmys, which is a bit unfortunate as this year will always be Better Call Saul‘s last chance to be honored.  Hopefully, Bob Odenkirk will finally win an Emmy for Better Call Saul.  I’m glad that Andor was nominated but I’m disappointed that Diego Luna was not.

In the limited anthology series category, it’s hard not to be a bit annoyed that the Academy went for Ryan Murphy’s overlong and rather pointless miniseries about Jeffrey Dahmer while completely snubbing National Geographic’s A Small Light.  At this point, I guess the Academy feels obligated to honor anything that Ryan Murphy forces on them.  I was also disappointed that The English failed to pick up any major nominations, not even for the great Emily Blunt.  The Emmy win that would make me happiest would be for Ray Liotta to win for Black Bird.  

In the movie category, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe was not nominated but …. well, I kind of knew that it wouldn’t be.  It was hilarious but, unfortunately, it’s not the type of thing that wins awards.

Traitors should have been nominated for Best Reality Competition.

South Park‘s “Worldwide Privacy Tour” was not nominated for Best Animated Program.  That’s just ridiculous.  The Television Academy wimped out as far as that’s concerned.

Anyway, it’s the Emmys.  In the end, no one really cares that much.