The EMMYs (2024) Results and a little rant for BARRY





Before we begin, I wanted to disclose a few thoughts on the television side of this year's award season. Specifically, I wanted to highlight a series that has found itself snubbed and, as a result, that snubbing has harmed the thrills of the results in my eyes. No, I do not refer to Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad prequel that received 53 nominations for the Emmys alone in its run and yet gained not a single win. A lot of groups online have risen to its defence, calling its snubbing (for lack of a better term) criminal. But as someone who was not a huge supporter of the series and found it dragged out and overhyped, I call upon fans to throw support toward Barry, a show starring and created by Bill Hader which began as a black comedy, to be then morphed into an ugly void of tragedy, reminiscent of the mighty power of acting.



Across four seasons, Barry, like Hader, revealed a grand scope of pathos beneath a comedic crust layer. Hader, one of the most recognised comedians globally, plays a depressed hitman who gets the acting bug and wants to leave his life of killing sprees behind. Yet, season two ended with a killing spree equivalent to Breaking Bad's intense climax in the episode To'Hajiilee and made audiences aware that the series was more than giggles over a hitman trying to break into Hollywood. Of course, there were moments before this that set alarm bells off, but the series and characters, from that point on, fell into a black void. Ultimately, Barry became equal to Breaking Bad because of how stratospheric and unpredictable the character arcs became and, despite some plot conveniences, the show was four hours each season of constant nail-biting. On top of that, the acting excelled to great heights. Whilst Hader's antihero found himself largely inactive in the last season, the supporting cast really shone. Henry Winkler was always a whirlwind of charisma since the beginning, but the last season allowed him to be far more subdued, appropriately replacing his eccentricity; Sarah Goldberg fearlessly portrays every ounce of her character's depressing downfall; and Anthony Carrigan received the privilege of a character demise equivalent to Bryan Cranston as Walter White. But, lest we forget, Stephen Root, a fabulous character actor who went unnoticed for how he pristinely balanced the despicable qualities of his sleazy character with comedic imbecility.

I say this because it is frustrating that, in its final season (which shared its date with Succession's equally epic conclusion), the show has received little appreciation for how it stretched the limits of television drama by being a surprised masked genius. It hired a comedian as one of the most morally complex characters and required a highly chilling yet brutally nuanced performance, and all these gambles paid off massively. Whilst it is great to have The Bear achieve recognition, it is tragic that Barry, for all its efforts, at the end of its journey, is losing out; what it achieves as a drama and comedy, through script alone, is a sublime treat for avid TV watchers, arguably one that goes further than The Bear. The latter show is also commissioned for another season, rubbing salt in the wound of Barry further. As a result, the television results have lacked the thrills they should have had as, despite the line-up, the winners have all been the same as if the competition is hollow. That simply isn't true.  But as a great man once said: "If There Is One Thing I Learned In My Life, You Can't Control What Other People Are Going To Do."


Here are the following results:

Outstanding drama series

  • Succession — Winner
  • Andor
  • Better Call Saul
  • The Crown
  • House of the Dragon
  • The Last of Us
  • The White Lotus
  • Yellowjackets

Outstanding comedy series

  • The Bear — Winner
  • Abbott Elementary
  • Barry
  • Jury Duty
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Only Murders in the Building
  • Ted Lasso
  • Wednesday

Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Lee Sung Jin, Beef — Winner
  • Jake Schreier, Beef
  • Carl Franklin, Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • Paris Barclay, Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Fleishman is in Trouble
  • Dan Trachtenberg, Prey

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird — Winner
  • Murray Bartlett, Welcome To Chippendales
  • Richard Jenkins, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • Joseph Lee, Beef
  • Ray Liotta, Black Bird
  • Young Mazino, Beef
  • Jesse Plemons, Love & Death

Outstanding writing for a drama series

  • Jesse Armstrong, Succession — Winner
  • Beau Willimon, Andor
  • Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel and Brett Baer, Bad Sisters
  • Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul
  • Peter Gould, Better Call Saul
  • Craig Mazin, The Last of Us
  • Mike White, The White Lotus

Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Lee Sung Jin, Beef — Winner
  • Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman is in Trouble
  • Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg, Prey
  • Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, Swarm
  • Al Yankovic and Eric Appel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Outstanding directing for a drama series

  • Mark Mylod, Succession — Winner
  • Benjamon Caron, Andor
  • Dearbhla Walsh, Bad Sisters
  • Peter Hoar, The Last of Us
  • Andrij Parekh, Succession
  • Lorene Scafaria, Succession
  • Mike White, The White Lotus

Outstanding variety special (live)

  • Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium — Winner
  • The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna
  • Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
  • The Oscars
  • 75th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Steven Yeun, Beef — Winner
  • Taron Egerton, Black Bird
  • Kumail Nanjiani, Welcome To Chippendales
  • Evan Peters, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
  • Michael Shannon, George & Tammy

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Ali Wong, Beef — Winner
  • Lizzie Caplan, Fleishman Is In Trouble
  • Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
  • Dominique Fishback, Swarm
  • Katherine Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things
  • Riley Keogh, Daisy Jones & the Six

Outstanding limited or anthology series

  • Beef — Winner
  • Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • Daisy Jones & the Six
  • Fleishman Is in Trouble
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

  • Kieran Culkin, Succession — Winner
  • Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
  • Brian Cox, Succession
  • Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
  • Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
  • Jeremy Strong, Succession

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

  • Sarah Snook, Succession — Winner
  • Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
  • Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
  • Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
  • Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
  • Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

  • Ayo Edibiri, The Bear — Winner
  • Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
  • Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
  • Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
  • Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

  • Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary — Winner
  • Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
  • Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
  • Jenna Ortega, Wednesday

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

  • Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus — Winner
  • Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
  • Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus
  • Sabrina Impacciatore, The White Lotus
  • Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus
  • Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
  • J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
  • Simona Tabasco, The White Lotus

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

  • Matthew MacFayden, Succession — Winner
  • F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus
  • Nicholas Braun, Succession
  • Michael Imperioli, The White Lotus
  • Theo James, The White Lotus
  • Alan Ruck, Succession
  • Will Sharpe, The White Lotus
  • Alexander Skarsgård, Succession

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear — Winner
  • Anthony Carrigan, Barry
  • Phil Dunster, Ted Lasso
  • Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
  • James Marsden, Jury Duty
  • Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
  • Henry Winkler, Barry

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

  • Jeremy Allen White, The Bear — Winner
  • Bill Hader Barry
  • Jason Segel, Shrinking
  • Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
  • Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — Winner
  • Annaleigh Ashford, Welcome To Chippendales
  • Maria Bello, Beef
  • Claire Danes, Fleishman Is In Trouble
  • Juliette Lewis, Welcome To Chippendales
  • Camila Morrone, Daisy Jones & The Six

Outstanding directing for a comedy series

  • Christopher Storer, The Bear — Winner
  • Bill Hader, Barry
  • Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show
  • Declan Lowney, Ted Lasso
  • Tim Burton, Wednesday  

Outstanding writing for a comedy series

  • Christopher Storer, The Bear — Winner
  • Bill Hader, Barry
  • Mekki Leeper, Jury Duty
  • John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese and Rob Turbovsky, Only Murders in the Building
  • Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, The Other Two
  • Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly and Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso  

Outstanding variety talk series

  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah — Winner
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • The Problem with Jon Stewart

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