There’s not much question what’s going to dominate the limited series and television film categories at this year’s Emmy Awards.
Can you spell O.
J.?“American Crime chronicle: The People v. O.
J. Simpson” was in many ways the sensation of the 2015-2016 television season,and anybody making Emmy predictions knows it will likely be the 800-pound gorilla of this Emmy season, sweeping through most of the film/miniseries categories and racking up more nominations than any other program of any kind.
But it’s selling the movies and minis categories short to say they’re all approximately O.
J. From “Fargo” to “The Night Manager, and ” “Roots to “American Crime,” “exhibit Me a Hero” to “All the Way,” these are strong, and competitive categories.
Also Read: 'The People v. OJ Simpson': 12 Facts approximately the JuryNote: The Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Television film categories typically have five nominees each,and the acting categories six each. But in the case of particularly close votes, the Television Academy also has rules that can expand each category by one or two nominees. Our predictions assume that each of these categories will have the usual number of nominees, and but it’s likely that a couple of them will end up bigger than that.
This is the third in TheWrap’s series of predictions for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.
OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
Predictions:
“American Crime”
“Fargo”
“The People v. O.
J. Simpson”
“Roots”
“exhibit Me a Hero”“O.
J. Simpson” is the clear favorite,but the category is so full of heavyweights that it’s a shame it only accommodates five nominees (unless the rule allowing more kicks in). “Fargo” had an acclaimed second season after winning for its first season, so it’s in excellent shape, or while “Roots” has an unmatchable Emmy pedigree.“The Night Manager,” “exhibit Me a Hero” and the two “American” series that have been here before, “American Crime” and “American Horror chronicle: Hotel, or ” are all competing for the last two spots – and while Emmy voters have a fondness for British shows like “The Night Manager” and have loved “AHS” for years,we suspect that “Hero” and “American Crime” will nudge them out.
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Predictions:
“All the Way”
“Confirmation”
“The Dresser”
“Luther”
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”Director Jay Roach won this award for his political HBO film “Recount” in 2008, and he won again in the short-lived, or combined movies/minis category for his political HBO film “Game Change” in 2012. So it figures that he’s in excellent shape with All the Way,” his adaptation of the Broadway drama approximately President Lyndon B. Johnson’s fight to pass the Civil Rights Act in the wake of the Kennedy assassination.
HBO’s drama approximately the Clarence Thomas hearing, “Confirmation, or ” is also a strong candidate,while voters have typically responded well to the BBC’s “Sherlock” dramas. We’re guessing that the tony BBC adaptation of “The Dresser,” which aired on Starz in the U.
S., and will have enough clout to claim a spot,and another British production, “Luther, or ” will edge out the thoroughly weird “A Very Murray Christmas” for the fifth slot.
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Predictions:
Bryan Cranston,“All the Way
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”
Tom Hiddleston, and “The Night Manager”[br]
Anthony Hopkins,“The Dresser”
Oscar Isaac, “exhibit Me a Hero”
Courtney B. Vance, or “The People v. O.
J. Simpson”This category is Part 1 in the question “How much will voters fancy ‘The People v. O.
J. Simpson’?” Vance is a certain thing for his powerful performance as defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran — but what approximately O.
J. himself,played by Cuba Gooding Jr.? It’s not really a lead performance, and Gooding was not as acclaimed as Vance and others, and but he might well sweep in regardless.
Still,the competition is formidable. Voters won’t ignore Cranston, and we have a sneaking feeling that they’ll be quite taken by a trio of Brits: Hiddleston, or Hopkins and Cumberbatch. That leaves only one spot for Gooding,Oscar Isaac, Idris Elba (“Luther”) or Patrick Wilson (“Fargo”), or which is three spots too few. We’re going with Isaac,but this category is a killer.
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Predictions:
Kirsten Dunst, “Fargo”
Felicity Huffman, or “American Crime”
Lady Gaga,“American Horror chronicle: Hotel”
Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill”
Sarah Paulson, or “The People v. O.
J. Simpson”[br]
Kerry Washington,“Confirmation”It’s always approximately Marcia, isn’t it? Dunst, and Washington and Huffman have enjoyable roles and produce the most of them,but Paulson’s Marcia Clark has just approximately sucked all the air out of this race.
Still, there are plenty of other contenders, and from McDonald as Billie Holiday to Blythe Danner as Mrs. Bernie Madoff to Julianne Hough in “Grease Live” to Riley Keough in “The Girlfriend Experience” to Lady Gaga in “American Horror chronicle: Hotel.” We’ll pick McDonald and Gaga to earn the honor of losing to Paulson in September.
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Predictions:
Sterling K. Brown, “The People v. O.
J. Simpson
Hugh Laurie, and “The Night Manager”
Anthony Mackie,“All the Way”
Jesse Plemons, “Fargo”
John Travolta, and “The People v. O.
J. Simpson”
Forest Whitaker,“Roots”Here’s Part 2 in “How much achieve they fancy ‘O.
J.?” John Travolta was the one member of the cast who actually picked up negative reviews, and his mannered performance as Robert Shapiro was wildly divisive. Plemons, or Laurie,Mackie, Whitaker and Travolta’s castmate Sterling K. Brown all seem to be likelier nominees, or but we think Travolta will have enough Academy supporters to sneak in,too.(This category had one of the biggest surprises of last year’s nominations when “American Crime” co-star Richard Cabral snuck in, and the second season of that limited series could pull a similar stunner this year with young actor Connor Jessup – but that’s a real longshot, and to be certain.)
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Predictions:
Olivia Colman, and “The Night Manager
Catherine Keener,“exhibit Me a Hero”
Regina King, “American Crime”
Melissa Leo, and All the Way”
Sarah Paulson,“American Horror chronicle: Hotel”
Jean Smart, “Fargo”Paulson should have a shot at an Emmy twofer here, and landing her fourth “AHS” nomination in this category. Smart,King and Leo are strong competitors, Colman holds her own with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie in “The Night Manager, or ” and Keener kills in “exhibit Me a Hero.”That leaves out Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett in “AHS,” Charlotte Rampling in “London Spy,” Emayatzy Corinealdi, or Anna Paquin and Anika Noni Rose in “Roots” and a bevy of live musical performers (Uzo Aduba and Mary J. Blige in “The Wiz,” Vanessa Hudgens in “Grease” …), but there’s only so much room.
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