Source: https://www.vogue.com/article/emmy-predictions-2016-shows-actors
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 05:12:21+00:00

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On Sunday night, Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 2016 Emmy Awards, which honor the year’s best performances and most prestigious series on television. The 2016 batch of nominees features an interesting mix of tried-and-true awards season favorites (Game of Thrones, Veep), underground cult hits (The Americans, Mr. Robot), and pop culture sensations (The People v. O.J. Simpson). In anticipation of Sunday’s awards ceremony, Vogue.com’s culture editors and writers gathered around and weighed in on which shows and actors they think deserve an Emmy statue this year. Spoiler alert: Some of our selections were based on talent, others on more superficial matters. Below, a condensed conversation of our predictions.
Jessie Heyman, Vogue.com Culture Editor: How is Modern Family still a thing?
Michelle Ruiz, Vogue.com Contributing Editor: And it wins every year.
J.H.: I’m voting for Master of None! Let’s get some fresh blood in there.
Julia Felsenthal, Vogue.com Senior Culture Writer: I really don’t watch enough of these to make an informed contribution, but I will say that I think Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt did a great job rebounding from some very bad press. It managed to stay both edgy and hilarious when it might have lost its spark after the tragedy of the Frederic Brandt suicide scandal. [The Miami dermatologist killed himself after the Martin Short impersonation on the show.] But this is all very dark . . .
Patricia Garcia, Vogue.com Culture Writer: Master of None is great, but it’s not laugh-out-loud funny. Same with Transparent, which should really be in the drama category. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is hilarious, but nothing gets me like Veep, which manages to make me cackle multiple times in one sitting. It really has the best comedic cast on TV right now.
M.R.: It’s such a bore when the same shows win the same Emmys year in and year out—in that way, there’s an argument for the Tonys tactic of only letting new shows be nominated, except that so many new shows don’t survive. But Veep is sheer genius and what year could be more appropriate for a political satire to win?
J.H.: Fine, fine, Veep it is.
P.G.: I hardly watch any of these shows. And I watch a lot of TV, for a living. But if I had to pick, I’d go with The Americans, since I love Keri Russell and it’s been snubbed many, many years in a row.
J.F.: I might have agreed, until I watched The Wine Show and now I can’t see Matthew Rhys in any serious light.
J.H.: I’m going for The Americans for the snub factor—and Keri Russell’s hair. But I can see this one being a kind of wild card. I wouldn’t be surprised if it went to Better Call Saul or Mr. Robot—because, you know, why not?
M.R.: I am Team Mr. Robot—it’s the young fresh blood in the category, and it’s just a completely addictive, crazy-suspenseful, terrifying, creepy show that transports you to another sick, sad world! It also makes you want to change every single one of your passwords immediately. But I suspect the boring thing will happen and Game of Thrones will win like it has in years past.
P.G.: Let’s give it to Mr. Robot then?
P.G.: We all know People v. O.J. is going to win everything on Sunday, right?
J.H.: People v. O.J. until the end of time.
M.R.: Does this mean Tom Hiddleston is going to come to the Emmys for The Night Manager, though? Now things are getting interesting!
J.F.: I think we should acknowledge that this category is very confusing with American Crime and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. I think people may vote wrong by accident.
P.G.: That would be hilarious. We could have a Marisa Tomei at the Oscars situation all over again.
M.R.: If a voter is drunk, that could be a problem, for sure!
M.R.: But yes, O.J. deserves everything. Sarah Paulson for president.
P.G.: Sarah Paulson for president, Julia Louis-Dreyfus for VP.
P.G.: Michelle, both Julia and Jessie are very into Liev Schreiber, I learned yesterday. Are you? Is this a thing?
J.F.: I’m useless in this category. Season two of Bloodline was horrible, The Wine Show has ruined Matthew Rhys, and my Liev Schreiber crush is based on historic Liev.
J.H.: My mother is into Liev.
J.F.: I am Jessie’s mother.
J.H.: I just recognize that he’s good looking.
M.R.: I was very attracted to Liev Schreiber in Spotlight, as the tough-as-nails Boston Globe editor! Like, please edit me!
P.G.: But are you attracted to him as Ray Donovan? What is that show even about?
J.F.: Never watched it. I think it’s for dudes.
J.H.: My mother loves Ray Donovan.
P.G.: Okay, but my vote is for Rami Malek, because he seems like he would give an interesting acceptance speech.
M.R.: In this case, I’m back on the _Mr. Robot t_rain and Rami Malek is going to take this one. He kills this role to the point where you are concerned for his physical and mental well-being, and since the Emmys probably will not give best drama to Mr. Robot, I think they will recognize it by hooking up Rami Malek, former Twilight vampire, with an Emmy.
J.F.: Rami Malek kills his role, the way Michelle is killing it at talking about shows I haven’t watched.
J.H.: Keri Russell! Again, mostly for her hair.
M.R.: This is sort of why the Emmys are boring to viewers; there isn’t really anything exciting about this race. Really all of these women are boss, but they’ve mostly all been nominated before. Last year, Viola Davis gave her incredible speech and I hope she wins again so she can give another incredible speech that will jazz up the ceremony.
P.G.: Yeah, I love Keri, but you know that acceptance speech is going to be boring.
J.H.: That’s so true, but it’s her first Emmy nom ever!
P.G.: Maybe Robin Wright could win and give an awesome speech about how she managed to get paid the same as Kevin Spacey. Now I would watch that!
M.R.: Wait, Keri Russell didn’t win an Emmy for Felicity? That’s a sin. The Emmys are dead to me.
P.G.: Okay, Keri gets it because she deserves it for her work in Felicity. The same way Leo deserved an Oscar for everything except The Revenant.
J.H.: It’s insane that Cuba is nominated. Like, how? Out of all the stunning performances in The People v. O.J.—Cuba? Courtney B. Vance all the way.
M.R.: It’s astounding. Cuba deserved a television equivalent of a Razzie.
P.G.: Someone said he was good at just playing a blank slate of a person, but after you watch the O.J. documentary, you realize O.J. had such charisma! You can’t have Cuba play O.J. The casting on that show was impeccable, except for Cuba.
M.R.: He was Rod Tidwell from Jerry Maguire in a white bronco.
J.H.: I wish he were Rod Tidwell.
J.F.: He was too small, tiny, pint-size. O.J. was huge. I think the Cuba casting was nostalgic. Jerry Maguire was around the same time as O.J. We feel nostalgia for Cuba, the way people once felt O.J. nostalgia. It was like the same idea as the David Schwimmer casting, gone wrong.
P.G.: Jessie loved David Schwimmer in The People v. O.J.
J.H.: He was the unsung hero of The People v. O.J.
M.R.: Okay, so, go home, Cuba, it’s not happening. Courtney B. Vance really deserves it for his performance, but for the gossip headlines, Tom Hiddleston would be preferable. Will he bring his mom as his date? What will he wear? How does he look? Et cetera, et cetera.
M.R.: I’m not even seeing the other nominees.
P.G.: Sarah Paulson should take Marcia Clark as her date, and onstage for her speech!
M.R.: OMG, yes! Sarah can thank Marcia for the divine inspiration; Marcia can thank Sarah for single-handedly redeeming her as a feminist hero. Twitter would die. This could happen, and I really hope it does.
J.H.: Remember when Aziz held up that fake book titled “Losing to Jeffrey Tambor with Dignity”? Was that at the Emmys or the Globes?
P.G.: And then Tambor lost! That was at the Globes.
J.H.: Ugh, why does everything happen at the Globes? Oh, I know why, there’s booze there. And Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
M.R.: I wish Aziz would win, because it would be hilarious, and maybe more people would know about Master of None, which is a hilarious little show.
P.G.: Agreed, give it to Aziz, who wrote and stars in the show and directed two episodes, and who excelled at all of those things. Aziz would probably say something about Trump in his speech too; I have a feeling.
J.H.: Yeah, Aziz. Amazing speech, amazing series.
M.R.: It’s going to be Julia, again.
P.G.: I know it gets boring to see JLD up there again, but let’s face it, she’s hilarious. And she always does something funny onstage, too. She mixes it up!
M.R.: In this case, I don’t mind the repetition as much—she’s one of the greatest of all time. And like, what’s up, Seinfeld cast? She’s still going! She’s still bringing it! Nor has she aged. Is she a robot?
P.G.: JLD and J.Lo, I need to know their secrets. I’ve also heard good things about Tracee Ellis Ross on Black-ish, so she might take it, just to mix it up a bit, too.
J.H.: I know JLD is going to deliver a hilarious, on-point speech about the election because it’s oh-so apt. But if there were going to be a surprise, I’m betting on Lily Tomlin, because she’s also kind of badass.

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