The 6 Worst Snubs in Emmys History: Best Actress in a Drama Series Edition
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Some of the greatest television performances of all time never won an Emmy! That’s why we have Louis Virtel and Ira Madison III: TV writers who in this episode break down their six favorite lead actress in a drama series roles and explain why they should’ve won Emmys.
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Sarah Michelle not getting even a nomination for the Body is criminal, but Sandra Oh never won anything for Grey’s?!?! That just blatant disrespect.
Thank you for recognizing January Jones and her portrayal of Betty Draper. When the show first aired, I couldn’t believe how often people panned her acting chops on the show. Her arc was very much intended to show the struggle of the perfect housewife who was raised in an exacting societal mould, and the expectation was to merely be the subservient extension of her husband in the pursuit of his success. When she really starts to try and reclaim more of herself later in the show, it’s too late because of her cancer diagnosis. Her storyline was such a quiet tragedy that unfolded over the seasons and I think January Jones did an incredible job of telling that story. She represents a segment of women who were sandwiched in between pre-war roles and the rise of the counterculture in the 60s.
Season 2 is probably her best season. If she was gonna win for any year it would have been that one.
How serious Ira is when he says "Euphoria? Let's be serious." is cracking me up!
Keri Russell never getting an Emmy for The Americans is my Roman Empire
The fact that the only major award she’s won is the Golden Globe for Felicity season 1 is crazy - she should have multiple Emmys
Im of course missing the epsiode this week but thank you for discussing January Jones playing Betty Draper. My grandma is from that time and though i love her she acts so much like Betty Draper whom she shares the same first name. Mad Men helped me understand her a bit more. Its not easy fitting yourself to the standard just to have the world move on. Definitely stunts you emotionally. Thats a character close to me because i feel i can relate so much.
Totally agree about Jones. I was a huge "Mad Men" fan and was always team Betty/January Jones. Betty is not a likeable character, but I never thought Jones got the credit she deserved for so perfectly portraying the unliberated woman of the time, utterly disappointed and bored with the role society told her to fill, but also utterly unable to express what was wrong.
So, to be fair, Sarah Michelle Gellar did receive a (Daytime) Emmy for All My Children. That said, Buffy and her performance also deserved more love. Not only was it disregarded because it was on the WB, but because it was also horror (notoriously underrecognized across all awards shows).
If Buffy had come out today I think she would’ve gotten a well deserved nomination. After all, Tatiana Maslany WON the Emmy for Best Actress for a low budget cable sci fi show
Sandra Oh just won yesterday as a producer for Quiz Lady!!!!!! 🎉
The way I just learned last week that Sandra Oh never won an Emmy...I was shocked. Cristina Yang raised me from middle school to college, like Sandra is a Mother in many ways 😭
I love these episodes! Thank you! As usual, I’ve added a couple movies and several series to my WATCH list.
Ira is so right about SMG and Buffy. Landmark. Classic.
This is a fantastic episode. Everything is described captivating meeee 🎉. Thank you for this breakdown, I hope ya’ll get these actresses on Keep It sometime.
I didn't go to parties in high school, so I'm the guy emailing a writer he forgot Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1931's "The Guardsman" in his list of married couples nominated for the Oscar.
Peggy Olsen didn't have an abortion. She carried the baby she had with Pete to term and gave their son up for adoption. Remember, it was a whole thing where she gained weight, was hospitalised, etc.
^yes! Louis actually corrected himself a few seconds after saying that but the video editor didn't catch it. Video is updating rn!
Love this!
Buffy The Vampire Slayer was snubbed big time while it was an iconic TV show that should have won several Emmys for its actors :
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (David Boreanaz, James Marsden)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Eliza Dushku, Juliet Landau, Robia LaMorte)
OMG! U had me screaming when u said that ur favorite performance is Glenn Close’s Damages…and I agree 1000%
Hope Lange won two consecutive emmy awards for best lead actress in a comedy series, for playing Mrs Muir on The Ghost & Mrs Muir. A series that ran for 50 episodes - two seasons - and was cancelled twice: After its first season on NBC, and again after its second season on ABC. (1968-1970)
Outrageous that she beat Elizabeth Montgomery who was a far better actress.
@@georgegallucci9958 I respectfully disagree. Though I would have voted for Montgomery for the second emmy, Lange deserved her first emmy for the first season of G&MM on NBC in my opinion .Excellent writing and acting. Unfortunately ABC ruined the second season, with poor, juvenile writing.
@@MMT58 Agree to disagree. Part of the problem too was putting Agnes Moorehead in the lead category instead of supporting. Actors pitted against each other from the same show or movie oftentimes don't win.
Lena heady (game of thrones) and Eva green (penny dreadful) criminal!!!!!
Sandra oh really is the biggest snub on this list tbh
Louis! Your hair is looking incredible. Keep that stylist!
Funny to hear Ira cal out Julianna Margulies, because it was actually when I heard her interviewed on Keep It years ago that I decided I did not like her at all. She had the energy of your friend's mom in high school who was always friendly and polite to you, but you could still just tell she didn't like you.
how about Frances Conroy in 6 FEET UNDER? now THERE's a snub!
This is why I'm here
it's always interesting to see nominations for actresses from genre shows or popular shows. Ira definitely hit the nail on the head that the Academy themselves don't take those roles seriously, which is a shame because the leads are putting in the work.
Buffy really was the best tv show EVER. ❤
It’s still the best overall TV show of all time IMO. What a masterpiece
Peggy didn't abort Pete's Baby, Louis. She had it and chose not to raise it but (I'm assuming) have it adopted
Yes she gives it up for adoption and her family guilts her about it
Jessica Lange, Feud
Trophy strife must continue, and we need more Mad Men propaganda
I was thinking Stefanie Powers
What y’all are not bringing up is that once you’re nominated you have to submit an episode for consideration. Episode submissions were even more important in the early 2010s and before. The way they vote now has kinda made episode submissions almost obsolete. But they were really important back in the day. That’s why I can’t be mad about someone like Connie Britton not winning for Friday Night Lights. Neither year did she have the best episode submitted. What’s really irritating is that it took until the fourth season for voters to embrace FNL. Had they been nominating Britton from season 1 on there’s a good chance she would have won one of those years. I could see her getting a win in the future though.
Okay, let's pretend for a moment that this video actually IS talking about the entire history of the Emmys and not just the past three decades, which it appears to be. The fact that Jane Wyman didn't even get a nomination--let alone an Emmy--for her role as Angela Channing on Falcon Crest is nothing short of a blatant travesty!!! At least she was awarded a Golden Globe for the role in 1984.
Even though Shameless was mostly very messy... I thought Emmy Rossum had some amazing seasons. But those were the Clairs Dames/Julianna Marguilies years. So she never stood a chance anyhow, lol.
We needed to speak about Jane Krakowski on this list, maybe do another episode with comedy emmys
stay tuned this weekend 👀
I'd love to see you two dish on writing for TV, but maybe you can't because of your work?
It would be fun to know the best/worst writers' rooms, the most fun, the most tragic, etc.
Cybill Shepard, Moonlighting
My pitch, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr in a reboot of Hart 2 Hart.
as a non usamerican who watched a lot of these shows i am gagged to hear that these actresses never won when they are the point of identification for these shows to me
Lauren Graham and Kelly Bishop never getting nominated for Gilmore girls is a standout. The show was perfect for what Emmy voters’ taste were at the time. It had acclaim and the media kept hyping them up for nods. Hell, the academy changed the way voting went just to try to get Lauren in there. It still didn’t work. It became apparent then just how much bias voters had against the WB/UPN/CW. That would also hurt shows like ‘Buffy’, Everybody Hates Chris and Veronica Mars.
18:23 I stopped watching after she left. What was the point?
And I watched Killing Eve because she was in it (my favorite character was Carolyn though). Plus, she mentioned Schitt’s Creek and I started watching that. 😅
I just rewatched the episodes after the plane crash. She’s so iconic.
Aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar's iconic turn on Buffy, all these under awarded performances are from the 2010's. Is this just due to recency bias, or is that era of TV a particularly great time for women's roles? Or could it be due to TV dramas not having the same staying power in the zeitgeist, since most people are familiar with sitcoms like I Love Lucy in a way they aren't with dramas like Playhouse 90? What memorable women of other eras of TV deserve accolades?
[G]illian Anderson as in Gilligan and not Jillian?
Louis’ take on the Oscars is superb - the details in his criticism feels like a college course. This just feels like opinions - which is fine but meh.
Why would you do two mad men
Also the leftovers deserved a mention
Louis! Are you okay? January Jones? She was the weakest actor on the show (not including Matthew Weiner’s kid). Also, Betty didn’t die. She was dying, but she was still alive at the end of the series. And Peggy didn’t have an abortion. She was in denial about her pregnancy until she was in labor. Mad Men has you in a kerfuffle.
Buffy for an Emmy? No, come one guys! Now you are just being ridiculous. Sarah Michelle Geller's acting on Buffy was never Emmy worthy. And I love the show, but no!