Emmy nominations arrived Tuesday morning, and if you made the list, it\u2019s a \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d Full Moon Party vibe, full of celebratory cheers, toasts with your beverage of choice (it\u2019s still early, maybe some of that Thai Red Bull?) and techno music playing loud enough to have Interpol banging on your door. And if you didn\u2019t hear your name called, well, you\u2019re feeling like poor Pornchai watching Belinda sail away into the sunset. Or maybe you\u2019re like Saxon, compartmentalizing the whole thing, pretending it never happened. We feel you.<\/p>\n
With Emmy submissions down this year, there aren\u2019t as many slots available to salute all the worthy work, leading to some sad omissions \u2014 which, for the sake of alliteration and search engine optimization, we\u2019ll call \u201csnubs.\u201d There were also some surprises, some worthy, some about as welcome as one of those poison pi\u00f1a coladas Jason Isaacs blended up in the \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d finale.<\/p>\n
Yes, as you could tell from my intro, the third season of Mike White\u2019s deep dive into miserable white people and fabulous brand collaborations gave us much to discuss, even if discourse was often centered on complaining about the show\u2019s slow pace and dearth of plot. I don\u2019t begrudge some recognition for a series that dominated the pop culture landscape for its two-month run, but nominating seven of its regular cast members reveals a lack of imagination among voters. Pity the poor ensemble member not nominated. I\u2019m not even going to name them and put that FOMO out into the universe.<\/p>\n
Conversely, just one nomination for the supporting crew at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center \u2014 for Katherine LaNasa as charge nurse Dana Evans \u2014 is an act of voter negligence. I get it. There were a lot of interns and residents and nurses working that 15-hour shift. And just about every one of them was a more fully realized character than anyone on \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d Maybe voters had a hard time focusing their attention with so many choices. I\u2019ll console myself with the knowledge that it\u2019ll win the Screen Actors Guild drama ensemble award next year.<\/p>\n
Sterling K. Brown received an Emmy nomination for his role in \u201cParadise.\u201d
\n(Jason Armond\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
The dystopian drama that asked the question, \u201cWould you want to be trapped in an underground bunker with the likes of these people?\u201d I can\u2019t think of anything more frightening, and enough Emmy voters agreed to give the series a drama nod, plus accolades for actors Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson.<\/p>\n
Given the mood right now, maybe it\u2019s not a good time to be playing a vice president, even if you\u2019re an actor owning seven Emmys.<\/p>\n
Maybe the morning\u2019s biggest surprise, as it\u2019s the only nomination that the Apple TV+ series pulled in for its second season. Clearly voters weren\u2019t in the mood to catch up with the final go-round of \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d (sorry, Elisabeth Moss) and went with Horgan and her stylish story of sisterhood.<\/p>\n
You kind of hated these wealthy, entitled boneheads, and not in ways that were intended or even fun.<\/p>\n
Because even if the show is mediocre, it\u2019s impossible to ignore Domingo in any season.<\/p>\n
To quote Lyonne\u2019s human lie detector Charlie Cale, that\u2019s \u201cbulls\u2014.\u201d <\/p>\n
Uzo Aduba received an Emmy nod for her starring role in \u201cThe Residence.\u201d
\n(Bexx Francois\/For The Times)<\/p>\n
Is it a surprise for an actor to earn a nomination for a series that was canceled after one season? Kind of \u2026 but then again, Emmy voters love Aduba, having given her three trophies and six nominations over the years.<\/p>\n
Gomez earned her first Emmy acting nomination last year, but with the category trimmed to five nominees from six, something had to give. Detractors fault her flat, monotone delivery, though if you\u2019re acting opposite Martin Short and Steve Martin, you need to find your own lane. Arguably, Gomez has. Look for that debate to continue next year when the show returns for a fifth season.<\/p>\n
Not a surprise that\u2019s she\u2019s nominated \u2014 everyone watched this show in one sitting. But a surprise that this is her first nomination ever. Well earned, even if I\u2019m not convinced Adam Brody\u2019s rabbi would throw everything away for her character.<\/p>\n
The Lakers can\u2019t win anywhere, can they?<\/p>\n
Bridget Everett, star of \u201cSomebody, Somewhere,\u201d was snubbed in this year\u2019s Emmy nominations.
\n(Jason Armond\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
Somebody, somewhere voted for Everett, so tender and vulnerable and utterly charming on this now-ended HBO series, one that seems destined for a long life of cult appreciation along the lines of \u201cEnlightened,\u201d created by (yes) Mike White.<\/p>\n
How do you nominate Martin Short and not Steve Martin? Big always wins over subtle. You have to wonder if voters forgot, or didn\u2019t watch, the show\u2019s last season \u2014 it has been a while \u2014 which had Martin carrying the plot\u2019s emotional weight as his character grieved the loss of longtime stunt double and friend, Sazz (played by Jane Lynch).<\/p>\n
How could a show about airline safety produce more laugh-out-loud moments than any other comedy series this year? How could a show so funny, insightful and, yes, occasionally terrifying not be nominated for comedy series? (Also, and not completely unrelated: How could it take this long for the TSA to let us keep our shoes on?)<\/p>\n
If her star turn in Lena Dunham\u2019s \u201cToo Much\u201d had dropped during the voting window, Stalter might have secured her first Emmy nomination. Or maybe not. (Dunham is polarizing.) At any rate, Stalter might have two shots next year, provided \u201cHacks\u201d premieres its next (and last) season in time.<\/p>\n
Meryl Streep didn\u2019t receive an Emmy nomination for her role in the most recent season of \u201cOnly Murders in the Building.\u201d
\n(Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
Only a \u201csnub\u201d because it\u2019s Streep and she\u2019s nominated for everything.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s like it\u2019s 2020 again, as voters went big for the Netflix anthology series, nominating it and lead Rashida Jones, who was spectacular in the episode \u201cCommon People,\u201d a trenchant look at the corporate greed plaguing our healthcare system.<\/p>\n
As the Jon Hamm series went along, it felt more like a Patek Philippe ad than any kind of comment on the empty lives of the wealthy. (Are there not any rich people out there leading fulfilling lives?) By the end of its run, we were checking our watches, and voters didn\u2019t give it the time of day. (Sorry.)<\/p>\n
What a disappointment. Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s highly anticipated seven-chapter psychological thriller premiered at the Venice Film Festival last August, screening four episodes over two nights. It then went to Telluride, Toronto and London. It was an event … until people saw it and were left baffled. How could the filmmaker behind \u201cChildren of Men,\u201d \u201cGravity\u201d and \u201cY Tu Mam\u00e1 Tambi\u00e9n\u201d make something so dull that few people could to finish it?<\/p>\n
Few people thought voters would remember \u201cPresumed Innocent,\u201d the twisty legal thriller starring Gyllenhaal as a prosecutor accused of killing a colleague with whom he was having an affair. It\u2019s an odd choice, made presumably because people liked the various levels of anger Gyllenhaal delivered. Exclamation-point acting!<\/p>\n
When \u201cLove Island\u201d defines romantic comedy for a lot of people, she didn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Emmy nominations brought a mix of surprises and snubs, with some well-deserved recognition and some notable omissions. As the television landscape continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see how the Emmys adapt and which shows and actors will be recognized in the future.<\/p>\n
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