A Word About Awards

I don't have too much to say about the Emmys, but let's look at some of the winners.

The two biggest winners of the night were The Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies. I didn't see the former, so it's hard to say if it deserved all those wins over some stiff competition, but I did see Big Little Lies, and thought it was mostly dreary.  I'm shocked it took so many awards over superior competition such as Feud, The Night Of and Fargo.

Donald Glover won both for directing and starring in Atlanta (though not for writing).  I like Glover, but was a bit surprised to see him do so well for his first season.  I guess his show was the hot new thing (but not hot enough to win best comedy, which went to Veep).

Julie Louis-Dreyfus won yet again for best actress in Veep.  The Academy just loves her. I'd say spread the wealth around, but her competition for the most part wasn't that great.

One of the best categories was supporting actor in a drama series, won by John Lithgow for his Winston Churchill in The Crown.  I've never seen The Crown, but he must be pretty good to beat Jonathan Banks, Mandy Patinkin, David Harbour and Ron Cephas Jones.

Lots of decent competition in supporting actor and actress in a comedy, but Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton swept everything away, and I guess that makes sense. In fact, SNL won for best variety sketch series.  You may not think that's a big deal, but SNL hasn't won a variety show Emmy in decades. Thank you, Donald and Hillary.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver took some major awards. Is it becoming the new Daily Show With Jon Stewart that wins the big Emmys year after year?  Stewart's show won the variety award ten years in a row.