The Cooler Gang returns to the 2018 Emmy race with a look at the series in contention for the Comedy Emmy categories. Plus, all hail Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
We’re continuing our preview of the 2018 Emmy season at the Water Cooler this week. Next up are the Comedy Emmy races which are heating up thanks to the absence of HBO’s dominating force Veep. FX’s acclaimed Atlanta emerged with a second season that is even more brilliant than its first. But it faces tough competition from some new comic faces including Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Showtime’s SMILF. Then, the networks are making a run with some high profile and critically acclaimed reboots in NBC’s Will & Grace and ABC’s Roseanne in addition to HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. We discuss who sits in the pole position now and who is most likely to lead the nominations in July.
In this week’s TV tidbits, we’re reviewing NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert and discussing its Emmy chances. And speaking of Roseanne, how will its close association to Donald Trump impact its future? And just how good is the reboot really?
We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the television we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.
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9:22 – TV Tidbits
46:45 – 2018 Comedy Emmy Races
1:30:59 – Flash Forward
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Peabody Award shortlist revealed today. Winners announced 5/19 🙂
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/peabody-awards-one-day-at-a-time-marvelous-mrs-maisel-star-trek-discovery-1202749009/
Entertainment nominees:
Alias Grace
American Vandal
Bala Loca (Chilevision-Turner/Netflix)
Better Call Saul
Halt and Catch Fire
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (Netflix)
Insecure
Jazz Night in America (NPR)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Legion (wow….Legion????)
One Day at a Time
SNL: Political Satire 2017
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
The Good Place
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Nice to see The Good Place get recognized north of the 49th parallel where it’s seen on Global TV. The website CanadaGraphs, which has held its best of TV awards for the past 8 years, named K-Bell as their Best Comedy Series Actress for 2017.
https://canadagraphs.weebly.com/polls-and-awards-blog/best-of-tv-awards-2017-best-comedy-actress-winner-kristen-bell-the-good-place
1. Kristen Bell, The Good Place
2. Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory
3. Kat Dennings, 2 Broke Girls
4. Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
5. Debra Messing, Will And Grace
6. Stephanie Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine Nine
7. Allison Janney, Mom
tie Drew Barrymore, Santa Clarita Diet
9. Melissa Rauch, The Big Bang Theory
10. Megan Mullally, Will And Grace
The show itself finished in the top 5 of Comedy Series as well: https://canadagraphs.weebly.com/polls-and-awards-blog/best-of-tv-awards-2017-best-comedy-program-winner-the-big-bang-theory-cbs
1. The Big Bang Theory
2. Brooklyn Nine Nine
3. Will and Grace
4. The Good Place
5. Superstore
No Maisel, Glow to muck things up.
A reminder from Metacritic just who critics believe the best comedy; nay, one of the 5 best series on all of TV: (Metacritic rating on the left, 1st, 2nd, other votes and total points, respectively, on the right:
5. 87 The Good Place 4 8 56 84
22. 80 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 0 4 14 22