Extremely Early 2025 Emmy Predictions (Part 3)

I wonder if Jeff Bridges could actually take SAG… what’s holding me back is that it’s on FX and it’s underwatched because he fits the Jason Bateman void to the bone.
It’ll probably be LJJ though given how much they love Netflix, or even Sanada in a sweep.

kat_ebbs wrote:

Also would think Netflix could bump up Sewell to lead for The Diplomat.

I was not predicting him at SAG but now Severance is out he feels obviously in. He was the male lead of season 1 but given how the season ended I’m not sure how much he’s in on the next one, he will probably happen at the Globes wherever they place him though.

Also as an aside, what about The Franchise? Shouldn’t it have a date by now?

Victor wrote:

I think Britt Lower needs more publicity than she has gotten to date in order to be nominated and/or winning the lead actress category. I am assuming her and the rest of the cast aren’t allowed to say a single thing about S2, which limits potential interview topics, but its not like actors being interviewed when a show isn’t currently airing is unheard of. She is active on social media which will probably help..

Yeah, she does. I think it’s more or less her main issue (outside of the acting style on the show being slightly cold) The benefit of having six months lead time is potentially giving her team a fair bit of time to position her.

Whilst she is active on social her following is awfully low for a lead, about 70K on IG (especially one whose show has been out 2.5 years), low enough I suspect it might be blocking some of her publicity opportunities – having a gigantic following is not quite as big a deal as people think but there’s a big difference between 70K and even 300K.  She’s also going to be 40 by the next years Emmys so a bit old to be positioned like an ingenue too.

this looks OTT camp and I’m here for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/26/expats-review-nicole-kidman-is-running-on-the-fumes-of-her-talent Yup “I never thought I would live so long as to see Nicole Kidman become one of the most boring actors of her generation, but we are where we are. Her latest outing, Expats, is the latest in a long line of prestige television dramas in which she wafts about the place as an ethereal, privileged woman haunted by a secret sorrow that all the exquisite soft furnishings and beach views in the world cannot ameliorate.”

Terrible take because Expats was great! (and where were the beach views?)

Victor wrote:

The Penguin is now an HBO original, no doubt in my mind they’ll get the sunday slot https://tvline.com/news/harry-potter-tv-series-hbo-original-max-1235271073/

They still say it’s September and industry is scheduled until September 29 so maybe it’s their first Thursday show?