Rhea Seehorn deserved an Emmy nomination, damnit!
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Sometimes great parts don’t add up to a great whole. It could be argued that was the case for The Morning Show, which currently enjoys five Emmy nominations for acting but was left out of the Outstanding Drama Series category. But what about the inverse? What does it mean when a series is up for the big prize but practically shut out of the acting categories? That was the case for Stranger Things and The Mandalorian, which one could argue is the Academy’s bias against genre content showing again. However, that can’t be the excuse for Better Call Saul, which is also nominated for Outstanding Drama but only received an acting nomination for supporting actor Giancarlo Esposito (who happens to also be Mandalorian’s only acting nom). Missing are Saul’s leads, Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn.
These omissions are just a bit of what The A.V. Club’s editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez, managing editor Erik Adams, and TV editor Danette Chavez discuss while debating the drama category nominations on this week’s episode of Push The Envelope. Prior to the podcast taping, Chavez had noted Seehorn as a particularly egregious snub. But while recording the episode—which also features interviews with Succession’s Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) and Saul co-creator Peter Gould—it was Adams who vocalized his frustration with the lack of recognition for the actress’ performance.