#2020 Emmy Predictions for Limited Series & Movies: Matt Roush’s Picks

"#2020 Emmy Predictions for Limited Series & Movies: Matt Roush's Picks" Mark Hill/HBO; Courtesy of Netflix; Sabrina Lantos/FX When the 2020 Emmy Awards air on September 20 on ABC, prepare for some big changes. But with or without a pandemic, we can always count on the increasingly competitive nature of the various races, with so many more platforms and so much talent vying for recognition. Below, critic Matt Roush analyzes the categories, suggesting which nominees are most likely to, and should, win. And after having scoured the official ballot, he also points out contenders he wishes had made the cut. Scroll down for Matt's picks in the categories of Limited Series, Television Movie, Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Lead Actress, in a Limited Series or Movie, Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, and Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Sunday, September 20, 8/7c, ABC Erin Simkin/HuluCATEGORY: Limited SeriesLittle Fires Everywhere, Hulu Mrs. America, FX on Hulu Unbelievable, Netflix Unorthodox, Netflix Watchmen, HBO Mark Hill/HBO Much of the best work seen anywhere on TV is being produced in this format, making the limited-series category among the most prestigious. Watchmen clearly has the momentum with its provocative themes of racial injustice as context to a mind-blowing superhero parable. Its greatest challenger: the dazzlingly retro history lesson of Mrs. America, with an astonishing ensemble cast of superlative actresses giving spot-on portrayals of public figures on both sides of the feminist divide. Mark Hill/HBOMost Likely to WinWatchmen Sabrina Lantos/FXShould WinMrs. America Miya Mizuno/FXWish They'd Been NominatedDevs, The Eddy, Normal People, The Plot Against America, Years and Years David Lee/NetflixCATEGORY: Television MovieAmerican Son, Netflix Bad Education, HBO Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones, Netflix El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Netflix The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend, Netflix JoJo Whilden/HBO As strong as the limited-series field is, that’s how weak this category has become. Residual affection for Breaking Bad could carry El Camino over the finish line — although that theory didn’t help Deadwood last year. HBO used to own this category, and with no Black Mirror entries in the running (after winning the last three years), the satirical and expertly acted Bad Education may go to the head of the class. Ben Rothstein / NetflixMost Likely to WinEl Camino or Bad Education (a toss-up) David Lee/Netflix; HBO; Tina Rowden/Netflix; Ben Rothstein/Netflix; Courtesy of NetflixShould WinAbstaining Jake Giles NetterWish It Had Been NominatedPatsy & Loretta Saeed Adyani/NetflixCATEGORY: Lead Actor in a Limited Series or MovieJeremy Irons, Watchmen Hugh Jackman, Bad Education Paul Mescal, Normal People Jeremy Pope, Hollywood Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True Enda Bowe/Hulu Nailing a physically and emotionally challenging dual role as tormented twin brothers in the year’s most relentlessly downbeat project, Mark Ruffalo is as close to a sure-thing winner as you’ll get this year. Unless … Hugh Jackman‘s charming con man or the acclaimed TV debut of Paul Mescal in the intimately observed Normal People produces an upset. Atsushi Nishijima/HBOMost Likely to Win, Should WinMark Ruffalo Courtesy of HBOPossible SpoilersHugh Jackman, Paul Mescal JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIMEWish They'd Been Nominated Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice (a startling snub); Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy; André Holland, The Eddy; Nick Offerman, Devs; Aaron Paul, El Camino; Morgan Spector, The Plot Against America; Russell Tovey,Years and Years Amanda Matlovich/NetflixCATEGORY: Lead Actress in a Limited Series or MovieCate Blanchett, Mrs. America Shira Haas, Unorthodox Regina King, Watchmen Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere Mark Hill/HBO Talk about your power players. Regina King will almost surely add to her bulging Emmy and Oscar trophy shelf, thrillingly breaking pop-cultural ground as a Black superhero and masked vigilante taking on white supremacists. Cate Blanchett is equally formidable as Mrs. America‘s self-assured anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, humanizing what could easily have been a caricature. The dark horse: newcomer Shira Haas as a young Jewish woman who finds her true identity upon fleeing an arranged marriage. This is a tough call. Mark Hill/HBOMost Likely to WinRegina King Sabrina Lantos/FXShould WinCate Blanchett Anika Molnar/NetflixPossible SpoilerShira Haas Beth Dubber/Netflix; NetflixWish They'd Been Nominated Kaitlyn Dever and Merritt Wever, Unbelievable; Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People; Zoe Kazan, The Plot Against America; Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller, Patsy & Loretta Courtesy of NetflixCATEGORY: Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or MovieYahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen Jovan Adepo, Watchmen Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen Dylan McDermott, Hollywood Jim Parsons, Hollywood Mark Hill/HBO If Watchmen sweeps, any of the three co-stars could take this — and it would be particularly satisfying for Louis Gossett Jr., as a bookend to his 1977 win for Roots. But Ryan Murphy’s colorful Hollywood provided plentiful opportunity for vivid scene stealing. And while Big Bang Theory veteran Jim Parsons is favored for playing a real-life predatory agent to the hilt, I was more taken by Dylan McDermott‘s charismatic spin as a gleefully mercenary sex merchant operating out of a gas station. Courtesy of NetflixMost Likely to WinJim Parsons Saeed Adyani/NetflixShould WinDylan McDermott Mark Hill/HBOPossible SpoilersAnyone from Watchmen Ed Araquel/AMCWish They'd Been NominatedGeorge Takei, The Terror: Infamy; John Turturro, The Plot Against America Saeed Adyani/NetflixCATEGORY: Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or MovieHolland Taylor, Hollywood Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America Margo Martindale, Mrs. America Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America Toni Collette, Unbelievable Jean Smart, Watchmen Sabrina Lantos/FX Couldn’t we declare a draw and let each of these fabulous talents win? Each actress in the Mrs. America triumvirate is deserving, although I have a special soft spot for Margo Martindale‘s larger-than-life Bella Abzug. Still, my vote would go to Toni Collette as the jaded detective tracking a serial rapist in the gripping Unbelievable. The Emmy, however, is probably destined for Jean Smart, bringing a witheringly acerbic edge to FBI Agent Laurie Blake. Mark Hill/HBOMost Likely to WinJean Smart Beth Dubber/NetflixShould WinToni Collette Sabrina Lantos/FXPossible SpoilersAny of the divine Mrs. America character actresses Mark Hill/HBOWish They'd Been Nominated Rose Byrne and Sarah Paulson, Mrs. America; Hong Chau, Watchmen; Allison Janney, Bad Education; Emma Thompson, Years and Years if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com for forums sites go to Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our Social Media category. Source