Thursday, August 7, 2025

'Shark Tank' vs. 'Queer Eye' for Outstanding Structured Reality Program at the Emmy Awards


As I promised twice, I'm continuing my Emmy Awards coverage with the nominees for Outstanding Structured Reality Program. Queer Eye vs. Shark Tank! Here are the nominees at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
  • Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
  • Love Is Blind (Netflix)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • Shark Tank (ABC)
The nominees are the same as last year and the year before, although the number of nominations per show differs. Queer Eye leads with three nominations, Shark Tank has two, and the rest have only this one. Despite not having the lead in nominations, Gold Derby is picking Shark Tank to win, as all the editors, 75% of the experts, and 80.7% of the users have chosen it to repeat last year's surprise win. One-quarter of the experts and 11.4% of users think Queer Eye will return to the podium. Love Is Blind is the choice of 3.5% of users, followed by Antiques Roadshow with the support of 2.7% of users and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives backed by 1.7%. I'm with the sharks. Speaking of whom...
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
  • RuPaul Charles – RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV)
  • Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Daniel Lubetzky – Shark Tank (ABC)
  • Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock)
  • Kristen Kish – Top Chef (Bravo)
  • Jeff Probst – Survivor (CBS)
The only award the sharks are likely to win is a game of "one of these things is not like the others," as they are the only hosts of a structured reality program nominated; all the rest are hosts of competition shows. Gold Derby has them in last place with only 0.2% of users placing long-shot bets on them. Alan Cumming of The Traitors is the choice of every editor and expert along with 87.2% of users. RuPaul Charles of RuPaul's Drag Race has the support of 8.2% of users, followed by Jeff Probst of Survivor with 2.3%, Kristen Kish of Top Chef with 2.1%, and the poor sharks in last.

Follow over the jump for the categories behind the camera, where Queer Eye has its other nominations.

The next category represents post-production.
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program
  • The Amazing Race – Kellen Cruden, Eric Beetner, Kevin Blum, Christina Fontana, Jay Gammill, Eric Goldfarb, Katherine Griffin, Jason Groothuis, Darrick Lazo, Ryan Leamy, Josh Lowry, Steve Mellon, Michelle Ivan Messina, Paul Nielsen, and Steven Urrutia (CBS)
  • Queer Eye: "She Was a Showgirl" – Jennifer Roth, Mickala Andres, and Carlos J. Gamarra (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race: "Squirrel Games" – Jamie Martin, Paul Cross, Ryan Mallick, and Michael Roha (MTV)
  • The Traitors: "Let Battle Commence" – Patrick Owen and James Seddon-Brown (Peacock)
  • The Voice – Sean Basaman, John M. Larson, Robert M. Malachowski JR., Matt Antell, John Baldino, Matthew Blair, Melissa Silva Borden, William Fabian Castro, Norwood Cheek, Andrew Ciancia, Nicholas Don Vito, Glen Ebesu, Rick Enrique, Greg Fitzsimmons, Brian Freundlich, Noel A. Guerra, John Homesley, Omega Hsu, Niki Hunter, Ryan P. James, Lise Kearney, Alyssa Dressman Lehner, Terri Maloney, James J. Munoz, Jonathan Provost, Rich Remis, Robby Thompson, Matt Wafaie, and Eric Wise (NBC)
The Voice is the returning winner, RuPaul's Drag Race won three of the four years between 2020 and 2023 plus 2017, and Queer Eye won in 2018 and 2019. I think it's among those three in that order unless The Traitors pulls a major upset.

I return to 'Welcome to Wrexham' vs. 'Love on the Spectrum' for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program at the Emmy Awards for a pre-production category.
Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program
  • The Amazing Race – Jesse Tannenbaum, Alex Stiner, Kayla Kellerbauer, and Pollyanna Jacobs (CBS)
  • Love on the Spectrum – Cian O'Clery, Sean Bowman, and Emma Choate (Netflix)
  • Queer Eye – Danielle Gervais, Jessica Jorgenson, Natalie Pino, and Brian Puentes (Netflix)
  • RuPaul's Drag Race – Goloka Bolte, Adam Cook, and Michelle Redwine (MTV)
  • Survivor – Jesse Tannenbaum, Caitlin Moore, Penni Lane Clifton, and Daniel Gradias (CBS)
Love on the Spectrum is the defending winner, so it's my pick to repeat.
Queer Eye won this award twice in 2018 and 2019 and RuPaul's Drag Race won it in 2020 and 2021, so neither are out of the running.

That's a wrap for this episode. Stay tuned as I take one more bite at the reality TV apple when I examine the competition shows.

Previous posts about the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards

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