Wednesday, September 17, 2025

'The Studio' wins four more Emmy Awards for a total of thirteen


I closed 'Adolescence' sweeps its categories at the Emmy Awards with one win for 'The Penguin' with a program note.
The Penguin had such a headstart on awards that it ended up with nine, one more than Adolescence. Congratulations! Only The Studio beat it with a total of 13, including four major awards, the second most last night. I plan on examining The Studio, Hacks, and Somebody Somewhere on Wednesday. Stay tuned.
Here is a comparison between the Gold Derby odds I included in 'The Studio' wins 9 Emmy Awards and could win up to 6 more and the actual winners beginning with Outstanding Comedy Series.
The Gold Derby odds roughly follow this order, as The Studio leads with every expert, 80.0% of editors, and 89.1% of users picking it to win, while Hacks has the votes of the remaining 20.0% of editors and 7.8% of users. The rest of the field has 1.0% or less with no users supporting Nobody Wants This. I guess nobody does. On the other hand, it looks like Gold Derby expects the Emmy electorate to vote for one of the two nominees about the entertainment business. I agree. Electorates matter.
The prediction came true. Watch as The Studio accepts the Emmy for Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

The Studio accepts the Emmy for Comedy Series at the 77th Emmy Awards.
I've never mentioned Brad Garrett, one of the presenters, on this blog before. He was one year behind me in middle school and high school and I can attest that he was just as funny then. He even attended UCLA, my undergraduate alma mater, before dropping out to pursue his comedy career, so he and I were students there, too. That connection means I'm always glad to see him on TV.

Enough about the presenters. I haven't watched the show yet, but I'm genuinely happy for Seth Rogan and all the rest of the cast and crew of The Studio. As for the donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs, maybe the Television Academy should institute a swear jar next year.

Now for a category The Studio wasn't going to win.
Every editor, 92.3% of experts, and 95.1% of users at Gold Derby expect Jean Smart to repeat. One expert (7.7%) and 1.8% of users think Kristen Bell will upset Smart. Only 1.7% anticipate Ayo Edebiri winning, followed by 1.1% behind Quinta Brunson and 0.3% under Uzo Aduba. I became a fan of Bell's when she starred in The Good Place, but I think this is Smart's to lose.
And it was. Watch Smart win Lead Actress In A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Jean Smart accepts the Emmy for Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for Hacks at the 77th Emmy Awards.
Jean Smart either had a good idea she was going to win or was fortuitously behind the scenes for another reason; she wasn't one of the presenters. Just the same, congratulations on her fourth win on four nominations for this role.

Now for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Every editor and expert plus 88.6% of users expect Seth Rogen to snag his first Emmy. Martin Short has the support of 7.3% of users, followed by two-time returning winner Jeremy Allen White with 3.7%, Adam Brody with 0.3%, and Jason Segal with 0.2%.
This also went as predicted, with Rogan winning Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Seth Rogen accepts the Emmy for Lead Actor In A Comedy Series for The Studio at the 77th Emmy Awards.
What a standing ovation for Stephen Colbert! CBS canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert may have been enough to drive me to drink, but it elicited an outpouring of support from Hollywood. Stephen deserved it.

I'll get to Stephen's awards later this month. Now for Seth Rogen, who obviously didn't read Gold Derby, or else he would have been prepared. He started off the evening with no Emmys and ended it with four, acting, directing, producing, and writing, all of The Studio's wins on Sunday. Congratulations!

Now for an award that Gold Derby called, barely, but which probably got away from The Studio because of vote splitting.
The prognosticators at Gold Derby think there is a three-way race for this contest. Since the users primarily set the odds, Hannah Einbinder leads with 58.3% of experts, 33.3% of editors, and 68.9% of users. I'm not convinced. Catherine O'Hara sits in second with 33.3% of experts, 60.0% of editors, and 20.5% of users. In cases like this, I tend to go with the editors. Returning winner Liza Colon-Zayas has an expert (8.3%) and 3.4% of users expecting her to return to the podium. Janelle James is close behind with 3.3% of users, followed by Kathryn Hahn at 2.8%, Jessica Williams at 0.7%, and Sheryl Lee Ralph at 0.3%.
The experts and users called it, as Hannah Einbinder won Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Hannah Einbinder accepts the Emmy for Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series for Hacks at the 77th Emmy Awards.
That was a fun bit of nostalgia hearing Reba McEntire, Karen Fairchild, and Kimberly Schlapman sing the theme to The Golden Girls. The audience enjoyed it, too. Also, congratulations to Einbinder on finally winning an Emmy for this particular role, although her penultimate statement serves as another example that the Emmys need a swear jar.

After four successful calls, Gold Derby almost completely blew the next category.
Now to re-examine a category I covered in last month's 'Saturday Night Live' earned seven Emmy nominations for its 50th season.
Bowen Yang is the only acting nominee from SNL, but he's merely in the middle of the pack according to the odds-makers at Gold Derby. Ike Barinholtz from The Studio leads with 38.5% of the experts and 57.6% of the users, but no editors. I'm not convinced. I'm more confident in the second place nominee, Harrison Ford from Shrinking, who is the choice of 53.8% of experts, all editors, and 32.9% of users. The rest of the experts, 7.7%, and 3.1% of users think defending winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach from The Bear will repeat, which would be my default position in the absence of the odds. Yang is in fourth with 2.7% of users, followed by Colman Domingo from The Four Seasons at 1.7%, Jeff Hiller from Somebody Somewhere at 1.4%, and Michael Urie, the other nominee from Shrinking, in last at 0.6%. I will re-examine these odds when I look at the comedy series nominees next month. I expect the order of the top three to change by then.
I was wrong; the top three have remained the same as Ike Barinholtz still leads with 41.7% of the experts and 57.8% of the users, but no editors. Harrison Ford is the choice of 58.3% of experts, all editors, and 37.2% of users. The experts have abandoned defending winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach, although 2.1% of users still support him. The rest of the rankings haven't changed, either. I think the users are wrong in expecting what passes for a sweep by The Studio and Ford will give Shrinking its only Emmy.
Surprise, none of the top four choices won. Instead, the voters pulled the final fifth choice, Jeff Hiller from Somebody Somewhere, out of a hat like a magician's rabbit. Watch Hiller win Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Jeff Hiller accepts the Emmy for Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series for Somebody Somewhere at the 77th Emmy Awards.
If it makes James Marsden, Sterling K. Brown, and Julianne Nicholson feel better, I'll suggest Paradise to the Television Committee at the Saturn Awards as an action/thriller series. Who knows, the acting committee might even nominate one of them, most likely Marsden, for an acting award. As for Hiller, great speech and congratulations!

Now for the first of two awards Rogen won behind the camera.
On the other hand, a near-sweep for The Studio should catch this award in its broom, as every editor and expert plus 95.8% of users have selected The Studio to win Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. The rest of the nominees are not even close with The Bear a distant second at 2.4% of users, Hacks at 1.3%, The Rehearsal at 0.6%, and Mid-Century Modern with none.
Gold Derby returned to form, as Rogen won Directing For A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg accept the Emmy for Directing For A Comedy Series for The Studio at the 77th Emmy Awards.
I'm glad someone from The White Lotus got on stage; the show was shut out at Sunday's ceremony and only won one Creative Arts Emmy Award. As for Rogen and Goldberg, congratulations!

I close with Rogen's fourth award, which Gold Derby nearly called.
On the other hand, Hacks is about comedy writing as much as performance, so it should be no surprise that most prognosticators at Gold Derby think it will successfully defend Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, as 66.7% of experts, 60.0% of editors, and 75.4% of users predict it will repeat. The Studio is close behind with 40.0% of editors, 25.0% of experts, and 19.5% of users thinking it will contribute to a near-sweep. One of the experts (8.3%) and 2.6% of users are picking The Rehearsal to upset. The rest of the field consists of Abbott Elementary, What We Do in the Shadows, and Somebody Somewhere with 1.2%, 0.8%, and 0.5% user support.
Writing For A Comedy Series: 77th Emmy Awards.

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez accept the Emmy for Writing For A Comedy Series for The Studio at the 77th Emmy Awards.
My wife and I are finishing up our series binge of E.R., and I can believe that it would mess up The Gilmore Girls's snow episode, even if it's just a joke. I also think this bit was better at showing the importance of writers than the goofy one for limited series. As for Rogen and the rest of the writers, they understood the assignment and kept their speeches short. Congratulations!

That's a wrap for today's installment. Stay tuned for the next episode on Friday, which will be on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's Emmy Awards, followed by the drama series winners on Saturday. In the meantime, I'm planning on celebrating Constitution Day a day late tomorrow with a sequel to PBS's 'Civics Made Easy' on political parties, Electoral College, and fundraising.

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