As I wrote at the end of Dave Chappelle's four Emmy nominations for 'SNL' and '8:46', "It's time to move on to reality and competition series nominees." I'm skipping the unstructured reality series for now and going directly to structured reality series, won by "Queer Eye" the past four years and nominated again this year.*
Outstanding Structured Reality ProgramThe favorite for Outstanding Structured Reality Program is three-time returning winner "Queer Eye," which, as the promotional image from Twitter shows, has a total of six nominations, including Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program, and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program. I'm being a good environmentalist by recycling last year's description of the returning nominees.
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Property Brothers: Forever Home (HGTV)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (Nat Geo)
Shark Tank (ABC)
"Queer Eye" preaches "love, acceptance, pride, and compassion" and, as I wrote last year, "'Queer Eye' [is] not only...a fun show that helps people be more fashionable, but [is] also...an example of diversity, inclusion, and acceptance. Keep up the good work!" It did...The other returning nominees are "Shark Tank," which...features diverse guests and hosts, and "Antiques Roadshow," which I praised last year for its educational content.Just like last year, two new shows joined the three veteran nominees. "Property Brothers: Forever Home" took over the home improvement slot that "A Very Brady Renovation" occupied last year, "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" squatted in the year before, and "Fixer Upper" held two years before that. Fittingly, the original "Property Brothers" pioneered that niche in 2015. The other new nominee is "Running Wild with Bear Grylls" replacing "Love Is Blind." Although the show has been around since 2014, this is its first Emmy nomination.
I'm recycling my handicapping of the category as well.
"Queer Eye" won this category last year and I expect it will win again. Its main competition is "Shark Tank," the winner of this category in 2014–2017 and Outstanding Reality Program in 2012 and 2013.I think that's still true, as "Shark Tank" is the only other nominee with nominations in other categories, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program and Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program.
Although I'm focusing on "Queer Eye" in this installment of my Emmy coverage, I'm sharing Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott ('Property Brothers: Forever Home') on emotional journey from Gold Derby, as this is the show's only nominated category.
Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott ('Property Brothers: Forever Home') chat with Gold Derby editor Daniel Montgomery about the 'emotional journey' of turning a house into a home.Like "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives," "Property Brothers" is one of my guilty pleasures.
Follow over the jump for the rest of the nominated categories for "Queer Eye" and "Shark Tank," as well as two interviews with the creators of "Queer Eye" by Gold Derby.
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition ProgramRuPaul has won this category every year since 2016, five consecutive years, so I think he's extremely likely to repeat. Sorry, Sharks and Fab Five. I used the promotional image for "Shark Tank" from Twitter and embedded Gold Derby's Bobby Berk ('Queer Eye' host) on using heroes' homes to give him 'a window into their soul and mind' as consolation in advance.
Nicole Byer for Nailed It! (Netflix)
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness for Queer Eye (Netflix)
RuPaul for RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O'Leary for Shark Tank (ABC)
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons for Top Chef (Bravo)
Bobby Berk ('Queer Eye' host) on using heroes' homes to give him 'a window into their soul and into their mind.' The show has won as Best Structured Reality Program Emmys three years, but the Fab Five have yet to win for Best Reality Host. Gold Derby's Luca Giliberti hosts this interview.Bobby Berk did a great job of explaining the creative process behind the show. Speaking of which, here's a category that "Queer Eye" won two years in a row but lost to "RuPaul's Drag Race" last year.
Outstanding Casting for a Reality ProgramJust like last year, I'm featuring a video about how "Queer Eye" casts its guests, this time from Gold Derby: Ally Capriotti Grant, Pamela Vallarelli ('Queer Eye' casting): Finding contestants is 'like a dance'.
Queer Eye (Netflix)
RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
Ally Capriotti Grant and Pamela Vallarelli ('Queer Eye' casting directors): Finding contestants is 'like a dance.' The previous Emmy winners speak with Gold Derby's Luca Giliberti about their latest 2021 nominations.If any show can unseat "RuPaul's Drag Race" from Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, it's "Queer Eye." Good luck, it will need it.
Outstanding Directing for a Reality ProgramOn the other hand, I think "Queer Eye" has a very good shot at this category, as last year's winner "Cheer" is not returning. "Queer Eye" won in 2019, while "RuPaul's Drag Race" won the year before that. I think it's between these two for the trophy.
Bertram van Munster for The Amazing Race (Episode: "Give Me a Beard Bump") (CBS)
Mark Perez for Queer Eye (Episode: "Preaching Out Loud") (Netflix)
Nick Murray for RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "Gettin' Lucky") (VH1)
Ari Boles for Top Chef (Episode: "Pan African Portland") (Bravo)
Alan Carter for The Voice (Episode: "The Blind Auditions Premiere") (NBC)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality ProgramUnlike directing, I don't think "Queer Eye" has a good shot at this award. Instead, I think "Life Below Zero" will win this category for the fourth consecutive year.
The Amazing Race (Episode: "Give Me a Beard Bump") (CBS)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Life Below Zero (Nat Geo)
Queer Eye (Episode: "Groomer Has It") (Netflix)
RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition ProgramI think this will be another close contest between "Queer Eye" and "RuPaul's Drag Race," as the two shows are each 2 for 4 in this category during the past four years. "RuPaul's Drag Race" won last year, so it might be slightly favored, but I wouldn't give it much better odds than "Queer Eye."
The Amazing Race – Editing Team[note 1] (CBS)
Queer Eye – Editing Team[note 2] (Episode: "Preaching Out Loud") (Netflix)
RuPaul's Drag Race – Jamie Martin, Paul Cross, Ryan Mallick and Michael Roha (Episode: "Condragulations") (VH1)
Top Chef – Editing Team[note 3] (Episode: "Restaurant Wars") (Bravo)
The Voice – Editing Team[note 4] (NBC)
Tomorrow is Sunday, so stay tuned for another Sunday entertainment feature, either more reality and competition nominees at the Emmy Awards or Part 3 of the 2020 Golden Coffee Cups movie shortlists.
*The nominees in the show category for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program failed to inspire me. Part of the reason, as I wrote last year, was "Only 'RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked' returned." Some of the longer-running shows, like "Deadliest Catch" and "Life Below Zero," did earn nominations in the craft categories. I'll probably make diversity and nature the focus of that post when I get around to writing it. The other part is what I also wrote last year: "I wonder what was going on in the reality branch of the Television Academy this year. Or maybe all these new shows were that much better; I don't know." It turns out the Television Academy calls reality programming a peer group, not a branch, but the question remains.
Previous posts in this series
- Diversity one of the themes of the Outstanding Commercial nominees at the 2021 Emmy Awards
- 'The Social Dilemma' leads documentaries at the Emmy Awards with seven nominations
- 'Allen v. Farrow' leads documentary and nonfiction series at the Emmy Awards with seven nominations
- Quibi's last Emmy nominations are also Roku's first as the network was canceled but the shows were renewed
- It's Saturday night, so here are the 21 Emmy nominations for 'Saturday Night Live'
- 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' leads Outstanding Variety Talk Series nominees at the Emmy Awards for the fifth consecutive year
- 'Hamilton' at the Emmy Awards
- Dave Chappelle's four Emmy nominations for 'SNL' and '8:46'
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