Saturday, September 26, 2026

'Mr. Scorsese' and 'The Librarians' both Emmy winners


I woke up late today, so I'm writing a short post for today's installment of Emmy Awards winners that revisits 'Mr. Scorsese' vs. 'The American Revolution' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series plus Data Centers on Earth Overshoot Day.
Mr. Scorsese and Sean Combs: The Reckoning co-lead with three nominations each, followed by The American Revolution and The Yogurt Shop Murders tied at two and Rafa with one. That's not exactly the order that the prognosticators at Gold Derby handicap this category. The professionals mostly picked Mr. Scorsese to win with 62.5% of experts and 57.1% of editors along with 37.6% of users, while 57.9% of users support The American Revolution with the remaining professionals, 37.5% of experts and 42.9% of editors, agreeing. The rest of the users rank Sean Combs: The Reckoning third with 2.9%, Rafa fourth with 1.3%, and The Yogurt Shop Murders fifth with 0.3%.
By the time of the ceremony, the 64.8% of users fighting for The American Revolution persuaded enough of the professionals that 58.8% of the experts and 50.0% of the editors joined them, leaving 35.3% of the experts, 50.0% of the editors, and 28.9% of the users sticking with Mr. Scorsese. The professionals should have held their ground, as Mr. Scorsese won. Watch Documentary or Nonfiction Series: 78th Emmy Awards.

The team from Mr. Scorsese accepts the Emmy for Documentary or Nonfiction Series at the 78th Emmy Awards.
The prognosticators at Gold Derby should remember what I quoted most recently in 'My Mom Jayne' wins the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: "I've often written that, all things being equal, the Emmy electorate will vote for a good story about themselves...Again, electorates matter."

Instead of honoring The American Revolution, the Television Academy decided to express their patriotism a different way in the next category.

I'm revisiting a confident prediction I made in 'The Tale of Silyan' vs 'The Librarians' for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking at the Emmy Awards.
Between the two, I think The Tale of Silyan is the favorite. First, it has a second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, which I'll examine over the jump, while The Librarians has only one. Second, it earned a nomination for Best Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards in addition to Best Cinematograpy. The Librarians also earned a nomination at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Political Documentary, but not Best Documentary. Third, The Tale of Silyan earned nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and PGA Awards and wins at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards and Golden Trailer Awards. Yes, the trailer I embedded is a winner in its own right for Best Documentary Subject. Meanwhile, The Librarians earned nominations at the Satellite Awards and Cinema Eye Honors Awards. When the two films earned nominations at the same awards shows, The Tale of Silyan won awards and more and better nominations. Gold Derby hasn't created a predictions page for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards yet, but I don't have to wait until they do; I can tell which nominee is more likely to win, especially since this is a juried award. The experts will prefer the craft and storytelling of The Tale of Silyan over the subject matter of The Librarians.
The experts, editors, and users at Gold Derby all disagree with me; 87.5% of experts, 71.4% of editors, and 91.4% of users are currently voting for The Librarians to win. They must think the Television Academy considers the craft level is even enough that the anti-censorship message of The Librarians will be enough to beat The Tale of Silyan. I'm not convinced yet. It depends on the composition of the jury.
By the Saturday night ceremony, professional opinion consolidated around The Librarians as 94.1% of experts, 87.5% of editors, and 95.1% of users chose it. They were right and I was wrong, but that's O.K. Watch Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: 78th Emmy Awards.

The team from The Librarians accepts the Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking at the 78th Emmy Awards.
Listening to the acceptance speeches reminds me that Save the libraries, save civilization was among my original causes on this blog, going all the way back to the first post. It's time to remind myself and my readers of it.

Follow over the jump for one more category I covered in 'Mr. Scorsese' vs. 'The American Revolution' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series plus Data Centers on Earth Overshoot Day.

Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
  • John Candy: I Like Me – Shane Reid, Darrin Roberts and Dominick Rolandelli (Prime Video)
  • Marty, Life Is Short – Sierra Neal and Bennett Piscitelli (Netflix)
  • Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! – Joe Beshenkovsky (HBO)
  • Mr. Scorsese: "Stranger in a Strange Land" – David Bartner and George O'Donnell (Apple TV)
  • Sean Combs: The Reckoning: "Blink Again" – Charles Divak, Evan Wise, Jack Gravina, Benji Kast, Adam Goldstein, Jonathan Miller, and Jeremy Siefer (Netflix)
Three nominees also earned nominations at the ACE Eddie Awards, John Candy: I Like Me, Mr. Scorsese, and Sean Combs: The Reckoning. I think it's between John Candy: I Like Me and Mr. Scorsese despite my using the Twitter/X image for Sean Combs: The Reckoning; the last is the only nominee running a Twitter/X campaign that mentions this category.
Looks like the Twitter/X campaign worked. Watch Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: 78th Emmy Awards.

The team from Sean Combs: The Reckoning accepts the Emmy for Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program at the 78th Emmy Awards.
Surprise and congratulations! Also, this is a story about how a beef between 50 Cent and Sean "Diddy" Combs resulted in an award-winning documentary series. Sometimes, people with less than pure motives get results, a topic on my to-do list.

That's a wrap for this installment. Stay tuned for the return of Saturday Night Live, which will include its Emmy Award, as the Sunday entertainment feature plus a celebration of Wester.

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