![]() Will win: “Mare of Easttown.” The safer choice, a ho-hum crime drama with lots of Method acting, frumpy outfits and accent work. Powerful, unpredictable, provocative and riveting, it was the best thing on TV this year, hands down. Should win: “I May Destroy You,” exploring the question of sexual consent in contemporary life. Will win: “The Queen’s Gambit.” A sleek production, the intriguing championship chess world setting and the breakout performance of star Anya Taylor-Joy combine to give the coming-of-age tale a dominant strategy. Should win: “I May Destroy You.” A young Black woman’s fateful night out in London unspools a provocative, unconventional drama that was showered with awards and turned creator-star Michaela Cole into a generational voice. Nominees: “I May Destroy You” “Mare of Easttown” “The Queen’s Gambit” “The Underground Railroad” “WandaVision.” Give that man an Emmy and let’s hope he dresses for the occasion this time. Season 2 of “Ted Lasso” drifts away from his anchoring role, but the debut season is all Sudeikis, a charming fish-out-of-water. Will win: In a year when sweetness and compassion is rewarded, Sudeikis is the beneficiary. Should win: You know what else is honest and charming? Anderson in “black-ish.” You know what else is true? He’s never won an Emmy for being the lovable, slightly crazed dad on “black-ish.” Six times he’s been nominated for his consistently fresh, very relatable character, but no wins. But the show’s conceit is dependent on Sudeikis giving the character honesty and charm without smarm, and he does. Yes, there is a deep-bench cast of rogues and schemers supporting him. Not heroic enough, academy? Or maybe he makes it look too easy. His role as a shambling, tragicomic mess of an impoverished patriarch in the now-ended series was just one more of the character actor’s indelible creations. Macy, “Shameless” Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” Kenan Thompson, “Kenan.” Nominees: Anthony Anderson, “black-ish” Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” William H. “Hacks” is made for her - whip smart and abrasive yet vulnerable. Will win: Hopefully, the Emmy voters caught the strong summer love for Smart, who last won an Emmy in 2008 after back-to-back wins in 20. Should win: It’s smart what you said there, Lynn.
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