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Last night’s Emmy Awards had big wins for HBO Max’s The Pitt and Apple TV+’s The Studio. Host Nate Bargatze had some laugh out loud moments, particularly in his opening segment spoofing the history of television and in some of his off-the-cuff remarks. The running bit where they took money off of a donation to The Boys and Girls Club of America for acceptance speeches that went over, fell flat. It was a clever way to keep the speeches short, but it felt unfair, particularly when the presentations and bits ran long.
My favorite show, The Pitt, won outstanding drama at the end of the night, which is excellent news for a freshman water cooler show that plans to release a season every year. I can’t wait until the Fourth of July season coming out this January! It’s an intense, gory show and I love it. I think the success of The Pitt, and the results at the box office this year, speaks to how much we love horror-adjacent shows and movies, but I digress.
Katherine LaNasa won outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, for her role as charge nurse Dana Evans. This was well deserved. She wore a white strapless Jason Wu gown with a blue ribbon along the bodice. This is cute. She was there with her husband of 13 years, American actor Grant Show.
Noah Wyle won outstanding actor in a drama for his portrayal of Dr. Robby. This is his first Emmy and sixth nomination. Noah was in a custom tuxedo made by the scrubs company Figs! It must have been so comfortable, and I have a ton of respect for that company after hearing founder Heather Hasson story on Duchess Meghan’s podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder. Wyle was there with his wife of 11 years, Sara Wells.
Kristin Villanueva, she plays Princess, made headlines for debuting her pregnancy at the Emmys! This is a cute and comfortable gown and congratulations to her.
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Fiona Dourif is one of a handful of nepo babies on this show. Her character, Dr. Cassie McKay, bugs me a lot but I thought that was just due to the fact that she’s a good actor. Now that I’ve seen her at the Emmys in this ridiculous cutout dress I’m not so sure. I wouldn’t be mad if Dr. McKay got arrested. You know she earned that ankle monitor.
Isa Briones (also a nepo baby) was in a lime green strapless corset dress accessorized with long hair ribbons. This is striking and perfect for the Emmys.
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Shabana Azeez was in a floofy red Marchesa gown. She joked on the red carpet that she doesn’t want to get invited to the poker nights for The Pitt. She said “they’re all sharks, I don’t want to get robbed,” and then started to say “Fiona.” Shabana is an excellent actress and is not a nepo baby.
I don’t have the space or bandwidth to include all of The Pitt actors here, but I wanted to talk about Supriya Ganesh, Dr. Mohan, because I love her on the show. She looked gorgeous in a silver sequin column gown. This was one of my favorite looks of the night. Her styling is perfection too. It’s rare that understated makeup is done so well.
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Update: Shawn Hatosy also won for guest actor. That award was given out during the earlier ceremony.
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Tracy looked lovely too. Though not in the new season she was on stage with the cast celebrating with them.
That bow on Katherine’s dress ruins her look for me. But I think Fiona’s dress is awful.
Noah Wylie was in a bunch of fun action comedy TV shows that I’ve watched on repeat. Don’t know this but I’ll look it up. I’ll miss him in the series I’ve watched
Maybe The Librarian?
The librarians and also Leverage Redemption. The librarians cast has changed but leverage Redemption is still going afaik. They’re fun shows.
Don’t forget Shawn Hatosy also won! He’s done so much good work over the decades (any Southland fans??), so that was great to see. I was honestly surprised how many awards they won.
The fashion was pretty awful across the board last night. Supriya is easily one of the best.
I’ll add him!
Dying for Sex was robbed!!!
And all these dresses are hideous.
That’s all I got.
I think the actor’s name is Grant Show, not Snow.
Yes, Grant Show – he’s been on TV forever.
Thank you! My brain was, like, wait a minute…that’s totally Grant SHow from Melrose Place!
Loved The Pitt, my husband & I binged watched it in one day, it definitely deserved the recognition it got and I can’t wait for S2!
I fixed it!
Katherine LaNasa was in one of my favorite episodes of Justified (Tony Hale and Robert Picardo were also in it)! She was great, but I’ve never seen her in anything else – I’m glad she is having success.
Is Wylie’s wife related to John Wells, his production partner?
Well deserved wins for “The Pitt” & its actors. Best show this year.
Wait — Isa Briones is a nepo baby? Who are her parents? I know Fiona Dourif is Brad Dourif’s daughter (he played Grima Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings, and he’s one of the all-time great film weirdos), and Taylor Dearden is Bryan Cranston’s daughter. Any other nepo babies? And who is Isa related to?
Her father is Jon Jon Briones, star of the original Miss Saigon. I believe her siblings work in musical theater.
Oh my. Thanks!
Noah Wyle was outstanding in Northern Exposure with Jeanine Turner. I cannot believe he has never won an Emmy for t that.
That was Rob Morrow who starred on NE and was brilliant and charming as Dr. Joel Fleischman. Noah Wyle was never on Northern Exposure. Are you maybe confusing Noah with John Corbett who was on NE?
You are right!! Embarrassing, yes I have confused Wyle with Morrow. Thanks for the correction.
Noah Wylie’s first big TV show was ER.
I think the reason we love this show is because it’s one of the few that realistically demonstrates what not just health care works go through, but also patients. At least that’s what we all about at the hospital.
It’s nice to see actors who’ve been around the industry paying dues get recognized. I remember Katharine from a Two and a half men episode. I never saw her before or after. But 30+ years, absolutely get your Emmy.
I would’ve given Best actor to Adam Scott. That episode where he plays his ‘innie’ and ‘outie’ having a camcorder conversation was excellent work. Very specific.
Love this show. Thanks for the coverage.