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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Saturday 15 July 2017
A look at some of the Emmy nominations’ snubs and surprises

By FRAZIER MOORE turn a blind eye toward the
AP Television Writer eye-popping Starz series
NEW YORK (AP) — It starts “American Gods”?
moments after Emmy nom- How could TBS’ “Angie
inations are announced: a Tribeca,” which packs as
whole lot of head-scratch- many belly laughs into
ing and teeth-gnashing each episode as any show
over forgotten shows and on the air, go sadly unrec-
actors. ognized for a second year?
It’s no different this year, And what about Oprah
with snub-citing and sec- Winfrey, whose starring
ond-guessing at fever pitch performance in the HBO
following Thursday’s an- film “The Immortal Life of
nouncements. Henrietta Lacks” got an
How could Emmy judges Emmy cold shoulder, as did

This image released by HBO shows Thomas Haden Church, left, and Sarah Jessica Parker in “Di-
vorce.” Neither the series nor cast members were not nominated for Emmy Awards on Thursday.
Associated Press

her OWN network’s drama see Keri Russell and Mat- tions apiece, were HBO’s
“Queen Sugar,” for which thew Rhys both nominated worthy “Westworld” and —
she is an executive produc- for a second year for their what?! — NBC’s “Saturday
er? startlingly ambitious perfor- Night Live.”
Granted, there were some mances on FX’s cold-war It was hard to view “SNL’s”
pleasant surprises. drama “The Americans,” haul without eyebrows
Bill Camp’s pitch-perfect which has generally en- raised. In a year of spec-
performance as a world- countered a “nyet” policy tacular performances on a
weary detective in HBO’s from Emmy judges. And it bounty of comedies, many
“The Night Of” was recog- was all the more delightful new or previously over-
nized among this limited se- to see Rhys snag a second looked, “SNL” seized three
ries’ 13 nods. So was Jackie nomination for Comedy Se- of six nominations for best
Hoffman as the hilarious ries Guest Actor for his cun- supporting actress (Vanes-
Mamacita in FX’s “Feud: ning portrayal on an epi- sa Bayer, Leslie Jones and
Bette and Joan.” sode of HBO’s “Girls.” Kate McKinnon). It grabbed
Netflix’s haunting antholo- On the other hand, “Girls” three out of six of the com-
gy “Black Mirror” deserved- and its creator Lena Dun- edy series “guest actor”
ly wangled a nomination ham were overlooked in its nominations (for Dave
with an episode submitted final season. So was HBO’s Chappelle, Lin-Manuel Mi-
as a television movie. eerie “The Leftovers,” randa and Tom Hanks, all
And fans of laceratingly which left the air after three guest hosts). It landed two
funny topical humor were seasons totally ignored by of six “guest actress” nods
cheered by the slate of Emmy. (for guest hosts Kristen Wiig
nominees for best variety And what’s the deal with and Melissa McCarthy).
talk alongside CBS’ just-for- HBO’s “Divorce,” a pen- And it handed a “support-
fun “The Late Late Show etrating comedy-drama ing actor” nomination to
with James Corden: TBS’ starring Sarah Jessica Alec Baldwin, a frequent
“Full Frontal with Samantha Parker and Thomas Haden drop-in impersonating Pres-
Bee,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kim- Church that seemed so ident Donald Trump, while
mel Live,” HBO’s “Last Week out-of-sight, out-of-mind shutting out all of its male
Tonight with John Oliver,” after its first season aired cast members.
HBO’s “Real Time with Bill last fall that even Snubs lists Since Emmy judges love
Maher” and, most notably, snubbed it. it this much, maybe “SNL”
CBS’ “The Late Show with Of course, the day’s big should be awarded its own
Stephen Colbert,” which winners, with 22 nomina- category.q
in its second season has
soared on a political acid
trip. (Odd guy out: NBC’s
“The Tonight Show” starring
maybe-too-nice Jimmy Fal-
lon.)
It was some consolation to