In addition to the Comedy and Drama Series categories, Emmys also awards films, miniseries, reality shows, and documentaries. I won’t go into all of them, but the ones I usually cover here in Miscelana.

Best Miniseries
Black Bird
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daisy Jones & the Six
Fleishman is in Trouble
George & Tammy

Even surrounded by controversy, with great performances and rescue from a horrendous crime, Dahmer is appointed as the favorite of the dramatic minis and it makes sense. It really must win.

TVMovie
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas
Fire Island
Prey
Reality
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Without a doubt, Daniel Radcliffe‘s performance as Al Yankovic, so different from Harry Potter, helps a lot to suspect that it is the winning film in this category. If nominated!

Best Actor
Steve Carell, The Patient
Taron Egerton, Black Bird
Evan Peters, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Michael Shannon, George & Tammy
Steven Yeun, Beef

It won’t be possible to take away from Evan Peters, whose performance as the psychopath Jeffrey Dahmer is so impressive that he will be nominated and won. You can start rehearsing the speech.

Best Actress
Emily Blunt, The English
Lizzy Caplan, Fleishman is in Trouble
Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
Kathryn Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things
Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers

Among women, the fight is more tense. Variety bets on Jessica Chastain, for the interpretation of country singer Tammy Wynette, but I don’t rule out a surprise from Rachel Weisz for the dual role of twins in Dead Ringers.

Supporting actor
Murray Bartlett, Welcome to Chippendales
Domhnall Gleeson, The Patient
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Richard Jenkins, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Ray Liotta, Black Bird
Jesse Plemons, Love & Death

I’m with Variety and I’m betting on Paul Walter Hauser‘s victory as the psychopath Larry Hall, whose story is part of the mini Black Bird. It will be deserved.

Supporting actress
Olivia Colman, Great Expectations
Claire Danes, Fleishman is in Trouble
Cherry Jones, Five Days at Memorial
Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Lily Rabe, Love & Death
Merritt Wever, Tiny Beautiful Things

If there will be a “wash” of Dhamer, with Niecy Nash-Betts closing as a supporting actor as well.

Direction
Michael R. Roskam, Black Bird
Paris Barclay, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Nzingha Stewart, Daisy Jones & the Six
Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton, Fleishman is in Trouble
Donald Glover, Swarm
Eric Appel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Variety’s bet is Michaël will win for Black Bird. I’m rooting for Nzingha and Daisy Jones.

Writing
Dennis Lehane, Steve Harris, Black Bird
Michael H. Weber, Daisy Jones and The Six
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman is in Trouble
David E. Kelley, Love & Death
Al Yankovic, Eric Appel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Apparently, Black Bird may take Variety that second longer, but I have my doubts. I bet on Daisy Jones too.

Oh, and documentaries? We’ll see the royal couple without a doubt, all bets are on Netflix’s Meghan and Harry.

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