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Los Angeles Times
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
2025 Emmy predictions: best limited series
This race is widely seen as a runaway for the two top contenders, and the panel agrees: 'Adolescence' and 'The Penguin' are the only two to appear on all ballots. 'Another year, another Netflix limited series from England that arrives seemingly out of nowhere to dazzle critics and push viewership numbers through the roof,' says Glenn Whipp of 'Adolescence.' Lorraine Ali calls 'Netflix's one-continuous-shot drama about a family's trauma around a teenage murder' 'the show to beat.' Matt Roush says it '[dominates] the field, making an instant star of the remarkable teenage newcomer Owen Cooper.' In the Bat-villain's corner, Tracy Brown writes, 'My favorite of the year remains 'The Penguin.' That's mostly for Cristin Milioti's scene-stealing turn as Gotham's forgotten mob-boss daughter who grows increasingly unhinged.' Trey Mangum, like several of his fellow Buzzards, likens the 'Adolescence' wave to the attention Netflix's 'Baby Reindeer' garnered and likes 'Penguin's' chances, but ponders, 'Maybe I'm one of the few who think 'Presumed Innocent' could take it as well.' 'Dope Thief' and 'Dying for Sex' get the next most praise in general from the panelists, including more enthusiastic recognition for their lead performers than for the series themselves. Perhaps the most surprising in the lukewarmness of its support is 'Disclaimer,' falling outside the top five despite the pedigree of Oscar-winning writer-director Alfonso Cuarón and actors Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline. And, ahem, Kristen Baldwin would like a word: '[Climbs up on soapbox, raises megaphone] 'La Máquina' … needs to be part of the Emmys conversation!' More predictions: Limited / TV movie actor | Limited / TV movie actress 1. 'Adolescence'2. 'The Penguin'3. 'Dope Thief'4. 'Say Nothing'5. 'Dying for Sex'6. 'Presumed Innocent'7. 'La Máquina'8. (tie) 'Disclaimer'8. (tie) 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story'
Los Angeles Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
2025 Emmys predictions: best drama series
Drama series is this year's glamour category, with perhaps the five most talked-about shows of the season. Initial polling finds a near-dead heat at the top between 'Severance' and 'The Pitt,' with 'The Last of Us,' 'The White Lotus' and 'Andor' all very much in the mix. Only two points separate 'Severance' and 'The Pitt,' shows that couldn't be more different. One elevates form to the nth degree, with some of TV's most beautifully designed (and icily metaphorical) images; the other is a gritty, grimy drama stripped of bells and whistles, including the soapy subplots common to the medical genre. 'This category feels like a toss-up between 'The Pitt' and 'Severance,' with the former leading the 'heart' brigade and the latter the 'mind' trust,' says Matt Roush, who also advocates for CBS' 'Matlock' reboot to get a rare nod for a broadcast drama. Count Lorraine Ali in the 'mind' camp: 'There's nothing smarter than 'Severance,'' she writes. 'Season 2 offers a chilling, darkly hilarious and oddly liberating spin on a bad day at the office. Praise Kier.' Glenn Whipp, meanwhile, suffers from 'Pitt' withdrawal: 'What are they doing now? Is Nurse Dana coming back? Are roomies Santos and Whitaker about to kill each other? I need answers. I can't wait until January.' 'The Last of Us' burned up the internet with its shocking character death — a feat of secret-keeping among fans of its source material on the level of 'Game of Thrones'' Red Wedding. 'The White Lotus,' with its, er, family plot, widely praised performances and 'SNL' mini-controversy, also got plenty of attention, and the recently concluded 'Andor' is getting talked up as the best 'Star Wars' incarnation since, well, its source movie, 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.' Citing its street-level, human examination of how authoritarianism can radicalize average people, Tracy Brown says, ''Andor' is not only one of the best 'Star Wars' stories but one of the best TV shows around.' 'The Pitt' isn't the only freshman series Trey Mangum shouts out: 'Two other new standouts for me are Netflix's YA romance 'Forever' and its light procedural drama, 'High Potential.'' Among the notables left off the Round 1 list: the ballyhooed return of the Man Without Fear in 'Daredevil: Born Again'; the sophomore season of 'House of the Dragon' (its first landed eight noms); the highly pedigreed 'The Agency' and 'MobLand'; and the final season of onetime Emmy darling 'The Handmaid's Tale' and the wildly popular 'Yellowstone.' And Kristen Baldwin laments, it's a shame 'that Emmy voters almost certainly will continue to snub one of the best shows on TV, 'Pachinko'!' More predictions: Drama actor | Drama actress 1. 'Severance'2. 'The Pitt'3. 'The Last of Us'4. 'Andor'5. 'Slow Horses'6. 'The White Lotus'7. 'Paradise'8. 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light'9. 'Forever'10. (tie) 'Bad Sisters'10. (tie) 'Dark Winds'
