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The 2024 awards season in Hollywood has formally commenced!
Kicking off this previous weekend with the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, all of the onerous work that a lot of our favourite actors and actresses have been placing in over the previous 12 months on the small display screen will quickly be paying off for a choose few within the type of shiny golden trophies and bragging rights that can ceaselessly be etched in cinematic historical past. Subsequent up: the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards!
Nominated primarily based on TV seasons that both began or continued via June 1, 2022 and ended earlier than Might 31, 2023, we’ve bought to offer credit score to the Tv Academy for some actually good pickings this 12 months. Be sure you tune in when it airs stay subsequent Monday (January 15) at 8:00 PM EST on FOX, hosted by our man Anthony Anderson.
Nonetheless, there have been only a few that we expect had been lacking from the shortlist.
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Whereas no person can deny how wonderful the most recent seasons of exhibits like The Bear, Succession, The White Lotus and Wednesday had been, or how vastly Barry and Higher Name Saul had been in a position to wrap up their respective collection finales, we doubt we’re alone within the disappointment on the lack of melanin in just about each nominated class. In brief, we had far more come out of the tradition over the previous two TV seasons aside from admittedly astounding seasons of Abbott Elementary, A Black Girl Sketch Present and the viral enchantment of Swarm.
Want some examples? Hold studying!
We took a visit again to the teletube from Spring 2022 to Spring 2023 and did a deep dive right into a handful of robust Black leads that positively had been missed when nominations had been being decided. Though it could be too late to do something about it now, we will solely hope the popularity a minimum of speaks for one thing.
Seize some popcorn and try our record of 15 Black actors and actresses who had been snubbed by the 2024 Primetime Emmys and completely ought to’ve been nominated — heck, in all probability even win! Tell us if you happen to agree:
1. Laz Alonso – ‘The Boys,’ Season 3
Snubbed nomination: “Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection”
2. Tessa Thompson – ‘Westworld,’ Season 4
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Collection”
3. Steve Toussaint – ‘Home Of The Dragon,’ Season 1
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Collection”
4. Jacob Anderson – ‘Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire,’ Season 1
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Lead Actor in a Drama Collection”
5. Myha’la Herrold – ‘Trade,’ Season 2
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Collection”
6. Danielle Pinnock – ‘Ghosts,’ Season 2
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection”
7. Keegan-Michael Key – ‘Reboot,’ Season 1
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection”
8. Alyah Chanelle Scott – ‘The Intercourse Lives of School Women,’ Season 2
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection”
9. Zoe Saldaña – ‘From Scratch’
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Lead Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film”
10. Donald Glover – ‘Atlanta,’ Season 4: “The Goof Who Sat By the Door”
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Directing for a Comedy Collection”
11. Jessica Williams – ‘Entergalactic’
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Lead Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film”
12. Allen Hughes – ‘Pricey Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur’: “Panther Energy”
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Writing for a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film”
13. Ava DuVernay – ‘Queen Sugar,’ Season 7: “For They Existed”
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Directing for a Drama Collection”
14. India Amarteifio – ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Lead Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film”
15. Nicole Jefferson Asher – ‘P-Valley’ Season 2: “Savage”
Snubbed nomination:“Excellent Writing for a Drama Collection”