Most Emmys pundits had pegged Kathryn Hahn to win a supporting actress prize for her scene-stealing turn as the nosy-neighbor-turned-scheming-witch Agatha Harkness on WandaVision, but MareOfEasttown’s Julianne Nicholson won the category.
So there was every reason to expect that at least some genre TV — including Amazon’s “The Boys,” the first comic book adaptation ever nominated for best drama — would take home an Emmy or two on Sunday night during the primetime telecast.
The most surprising omission was easily the late Michael K. Williams, whose deeply felt performance as a closeted gay man in HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” was a major favorite for supporting actor in a drama. Instead, that award went to Tobias Menzies’ tightly wound performance as Prince Philip for Netflix’s “The Crown,” a show that won almost every award for which it was nominated on Sunday, including best drama series.
But perhaps the most telling win of the evening was for actor in a limited series. “WandaVision’s” Paul Bettany was, again, a favorite to win here, for a performance that ranged from a powerful superhero to a goofy sitcom dad to an empathic loving husband. But instead, Emmy voters chose Ewan McGregor for his larger-than-life performance as the iconic fashion designer Halston on Netflix’s “Halston” — the only win for the series out of just five nominations, compared to “WandaVision’s” 23 nods.
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