1. Comedy Nominees for 75th Primetime Emmys. Full list here. Note that Daniel Radcliffe and The Weird Al Yankovic Story got nods as well as Nicole Byer for Nailed It! Also, no love for What We Do in the Shadows? That’s criminal.
Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Jury Duty
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Wednesday
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader (Barry)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
James Marsden (Jury Duty)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
Best Writing for a Comedy Series
Barry (Barry Hader)
The Bear (Christopher Storer)
Jury Duty (Mekki Leeper)
Only Murders in the Building (John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese, Rob Turbovsky)
Best Directing for a Comedy Series
Barry (Bill Hader)
The Bear (Christopher Storer)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amy Sherman-Palladino)
The Ms. Pat Show (Mary Lou Belli)
Ted Lasso (Declan Lowney)
Wednesday (Tim Burton)
Best Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Problem With Jon Stewart
Best Animated Program
Bob’s Burgers
Entergalactic
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
Rick And Morty
The Simpsons
Best Scripted Variety Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Best Variety Special (Live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium
The Oscars
75th Annual Tony Awards
Best Variety Special (Pre-recorded)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
John Mulaney: Baby J
Lizzo: Live In Concert
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter
Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would
Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Bernthal (The Bear)
Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Nathan Lane (Only Murders in the Building)
Pedro Pascal (Saturday Night Live)
Oliver Platt (The Bear)
Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso)
Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Becky Ann Baker (Ted Lasso)
Quinta Brunson (Saturday Night Live)
Taraji P. Henson (Abbott Elementary)
Judith Light (Poker Face)
Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso)
Harriet Walter (Ted Lasso)
2. In the ongoing controversy surrounding a single map (showing China’s occupancy of the South China Sea) that’s depicted in the upcoming Barbie movie from Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, the movie will not be banned in the Philippines, but the map might be blurred (THR). Thus, Barbie joins in a very small group of films that includes The Interiew and Top Gun: Maverick that have caused geo-political disputes in Asia because of the content of the movie.
3. There is an Andy Kaufman documentary in the works, fully in cooperation with The Andy Kaufman Estate (Deadline). Clay Tweel is set to direct and we can only hope this both leads to an amazing Kaufman doc and a revitalization of the once great Andy Kaufman Award.
4. At comedy shows, are we always going to ask the audience twice if they’re having a good time even if they did, in fact, make more than enough noise?