#megan briscoe

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Neutralised (1994) [3/?]: My Version of The Shared Universe

For those of you unfamiliar with 'Chicago Hope', it was actually set in a shared universe. Also, 'Suspiciously Similar' characters will be involved (Due to actors playing multiple roles). This is my take on that:

Shows:

Chicago Hope

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order

Neutralised

Oz

Picket Fences

characters (I'm not listing anyone who was in 20 episodes or less) under the cut. Also technically these are not all the characters as I'm still writing stuff.

Chicago Hope - Characters (& Actors):

Doctor Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin)

Doctor Phillip Watters (Hector Elizondo)

Doctor William 'Billy' Kronk (Peter Berg)

Doctor Dennis Hancock (Vlondie Curtis-Hall)

Doctor Diane Grad (Jayne Brook)

Doctor Keith Wilkes (Rocky Carroll)

Doctor Jack McNeil (Mark Harmon)

Doctor Daniel Nyland (Thomas Gibson)

Doctor Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin)

Nurse Camille Shutt (Roxanne Hart)

Doctor Lisa Catera (Stacy Edwards)

Alan Birch (Peter MacNicol)

Doctor Joseph Cacaci (Bob Bancroft)

Doctor Robert Yeats (Eric Stoltz)

Doctor Gina Simon (Carla Gugino)

Doctor Jeremy Hanlon (Lauren Holly)

Doctor Francesca Alberghetti (Barbara Hershey)

Homicide: Life on the Street - Characters (& Actors)

Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer)

Detective Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson)

Lieutenant Alphonse Giardello (Yaphet Kotto)

Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor)

Detective Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher)

Detective / Sergeant Kay Howard (Melissa Leo)

Detective Mike Kellerman (Reed Diamond)

Officer/Detective/Lieutenant Stuart Gharty (Peter Gerety)

Detective Paul Falsone (Jon Seda)

Lieutenant/Captain/Detective Megan Russert (Isabella Hofman)

Detective Laura Ballard (Callie Thorne)

Detective Terri Stivers (Toni Lewis)

Captain/Colonel George Barnfather (Clayton LeBouef)

ASA Ed Danvers (Željko Ivanek)

J.H.Brodie (Max Perlich)

Detective Beau Felton (Daniel Baldwin)

Detective Stanley Bolander (Ned Beatty)

Dr Julianna Cox (Michelle Forbes)

FBT Agent/Officer Mike Giardello (Giancario Esposito)

Detective Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele)

Dr. Alyssa Dyer (Harlee McBride)

Detective/Captain Roger Gaffney (Walt MacPherson)

Law & Order - Characters (& Actors)

Sergeant Maxwell Greevey (George Dzundza)

Junior Detective Michael Logan (Chris Noth)

Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek)

Exex ADA Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty)

ADA Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks)

DA Adam Schiff (Steven Hill)

Sergeant Philip Cerreta (Paul Sorvino)

Dr Elizabeth Olivet (Carolyn McCormic)

Senior Detective Leonard W Briscoe (Jerry Orbach)

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson)

ADA Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy)

Exec ADA/DA John McCoy (Sam Waterston)

Junior Detective Reynaldo Curtis (Benjamin Bratt)

ADA Jamie Ross (Carey Lowell)

ADA Abigail Carmichael (Angie Harmon)

Junior/Senior Detective Edward Green (Jesse L. Martin)

Interim DA Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest)

ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm)

DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson)

Neutralised - Characters (& Actors)

Abraham Machado (Alfred Molina)

Andreina Neri (Robin Wright)

Caleb Willow (Cary Elwes)

Dove Lewis (Alfre Woodard)

Esmé Verity (Janaeane Garofalo)

Faustus Sanchez (Hank Azaria)

Grayson Bryant (Harold Perrineau)

Hunter Kingsley (Chris Farley)

Ichabod Mortimer (Danny DeVito)

Jared Foster (Kirk Acevedo)

Kane Carter (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Lance Carter (John Goodman)

Monday Duke (Patricia Arquette)

Noam Gold (Oliver Platt)

Omega Finch (Willem Dafoe)

Peyton Blythe (Regina King)

Russel Warszawski (Adam Sandler)

Sullivan Landon (Christopher Lloyd)

Tuesday Duke (Reese Witherspoon)

Victor Jamison (Mike Myers)

Winslow Warszawski (Brad Garrett)

Xavier Solomon (David Spade)

Yancy Haggard (Kiefer Sutherland)

Zoey Knight (Geena Davis)

OZ - Characters (& Actors)

Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau)

Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen)

Ryan O'Reily (Dean Winters)

Kareem Saïd / Goodson Truman (Eamonn Walker)

Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo)

Vernon Schillinger (J.K. Simmons)

Simon Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Christopher Keller (Christopher Meloni)

Zahir Arif (Granville Adams)

Hamid Khan (Ernie Hudson Jr.)

Nacim Bismilla (Re Hanna)

Huseni Mershah / James Monroe Madison (Roger Guenvuer Smith)

Leroy Tidd / Salah Udeen (Jacues Smith)

Jefferson Keane (Leon)

Kenny Wangler (J.D. Williams)

Arnold 'Poet' Jackson (muMs the Schemer)

Paul Markstrom (O.L. Duke)

Junior Pierce (Malé-Lexington Alexander)

Malcolm 'Snake' Coyle (Treach)

Johnny Post (Tim McAdams)

James Robson (R.E. Rodgers)

Mark Mack (Leif Riddell)

Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld)

Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon)

Andrew Schillinger (Frederick Koehler)

Nino Schibetta (Tony Schibetta)

Peter Schibetta (Eddie Malavarca)

Antonio Nappa (Mark Margolis)

Chucky Pancamo (Chuck Zito)

Dino Ortolani (Jon Seda)

Don Zanghi (John Palumbo)

Joey D'Angelo (Goodfella Mike G)

Mario Seggio (Todd Etelson)

Salvatore DeSanto (Phil Campanella)

Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez (Luis Guzman)

Carmen 'Chico' Guerra (Otto Sanchez)

Carlos Martinez (Carlos Leon)

Carlo Ricardo (Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters)

Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier (Luke Perry)

Timmy Kirk (Sean Dugan)

Alonzo Torquemada (Bobby Cannavale)

Richie Hanlon (Jordan Lage)

Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe)

Bob Rebadow (George Morfogen)

Agamemnin Busmalis (Tom Mardirosian)

Donald Groves (Sean Whitesell)

Jackson Vahue (Rick Fox)

Desmond Mobay / John Basil (Lance Reddick)

Richard L'Italien (Eric Roberts)

Nikolai Stanislofsky (Phillip Casnoff)

William Giles (Austin Pendleton)

Henry Stanton (Thomas G. Waites)

Colonel Edward Galson (John Doman)

Eli Zabitz (David Johansen)

Kipekemie Jara (Zakes Mokae)

Dean Alvah Case (Charles S. Dutton)

Sean Murphy (Robert Clohessy)

Claire Howell (Kristin Rohde)

Diane Wittlesey (Edie Falco)

Clayton Hughes (Seth Gilliam)

Karl Metzger (Bill Fagerbakke)

Eddie Hunt (Murphy Guyer)

Lenny Burrano (Skipp Sudduth)

Father Ray Mukada (B.D Wong)

Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Veldez)

Governor James Devlin (Željko Ivanek)

Martin Querns (Reg E. Cathey)

Doctor Frederick Garvey (Milo O'Shea)

Warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson)

Tim McManus (Terry Kinney)

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (Rita Moreno)

Picket Fences - Characters (& Actors)

Sheriff James 'Jimmy' Brock (Tom Skerritt)

Doctor Jill Brock (Kathy Baker)

Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs)

Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow)

Zachary 'Zach' Brock (Adam Wylie)

Deputy Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor)

Deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly)

Carter Pike (Kelly Connell)

Ginny Weedon (Zelda Rubinstein)

Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel)

Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston)

DA John Littleton (Don Cheadle)

DA Barnaby Wood (Peter Frechette)

ADA Petrovic (Jason Beghe)

Father Gary Barrett (Roy Dotrice)

Laurie Bey (Marlee Matlin)

Howard Buss (Robert Cornthwaite)

Doctor Joanna 'Joey' Diamond (Amy Aquino)

Lisa Fenn (Alexandra Lee)

Frank (David Proval)

Rachel Harris (Leigh Taylor-Young)

Ed Lawson (Richard Masur)

Peter Lebeck (Michael Jeter)

Milton Lebeck (Chris Owen)

Reverend Henry Novotny (Dabbs Greer)

Principal Michael Oslo (Roy Brocksmith)

Cynthia Parks (Elisabeth Moss)

Bill Pugen (Michael Keenan)

Lydia Brock (Cristine Rose)

Aiesha Campbell (Bruklin Harris)

Brian Latham (Gregory Vignolle)

Agent Donald Morrell (Sam Anderson)

[5ivebyfive]

for the ask meme—top 5 l&o characters? 🥺

Ahhhh just five?? Okay. This is not in order.

1. Ed Green

2 Amanda Rollins

3. Lennie Briscoe

4. Alex Cabot

5. Megan Wheeler

Special addition: John Munch (goes without saying)

That was so hard and I feel guilty for all my other loves. But thank you!

[littleteagirl]

That’s the loml being an icon

[jyou-no-sonoko19]

Hand-Crofted and duty-free.

[emmynominees]

rosie perez as megan briscoe in season one of the flight attendant

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

[alwaysopossum]

Headcanon Megan has a huuuge crush on Cassie and is struggling with coming to terms with being bi. She just has such strong “desperate older bi who has been in the closet her whole life” energy.

[singwhenyoucantspeak]

oh there we go. the intersection. megan accidentally left a probably incriminating voicemail on cassie’s phone. womp. this will complicate many a thing if megan screws up and gets caught

[unicornlovedust]

I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS SHOW ENOUGH GO WATCH IT ON HBOMAX

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT S01E02

Title: Rabbits

Date Air: 26 November 2020

Written by: Steve Yockey

Directed by: Susanna Fogel

[ancientphantom]

Gather around, friends, because we are BLESSED this month! We are experiencing BOUNTY.

In fact, there are so many new things to tell y’all about this month that I actually can’t fit all the covers in Tumblr’s 10-only grid, so be prepared for some inline fun, too. After much consideration, I’m splitting everything roughly into groups of similar works. Here we go with the novels!

The Angel’s Kiss by Germaine Mooney is a retelling of the original story by an author who has published multiple Phantom tales, heavy on the sex scenes and apparently influenced by the Lloyd Webber show (or so Christine working at the opera but as a ballerina instead of a singer would suggest). It also has by far the best cover in this post.

Entr’acte by Cheryl Mahoney is borderline nonfiction; instead of being a stand-alone volume, it’s a collection of essays, deleted scenes, and trivia related to Mahoney’s Guardian of the Opera series.

A Ghostly Sonata by Annie James starts with a devastating fire at the Gaston LeRoux Theater that caused the death of “Erika”, a young musical prodigy and continues through the attempts of new owners to use the place in spite of a haunting a decade later and the gender-flipped fun of lead actor Christian being kidnapped by a masked figure in the middle of his performance...

Halloween Knights: The Ending of Your World by Matthew Le Star is an ensemble story that calls itself “an urban fantasy epic about a spectacular rock band, the magic they make, and the miracles they perform,” and appears to be some sort of superhero team-up between different classic monsters, with the Phantom, who has recently become disfigured through being mugged while busking, as one of the lead characters.

Love & Music by Patricia Ryan is a contemporary romance with a budding opera singer who falls in love with another singer, but is torn between him and her brooding, demanding vocal teacher, who does not approve of anything that might prevent her from becoming the next international superstar.

The Magnum Opera by M. Kienan Briscoe is a weird one; the main character joins a small artist’s commune dedicated to creating horrifying, brain-breaking art in an attempt to “evolve” humanity forward, and includes references to tons of classic literature in addition to Phantom. (The lead’s last name, for example, is Moriarty, although only a reading will tell us if this is relevant.)

The Phantom by Tamara Zeegers is a direct continuation of Zeegers’ first Phantom book, and it’s still maintaining all the absolute bananaballs of that novel: a Phantom who is a vampire and like seven millennia old, Babylonian gods who may or may not actually be divine, the Phantom going to the ALW musical in-text to angst about its portrayal of his life, and of course a Christine who keeps getting reincarnated so he can be weird about her.

Pierrot & Colombina by Ana Claudia Antunes isn’t her first Phantom-related work, or the first one to also use elements from the traditional Harlequin & Colombine archetypes, but it IS the first one in which the lead is being haunted by a Phantom but it’s a cranky little girl who used to be a ballerina, and also the first one with a serial killer boyfriend, so... evolution, I guess.

When Hushed Voices Die by Lisa R. Cheng is a modern-day take on the story featuring a young pianist who when she plays a certain instrument hears the ghostly voice that coaches her on to greatness and who she begins to love and trust in spite of never having seen him in person. It looks like this might be a Phantom who is also actually a phantom.

Now, you might be thinking, “Wow! That’s so many new novels!” But that thought is premature, because HERE COME SOME MORE:

(Yes, those ARE the same stock photo ballerina legs on two different covers this week. Publishing is hilarious.)

The Cursed Ballet by Megan Atwood is the story of a ballerina at conservatory who, when cast in the supposedly “cursed” show, is suddenly visited by a mysterious boy who mentors her to reach greater artistic heights... but who also struggles with mysterious near-death experiences as soon as he does.

Eternal Obsession by Ann Lory is another return to one of our collective favorite subgenres: the Sexy Vampire Phantom. In this case, the ballerina main character has been abandoned by the vampire who trained her, but fate is drawing them back together, or something. There’s mentorship.

Love in the Spotlight by Cait Wrexham is ALSO about a ballerina performing the same “cursed” show (sorry, Giselle, you’re as doomed as Macbeth) in a haunted theater that also happens to be coincidentally called the Majestic. Also a hot dude is there!

The Music & the Mirror by Lola Keeley is a rare WLW romance take on the story with a fresh-faced young rising star ballerina, her stern but irresistibly sexy mentor and former prima ballerina herself, and of course lots of smoldering. Bets now on whether this is actually a Christine/Phantom situation or more of a Meg/Phantom or Christine/Giry one!

Pier Lights by Ella M. Kaye is a contemporary romance starring a ballerina who has given up her dream after an injury and a facially scarred bouncer who runs into her on a beach, as you can plainly see from the cover.

Waiting for Silverbird by Conny Manero is an interesting approach to the story in which the Christine character appears to have accidentally caused the accident that disfigured the Phantom when she was a child. Twice. Somehow she still needs other characters to tell her “uh, maybe don’t put that guy in charge of your entire life?”

But wait, there’s more! It’s also the season of short stories, apparently:

The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries by Reggie Oliver is a thirteen-story anthology with a title story that I’m sure those familiar with some classic horror film will recognize. The Caligari here is a choreographer obsessed with his former love, a prima ballerina who has been catastrophically injured, and an innocent composer is caught in the middle.

The Guardian of the Opera: Collected Pieces by Cheryl Mahoney is an omnibus edition of previously-released works by Mahoney (Entr’acte, Overture, and The Confessions of Christine Daae), so if you’re a person who likes to have all their series fiction in the same place, this is the option for you!

Infamous Monsters by Don Solosan is a collection of short stories, each featuring a different classic movie monster. Bafflingly, no preview or description anywhere on the internet will give me story titles, but I know the Phantom is the monster du jour in at least one of them from the author’s Lulu tags, so... Chaney’s probably in there, somewhere. Brooding.

The Macabre Collection by David Haynes is a collection of a bunch of horror shorts, several of which have Phantom themes regarding haunted performances, ballet dancers, and general skeletal nonsense.

Night Terrors Vol. 11 from Scare Street is one of a long series of horror anthologies; each has its own theme and this one’s is “the music of the night”, so you can see where that’s going...

Plot Twists is a multi-author anthology where every piece is inspired by a piece of classical literature... so of course, we’ve got a Phantom entry! “Ghosts on the Page” is by Cheryl Mahoney (yes, the same one who appears twice on this list already) and is explicitly based on Phantom.

And if that’s not enough juiciness for you, may I present the foreign language acquisitions for this month as well?:

Bloody Shoes by Ana Claudia Antunes is Antunes’ attempt at a movie screenplay (based on her previous novel, The Pierrot’s Love) and is presented in both English and Spanish. No preview on this one, y’all, but you can always look at the novel it’s based on!

Le Foyer de Thémis by Cassandre Cain is doing a lot of zany things, a tasting menu of which includes squatting in the Opera Garnier that is NOT performed by the traditional Phantom, mysterious wasting illnesses, and a woman who is the “genetic heir of the Freemasons”. Also choreography? I don’t know but whatever’s happening, we should probably find out.

Oper der Phantome by V.K. Ludewig is here to prevent you from thinking that the Babylonian gods and Freemasonry afoot are the weirdest things on offer here. Instead, try a woman married to a shapeshifter and contacted by a secret organization to go investigate the Berlin opera house, which is apparently a portal to another dimension, which is why certain shenaniganators are so hard to catch...

Das Phantom im Opernhaus by Jan Beinssen is a murder mystery set at an opera house, in which our hapless protagonist is TRYING to propose to his girlfriend but instead is forced to navigate crewmembers being murdered, weird things going missing or breaking all over the opera house, and of course the rampant rumors of a resident ghost.

Reflet Dansant by Justine Luton is a weird and creepy story in which a performer awakens in a theater balcony with no idea how she got there and only a very frightening, otherworldly performance to watch and give her clues.

Serghey by Matthieu Biasotto is a modern-day take on the story featuring a scarred virtuoso pianist who hates everyone, except, of course, the sincere and beautiful young woman who runs into him and decides to Heal His Inner Wounds.

WHEW. I need to go lie down before I start loading all of this into the Library!

[kwebtv]

The Flight Attendant  -  HBO Max  -  November 26, 2020 - Present

Comedy / Drama (12 episodes to date)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden

Michiel Huisman as Alex Sokolov

Zosia Mamet as Annie Mouradian

Rosie Perez as Megan Briscoe

T. R. Knight as Davey Bowden

Michelle Gomez as Miranda Croft

Colin Woodell as Buckley Ware

Merle Dandridge as Kim Hammond

Griffin Matthews as Shane Evans

Nolan Gerard Funk as Van White

Recurring

Deniz Akdeniz as Max

Terry Serpico as Bill Briscoe

Jason Jones as Hank Bowden

Audrey Grace Marshall as young Cassie

Owen Asztalos as young Davey

Albert Frezza as Enrico

Bebe Neuwirth as Diana Carlisle

Yasha Jackson as Jada Harris

Isha Blaaker as Nate

Stephanie Koenig as Sabrina Oznowich

Ritchie Coster as Victor

Ann Magnuson as Janet Sokolov

Briana Cuoco as Cecilia

David Iacono as Eli Briscoe

[bongaboi]

2021 Primetime Emmy Awards: The List.

Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Black-ish (ABC)

Cobra Kai (Netflix)

Emily in Paris (Netflix)

The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)

Hacks (HBO Max)

The Kominsky Method (Netflix)

PEN15 (Hulu)

The Crown (Netflix)

The Boys (Prime Video)

Bridgerton (Netflix)

The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

Lovecraft Country (HBO)

The Mandalorian (Disney+)

Pose (FX)

This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Outstanding Competition Program

The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

I May Destroy You (HBO)

Mare of Easttown (HBO)

The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)

WandaVision (Disney+)

RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

The Amazing Race (CBS)

Nailed It! (Netflix)

Top Chef (Bravo)

The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Conan (TBS)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 (Showtime)

Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special (Multiple Platforms)

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)

The Oscars (ABC)

The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd (CBS)

Hamilton (Disney+)

Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)

David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)

8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Netflix)

Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Pilot") (Apple TV+)

Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. on Black-ish (Episode: "What About Gary?") (ABC)

Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky on The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 20. The round toes, of the high shoes") (Netflix)

William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher on Shameless (Episode: "Father Frank, Full of Grace") (Showtime)

Kenan Thompson as Kenan Williams on Kenan (Episode: "Flirting") (NBC)

Jean Smart as Deborah Vance on Hacks (Episode: "1.69 Million") (HBO Max)

Aidy Bryant as Annie Easton on Shrill (Episode: "Ranchers") (Hulu)

Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden on The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency") (HBO Max)

Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett on Mom (Episode: "My Kinda People and the Big To-Do") (CBS)

Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson on Black-ish (Episode: "Babes in Boyland") (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles on The Crown (Episode: "Terra Nullius") (Netflix)

Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Forty: Part 2") (NBC)

Jonathan Majors as Atticus Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)

Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset on Bridgerton (Episode: "Art of the Swoon") (Netflix)

Billy Porter as Pray Tell on Pose (Episode: "Take Me To Church") (FX)

Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason on Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 8") (HBO)

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown (Episode: "48:1") (Netflix)

Uzo Aduba as Dr. Brooke Taylor on In Treatment (Episode: "Brooke – Week 5") (HBO)

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana on The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)

Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne / Offred on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

Mj Rodriguez as Blanca Evangelista on Pose (Episode: "Series Finale") (FX)

Jurnee Smollett as Letitia "Leti" Lewis on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Holy Ghost") (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Ewan McGregor as Halston on Halston (Netflix)

Paul Bettany as Vision on WandaVision (Disney+)

Hugh Grant as Jonathan Fraser on The Undoing (HBO)

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+)

Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr on Hamilton (Disney+)

Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan on Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Michaela Coel as Arabella on I May Destroy You (HBO)

Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin on Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch on WandaVision (Disney+)

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon on The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent on Ted Lasso (Episode: "All Apologies") (Apple TV+)

Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus Vaughan on Hacks (Episode: "New Eyes") (HBO Max)

Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Two Aces") (Apple TV+)

Nick Mohammed as Nathan Shelley on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again") (Apple TV+)

Paul Reiser as Martin Schneider on The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 18. You only give me your funny paper") (Netflix)

Jeremy Swift as Leslie Higgins on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Biscuits") (Apple TV+)

Kenan Thompson as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle") (NBC)

Bowen Yang as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Carey Mulligan") (NBC)

Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton on Ted Lasso (Episode: "All Apologies") (Apple TV+)

Aidy Bryant as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Regé-Jean Page") (NBC)

Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels on Hacks (Episode: "I Think She Will") (HBO Max)

Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Burr") (NBC)

Rosie Perez as Megan Briscoe on The Flight Attendant (Episode: "Arrivals and Departures") (HBO Max)

Cecily Strong as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anya Taylor-Joy") (NBC)

Juno Temple as Keeley Jones on Ted Lasso (Episode: "For the Children") (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick") (Netflix)

Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon on The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue") (Disney+)

O-T Fagbenle as Luke Bankole on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

John Lithgow as Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan on Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 4") (HBO)

Max Minghella as Commander Nick Blaine on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Crossing") (Hulu)

Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon on This Is Us (Episode: "In the Room") (NBC)

Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony") (Hulu)

Michael K. Williams as Montrose Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Rewind 1921") (HBO) (posthumous)

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown (Episode: "Favourites") (Netflix)

Helena Bonham Carter as PrincesOutstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Drama Series

• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

o Black-ish (ABC)

o Cobra Kai (Netflix)

o Emily in Paris (Netflix)

o The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)

o Hacks (HBO Max)

o The Kominsky Method (Netflix)

o PEN15 (Hulu)

• The Crown (Netflix)

o The Boys (Prime Video)

o Bridgerton (Netflix)

o The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

o Lovecraft Country (HBO)

o The Mandalorian (Disney+)

o Pose (FX)

o This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

Outstanding Competition Program

• The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

o I May Destroy You (HBO)

o Mare of Easttown (HBO)

o The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)

o WandaVision (Disney+)

• RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)

o The Amazing Race (CBS)

o Nailed It! (Netflix)

o Top Chef (Bravo)

o The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

o Conan (TBS)

o The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

o Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

o The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

o A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

• Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 (Showtime)

o Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special (Multiple Platforms)

o The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)

o The Oscars (ABC)

o The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd (CBS)

• Hamilton (Disney+)

o Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)

o David Byrne's American Utopia (HBO)

o 8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Netflix)

o Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)

o A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Pilot") (Apple TV+)

o Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. on Black-ish (Episode: "What About Gary?") (ABC)

o Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky on The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 20. The round toes, of the high shoes") (Netflix)

o William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher on Shameless (Episode: "Father Frank, Full of Grace") (Showtime)

o Kenan Thompson as Kenan Williams on Kenan (Episode: "Flirting") (NBC) • Jean Smart as Deborah Vance on Hacks (Episode: "1.69 Million") (HBO Max)

o Aidy Bryant as Annie Easton on Shrill (Episode: "Ranchers") (Hulu)

o Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden on The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency") (HBO Max)

o Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett on Mom (Episode: "My Kinda People and the Big To-Do") (CBS)

o Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson on Black-ish (Episode: "Babes in Boyland") (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles on The Crown (Episode: "Terra Nullius") (Netflix)

o Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Forty: Part 2") (NBC)

o Jonathan Majors as Atticus Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown") (HBO)

o Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset on Bridgerton (Episode: "Art of the Swoon") (Netflix)

o Billy Porter as Pray Tell on Pose (Episode: "Take Me To Church") (FX)

o Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason on Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 8") (HBO) • Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown (Episode: "48:1") (Netflix)

o Uzo Aduba as Dr. Brooke Taylor on In Treatment (Episode: "Brooke – Week 5") (HBO)

o Emma Corrin as Princess Diana on The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)

o Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne / Offred on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

o Mj Rodriguez as Blanca Evangelista on Pose (Episode: "Series Finale") (FX)

o Jurnee Smollett as Letitia "Leti" Lewis on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Holy Ghost") (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Ewan McGregor as Halston on Halston (Netflix)

o Paul Bettany as Vision on WandaVision (Disney+)

o Hugh Grant as Jonathan Fraser on The Undoing (HBO)

o Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+)

o Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr on Hamilton (Disney+)

• Kate Winslet as Mare Sheehan on Mare of Easttown (HBO)

o Michaela Coel as Arabella on I May Destroy You (HBO)

o Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin on Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

o Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch on WandaVision (Disney+)

o Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon on The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent on Ted Lasso (Episode: "All Apologies") (Apple TV+)

o Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus Vaughan on Hacks (Episode: "New Eyes") (HBO Max)

o Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Two Aces") (Apple TV+)

o Nick Mohammed as Nathan Shelley on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again") (Apple TV+)

o Paul Reiser as Martin Schneider on The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 18. You only give me your funny paper") (Netflix)

o Jeremy Swift as Leslie Higgins on Ted Lasso (Episode: "Biscuits") (Apple TV+)

o Kenan Thompson as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle") (NBC)

o Bowen Yang as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Carey Mulligan") (NBC) • Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton on Ted Lasso (Episode: "All Apologies") (Apple TV+)

o Aidy Bryant as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Regé-Jean Page") (NBC)

o Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels on Hacks (Episode: "I Think She Will") (HBO Max)

o Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Burr") (NBC)

o Rosie Perez as Megan Briscoe on The Flight Attendant (Episode: "Arrivals and Departures") (HBO Max)

o Cecily Strong as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anya Taylor-Joy") (NBC)

o Juno Temple as Keeley Jones on Ted Lasso (Episode: "For the Children") (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick") (Netflix)

o Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon on The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue") (Disney+)

o O-T Fagbenle as Luke Bankole on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

o John Lithgow as Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan on Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 4") (HBO)

o Max Minghella as Commander Nick Blaine on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Crossing") (Hulu)

o Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon on This Is Us (Episode: "In the Room") (NBC)

o Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony") (Hulu)

o Michael K. Williams as Montrose Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Rewind 1921") (HBO) (posthumous) • Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown (Episode: "Favourites") (Netflix)

o Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret on The Crown (Episode: "The Hereditary Principle") (Netflix)

o Madeline Brewer as Janine Lindo on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony") (Hulu)

o Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Progress") (Hulu)

o Aunjanue Ellis as Hippolyta Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "I Am.") (HBO)

o Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles on The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)

o Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

o Samira Wiley as Moira on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Vows") (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Evan Peters as Det. Colin Zabel on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Enter Number Two") (HBO)

o Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts on The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "Adjournment") (Netflix)

o Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson on Hamilton (Disney+)

o Paapa Essiedu as Kwame on I May Destroy You (Episode: "That Was Fun") (HBO)

o Jonathan Groff as King George on Hamilton (Disney+)

o Anthony Ramos as John Laurens / Philip Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+) • Julianne Nicholson as Lori Ross on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sacrament") (HBO)

o Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler on Hamilton (Disney+)

o Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness / Agnes The Nosy Neighbor on WandaVision (Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") (Disney+)

o Moses Ingram as Jolene on The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)

o Jean Smart as Helen Fahey on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sacrament") (HBO)

o Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• Hacks (Episode: "There Is No Line"), Directed by Lucia Aniello (HBO Max)

o B Positive (Episode: "Pilot"), Directed by James Burrows (CBS)

o The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency"), Directed by Susanna Fogel (HBO Max)

o Mom (Episode: "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak"), Directed by James Widdoes (CBS)

o Ted Lasso (Episode: "Biscuits"), Directed by Zach Braff (Apple TV+)

o Ted Lasso (Episode: "The Hope that Kills You"), Directed by MJ Delaney (Apple TV+)

o Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again"), Directed by Declan Lowney (Apple TV+)

• The Crown (Episode: "War"), Directed by Jessica Hobbs (Netflix)

o Bridgerton (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water"), Directed by Julie Anne Robinson (Netflix)

o The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale"), Directed by Benjamin Caron (Netflix)

o The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Wilderness"), Directed by Liz Garbus (Hulu)

o The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal"), Directed by Jon Favreau (Disney+)

o Pose (Episode: "Series Finale"), Directed by Steven Canals (FX)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• The Queen's Gambit, Directed by Scott Frank (Netflix)

o Hamilton, Directed by Thomas Kail (Disney+)

o I May Destroy You (Episode: "Ego Death"), Directed by Sam Miller and Michaela Coel (HBO)

o I May Destroy You (Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"), Directed by Sam Miller (HBO)

o Mare of Easttown, Directed by Craig Zobel (HBO)

o The Underground Railroad, Directed by Barry Jenkins (Prime Video)

o WandaVision, Directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Hacks (Episode: "There Is No Line"), Written by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (HBO Max)

o The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency"), Written by Steve Yockey (HBO Max)

o Girls5eva (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Meredith Scardino (Peacock)

o PEN15 (Episode: "Play"), Written by Maya Erskine (Hulu)

o Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again"), Written by Joe Kelly, Brendan Hunt, and Jason Sudeikis (Apple TV+)

o Ted Lasso (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly (Apple TV+) • The Crown (Episode: "War"), Written by Peter Morgan (Netflix)

o The Boys (Episode: "What I Know"), Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine (Prime Video)

o The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home"), Written by Yahlin Chang (Hulu)

o Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown"), Written by Misha Green (HBO)

o The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi"), Written by Dave Filoni (Disney+)

o The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue"), Written by Jon Favreau (Disney+)

o Pose (Episode: "Series Finale"), Written by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, Our Lady J, Janet Mock, and Ryan Murphy (FX)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

• I May Destroy You, Written by Michaela Coel (HBO)

o Mare of Easttown, Written by Brad Ingelsby (HBO)

o The Queen's Gambit, Written by Scott Frank (Netflix)

o WandaVision (Episode: "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!"), Written by Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron (Disney+)

o WandaVision (Episode: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience"), Written by Jac Schaeffer (Disney+)

o WandaVision (Episode: "Previously On"), Written by Laura Donney (Disney+) • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

o The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

o A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

o The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

o Saturday Night Live (NBC)

s Margaret on The Crown (Episode: "The Hereditary Principle") (Netflix)

Madeline Brewer as Janine Lindo on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony") (Hulu)

Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Progress") (Hulu)

Aunjanue Ellis as Hippolyta Freeman on Lovecraft Country (Episode: "I Am.") (HBO)

Emerald Fennell as Camilla Parker Bowles on The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale") (Netflix)

Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home") (Hulu)

Samira Wiley as Moira on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Vows") (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Evan Peters as Det. Colin Zabel on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Enter Number Two") (HBO)

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts on The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "Adjournment") (Netflix)

Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson on Hamilton (Disney+)

Paapa Essiedu as Kwame on I May Destroy You (Episode: "That Was Fun") (HBO)

Jonathan Groff as King George on Hamilton (Disney+)

Anthony Ramos as John Laurens / Philip Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+)

Julianne Nicholson as Lori Ross on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sacrament") (HBO)

Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler on Hamilton (Disney+)

Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness / Agnes The Nosy Neighbor on WandaVision (Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") (Disney+)

Moses Ingram as Jolene on The Queen's Gambit (Episode: "End Game") (Netflix)

Jean Smart as Helen Fahey on Mare of Easttown (Episode: "Sacrament") (HBO)

Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton on Hamilton (Disney+)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Hacks (Episode: "There Is No Line"), Directed by Lucia Aniello (HBO Max)

B Positive (Episode: "Pilot"), Directed by James Burrows (CBS)

The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency"), Directed by Susanna Fogel (HBO Max)

Mom (Episode: "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak"), Directed by James Widdoes (CBS)

Ted Lasso (Episode: "Biscuits"), Directed by Zach Braff (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso (Episode: "The Hope that Kills You"), Directed by MJ Delaney (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again"), Directed by Declan Lowney (Apple TV+)

The Crown (Episode: "War"), Directed by Jessica Hobbs (Netflix)

Bridgerton (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water"), Directed by Julie Anne Robinson (Netflix)

The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale"), Directed by Benjamin Caron (Netflix)

The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Wilderness"), Directed by Liz Garbus (Hulu)

The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal"), Directed by Jon Favreau (Disney+)

Pose (Episode: "Series Finale"), Directed by Steven Canals (FX)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

The Queen's Gambit, Directed by Scott Frank (Netflix)

Hamilton, Directed by Thomas Kail (Disney+)

I May Destroy You (Episode: "Ego Death"), Directed by Sam Miller and Michaela Coel (HBO)

I May Destroy You (Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"), Directed by Sam Miller (HBO)

Mare of Easttown, Directed by Craig Zobel (HBO)

The Underground Railroad, Directed by Barry Jenkins (Prime Video)

WandaVision, Directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Hacks (Episode: "There Is No Line"), Written by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (HBO Max)

The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency"), Written by Steve Yockey (HBO Max)

Girls5eva (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Meredith Scardino (Peacock)

PEN15 (Episode: "Play"), Written by Maya Erskine (Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again"), Written by Joe Kelly, Brendan Hunt, and Jason Sudeikis (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly (Apple TV+)

The Crown (Episode: "War"), Written by Peter Morgan (Netflix)

The Boys (Episode: "What I Know"), Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine (Prime Video)

The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home"), Written by Yahlin Chang (Hulu)

Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown"), Written by Misha Green (HBO)

The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi"), Written by Dave Filoni (Disney+)

The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue"), Written by Jon Favreau (Disney+)

Pose (Episode: "Series Finale"), Written by Steven Canals, Brad Falchuk, Our Lady J, Janet Mock, and Ryan Murphy (FX)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

I May Destroy You, Written by Michaela Coel (HBO)

Mare of Easttown, Written by Brad Ingelsby (HBO)

The Queen's Gambit, Written by Scott Frank (Netflix)

WandaVision (Episode: "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!"), Written by Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron (Disney+)

WandaVision (Episode: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience"), Written by Jac Schaeffer (Disney+)

WandaVision (Episode: "Previously On"), Written by Laura Donney (Disney+)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

[olderthannetfic]

You’ve probably heard of that film version of The Magnificent Seven from a couple of years ago. Maybe you know it’s based on a film from 1960, which is itself a remake of Seven Samurai.

But if you’re like 99% of fandom or even that guy I know who worked on the 2016 version, you probably don’t know that there was also a TV series starring, among other people, Ron Perlman.

(This came up because said dude and I were working on another Western starring Ron Perlman. A sucky one though. Alas, I cannot pimp it.)

Mag7, as it is usually called in fandom, was quite the little slash fandom in its day, yet it is nearly forgotten by newer fans. The show aired for two seasons from 1998-2000.

It’s one of those shows I bought, sight unseen, so I could catch up on older fandoms. I ended up liking it more or less, but I don’t think canon has aged well. It’s too bloodless for the era it came out in while making a pretense at covering serious, dark shit. It has neither the standing sets of old Western TV nor the big budgets of the 2010s Western revival. It’s too white. The one black lead gets relegated to token status along with all Native characters. The treatment of women is laughable, from the Happy Hooker stuff (gah!) to the time they try to teach the tomboy to be more girly so she can get the young dude in the cast (ragescream!). It feels more in line with what I’d expect a Western to look like in 1988 than 1998, especially on the heels of the far more inventive The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. in 1993.

Fanlore says that Mag7 suffers because current fandom is not into Westerns, but my problem is that I am far too into Westerns, and this show is not a good one.

OTOH, there is a lot of material here to work with, and work with it fans did!

It’s a super interesting fandom for a fandom historian because of how intensely AU-infested it is. Maybe you’ve heard something about “ATF-verse”? That’s a Mag7 thing. It’s not just regular AUs: The fandom is full of these shared universes with established rules for writers who want to play in them.

The “Seven” are:

Chris Larabee: The black-clad, taciturn loner with... wait for it... a dead wife and child.

Vin Tanner: The soft-spoken woobie, sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, who has spent time amongst the Indian tribes. (It is every bit as cringey as you think.) Fandom’s #1 fave, natch.

J.D. Dunne: Horrid little twerp with a terrible hat. I wanted to stab him every time he was on screen. x100 whenever he was interacting with a woman.

Buck Wilmington: Played by Dale Midkiff of Time Trax fame! (What? Everyone important, by which I mean me, loved Time Trax!) He is Chris’s old friend and polar opposite, a jolly, good-humored man raised by a prostitute mother. Ladies, including the working girls, love him. Also he gets fake dead more than once, so he’s clearly the BEST character, and fandom ought to have loved him the best too! >:( 

Josiah Sanchez: Ron Perlman plays a wacky preacher and ex-gunfighter. Is he haunted by his past? Does he make woo-woo philosophical proclamations about this? Does this show love its ubiquitous Western cliches? (Don’t answer that.)

Ezra Standish: If Vin is the quiet, soft-spoken woobie, Ezra is the woobie who hides his Tragic Pain under a mask of charm and cheer. He’s the one with the rapidfire con artist patter, the fancy suits, and the Southern accent. He has a complicated relationship with his con artist mother. His wardrobe is a thousand times prettier than anyone else’s, and he crossdresses at some point. Naturally, he is fandom’s other darling after Vin. Possibly the #1 darling in ATF-verse.

Nathan Jackson: Nathan is a former slave and a doctor. He has a girlfriend in the local Seminole village and not enough to do on the show.

Other characters include a sad widow for Chris to have sad dead partner angst at, the judge who sends them on missions, and, in the pilot, that guy who played Harper in Sharpe. The judge is played by Robert Vaughn, which I 100% did not realize until I was looking at wikipedia just now!

Anyway, standard Western hijinks happen. The mystery of Chris’s wife’s death is eventually solved as angstily as possible. Chris pretends to kill Buck as part of a ruse at one point, making them my ship of choice. (What?) J.D. and the local tomboy get set up by all the other characters, causing me to want to stab not only them but also myself in the eye.

COME AT ME BRO!

Oops. I’m supposed to be promoting Escapade, not starting fights about old tv shows. Anyway, I think the canon has some issues, but the fic... let me tell you, there are no words more likely to attract me to a fandom than “presumed dead”, and Mag7 fandom delivered, not only in the slash but in the gen. I have no idea, years later, where to find any of those fics or even which ones I read, but I remember there was self-indulgent melodrama and it was GREAT.

Sweet, sweet idfic, come to Mama!

I would link you to a vid, but as Fanlore hilariously confirms for me, there are like no good vids in this fandom. They did eventually release it on DVD, but the image quality is... uh... not great. Oh, wait, I did love this lulzy het vid about ladies being thirsty for Buck.

Actually, that’s a total lie. I have gone looking for Mag7 vids repeatedly for the Escapade dance party. Excavating my old spreadsheets, I see a bunch of interesting ones, like this slash vid of Nathan/Ezra. The Southern gentleman and the black guy are an obvious cliche teamup for Westerns, but the fandom rarely went there. This vid is great though! The only reason I’ve never played it is that no one at the con ships this.

Past Escapade panels include:

2001 - True pairings and permutations (Who are the "right" couples, and what other combinations are remotely possible? Video excerpts for newcomers.)

2003 - AUs! Crutch or creative lifeblood? (Are ATF stories a creative extension of the universe or a cop-out by folks too lazy to do their historical research?)

2004 - The Multiverse (Where canon is a formulaic retread of a remake of a classic, the critical mass of fan creativity has exploded in fascinating and bizarre ways. Often, richly textured parallel universes seem more attractive than stories based on the original source material. From conflict over "closed" AUs to creative in-breeding, what's really going on in the Mag 7 multiverse?) [HAH, EVEN YOU GUYS AGREE WITH ME.]

2005 - Where has the Old West gone? (Magnificent Seven has it all! Seven sexy men, horses, the old west, guns, adventure, right and wrong, you name it! So why isn't there more Old West fic? Why all the modem and future AUs? Where do we go from here?)

2006 - Cowboys- Real Life v. Fantasy (From Magnificent Seven to Brokeback Mountain, from John Wayne toughness to curtain fic. What's reel? What's fun? And how much reality do we want in our fun?)

2007 - Chris Larabee: Tragic Hero or Pig-Headed Bastard? (How worthy is Chris to lead the Seven? Does he lead them because he believes in protecting the weak an innocent, or because it strokes his ego? Does he truly value Buck's friendship and support? Vin's? Anyone's?)

2008 - M7: Need Topic! by Megan Kent [LOL]

2011 - Mag 7: Deader Than a Beaver Hat (They're gorgeous. They're archetypes. Lots of other fandoms have less to work with. So, what the hell?)

2012 - My Paring is OK. Your Pairing Sucks! (In a fandom famous for pairing wars, let's get it all out in the open and put it to bed. Come and defend your pairing of choice, and enjoy others doing the same. Inflatable lightsabers, laughter, and the ability not to take yourself seriously. All welcome.)

2013 - What holds the gang together? (The deal was simple: a dollar a day, plus room and board, for a month. And now they've been together *how* long? What holds these seven loners together over the long haul? All pairings, all points of view. Bring story recs to share.) [Duct tape. The answer is always duct tape.]

Mag7 on Fanlore (including links to many smaller archives)

Mag7 on AO3

Mag7 on FFN

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

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The World's First-Ever "Synthetic Embryo" Is Already Causing Controversy

Scientists have created the world's first lab-grown "synthetic embryo," a groundbreaking moment in science that has reignited a fierce ethical debate.

Led by molecular geneticist Joseph Hanna, a team of researchers at Israel's Wizemann Institute of Science managed to create a synthetic mouse "embryo" in a lab without fertilized eggs or a uterus, potentially allowing us to get a glimpse of what happens in the early stages of human pregnancy as well.

This new embryo model, as detailed in the team's paper published this week in the journal Cell, was able to mimic all the makings of an early body, "including precursors of heart, blood, brain and other organs" as well as "the 'support' cells like those found in the placenta and other tissues required to establish and maintain a pregnancy," as University of Melbourne stem cell researcher Megan Munsie, who was not involved in the research, wrote in a piece for The Conversation.

The research could have major implications.

"This is a crucial stage: in humans, many pregnancies are lost around this stage, and we don’t really know why," Munsie wrote. "Having models provides a way to better understand what can go wrong, and possibly insights into what we may be able to do about it."

The embryo model, however, only survived eight out of the 20-day mouse embryonic cycle, a critical drawback that, given the stated goal of Renewal Bio, the company founded by Hanna to commercially fund this research.

The startup's goal is to develop synthetic human stem cells in an attempt to "solve" human health crises, a science which experts say won't be ready for decades.

In short, Bio Renewal wants to create embryo-stage versions of humans so that it can harvest tissues for transplants.

Critics who spoke with MIT Technology Review said that it wasn't time to talk about the creation of synthetic human embryos, especially given the greater political context and controversy surrounding the research.

"It’s absolutely not necessary," Nicolas Rivron, a stem-cell scientist at Vienna's Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, told the magazine, "so why would you do it?"

He's not alone in his criticisms, either.

"Synthetic human embryos are not an immediate prospect," James Briscoe of the Francis Crick Institute in London told The Guardian in response to the new research.

"We know less about human embryos than mouse embryos and the inefficiency of the mouse synthetic embryos suggests that translating the findings to human requires further development," he added.

It seems that regardless of where researchers fall on the topic, most agree that it's way too early to start seriously talking about the ethics of synthetic human embryos — but it's a breakthrough nonetheless.

READ MORE: This startup wants to copy you into an embryo for organ harvesting [MIT Technology Review]

More on stem cell promises: Scientist Says Humans Will Be Able to Regrow Limbs "Within Our Lifetimes"

The post The World's First-Ever "Synthetic Embryo" Is Already Causing Controversy appeared first on Futurism.

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i am very worried for Megan though, getting involved in some serious stuff without a support system or resources??? i’m just waiting for that all to complicate all the Cassie stuff.

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GETOVERHER - Hoop Nose Ring ft. Snappy Jit & KAR (prod. MNTN) from Ege Soyuer on Vimeo.

The directorial debut of partners, Jenna Josepher and Ege Soyuer, Hoop Nose Ring is a study of interaction between color, gestural animation, and the human body. This no-budget passion project was only possible because of the incredible, grassroots, mostly-female production crew and cast—an offbeat and diverse bunch of badass, open-minded collaborators from the NYC creative community. We hope the future of music video culture embraces what Hoop Nose Ring is all about; free creative agency, playfulness, self-validation, and media produced in free, supportive spaces.

As the illustrious pop-song on his debut album, BLACKWATCHSAD, Hoop Nose Ring is a love letter from one man, GETOVERHER (AKA Jason Scott Henderson,) to the diverse rainbow of women in his hometown of NYC, with the understanding that the future is female. ------------------- VIDEO CREDITS

Directed by Jenna Josepher + Ege Soyuer

Director of Photography: Jacki Huntington

Gaffer/Producer: Kevin Kushner

Camera Operator: Theo Cote

Line Producer, HBIC: Brette Graber

Stylist: Sara Hinkley

Stylist Assistant: Andrea Patsko

Make Up Designer: Priscilla Perez

Make Up Assistant: Diana Argueta

Props Stylist: Megan Kelly

Production Assistant: Athena Manolopoulos

Nails by FlossGloss

Dancers: Ali Brasky, Annie Rigney, Evelyn Chen, Geordan Briscoe, Katyann Gonzalez, Sully Odi Romero, Janine Lee, Ashley Reese, Alexa Leighton, Morgan Nixon, Sara Hinkley, Brette Graber

Post Production: Hornet Inc.

Design: Ege Soyuer, Moree Wu, Mercy Lomelin

Animation: Olivia Blanc, Dupp Du, Chris Guyot, Aaron Kemnitzer, Ege Soyuer, Camille Vincent, Moree Wu

Compositing: Ted Wiggin, Jon Harrison

Edit: Jenna Josepher, Anita Chao

Special Thanks: Hornet Inc., Sext Pixels, FlossGloss, Joanna Rockwell, Franny Perry

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Song by GETOVERHER - featuring Snappy Jit & KAR Produced by MNTN