The Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday handed out trophies within the Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, Drama Series and Limited or Anthology Series classes. They went to FX’s The Bear (casting administrators Jeanie Bacharach, Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal, and AJ Links), HBO’s The White Lotus (Meredith Tucker, Francesco Vedovati, and Barbara Giordani) and Netflix’s Beef (Charlene Lee and Claire Koonce), respectively
Last yr, two of the winners within the casting classes, Succession for drama sequence and The White Lotus, which competed as a restricted sequence in Season 1, went on to triumph every week later as Outstanding Drama Series and Limited Series winners, respectively. The Casting for a Comedy Series Emmy was received by ABC’s Abbott Elementary whereas Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso repeated as Comedy Series Emmy winner. The yr earlier than, the winners within the three casting classes all went on to triumph within the marquee scripted classes.
The Bear and Beef are main most odds for Outstanding Comedy Series and Limited Series, respectively.
The White Lotus‘ win in the Casting For Drama Series category is somewhat surprising as the newly-minted drama series went head-to-head with the fourth and final season of HBO’s drama juggernaut Succession, which received the casting class for its second and third seasons in 2020 and 2022 and each instances additionally nabbed Outstanding Drama Series.
Succession nonetheless is taken into account the odds-on favourite within the prime drama sequence area, with The White Lotus operating second on many prediction lists. It is feasible that the latter’s anthological nature, that includes largely a brand new solid every season, tipped the scales in its favor within the drama casting class this yr.
Casting for a Comedy Series has been a comparatively dependable predictor for the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy winner. Before final yr, the earlier seven exhibits to take residence the Casting For a Comedy Series statuette all went on to additionally win the Outstanding Comedy Series class every week later.
However, TV Academy tends to indicate inertia generally, sticking with favorites for awhile. Modern Family received Outstanding Comedy Series for 5 consecutive years; solely the primary of these wins was proceeded by a Casting For a Comedy Series Emmy as voters moved on to acknowledge different exhibits.
Ted Lasso did the identical final yr with a second consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy and will prolong its streak to a few although The Bear’s buzz is kind of robust.
Casting for Drama Series has efficiently predicted the eventual Outstanding Drama Series winner in six of the final eight years, together with the final three years with Succession, The Crown and Succession once more.
The winners within the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series (and its predecessors, Outstanding Limited Series, Miniseries, Miseries Or Movie) have very intently adopted the winners within the corresponding casting class during the last twenty years, with solely a few deviations, together with just one up to now 10 years. The White Lotus, The Queen’s Gambit and Watchmen took the long-form casting class the final three years earlier than additionally successful the Outstanding Limited/Anthology Series throughout the principle telecast.
Succession tops the record of applications with most Emmy nominations this yr, 27. The White Lotus is third with 23 nominations; The Bear sixth with 13.