Could Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell take home his-and-her Emmys? The “Americans” stars (and real-life couple) have a decent shot, with Rhys sitting in second place in our Best Drama Actor Emmy odds and Russell lodged in fourth in our Best Drama Actress predictions. If they do pull off the wins, this would only be the seventh time in Emmy history that the drama lead races went to the same show.
The Emmys’ acting categories weren’t genre-specific in its nascent years, so we didn’t get separate comedy and drama acting races until 1966. Since then, only six times, across five shows, have co-stars won drama lead actor and actress. They are:
See Last chance, best chance? ‘The Americans’ could be latest show to win top Emmy for its final season
1973: Richard Thomas and Michael Learned, “The Waltons”
1981: Daniel J. Travanti and Barbara Babcock, “Hill Street Blues”
1993: Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker,...
The Emmys’ acting categories weren’t genre-specific in its nascent years, so we didn’t get separate comedy and drama acting races until 1966. Since then, only six times, across five shows, have co-stars won drama lead actor and actress. They are:
See Last chance, best chance? ‘The Americans’ could be latest show to win top Emmy for its final season
1973: Richard Thomas and Michael Learned, “The Waltons”
1981: Daniel J. Travanti and Barbara Babcock, “Hill Street Blues”
1993: Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker,...
- 8/22/2018
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