Just when we thought it was over, they pull us back in. The nine-year pattern of the Best Drama Actor Emmy going to a star from a first-year show or a last-year show appeared to be ending this year, based on our odds, but voters had a different idea. Steve Carell made the lineup on Tuesday for the inaugural season of “The Morning Show,” the only nominee of the six-person field who meets the aforementioned criteria to continue the trend.
The last nine champs are:
2011: Kyle Chandler (fifth and final season of “Friday Night Lights”)
2012: Damian Lewis (Season 1 of “Homeland”)
2013: Jeff Daniels (Season 1 of “The Newsroom”)
2014: Bryan Cranston (fifth and final season of “Breaking Bad”)
2015: Jon Hamm (seventh and final season of “Mad Men”)
2016: Rami Malek (Season 1 of “Mr. Robot”)
2017: Sterling K. Brown (Season 1 of “This Is Us”)
2018: Matthew Rhys (sixth and...
The last nine champs are:
2011: Kyle Chandler (fifth and final season of “Friday Night Lights”)
2012: Damian Lewis (Season 1 of “Homeland”)
2013: Jeff Daniels (Season 1 of “The Newsroom”)
2014: Bryan Cranston (fifth and final season of “Breaking Bad”)
2015: Jon Hamm (seventh and final season of “Mad Men”)
2016: Rami Malek (Season 1 of “Mr. Robot”)
2017: Sterling K. Brown (Season 1 of “This Is Us”)
2018: Matthew Rhys (sixth and...
- 7/31/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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