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As Nomination Voting Nears, Are Emmy FYC Campaigns Outspending Oscars? Plus My Surefire Tony Award Predictions Based On Seeing Only Six Shows – Notes On The Season


The Notes On The Season column covers the ever burgeoning campaign season for Emmys and also makes a few predictions for this Sunday's Tony Awards

The cutoff date for eligibility for this year’s Emmy contest was May 31, and in May alone I counted 148 direct emails from the Television Academy with FYC invites, screening reminders and lineups from all the networks, streamers and studios touting their wares. (L-R_ Fred Armisen, Bowen Yang, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson at a ‘Saturday Night Live’ FYC event June 2 at the TV Academy Todd Williamson/NBC There is also a showdown for Best Leading Actress in a Musical between the six-time winner and all-time record holder Audra McDonald giving it her best shot as Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger as the youngest Norma Desmond of all time in Sunset Boulevard.

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