Name TV shows or performances that weren't nominated for Emmys but you feel should have been

The Terror. All the cast but especially Jared Harris

I always thought that Jonathan Harris and Billy Mumy should have been nominated for their work on Lost In Space. No, it wasn't a great show, but they really did a great job, acting-wise. Mumy, in particular, was always several cuts above most child actors -actually acting rather than just being cute.

Michael McKean for "Better Call Saul."

R2, I agree on both Harris and Mumy.

Also with OP on Chuck Connors.

There was an episode titled The Raid in which Michael Forest (6'3" 215 lbs) and some Indians kidnap Mark so he can replace Forest's character's son who died.

Lucas is severely injured in the kidnapping but he powers through and when he saves Mark he nearly kills his kidnappers.

All those heightened episodes are like Dad porn to this fatherless boy. I loved watching the Rifleman.

Ann B. Davis was never nominated for playing Alice on The Brady Bunch.

In Daytime, Beverlee McKinsey and Mary Kay Adams were never nominated for their work on Guiding Light.

Scenes like this should have won gold for both of them IMHO.

Gentleman Jack

Sidse Babett Knudsen, BORGEN

John Cleese, FAWLTY TOWERS

Julie Newmar, BATMAN

Debra Wilson, MAD TV

Bump

[quote]Debra Wilson, MAD TV

She really wasn't brilliant on that. It's a shame she hasn't stayed in the spotlight doing tv and movies.

She's like Jan Hooks - wholly underrated.

Elizabeth Olson gave a heartbreaking performance in WandaVision. Hopefully one day we'll get to a point where genre shows aren't dismissed out of hand.

Small Wonder from 1985

I thought Chuck mentioned that he won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Rifleman. I agree, he was great in that show. Another standout was The Face of Yesterday, where Lucas has a flood of emotions after he encounters the son of a man he had to kill in the war. Scene starts at 10:30.

Agree about Debra Wilson

Matthew Goode should have won an Emmy for his performance as Paramount Pictures Production VP Robert Evans in The Offer, Paramount Plus' 2022 look at the making of The Godfather. He was so good.

Jack O'Connell, The North Water

I would like to nominate Jack O'Connell to be deep in my mouth. But he was excellent in The North Water, too.

'Oz' wins this thread. So many well-deserved nominations were never given. I assume because of the homosexual content and violence, but 'The Sopranos' has an equal amount of violence.

Chris Meloni was great on Oz

Loved Terry Kinney, too

Debra Wilson -

[quote]She really wasn't brilliant on that. It's a shame she hasn't stayed in the spotlight doing tv and movies.

YIKES.

I meant she WAS brilliant.

Garret Dillahunt for Raising Hope.

(Martha received a well earned nomination for the first season but didn’t win.)

Love Garret Dillahunt, he's been good in lots of things

Jonathan Banks is a god

Specifically when he played Frank McPike on Wiseguy.

The episode of Penny Dreadful where Patti Lupone played the Cut Witch.

Betty Gilpin for Gaslit.

Carrie Coon for The Leftovers (and the show itself). I believe Ann Dowd received the sole nomination for its three season run.

Sara Ramirez for their work as Che

Amy Sedaris - Strangers With Candy

R9 Elizabeth Olsen was nominated for WandaVision, though.

Jane Krakowski as Elaine on Ally McBeal.

D'Arcy Carden should have been nominated for an Emmy in 2018 for the second season of The Good Place which was her best work. She was snubbed and the overrated hack Leslie Jones got nominated for her shitty work on SNL.

[quote] "The episode of Penny Dreadful where Patti Lupone played the Cut Witch."

*CUNT Witch

Fixed that for you, R22.

Kathy Kinney as Miss Goddard the librarian on Newhart. Not a sustained character but for "Guest Actress" maybe?

Wholeheartedly agree with the above about "Oz" -- brutal material delivered by pros who were fully invested in their roles.

Kevin Dunn AND Gary Cole for "Veep."

One of the greatest performances was Leo McKern as Rumpole of the Bailey, though I'm not sure it was shown in the States. Maybe on PBS' Mystery.

Zoe Kazan should have been nominated for The Plot Against America. She was really good in the scene where her character Bess confronts her sister Evelyn and says that she will never forgive her for the things she did. Very heartbreaking scene.

May McDonnell was robbed for not even being nominated

Keir Gilchrist as Sam in "Atypical"