2022 Emmys: Who Will Be Nominated? - Writing for a Drama Series

[24Emmy]

Last year's nominees:

The Boys - "What I Know" (Rebecca Sonnenshine)
The Crown - "War" (Peter Morgan) *
The Handmaid's Tale - "Home" (Yahlin Chang)
Lovecraft Country - "Sundown" (Misha Green)
The Mandalorian - "Chapter 13: The Jedi" (Dave Filoni)
The Mandalorian - "Chapter 16: The Rescue" (Jon Favreau)
Pose - "Series Finale" (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Janet Mock and Our Lady J)


Contenders:

Arcane - “The Monster You Created” (Christian Linke and Alex Yee)
Better Call Saul - “Black and Blue” (Alison Tatlock)
Better Call Saul - “Carrot and Stick” (Thomas Schnauz and Ariel Levine)
Better Call Saul - “Hit and Run” (Ann Cherkis)
Better Call Saul - “Plan and Execution” (Thomas Schnauz)
Better Call Saul - “Rock and Hard Place” (Gordon Smith)
Better Call Saul - “Wine and Roses” (Peter Gould)
Bridgerton - “Capital R Rake” (Chris Van Dusen)
Euphoria - “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (Sam Levinson)
The Gilded Age - “Face the Music” (Julian Fellowes)
The Good Fight - “Previously On” (Robert King and Michelle King)
Killing Eve - “Don't Get Attached” (Laura Neal and Georgia Lester)
Killing Eve - “Hello, Losers” (Laura Neal)
Killing Eve - “Making Dead Things Look Nice” (Sarah Simmonds)
Killing Eve - “Oh Goodie, I'm the Winner” (Kayleigh Llewellyn)
Loki - “Glorious Purpose” (Michael Waldron)
The Morning Show - “La Amara Vita” (Kerry Ehrin and Scott Troy)
Ozark - “Ellie” (Paul Kolsby)
Ozark - “A Hard Way to Go” (Chris Mundy)
Pachinko - “Chapter One” (Soo Hugh)
Severance - “The We We Are” (Dan Erickson)
Squid Game - “One Lucky Day” (Hwang Dong-hyuk)
Stranger Things - “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” (The Duffer Brothers)
Succession - “All the Bells Say” (Jesse Armstrong)
This Is Us - “Don’t Let Me Keep You” (Elan Mastai)
This Is Us - “The Hill” (Casey Johnson, David Windsor, & Chrissy Metz)
This Is Us - “Miguel” (Jonny Gomez)
This Is Us - “Us” (Dan Fogelman)
Tokyo Vice - “Yoshino” (J. T. Rogers)
What If?… - “What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?” (Matthew Chauncey)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty - “Acceptable Loss” (Rodney Barnes and Max Borenstein)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty - “The Swan” (Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht)
Yellowjackets - “F Sharp” (Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, & Bart Nickerson)
Yellowjackets - “Pilot” (Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson)
Yellowstone - “Half the Money” (Taylor Sheridan)


Total # of submissions = 210 (7 nominees)

[acornboy]

This one could go a lot of ways. Who expected the more highbrow writers to select two Mandalorian eps last year?

Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Succession
Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets
Yellowstone

[Vektor]

1. Succession - “All the Bells Say”
2. Squid Game - “One Lucky Day”
3. Better Call Saul - “Plan and Execution”
4. Better Call Saul - “Rock and Hard Place”
5. Ozark - “A Hard Way to Go”
6. Severance - “The We We Are”
7. Ozark - “Ellie”

[Dan_Quixote]

Better Call Saul really needs to start submitting more effectively haha.

Ozark
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Succession
Yellowjackets - Pilot
Yellowstone

Alt. Pachinko (probably delusional on my part)

[Vektor]

I am surprised about the BCS doubt. They got two Writing nominations for S5, the writers like the show.

[ginnala]

Ozark is likelier to get snubbed than get 2 episodes

[chrispepper]

01. Succession
02. Squid Game
03. Severance
04. Better Call Saul, Plan and Executions
05. Yellowjackets, Pilot
06. Better Call Saul, Rock and a Hard Place
07. Ozark, A Hard Way To Go

Alts: Yellowstone, The Morning Show, This is Us

[Hoster1]

Better Call Saul (Plan and Execution) - Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould & Thomas Schnauz (AMC)
Better Call Saul (Rock and Hard Place) - Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould & Gordon Smith (AMC)
Ozark (A Hard Way to Go) - Chris Mundy, Mark Williams & Bill Dubuque (Netflix)
Severance (The We We Are) - Dan Erickson (Apple TV+)
Squid Game (One Lucky Day) - Hwang Dong-hyuk (Netflix)
Succession (All the Bells Say) - Jesse Armstrong (HBO)
Yellowjackets (Pilot) - Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson (Showtime)

[Couv]

“Plan and Execution”, Better Call Saul
“Glorious Purpose”, Loki
“A Hard Way to Go”, Ozark
“The We We Are”, Severance
“One Lucky Day”, Squid Game
“All the Bells Say”, Succession
“Pilot”, Yellowjackets

[Bee]

Succession
Severance
Squid Game
Ozark
Better Call Saul
Yellowjackets
Yellowstone

Really not sure after the first 4. Well...maybe Yellowjackets

[dyedred19]

This Is Us didn't submit The Train? Feels like a missed opportunity there.

[24Emmy]

This Is Us didn't submit The Train? Feels like a missed opportunity there.

Dan Fogelman went with the finale (“Us”) instead.

[JotB]

1. Succession (All the Bells Say)
2. Severance (The Way We Are)
3. Squid Game (One Lucky Day)
4. Ozark (A Way to Go)
5. Ozark (Ellie)
6. Better Call Saul (Plan and Execution)
7. Yellowjackets (Pilot)

Alt: Loki (Glorious Purpose)

[klariso]

Final Predictions:

Better Call Saul (Rock and Hard Place)
Ozark (A Hard Way to Go)
Pachinko (Chapter One)
Severance (The We We Are)
Squid Game (One Lucky Day)
Succession (All the Bells Say)
Yellowjackets (Pilot)

8th: Ozark (Ellie)

[Matt-10]

Dan Fogelman went with the finale (“Us”) instead.

I'm tempted to predict "Us" but I don't believe the show has received any Writing/Directing nominations from he Emmys before. It's interesting since the show has netted a few WGA nods over the years but no luck here.

[Bee]

This is Us isn't seen as a directorial achievement or a writerly show. It's always been an actors' push so I wouldn't bet on it popping up here.

[achels6]

1. Succession - “All the Bells Say” (Jesse Armstrong)
2. Severance - “The We We Are” (Dan Erickson)
3. Squid Game - “One Lucky Day” (Hwang Dong-hyuk)
4. Better Call Saul - “Plan and Execution” (Thomas Schnauz)
5. Better Call Saul - “Rock and Hard Place” (Gordon Smith)
6. Yellowjackets - “Pilot” (Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson)
7. Ozark - “Ellie” (Paul Kolsby)

I think my top three are locks (though there's a slight chance Squid Game gets snubbed for awful episode submission but I doubt it since it's such a force to be reckoned with). I feel good with both my Saul episodes, I think at least one is locked, not sure which one, but I'm hopeful both will get in. Yellowjackets should happen as long as the Emmys embrace it, as I'm predicting they will. Went back and forth between both Ozark episodes and Stranger Things for the last slot. Ozark did great for S3, but hadn't been nominated before that. Meanwhile Stranger Things got in for both of their first two seasons, but missed the third. Ultimately went with "Ellie" just because I think their finale's too polarizing and I think Ozark is slightly stronger than Stranger Things at the Emmys. But not by much.

[QuentinBunuel]

Poor submission from Pachinko,the series got better as it went along.

[JotB]

I'm tempted to predict "Us" but I don't believe the show has received any Writing/Directing nominations from he Emmys before. It's interesting since the show has netted a few WGA nods over the years but no luck here.

The majority of it’s WGA noms have been for the Episodic categories, where panelist’s jury the nominees instead of the whole guild voting.

Ironically, I think if the Emmys still had the limited voting system that they did in 2015-2016 but would’ve performed better in the directing and writing categories.