Emmys: Reality Categories – Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Vanderpump Battle RuPaul; Will TV Academy Voters See ‘Love is Blind’ and Carson Daly?

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2023 EMMY PREDICTIONS:
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Weekly Commentary (June 22, 2023): Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules,” Hulu’s “The Kardashians” and TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way” are among the 45 reality programs hoping to nab their first Emmy nominations. This is down from the previous three years, which had 65, 48 and 44 submissions, respectively.

“Vanderpump” is coming off its biggest season yet after star Tom Sandoval was revealed to be cheating on his partner of nine years, Ariana Madix (with her best friend and fellow co-star Raquel Leviss). Dubbed on social media as “#Scandoval,” it was a rating behemoth for Bravo, pulling 11.4 million viewers for Season 10. The first part of the reunion is the most-watched Bravo episode of any series in nine years.

Ryan Reynolds’ sports series on FX that showcases the actor, along with Rob McElhenney buying the football club Wrexham A.F.C., could sneak into the lineup via the power of FX.

Among the other shows in the running are former nominees “Selling Sunset” from Netflix and MTV’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” which won in 2022. Others include two TLC staples, the “90 Day Fiancé” spin-off “The Other Way” and the latest inception of “Sister Wives.”

Hulu’s “The Kardashians” missed out on a nom for its inaugural season, which the streamer boasted as its most-watched unscripted series. Coming after Hulu ordered 20 more episodes of the series that follows Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian, along with their half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and their mother, Kris, a new Emmy voting method this year could benefit the TV family (no matter the eye rolls you think the public will have).

Nomination voting is now open to the 20,000+ members of the Television Academy. The first round of voting ends on June 26 at 10 p.m. PT. The official nominees will be announced on Tuesday, July 12. The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, are (tentatively scheduled pending the outcome of the WGA strike) on Monday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Fox. The two-night Creative Arts Emmys are scheduled for Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.

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