The Television Academy (which is not a place where TVs go to school, I’ve just learned) has announced the nominations for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. And, yeah, yeah, The Pitt got 25 nominations, of course it did, Widow’s Bay got 19 noms, and Pluribus got 18.
Eh, who cares? This is a PC gaming site. How did TV shows based on PC games do?
Great! Sort of. Fallout Season 2 hauled off an impressive nine Emmy nominations, but don’t pop the Nuka Cola yet—none of the actors on the show were nominated. Not Ella Purnell as Lucy, not Aaron Moten as Max, not Kyle MacLachlan as Hank, who were all great this season. Not even Justin Theroux got a nomination, despite being deliciously creepy as the unhinged Robert House.
And somehow, Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard and The Ghoul didn’t get a nom. I am surprised at this! Goggions would seem to be a shoe-in as a crowd favorite: he was nominated for Fallout Season 1 in 2024, though the award went to Hiroyuki Sanada for Shōgun, and I can’t really beef about that because he was great. But Goggins was even better in Season 2, particularly his scenes as Cooper Howard in the pre-war sequences, which are easily my favorite parts of the show.
Who did get nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama? Noah Wyle, obviously, for The Pitt, Mark Ruffalo for Task (he was good), Gary Oldman for Slow Horses (no argument here), Sterling K. Brown for Paradise (only watched the first episode), and Rufus Sewell for The Diplomat (didn’t see it).
How do you feel about those guys getting nominated and Goggins not getting gogginated? Here, do me a favor and answer this quick poll:
At least the people who turn Goggins into the Ghoul are up for a nomination: Fallout Season 2 is up for two Outstanding Makeup categories (non-prosthetic and prosthetic), and one for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes.
The show is also nominated for Outstanding Stunt Performance for the episode “The Profligate,” though I just scrubbed through that episode and I’m not sure which stunt was being submitted—possibly the performer leaping through the air while wearing power armor, at the end.
Other categories include sound editing, sound mixing, hairstyling, and production design. Just no acting!
You can see Fallout’s complete list of Emmy nominations here. We’ll just have to cross our fingers for Goggins to finally win an Emmy in Season 3.
