After Snub, Rachel Bloom Still Crazy Excited for the Emmys

After Snub, Rachel Bloom Still Crazy Excited for the Emmys
Rachel Bloom poses in the press room with the award for best actress in a TV series, comedy or musical, for her role in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 10. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
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LOS ANGELES—Rachel Bloom started the year with a Golden Globe win for her starring role in the CW sitcom “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” A week later, she added a Critics’ Choice Award to her mantle.

So, a 2016 Emmy nomination for lead actress in a comedy series seemed within reach.

But no.

“It was a bummer,” Bloom acknowledged in a recent interview. “But,” she continued, “the fact that I was even in the conversation, on the short list to get any nomination, is unbelievable.”

But she’s still a double nominee. The show received four Emmy nominations for original songs, main-title theme, choreography and single-camera editing — and Bloom plays into the music nods.

Those awards will among those presented at Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, which, unlike next weekend’s prime-time show, in general celebrate technicians and others working behind the scenes.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” casts Bloom as a New York lawyer, Rebecca, who, on a whim, abandons her posh but miserable existence to be with the love of her life, Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III).

Problems are that her so-called “love” was a decades-old summer-camp crush who is engaged to another woman and now lives in West Covina, California. And when Rebecca arrives, Josh has no idea why Rebecca is really there.

Rachel Bloom accepts the award for best actress in a comedy series for "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Jan. 17. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Rachel Bloom accepts the award for best actress in a comedy series for "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Jan. 17. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP