{"id":42377,"date":"2026-08-12T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42377"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:27:45","slug":"42377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42377","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Widow&#8217;s Bay&#8221; Season 1, starring Matthew Rhys, Kate O&#8217;Flynn and Stephen Root \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z081226zview_widowsbay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Widow&#8217;s Bay: Season 1 <\/i>(2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created by:<strong> Katie Dippold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hiro Murai <\/strong>(eps. 1-3; 9-10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Donovan\u00a0<\/strong>(eps. 4; 7)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew DeYoung\u00a0<\/strong>(eps. 5; 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ti West <\/strong>(ep. 6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Katie Dippold\u00a0<\/strong>(eps. 1; 10)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelly Galuska\u00a0<\/strong>(ep. 2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neil Casey\u00a0<\/strong>(ep. 3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mackenzie Dohr<\/strong> (ep. 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colton Dunn<\/strong> (ep. 5)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alberto Rold\u00e1n<\/strong> (ep. 6)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Harris<\/strong> (ep. 7)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Ketchum<\/strong> (ep. 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bobak Esfarjani<\/strong> (ep. 9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Matthew Rhys, Kate O&#8217;Flynn, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, Kingston Rumi Southwick <\/strong>and <strong>Stephen Root<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom Loftis is Mayor of the small island town called Widow&#8217;s Bay.\u00a0 Tom, now a widower and single parent, moved to the island to marry his wife.\u00a0 As mayor, Tom&#8217;s major goal is to turn Widow&#8217;s Bay into a tourist town.\u00a0 Some of the residents are all for the idea.\u00a0 There are others who feel the island is cursed and bringing more folks to the island will create major problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom sees the naysayers as silly and superstitious.\u00a0 But when strange things begin to happen, Tom tries to find rational reasons for them.\u00a0 Soon enough Tom and the islanders are dealing with ghosts, a killer clown, time warps, a Sea Hag, a serial killer and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome to Widow&#8217;s Bay!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widow&#8217;s Bay received 19 <em>Prime-Time Emmy<\/em> award nominations.\u00a0 Results will be announced September 4th.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominee for <em>Outstanding Comedy Series<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nominee for<em> Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Matthew Rhys<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nominee for <em>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211;<strong> Stephen Root<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nominee for <em>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Kate O&#8217;Flynn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series &#8211; <\/em><strong>Hiro Murai, <\/strong>For episode <em>&#8220;Welcome to Widow&#8217;s Bay!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series &#8211; <\/em><strong>Katie Dippold, <\/strong>For episode <em>&#8220;Welcome to Widow&#8217;s Bay!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nominee for <em>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Dale Dickey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) &#8211; <\/em><strong>David Fleming<\/strong> (composer), For episode <em>&#8220;Our History&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Music Supervision<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Toko Nagata<\/strong> (music supervisor), For episode<em> &#8220;Beach Reads&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for<em> Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series<\/em> <em>(Half-Hour) and Animation &#8211; <\/em><strong>Matt Yocum<\/strong> (co-supervising sound editor), <strong>Sang Jun Kim<\/strong> (co-supervising sound editor), <strong>Goeun Everett<\/strong> (sound effects editor), <strong>Ryan A. Sullivan<\/strong> (sound effects editor), <strong>Nate Underkuffler<\/strong> (music editor), <strong>Leslie Bloome<\/strong> (foley artist).<strong> Shaun Brennan<\/strong> (foley artist), For episode <em>&#8220;What to Expect on Your Trip&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation &#8211; <\/em><strong>Tim Hoogenakker<\/strong> (re-recording mixer),\u00a0 <strong>Larry Benjamin<\/strong> (re-recording mixer),\u00a0 <strong>Kevin S. Parker<\/strong> (production mixer),\u00a0 <strong>Scott Michael Smith<\/strong> (scoring mixer), <strong>Judah Getz<\/strong> (ADR mixer),\u00a0 <strong>Leslie Bloome<\/strong> (foley mixer), For episode <em>&#8220;What to Expect on Your Trip&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series &#8211; <\/em><strong>Hamish Linklater<\/strong> (as Richard Warren), For episode <em>&#8220;Seasickness&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Betty Gilpin<\/strong> (as Sarah Westcott Warren), For episode <em>&#8220;Our History&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Isaac Hagy<\/strong> (editor), For episode <em>&#8220;Our History&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Kyle Reiter<\/strong> (editor), For episode <em>&#8220;Welcome To Widow\u2019s Bay!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single Camera Comedy Series<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Jen Bryson<\/strong> (editor), For episode <em>&#8220;What To Expect On Your Trip&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for<em> Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series &#8211; <\/em><strong>Allison Jones<\/strong> (casting by), <strong>Emily Buntyn<\/strong> (casting by), <strong>Lisa Lobel<\/strong> (location casting), <strong>Angela Peri<\/strong> (location casting)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)<\/em> &#8211; <strong>Christian Sprenger<\/strong> (director of photography)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominee for <em>Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) &#8211; <\/em><strong>Steve Arnold<\/strong> (production designer),<strong> Peter Borck<\/strong> (supervising art director),\u00a0 <strong>Jennifer Engel<\/strong> (set decorator), For episode <em>&#8220;Lodging&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you can tell from the award nominations above, critics and viewers overwhelming like <em>Widow&#8217;s Bay.<\/em>\u00a0 I enjoy it, but not as much as most folks.\u00a0 I feel a bit of inconsistency due to the monster of the week format.\u00a0 There are overarching storylines, but they take a back seat to dealing with each week&#8217;s ghost\/sea hag\/serial killer, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congrats to Matthew Rhys, Kate O&#8217;Flynn and Stephen Root for their well deserved <em>Prime-Time Emmy<\/em> acting nominations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As always your mileage may vary, but for me <em>Widow&#8217;s Bay<\/em> rates a three.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; 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