SAG Awards 2013: Winners and Losers

Winners
Argo: This is definitely the biggest winner of the night. With Ben Affleck not being nominated for a directing Oscar, many thought this movie would be out of contention for the big prize. Now, with the win here for the whole cast and the Golden Globe, it seems like Affleck's omission for the big prize may have been the best case scenario for this film. It is possible that many voters are outraged enough that they are voting for the film almost in protest. With this win at the SAG awards, Argo appears to have taken a front running position for the best picture Oscar.

Daniel Day-Lewis: He was already the frontrunner for the Best Actor Oscar, and the win here all but assures his eventual win.

Anne Hathaway: Also like Daniel Day-Lewis, her win here almost guarantees her Oscar win.

Jennifer Lawrence: This race seemed like a toss-up between Lawrence and Jessica Chastain. With her SAG win, Lawrence appears to have become a frontrunner, at least by a small margin. Voters seemed to venture more towards Lawrence's crazy/dark/slightly humorous performance over Chastain's more subdued but equally talented performance, which may give her a leg-up for the Oscar.

30 Rock: Though the comedy itself did not get recognized as a whole, with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin's wins, the show has once again cemented itself as a show not to be reckoned with. It also shows that this once unstoppable awards season show is back in top form for its final season, which could resonate with Emmy voters come the fall.

Amy Poehler: Tina Fey's acceptance speech involved a lot of thank you's and a love letter to Poehler. This can be good for the funny lady in future awards shows, where a lot of Fey's loyal voters may jump on the Poehler train.

Downton Abbey: Who even gave this show a chance? It was supposed to be Homeland and, if not, possibly Breaking Bad or Mad Men. But not Downton. The cast that attended (composed of many secondary characters and Michelle Dockery) even seemed genuinely shocked. This shows that either people just assumed Homeland was a lock and voted elsewhere, or many Homeland is just more susceptible than everyone thought.

Losers
Lincoln: With Affleck and Bigelow both not being nominated for Best Director at the Oscars, many assumed that Lincoln had become the frontrunner. With Argo once again winning the big award at the SAGs, it appears that Lincoln may not be the eventual Best Picture winner after all.

Homeland: It could be that people thought this show was a lock and put their votes elsewhere, but with Best Actor not going to Damian Lewis and going to Bryan Cranston instead, maybe the show is not the unstoppable force that everyone seems to think it is.

Jessica Chastain: As stated before, it looks like Jennifer Lawrence is pulling ahead of the pack for Best Actress. Unfortunately, that means that Chastain is probably not going to come up with the prize.

All Best Actor nominees not named Daniel Day-Lewis: These guys seem to pretty much not have a chance. Which is unfortunate. In weaker years, any of these men could come away with the top prize (especially Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper). Not this year though.