Mike Manning

have to come and make a public apology? No, I don't think so.

After this, like Mike Manning had to make after the win the

other

night.

Trisha Mann Grant got nommed as Leslie for Supporting Actress.

Timon Kyle Durrett as Bill and Mike Manning as Smitty got Supporting Actor nominations.

Also Amber Michelle and Arielle Pepiti were nominated as Emerging Talent for their roles of Eva and Naomi.

Jasmine Burke was nominated as June for Guest Performance.

He's like on this.

the beginning of like this, this kind of journey, this reflection that he's trying to, you know, and he's dealing with this awkward kind of, you just feel for him in that kudos to Mike Manning.

Cause you just really, you know, his whole situation there, he's just trying to figure out which way is up and what's up with this guy.

And I thought they had to connect.

still, you know, something that kind of, if they could, it could have indicated that that kind of sparked show us a little bit rather than just kind of apply.

know exactly yep because those scenes would

have been incredible you know yeah i mean mike manning would have wrapped up like you know emmy's left and right for that but

yeah no i did

Welcome back to another conversation with Three Geeks.

Today I'm joined by Mike Manning.

Mike, welcome to Three Geeks.

Thanks for having me.

just wrapped a horror, so that's why that's sort of checked off my list for now.

Very nice.

So what is next for Mike Manning?

Yeah, so I'm on hiatus right now from the show, so I'm taking a little break.

He's also the founder of Manifest Productions, but more importantly, he recently was nominated, he's a 2026 Emmy nominee for outstanding supporting performance in a daytime drama series actor.

So please help me welcome back the fabulous Mike Manning back to the podcast.

Thank you so much for having me.

Mike, it's an honor to have you.

So you can catch me as Smitty and the rest of Fairmont Crest on CBS in the afternoons, uh, on the weekdays.

Uh, my social media handles are Mike_Manning, and that's on Instagram, that's on X, that's on, um [clears throat] what else is there? TikTok.

Uh, Facebook, you just type in Mike Manning, and I have a public page on there.

Um, Manifest Productions is my production company, so the website is manifestproductions.com.

But he's nominated against you, of course.

And then Mike Manning, who's been around for a long time.

He was on Beyond the Gates.

And then you got the legend, Roger Howarth.