I’ve written about the Emmy races for limited series and comedy, which brings us to drama. And if you think this is an instance of me saving the best for last, that’s not the case. Far from it.
Thanks to production delays caused by last year’s strikes as well as the end of such Emmy-nominated perennials as “Succession” and “Better Call Saul,” this year’s lineup of drama series contenders is thin. The eventual nominees might not be the worst slate ever selected ..
. but it’s going to be close. How bad will it be? That depends on whether you believe that there’s such a thing as guilty pleasures (hey, if you like something, why apologize?) or that pleasure can be found in hate-watching a series just to see how cuckoo it can get.
With those stipulations in mind, let’s look at the landscape, which can charitably be described as “wide open,” for this year’s Emmy drama categories. DRAMA SERIES Maybe you consider this first season of “Shōgun” to be a limited series, just like the 1980 television adaptation of James Clavell’s book that starred Richard Chamberlain. I won’t argue.
I will just tell you to give thanks that it’s coming back for a couple more seasons, and because of that, it will be competing as a drama and classing up the joint. It will be joined by the final season of “The Crown,” the only nominee from last season eligible this year. Emmy voters have been content to ignore Apple TV+’s flagship series “The Morning Show” in t.