But with a legion of cable stations, streaming platforms and video on-demand services revolutionising how Americans watch TV, analysts question whether the awards still have the cultural cachet they once boasted.
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The 10-part “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” premiered on FX in February, offering a dramatized behind-the-scenes look at how he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman. “And I will tell you that anybody who was lucky enough to meet him he changed their life”.
The favourite to win the Emmy for variety talk is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which is up against Jerry Seinfeld’s online series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, amongst the regular late night shows.
HBO fan favorite “Game of Thrones” is hoping to keep its best drama series crown after an acclaimed sixth season.
“Empire”, Fox’s melodrama about family feuds in a musical dynasty, picked up just one nomination despite its success with TV viewers, 17.6 million of whom tuned in to watch the first season finale.
“There is nearly as much drama in the race for best drama actor”, said Gold Derby editor Tom O’Neil.
“Veep” ended a five-year winning streak by “Modern Family” in the outstanding comedy series category last year, and is in a strong position to repeat. Meanwhile, Dame Maggie Smith is up for best supporting actress in a drama series for her performance in Downton Abbey.
The most star-studded category is perhaps lead actor in a limited series or TV movie, which includes six-time Emmy victor Bryan Cranston, who has received rave reviews for anchoring HBO’s Lyndon B. Johnson biopic “All the Way”. The hit fantasy drama has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, two for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, three for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, two for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. It’s Maura’s second Emmy nomination – she scored her first in 2001 for her role as nurse Abby Lockhart in “E.R.” – and a win here would definitely be characterized as an upset.
You know they’re going to be show-stoppers.
As Americans prepare to vote in November for a new president after an extraordinary election campaign, “Veep” is also expected to win the comedy series category on Sunday.
Game of Thrones has won nine Creative Emmys for technical excellence this year – Outstanding Casting, Make-up, Costumes, Production Design, Stunt Coordination, Special Visual Effects, Sound Mixing and more.
The form: A more certain category in which Jeffrey Tambor leads the pack by a winning margin.
That shift likely gave “Game of Thrones” a lift in breaking through with its first best drama series Emmy previous year in the HBO show’s fifth season, after being repeatedly nominated but overlooked.
Kerry Washington, who is pregnant with her second child, wore a strapless gown that had a front cutout for her baby bump.
“‘Veep’ is an Emmy inevitability”, O’Neil said.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Louie Anderson, “Baskets”.
Emilia Clarke and Peter Dinklage in ‘Game of Thrones’.
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Sarah Paulson and her real-life doppelganger, O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark, joined forces at Sunday’s Emmy Awards.
