THB #171: The Trouble With Emmys

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has a very different awards problem than The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The best potential for Oscar demands that AMPAS finds a way to refocus on exclusivity.

But Emmy is on the ever-rising mountaintop that is peak tv. What they are not doing well now is finding a way to encompass the massive amount of content in a way that is as expansive as television itself in 2022.

It’s a little ironic. The Primetime Emmys are now at 118 categories. God bless them for the ambition. But it’s still really about the 27 awards that are part of the Emmy TV show. And that group of awards tend to be defined by mostly repeat nominations and 1 or 2 new star shows (and the talent that follows) amongst those 7 or 8 major nominees.

This season, that’s with 171 drama titles, 118 comedy titles, and 61 limited series titles in the process.

Last season, 37 shows, in all catagories, were nominated in 5 or more categories… out of 248 titles chasing Emmy.

6 show…