had a few questions going into today’s Emmy nominations:
What newcomers could see their stocks rise? (And, more specifically, just how ferocious of a competitor will The Bear be?)
While Emmy voters tend to latch on to certain shows and never let go until the end, they also love to honor fresh meat. The debuts of shows like Poker Face, The Last of Us, and of course, The Bear – which would almost certainly benefit from recency bias thanks to the premiere of its widely acclaimed second season during the Emmy voting period – seemed poised for recognition.
Would voters care about the big-budget franchise dramas?
It’s going to be a weird year at the Emmys: Here are our predictions
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It’s going to be a weird year at the Emmys: Here’s why
As my colleague Linda Holmes has noted, the drama category is in shake-up mode in the absence of several hit shows that were nominated last year (including Ozark and Euphoria). Audiences and critics alike seemed relatively cool on the very expensive Rings of Power and House of the Dragon in comparison to their respective READ MORE