Squid Game, Andor snubbed: Does anyone at the Emmys know what they are doing?
Of course, they are not alone. In the history of the Emmys, the road to the chicken fricassee and lemon parfait at the Governor's Ball is littered with the corpses of the shows that never got their due, and the performances that were overlooked.
The Wire? It isn't enough that it's widely considered to be the best scripted drama of all time, and consistently tops audience and expert polls, but for the duration of its run it received only two – that's correct two – nominations for an Emmy Award, and no wins.
During original run of The Wire – 2002 to 2008 – the winners of the best drama Emmy were The West Wing, The Sopranos, Lost, 24 and Mad Men. All deserving winners, but was each better than The Wire? The West Wing, The Sopranos and Mad Men, perhaps, but Lost and 24?
Better Call Saul (2015-2022) has more nominations than many of us have had hot dinners, but no wins. Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) was also ignored for a long time, while arguably weaker comedies got all the love. And deeper in the history books, truly groundbreaking shows, such as Good Times (1974-1979) and Oz (1997-2003) got zip.
Which begs the question: does anyone at the Emmys know what they are doing?
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If they do not, they might not be alone. Australia's Logies have, for several years, blended the everyone-knows-where-they-stand 'popular' and 'outstanding' categories into a nebulous the half-data, half-good luck moniker 'best'. It wouldn't be an issue, if it was not giving us some 1975 vibes.
The Oscars aren't much better. They gave the Oscar that should have gone to Citizen Kane in 1941 to How Green Was My Valley. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial got nothing. And despite Rebecca (1940), Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960) getting nominations, Alfred Hitchcock never won a directing Oscar.
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