The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held tomorrow night. In case you haven't been watching, the quality of television (reality shows aside) programming has skyrocketed in recent years. Not all of the best that tv has to offer will be represented but some damned good creative-types may be honored for their productions. What are your picks for the year's best? Mine (for a few of the categories) are in red.
Best Drama Series
Westworld
This Is Us
Stranger Things
Better Call Saul
The chances that a Breaking Bad prequel would actually be good were incredibly low but Better Call Saul's gotten better with each season. Heisenberg would be proud.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Crown
House of Cards
Best Comedy Series
Silicon Valley
Black-ish
Atlanta
Modern Family
Master of None
Veep
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Best Limited Series
Genius
Fargo
Feud: Bette and Joan
Big Little Lies
The Night Of
Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Series
American Masters
Planet Earth II
30 for 30
ESPN's documentary series has shown time and again that you don't even have to like sports to be a fan of these peaks beyond the field/court/ring/pitch.
The Keepers
Chef's Table
Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
A House Divided
13th
Amanda Knox
Best Television Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
The Wizard of Lies
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Black Mirror
Related:
The Best TV Shows of 2016
Well the only few I can comment on are Stranger Things, which is excellent, although The Handmaid's Tale is good also but just so disturbing to me. The other show I have watched and thought was great was The Night Of, which had great performances by all involved.
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