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'The Crown', the great spectacle of history
'Ted Lasso' and the good things that still happen in 2020
This could be the year Netflix finally takes a jackpot at the Emmy Awards. Although since 2013, with
House of Cards
,
its attempt to conquer the throne of the awards has been firm, with great promotional campaigns behind and bets in all genres, the platform has not yet managed to have any of its titles recognized as best drama , Comedy or Miniseries of the Year. However, in 2021 the ballots it has to win the coveted statuette for best drama are many.
The Crown
Season 4
he has achieved 24 nominations for the 73rd edition of the Emmy Awards. And it is not that its rivals are minor, but the prestige of Peter Morgan's series on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, its unquestionable power as a production, the quality of its scripts and the excellent form of its interpreters makes it depart. as a clear favorite.
The pandemic has pushed the Emmys, conservative and traditionally not very prone to change, to include many rookie titles in their nominations, announced Tuesday. In the competition for the award for best drama,
some veterans of these awards
will face
The Crown
, such as
Pose, This Is Us, The Handmaid's Tale
or
The Mandalorian,
which was already the surprise on the list last year and that this year equals
The Crown
in number of award options, with 24 nominations. Completing the octet are the successes from platforms
The Bridgertons
(Netflix) with their commitment to the most addictive period drama, and the imperfect superheroes with social satire included from
The Boys
(Amazon Prime Video).
Close the frame the horror story with the theme of the race in the center
Lovecraft Territory
.
They will try to surprise.
Nick Mohammed, Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt, in the first season of 'Ted Lasso'.
In comedy, the favorite is the optimist and good roll player
Ted Lasso
. The Apple TV + production has garnered 20 nominations with its first season (the second premieres in 10 days, which could give its award options a boost). Its protagonist, Jason Sudeikis, has already won the Golden Globe for giving life to a football coach who tries to make up for his lack of knowledge with good intentions and optimism. Just what the world needed when the series premiered in August 2020 and the pandemic had already ravaged people's spirits. If it wins, it would be the first great triumph for Apple TV +, a platform that has not yet completed two years of life. The rest of the contestants in comedy only present a representative of free-to-air television,
black-ish, in
front of the almost absolute dominance of the platforms:
Cobra Kai
(Netflix),
Emily in Paris
(Netflix),
Hacks
(HBO Max; unreleased in Spain),
The Flight Attendant
(HBO Max),
The Kominsky method
(Netflix) and
Pen15
(Hulu;
unreleased
in Spain).
But the true queen category of television awards for some years is that of miniseries or limited series. Some of the most applauded titles of the season come together under this label, in which, against the eight candidates for drama and comedy, only five contenders have room. The police drama
Mare of Easttown
, the punch to the patriarchy that is
Could Destroy You
(the great forgotten Golden Globes has been widely recognized with nine Emmy nominations), the Netflix hit
Lady's Gambit
, the tough racial drama
The Underground Railroad
and the superhero story with tribute to television included that is
Scarlet Witch and Vision
they will be the contenders in one of the great duels of this edition of the Emmy.
Kate Winslet, in an image of the last chapter of 'Mare of Easttown' HBO Spain
Among the interpretive candidacies, the cast of
The Crown stands out,
almost fully nominated for the awards in what will be his last year with options for this series, since in the next season the cast will change.
Also striking are the 12 nominations for the musical
Hamilton
, with award options for its filmed version premiered on Disney +.
Its cast occupies a good part of the interpretive categories in miniseries or television movie.
Also noteworthy is the candidacy of Mj Rodriguez as the leading actress in a drama for
Pose
, the first trans woman to do so.
Beyond the titles and proper names, the other great struggle that is fought in the awards given by the American Television Academy has traditional platforms and channels as protagonists. The new television against the old television. While last year Netflix dethroned the hitherto usual leader of these awards, HBO, and with 160 nominations it became the platform or channel that had ever gathered the most award options in these awards, this year this aspect is much more equaled . HBO has added 130 nominations, while Netflix has only remained behind one of its great rival and has reached 129. Disney +, however, has multiplied its options by three and has achieved 71 nominations, driven mainly by the 24 of
The Mandalorian
and 23
Scarlet Witch and Vision.
Among the platforms, Apple TV + achieves the very appreciable figure of 34 nominations, while Hulu reaches 25. Amazon Prime Video is satisfied with 18 this time, less than last year. Among the open channels, NBC with 46 (there is
Saturday Night Live
pulling the car, with 21 nominations by herself), CBS with 26 and ABC with 23 are the ones with the most options.
To know the winners, we will have to wait until September 19, when the Emmy awards ceremony takes place.
After last year's telematics experiment (which was met with widespread applause from television critics), this year's gala will once again be face-to-face, with reduced capacity for the nominees and their guests and a presenter, the comedian Cedric the Entertainer, which will have the difficult task of trying to overcome, or at least stop, the plummeting audience for some awards that last year marked their all-time low, with only 6.1 million viewers in the US.
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