Season Two of Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black’ deserves to win the Emmy for Drama Series – despite a woefully small number of nominations – because it produced a surprisingly complex, diverse, and heart-wrenching dramatic season.
Category Archives: Emmys
Making the Case for ‘Parks and Recreation’
‘Parks and Recreation’ had a great run thanks to a brilliant, family-like cast and lead Amy Poehler’s infectious enthusiasm. Now, it’s time for the Emmys to reward it for being the nice kid on the television block.
Making the Case for ‘Better Call Saul’
‘Better Call Saul’ carries the tradition of Breaking Bad in a new direction – one that warrants serious Emmy consideration for Outstanding Drama Series.
Making the Case for ‘Silicon Valley’
HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is a looser, more laid-back variation of the workplace sitcom, and it shouldn’t be any other way. It deserves Emmy recognition as much as any of the other more classically structured series against which it competes because it, well, crushed it in 2015.
Making the Case for ‘Mad Men’
Megan offers AMC’s ‘Mad Men’ as the most iconic and most worthy recipient of the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy for its final season.
Water Cooler Podcast: Episode 37 – If We Had a Ballot (Emmy Style)
The ADTV Water Cooler gang joins the Television Academy in spirit for “If We Had a Ballot (Emmy style).”
EmmyWatch: Two-week Voting Sprint Starts Monday
How will rule changes in the final voting window for the 2015 Emmys impact the winners? Will populist choices rule the day? Or will voters even be able to watch all series submissions?
Making the Case for ‘Veep’
HBO’s smart and complex political comedy Veep enters its fourth season with Selina Meyer taking the Oval Office and surrounded by her classically bumbling staffers. Showing no signs of aging, Veep sharpens its satirical knife using plot lines ripped from the headlines while remaining a truly hilarious sitcom.
EmmyWatch: Finally Hamm’s Year? Will Spoilers Take His Crown?
Common thought tells us that Jon Hamm leads the pack in the Outstanding Actor competition at the 2015 Emmys. Still, Mad Men has never won an acting award for its actors. Will its last year do the trick?
Making the Case for ‘Downton Abbey’
Robin makes the case for PBS’s ‘Downton Abbey’ by highlighting the emotional and dramatic Season Five and the remarkable performances that make it one of television’s most popular series.