“The Crown” is widely regarded in the entertainment industry as the gold standard in television thanks to its lush production values and great cast.
But it is 0 for 3 in the best drama race, and most of its Emmy wins have been in smaller categories like production design and costumes.
“The Crown” is the heavy favorite this year to finally win best drama for the show’s fourth season, and many of its actors — Josh O’Connor (lead actor in a drama) as Prince Charles, Emma Corrin (lead actress in a drama) as Princess Diana, Olivia Colman (lead actress in a drama) as Queen Elizabeth II, Gillian Anderson (supporting actress in a drama) as Margaret Thatcher, Helena Bonham Carter (supporting actress in a drama) as Princess Margaret, Emerald Fennell (supporting actress in a drama) as Camilla Parker Bowles and Tobias Menzies (supporting actor in a drama) as Prince Philip — landed nominations. This will be their last chance to win Emmys for their roles; the next season of “The Crown” will feature a new cast.
Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” sparked a spike in chess set sales, and already has claimed top limited series honors at The Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Television Awards.
But it’s possible its hot streak could come to an end. HBO’s gritty crime drama “Mare of Easttown” is a lock to get a nomination in the limited series category, as is another HBO series, “I May Destroy You.” Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” is also in the running along with the Disney+ Marvel show “WandaVision” and the HBO whodunit “The Undoing,” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Only five series can be nominated, so expect a snub or two.
Best actress in a limited series may be the Emmys’ most watched race. Kate Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”), Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Michaela Coel (“I May Destroy You”), Cynthia Erivo (“Genius: Aretha”), Elizabeth Olsen (“WandaVision”) and Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”) are all possible nominees.
The streamers benefited from an entertainment slate that was altered by the pandemic. Hotly anticipated cable series that were supposed to have debuted in the last year were instead pushed off. That includes the next season of last year’s best drama winner, HBO’s “Succession” as well as the boundary-pushing FX comedy “Atlanta,” and the network’s “American Crime Story,” the two-time best limited series winner, which is going to focus on the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky affair.
For the first time in at least a decade, the number of television series actually went down in 2020, a trend that has continued through the first half of this year. Submissions for the drama and comedy categories were down 30 percent this year, said a spokesman for the Television Academy.
Cedric the Entertainer, the star of the CBS comedy “The Neighborhood,” will be this year’s host.
Though the show will return to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CBS said that the show will have a “limited audience” of nominees and their guests.
CBS is hoping the Emmys will reverse a troubling trend for awards shows, which have seen record low ratings over the last year. And though last year’s mostly virtual Emmys ceremony was widely praised, the ratings result was the same: Only 6.1 million people watched, a low.
Tuesday’s nomination announcement was virtual, and hosted by a pair of Emmy winning actors: Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter, Jasmine Cephas Jones.
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