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Goodbye to one-liners, canned laughter and wacky neighbors. This year’s crop of Emmy comedy series nominees has moved far beyond the stock elements of old-time sitcoms and become more inventive in form, character-driven, and droll rather than jokey. The category includes two brilliant comic dramas, FX’s Atlanta and HBO’s Barry. Half the nominees are bingeable streaming series with prickly but endearing heroines: Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Netflix’s GLOW and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. HBO’s Silicon Valley and Curb Your Enthusiasm, repeat contenders whose wry humor once made them outliers in this category, no longer seem radical. Even the most traditional, ABC’s Black-ish (the sole network title), feels more daring because of its attention to race, class and history. Together, these nominees suggest a new golden age of edgy comedies…

Drama Comedy Limited Series or TV Movie PAMELA ADLON Better Things FX Better Things’ second season found Sam dealing with a string of awful men and, in many ways, anticipated the #MeToo conversation. In hindsight, as you were working on the season, did you sense something in the water? I didn’t at all. It’s a very interesting thing to reflect on because my show, the throughline is male shittiness. It’s always been the thing. That anytime Sam can shit on men, I have wanted to kind of put the lens on that. I have this motto that every mom is a single mom because even if they’re married, they’re single. Where’s the dads? I think [#MeToo] blindsided everybody. Things are so different. What’s stunning is when certain things remain the…

DOCUMENTARY SERIES American Masters (PBS) This annual staple of public broadcasting has accumulated more nominations (18) and wins (10) than any other program in the history of this category. The seven-episode season for which it’s nominated was, as always, distinguished by its depth and breadth, covering — for anywhere between one and two hours — subjects ranging from Lorraine Hansberry to Bob Hope and Sammy Davis Jr. to Hedy Lamarr. This is its one and only nomination. And stylistically, the series can feel a bit stuffy and old-fashioned compared to some newer competitors. Blue Planet II (BBC America) This epic study of marine life, narrated by David Attenborough and scored by Hans Zimmer, landed a huge audience and as many noms as any program in this category — five (the…

Paolo Nieddu EMPIRE FOX Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) are always dressed to the nines on Empire. So how does Nieddu — nominated for the fourth time for the Fox drama — continue to put new spins on black tie? By finding pieces in the most unexpected places. “I had been walking through the Garment District in New York and passed by this rather inexpensive prom/evening gown shop and saw this dress in the window,” he says of the dress that would become Cookie’s look for the Captain’s Ball in the episode “Slave to Memory.” “They had racks of them in different colors, and it was this cool, deco crystalled design on the dress.” Nieddu paired a blue version of the dress with fine jewelry from…

Of the 13 episodes of season two of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Samira Wiley appears in only four, as Moira — a former Handmaid and June’s (Elisabeth Moss) best friend from before the United States became the dystopian Gilead. Compared with the seven of 10 episodes that featured her in the first season, it almost seems as if the show is lacking her presence at times, but it certainly is not lacking her impact. Moira aids June’s connection to the resistance, escapes from Gilead to Canada and releases a series of damning letters from Handmaids that sparks what could be the fall of Gilead. Plus, Wiley, who was nominated in the supporting actress category in 2017 and is nominated in the guest category this year, delivers one of her most…

Lucille Ball Won Her Fourth and Final Emmy in ’68 1968 began with a bang for Lucille Ball. On New Year’s Day, she sold her Desilu production company for $17 million ($123 million adjusted for inflation) to Gulf+Western, the parent company of Paramount Pictures. (This was during the studio’s golden era, when G+W chairman Charles Bluhdorn had Robert Evans running operations.) And then, on May 19 (in those days Emmys were presented in the spring; they didn’t move permanently to the fall until 1977), Ball, then 57, was presented with her fourth and final Emmy at the Hollywood Palladium. The Hollywood Reporter said host Frank Sinatra “got the show off to a crackling start” by walking onstage singing “Luck Be a Lady Tonight.” THR said this began “one of the…

1. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FALLOUT PREMIERE With her hair in French braids, Kirby, who plays Princess Margaret on The Crown, attended the global premiere of Mission: Impossible — Fallout at Palais de Chaillot in Paris on July 12. She posed by the Eiffel Tower in her classic white gown, with a cinched train, from Prada. THE CROWN SEASON 2 PREMIERE The actresses showed up in similar dark gray sequin dresses for the Nov. 21 event. Foy’s Dior gown was paired with Jimmy Choo shoes. “The detail of the embroidery was exquisite. It had a hint of ’60s, and it worked with Claire’s new shorter hairstyle,” says Yates. Kirby went with a shorter length and sheer long sleeves. 2. THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB CINEMACON EVENT “Claire loves a trouser,”…

JUSTIN PAUL AND BENJ PASEK The duo is nominated for original music and lyrics for “In the Market for a Miracle” from Fox’s A Christmas Story Live! The composers behind La La Land’s Oscar-winning songs would become EGOTs if they take home the trophy. KENAN THOMPSON This year, the SNL veteran earned his first supporting actor nomination for his work on the NBC sketch show, but he also picked up a nom for original music and lyrics for the song “Come Back Barack” from the show. STEVE MARTIN Another double nominee this year, Martin earned a nomination for his Netflix variety special with Martin Short plus a mention for the music and lyrics for “Song Title: The Buddy Song,” which is part of the special.…

Elisabeth Moss Lead Actress Moss won the trophy in 2017 and could be primed for a repeat after another harrowing season on the Hulu hit as her character, June, fought for the safety of her daughter after bringing another baby into the world. Joseph Fiennes Supporting Actor For portraying the terrifying Commander Waterford, the British veteran has received his first career Emmy nomination. “I feel very lucky to have made this list — and a little bit dumbstruck!” he says of the recognition. Alexis Bledel Supporting Actress The former Gilmore Girls star captured the guest actress Emmy in 2017 for playing Ofglen. She’s been moved up to the supporting actress category this year for portraying the Handmaid who’s sent to the desolate and deadly Colonies. Ann Dowd Supporting Actress The…