In August, television’s I Big Four broadcast networks struck a deal with the TV Academy to continue to exclusively air the Emmys in rotation for another eight years, just as they have done since 1995. This was baffling to me, since I see it as tantamount to ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox airing their own funeral, or at least promoting their competition, as with each passing year there are fewer network shows among the awards nominees.
A network drama hasn’t won since 24 did in 2006, and these days, the only one that even has a chance of being nominated is NBC’s This Is Us, which became the first in six years to earn a nom in 2017. (It did so again in 2018.)
As for network comedies? The situation…