Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWith television production slowed over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were significantly fewer shows and performers submitted for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
This means, due to the Television Academy’s sliding scale, some of the acting races have drastically different numbers of nominees on the final-round ballot.The incumbent winners in the drama and comedy series races (“Succession” and “Schitt’s Creek,” respectively) not being eligible again also caused some major changes to the way nominations shook out.
Both dominated last year when it came to acting, writing and directing categories, in addition to series, for example. Even though there may have been fewer.
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