Editor’s note: The interviews conducted in this podcast were recorded at Deadline’s Contenders TV event, prior to the WGA’s strike starting on May 2.
With just a few days left for Emmy voters to get their ballots in (voting ends Monday June 26 at 10pm PT), Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten and Deadline Chief Film Critic and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond continue their TV Talk podcast this week discussing the tight race for Outstanding Limited Series as well as its lead acting races.
Always a major prestige area for the Emmys, this year is no different. Last year’s big winner in the category, The White Lotus won 10 Emmys and clearly dominated.
Despite appeals by that HBO juggernaut’s producers the Television Academy ruled that season two would have to move to the Outstanding Drama Series category, and that is largely because Jennifer Coolidge’s character from the original Limited Series returned for round 2.
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