And This Year, the Emmy Goes to … Politics
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And This Year, the Emmy Goes to … Politics
“Absolutely not,” she said, holding an Emmy in each hand, including the one she won for best actress
for “Handmaid’s.” “But I’ve also never seen anything like where our country is right now.”
All year, late night shows with an anti-Trump bent and left-leaning cable news shows like Rachel Maddow’s on MSNBC have seen their ratings soar, and now
that political posture has received the seal of approval from Emmys voters.
LOS ANGELES — In any other year, big-hearted dramas like “Stranger Things” or
“This Is Us” or a period drama like “The Crown” would dominate the Emmys.
A few hours after the ceremony, the former Emmy winner Jon Hamm described it as
“the most diverse, most different, most interesting Emmy show I’ve ever seen.”
When his former co-star on “Mad Men,” Elisabeth Moss, was asked if she had seen an Emmys quite this political, she was emphatic.
N.L.,” the NBC late night show excoriated him this past season,
and reaped the rewards: Mr. Baldwin won an Emmy for his portrayal of Mr. Trump, and Kate McKinnon, who portrayed both Ms. Conway and Hillary Clinton, won an Emmy as well.
“Absolutely not,” she said, holding an Emmy in each hand, including the one she won for best actress
for “Handmaid’s.” “But I’ve also never seen anything like where our country is right now.”
All year, late night shows with an anti-Trump bent and left-leaning cable news shows like Rachel Maddow’s on MSNBC have seen their ratings soar, and now
that political posture has received the seal of approval from Emmys voters.
LOS ANGELES — In any other year, big-hearted dramas like “Stranger Things” or
“This Is Us” or a period drama like “The Crown” would dominate the Emmys.
A few hours after the ceremony, the former Emmy winner Jon Hamm described it as
“the most diverse, most different, most interesting Emmy show I’ve ever seen.”
When his former co-star on “Mad Men,” Elisabeth Moss, was asked if she had seen an Emmys quite this political, she was emphatic.
N.L.,” the NBC late night show excoriated him this past season,
and reaped the rewards: Mr. Baldwin won an Emmy for his portrayal of Mr. Trump, and Kate McKinnon, who portrayed both Ms. Conway and Hillary Clinton, won an Emmy as well.