In the 2011 Emmy race for comedy series, every nominee (along with nearly all the acting nods) came from broadcast television. T his year, they come almost entirely from premium cable, basic cable and streaming platforms — significant, perhaps, but not surprising. Of the comedy series nominees this year, only one, NBC’s tightly plotted, heavenly hellish afterlife show, “The Good Place,” comes from a broadcast network, surely helped by its streaming life on Hulu. All, even “The Good Place,” run to shorter seasons than the usual broadcast model, and all are guided firmly by their creators, or co-creators, who in more than half the cases are also their stars. Nevertheless, the nominations have felt a little more, let’s say, hip of late — more in tune with wilder prevailing winds.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 16, 2019 21:49 UTC