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Our panel of Emmy experts share their picks
‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’
THE GREAT “SHŌGUN” SWITCHEROO TO DRAMA ROCKED A LOT OF RELATED categories butthere’s plenty for our panelists to choose from in the limited series race. With just five nomination slots available, they included 14 titles in their Round 1 picks, with most of the weighted votes going to “True Detective: Night Country.” Glenn Whipp calls “Ripley” “gorgeous to behold and a marvel in its plotting,” while Matt Roush says “Fellow Travelers,” from Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about two men who meet in the McCarthy era, “deserves to break through for its fascinating window into America’s troubled and closeted past.”
GLENN WHIPP
Los Angeles Times
‘RIPLEY’ ‘EXPATS’ ‘BABY REINDEER’ ‘MASTERS OF THE AIR’ ‘LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’
“Ripley” is riveting in delivering slowburn suspense, following its title sociopath on a quest to extend his European vacation and live a life of luxury. Gorgeous to behold, a marvel in its plotting, I can only hope it makes good on its openended promise to return.
MATT
ROUSH
TV Guide
‘FELLOW TRAVELERS’ ‘FARGO’ ‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ ‘THE SYMPATHIZER’ ‘LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’
Of all categories to limit to five picks, this is the worst. It’s where much of TV’s best work is being produced, and in a crowded field, Showtime’s “Fellow Travelers” deserves to break through for its fascinating window into America’s troubled and closeted past.
LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times
‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ (TIE) ‘FELLOW TRAVELERS’ (TIE) ‘RIPLEY’ ‘FARGO’
‘FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS’ It’s another strong year here. Netflix’s “Ripley” is certain to be nominated. “True Detective: Night Country” is also a likely contender, and not just because it’s my favorite installation of the creepy HBO series. Less likely but worth a nod is Showtime’s “Fellow Travelers,” which follows a clandestine gay romance from the McCarthy era to the 1980s AIDs crisis.
KRISTEN BALDWIN Entertainment Weekly
‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ ‘FARGO’ ‘RIPLEY’ ‘BABY REINDEER’ ‘FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS’ With “Shōgun” graduating to drama, Netflix’s wordofmouth hit “Baby Reindeer” is now the frontrunner. FX’s starstudded “Feud” could still squeak in here, but it probably will have to settle for nominations in the acting categories instead.
TREY MANGUM Shadow and Act
‘FELLOW TRAVELERS’ ‘GENIUS: MLK/X’ ‘LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’ ‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ ‘MARY & GEORGE’
“Baby Reindeer” has been racking up the attention for some time now, but we aren’t really sure if it’ll translate into awards love just yet. Will it? Just maybe. Until then, it’s “Fellow Travelers” for me, especially with “Shōgun” now in the drama series category.
TRACY BROWN Los Angeles Times
‘ECHO’ ‘TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY’ ‘A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD’ ‘FARGO’ ‘THE SYMPATHIZER’ I like my fictional murdermysteries a bit lighter, but “A Murder at the End of the World” pulled me in. “Fellow Travelers” is on the prestige end of queer storytelling that draws on LGBTQ+ people’s devastating reality in the U.S.


Billy Crudup p 10
Rebecca Ferguson p 12
Carrie Preston p 16
Ron Howard p 18
‘Fallout’ p 20
COVER STORY: Drama Roundtable p 24
Alex Gibney p 38
‘3 Body Problem’ p 40

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Emily Zemler London
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