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The2021 Emmy Awardsconfirmed what has long been common knowledge: The streamers are running the show.
The last drama that did that was… checking notes …nothing.
No series has ever done this before.
It has never happened until this year.
Those dozen victors also represented only five shows total.
The winners were not acknowledged during the primetime ceremony Sunday night.
This year, again: There were three.
Out of potentially hundreds that could have been nominated and taken trophies home.
The number of offerings recognized each year should be growing, not shrinking.
True risks should be rewarded more often, not less.
Perhaps the edgiest thing that happened at this years Emmy Awards was also the funniest.
(So timely!)
It was, in short, funny, compelling television.
Theres a lot of that these days.
During the 2021 Emmys, you only saw some of it.
