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Cristin Milioti Could Carry The Penguin to Emmys Gold
The question isn’t whether HBO will campaign its prestige comics show. It’s whether voters are wooed enough by Sofia Gigante to care.
Up until now, the DC universe’s TV presence has been scattered all across the network and streaming landscape, from the Greg Berlanti–produced CW shows in the Arrow verse to Fox’s Gotham to Max’s animated Harley Quinn series — but almost entirely excluded from the TV-awards conversation. But recently, The Batman director Matt Reeves — who has an executive-producer credit on The Penguin, though Lauren LeFranc is the driving creative force and showrunner — suggested there would be further seasons within this particular superhero universe. Ultimately, The Penguin would stand out more impressively as a Limited Series and be far more likely to score nods for Milioti, Farrell, and featured stars like Dierdre O’Connell, who delivers an unhinged, sad, and sometimes dangerous turn as Oz’s mother.
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