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Should HBO Worry About Its Worst Emmy Showing Since the ’90s?
Maybe it’s simply an off year for the prestige favorite — or a portent of things to come in the post-Peak TV world.
But I don’t see why it couldn’t do well with Emmy voters given the strong cast and the fact that we’re in a world where (some) Marvel movies get taken seriously by critics and a show based on a video game ( The Last of Us) had some of the most moving hours of television I’ve seen in years. But especially during its first 30 or so years, HBO was also home to a ton of stuff that didn’t win awards but did keep people paying for it every month: Taxicab Confessions, Real Sex, Hung, Cathouse. Right now, I think expanding beyond the “obvious” HBO fare probably means doing more stuff connected to well-known titles, like The Penguin and Dune and the upcoming Harry Potter show nobody I know really wants (which is why it’ll probably be a hit).
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