Emmy Awards Category Profiles: Limited Series/Anthologies and TV Movies

Limited Series/Anthology

dopsik (hulu)

Danny Strong’s kaleidoscopic and sober take on the opioid crisis has garnered 14 nominations, including director, screenplay and six for acting, and has a certain social relevance that its rivals cannot. It has already won a Peabody Award and a SAG Award for Michael Keaton, who looks unstoppable as Dr. Samuel Finnick in the Lead Actor Limited Series.

abandonment (hulu)

Elizabeth Meriwether’s show about Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes (played by Amanda Seyfried) premiered before any of its competitors (March-April 2022) and is tied for the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes (89% ). His six nominations include two for directing and one for screenplay, but he has only received one actor nomination (for Seyfried).

ana’s invention (Netflix)

Another entry taken from the headlines is the story of the villain Anna Delvey, aka Anna Sorokin, whose fraud was discovered. New York Newspaper exhibition. Its three nominations (the others are for star Julia Garner and cast) are in the low category, as is its Rotten Tomatoes score (64%). But this may have been seen by most voters.

pam and tom (hulu)

Hulu’s third contender is Robert Siegel and Dave DeVincentis’ look at the theft of a sex tape from Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the mid-’90s and its impact on the stars’ careers. It seems a little lighthearted, but it has received 10 nominations, including from stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan (who play Anderson and Lee), though none for directing or writing.

white lotus (HBO)

Mike White’s quirky look at class and racial tensions at a Hawaiian resort where guests (and workers) experience a hellish vacation was the longest opening (Summer 2021) but has the most nominations (20, including eight per presentation). ) and is tied for the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes (89%). The second installment has already been announced.

tv movie

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+)

Director Akiva Shaffer’s blend of live action and animation, with the main characters voiced by John Mullen and Andy Samberg, drew comparisons. Who made Roger Rabbit?, another PG-rated self-referential comedy. Released on May 20 (more recently than the other nominees), it sits at a respectable 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ray Donovan: The Movie (time to show)

The story, which would have been told in the eighth and final season of the Showtime drama series had the series not been abruptly canceled in February 2020, was picked up by showrunner David Hollander in this film, which reunited the original cast, led by Liev Schreiber. . and ranks at 87 percent, the highest in its category, on Rotten Tomatoes.

Reno 911!: The QAnon Hunt (Paramount+)

The cops The skit, which aired on Comedy Central from 2003 to 2009 and briefly on Quibi and The Roku Channel after that, returns for another weird tale of unlucky law enforcement, this time on an alternative drinking cruise. . It wasn’t reviewed enough to have a rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences gave it abysmal ratings.

survivor (HBO)

Barry Levinson stars as Ben Foster in this drama — not an actual TV movie, but a 2021 Toronto International Film Festival takeover — about an Auschwitz inmate who literally had to fight for his life to survive the Holocaust. It has an 85 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but Foster, who lost 62 pounds for the role, was not nominated for the lead role.

Zoey’s Christmas Special (rock)

The only entry in this multi-named category (also for choreography) revived the series, which was canceled in June 2021 by NBC after two seasons, and answered its central question: how did Zoe get her special power? It dropped on December 1, earlier than any of its competitors, but delighted fans (who have a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes).

This story first appeared in the separate August issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.