Emmy Analysis: Voters Spread the Love for a Change, and Good for Them

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never lose — but there were enough surprises to make this a satisfying collection of winners. And voters did suggest that the conventional wisdom can be suspect in dealing with the Television Academy, particularly when it comes to the idea that a show with multiple nominations in a category is in danger of splitting the vote.

Coolidge won even thought she was one of five (!) “White Lotus” nominees in her category, Matthew Macfayden was one of three “Succession” nominees for supporting actor in a drama and Sheryl Lee Ralph one of three “Abbott Elementary” comedy supporting actress nominees.Another delicious surprise came in the Outstanding Competition Program category, which is known for long win streaks and which seemed likely to go to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” for the fifth year in a row.

Instead, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” dethroned “Drag Race” and became the only first-year show ever to win in that category. (The Prime Video show’s nomination had already made it the first freshman series since 2006 to land a nom.)This wasn’t a groundbreaking Emmys or a shocking one, but it did provide valuable evidence that the voters aren’t quite so much in lockstep, and that the last two years of sweeps might have been a passing phase rather than a trend.

The wealth was also spread among networks and streamers, with HBO and HBO Max claiming 38 total Emmys while Netflix followed with 26. (In addition to the HBO haul, Warner Bros.