A new wave of miniseries lends clarity to a muddled medium
THE EMMYS HAVE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY HOSPITABLE to the new. Part of that is just an awards-show problem, the consequence of a group of thousands of Hollywood types reverting to the familiar choices on their ballots. At this year’s Emmy ceremony (to air Sept. 18 on ABC), two of the seven Best Comedy nominees (black-ish and Master of None) are first-timers, but all five returning nominees have been nominated every year they were eligible (including a fifth consecutive nod for likely winner Veep and an astounding seventh for the aging Modern Family). The Best Drama list saw The Americans fill a prestige-cable slot left empty by the departed Mad Men, while Mr. Robot
