{"id":35101,"date":"2017-07-17T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=35101"},"modified":"2017-07-17T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:26:29","slug":"us-break-broadcast-curse-emmy-best-drama-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/us-break-broadcast-curse-emmy-best-drama-category.html","title":{"rendered":"How did \u2018This Is Us\u2019 break the broadcast curse in the Emmy best drama category?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did \u2018This Is Us\u2019 break the broadcast curse in the Emmy best drama category?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

How did \u2018This Is Us\u2019 break the broadcast curse in the Emmy best drama category?:- One Emmy Award casualty in the prestige TV era? Network drama series.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last six years, exactly zero broadcast network dramas have been nominated in the best drama category \u2014 but that finally changed on Thursday, when NBC\u2019s breakout hit \u201cThis Is Us\u201d nabbed 11 nominations for its first season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with best drama, the series scored a slew of acting nods (Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia for lead drama actor; Chrissy Metz for supporting drama actress; Ron Cephas Jones for supporting drama actor; Brian Tyree Henry, Denis O\u2019Hare and Gerald McRaney for guest drama actor) and landed others for make-up, costumes and casting.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 and \u2018Westworld\u2019 lead Emmy nominations with 22 nods]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Good Wife\u201d was the last broadcast drama to be nominated, way back in 2011. Since then, it has been a cable-only parade, as acclaimed series such as \u201cMad Men,\u201d \u201cHomeland\u201d and \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d dominated. And when streaming arrived, \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d and \u201cOrange is the New Black\u201d crashed the party as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a far cry from 1999, when HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d became the first cable series nominated for best drama, alongside \u201cThe Practice,\u201d \u201cLaw & Order,\u201d \u201cER\u201d and \u201cNYPD Blue.\u201d In 2002, \u201cSix Feet Under\u201d made it on the best drama list, and in 2008, \u201cDexter\u201d and \u201cDamages\u201d joined the cable party. Critically acclaimed dramas increasingly migrated to cable, and award show voters really love anything that screams \u201cprestige.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how did \u201cThis Is Us,\u201d of all shows, break the broadcast curse? For one, it was the rare freshman show of the 2016-2017 that managed to be a critical darling and a ratings hit. While CBS\u2019s procedural \u201cBull\u201d was technically the most-watched new series of the season with an average of 15.1 million viewers, \u201cThis Is Us\u201d was close behind with about 14.8 million people watching every week. Critics could take or leave \u201cBull\u201d; for the most part, they love \u201cThis Is Us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Viewers love it, too. As the Post\u2019s TV critic Hank Stuever wrote earlier this year (in a piece titled \u201cYou need a hug and a good cry, America, and that\u2019s what \u2018This Is Us\u2019 was made for\u201d), the sweetly sad series manages to hit an emotional nerve every week as it chronicles the adventures of the Pearson family in Pittsburgh. The show came along at the perfect time, when many viewers are seeking an outlet for escapism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForget your problems and focus on theirs: that\u2019s the great gift of the rare, relatable weekly weepy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTethered to a believable foundation, \u2018This Is Us\u2019 satisfyingly counters its ups with precisely enough downs. It\u2019s a show that is pleasant and sad, but not too sad, not right now, no-thank-you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Those elements put together are ideal Emmy bait, especially when voters award heartbreaking performances \u2014 we won\u2019t give anything away, but let\u2019s just say the Pearson family goes through quite a few tragedies, and the actors are up to the challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, creator Dan Fogelman acknowledged that shows like \u201cThis Is Us\u201d generally don\u2019t stand a chance against the grittier cable and streaming dramas, where producers don\u2019t have the same broadcast restrictions. But that makes the nomination all the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a populist dramedy, for lack of a better way of phrasing it. Those types of shows aren\u2019t usually in the conversation with the heavier, more serious fare,\u201d he said. \u201cSo just to be seeing the name of our show amidst all these other shows that are darker and weightier and fancier, it\u2019s really exciting for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/arts-and-entertainment\/wp\/2017\/07\/14\/how-did-this-is-us-break-the-broadcast-curse-in-the-emmy-best-drama-category\/?utm_term=.b7e536b19459<\/span><\/p>\n

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