“They don’t know what it’s going to look like — it’s a crapshoot,” said Deadline awards columnist Pete Hammond.The late night funnyman began presenting his own talk show from home months ago, and held together the notorious 2017 Oscars after a fiasco saw the wrong best picture winner announced.
As for the awards themselves, “Watchmen” leads the charge with a whopping 26 nominations, primarily in the limited series categories. “‘Watchmen’ speaks so specifically in so many unprecedented ways to the moment in which we’re living right now,” said Hill.“I think people will probably get pretty tired of hearing Watchmen’s name getting called… it’s as much of a lock as we have right now.”The prestigious drama series categories promise to be more closely contested this year than in recent editions — HBO’s Emmys record-breaking “Game of Thrones” has finally mounted a dragon and soared off to Westeros.
Dark horses include British royals saga “The Crown” and live-action Star Wars series “The Mandalorian,” which boasts lavish Thrones-esque production values and has already won multiple Emmys in technical categories for newcomer Disney+.