The Original Music and Lyrics Emmy race got edgier and funnier, including Tina Fey’s parody of Beyonce’s “Lemonade” for Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt.”
Some of the Best Drama and Limited Series nominees are also in contention for main title design.
Sci-fi and dystopian visual worlds will have the greatest impact on the cinematography series race.
If period themes for “Feud” and “Stranger Things” knock each other out, watch out for movie composer Hans Zimmer’s “Genius” or “Westworld.”
The period costume race is a royalty smackdown between “The Crown” and “Feud: Bette and Joan.”
The dazzling HBO sci-fi western has two chances to take contemporary/fantasy, while the royalty glam of Netflix’s “The Crown” shines among period contenders.
Prestige dramas such as “The Crown,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and “Genius” continue to dominate with subtle VFX.
“Fargo” once again racked up 10 craft Emmy nominations in Season 3, as showrunner Noah Hawley got more ambitious with a present-day parable.
The gorgeously executed rival sci-fi western and Margaret Atwood adaptation captured the political zeitgeist with help from nominated crafts.
The continuation of “Avatar” will leverage “War for the Planet of the Apes” tech along with new underwater performance capture simulation.
With HBO’s juggernaut out of the running, the crafts races are wide open. Will “Westworld” become the new “Thrones”?
Emmy-nominated DPs John Toll (“Sense8”), Luca Bigazzi (“The Young Pope”), and Yves Bélanger (“Big Little Lies”) brought a touch of bold cinema to TV.
