Emmy Category Analysis: Limited or Anthology Series

By Abe Friedtanzer

Inventing Anna

This was a crowded year for limited and anthology series. A number of buzzy programs earned little to no Emmy attention, like Scenes from a Marriage, Under the Banner of Heaven, Gaslit, and The Offer. Two shows, Maid and Station Eleven, surely just missed given their presence in some top categories. The Staircase and Impeachment: American Crime Story might have come close to more nominations but we'll never know. Instead we’re left with an interesting list of five shows, four based on real events and one based on people that likely do exist, maybe not always in quite as exaggerated form. Let’s look at the competition…

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TV Review: Inventing Anna (Netflix)

By: Christopher James

Julia Garner brings to life viral sensation Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes' latest show "Inventing Anna."We have a long history of idolizing iconoclast grifters. From Robin Hood to Jesse James, there’s something alluring about an outlaw getting one over on the hoity-toity establishment. Perhaps this is why Jessica Pressler’s article about Anna Delvey in The Cut went viral when it came out in 2018. Delvey pretended to be a German heiress and conned her way to the top of New York society. She lived large in swanky hotels and on lavish Marrikesh vacations all without paying for a dime of it herself. This was never destined to last, and Delvey wound up in jail for her crimes.

Netflix’s Inventing Anna dramatizes Delvey’s exploits, with Emmy winner Julia Garner bringing her to life...

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