Blueprints: Emmy Nominees for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Jorge has been taking a look at the Emmy history for this year’s writing nominees.
Let’s take a look at the various shows that made up the six nominees for Writing in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Dramatic Special. Even with the longest title in the writing categories, which aim to include made-for-TV films or broadcast theater performances, all of the nominees are from a limited series with multiple episodes (even Black Mirror, where every episode is self-contained, is part of a larger anthology). Some series submitted the entirety of their episodes, while others only a single standout episode (I ignore the specific rules, but I assume it has something to do with overall series length).
Since we’re huge fans of statistics here, let's take a look the elevator pitches and Emmy history stats after the jump…