By Tom O'Brien 
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There's been some speculation on Film Twitter that this year's potential Emmy nominees for Outstanding Television Movie are somewhat lesser because the star power in the Outstanding Limited Series category is so much stronger. Baloney! How can you turn up your nose at the likes of Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney (twice!), Aaron Paul, Daniel Radcliffe, Jon Hamm, Viola Davis, Willem Dafoe, and Dolly Parton? We've got a real race here.

Logic would have it that the contest is between HBO's "Bad Education" and AMC's "El Camino," but this category contains a number of sleeper candidates that can easily snatch the crown away, particularly in a crazy year where Emmy voters are cooped up at home and have time to see many more films than just the presumed favorites. Let's meet the top ten contenders and rank their chances of getting that coveted Emmy nomination.

By Michael Schwartz 

After a well-deserved writing win at the 2019 Emmys, the buzz around HBO’s “Succession” seemed to hit a fever pitch – and that was just for the first season. As the darkly funny family drama entered season two last year, it miraculously avoided the notorious sophomore slump. Instead, “Succession” became a deeper show, exploring the complexities and intricates of the fictional Roy family and their media empire. Through razor-sharp writing and performances, “Succession” has developed into a series that takes us into the lives of the rich and famous while simultaneously scrutinizing them. It’s a piece of riveting theatre and the type of show that builds momentum as it moves along. A series win does not seem outside the realm of possibility.

By Tom O'Brien 

The deadline for eligibility for this year's Emmy Awards has been extended into early June, but one category that extension won't affect is the already red-hot race for Outstanding Limited Series in which all of the likely contenders have already been seen. To be considered as a limited series, a show must have two or more episodes with a running time of at least 150 minutes and tell a complete story without any teasers suggesting future episodes. There have been occasions where the limited series proves to be so popular that the networks and producers decide to take it to series – "Downton Abbey," "Fargo," and "Big Little Lies" – but it's a rarity.

This year, the Limited Series race is seen by Emmy prognosticators to be very tight. The leading contenders: superheroes seeking racial justice; female detectives investigating a true-life series of rape cases; a take on the real-life opponent of the growing women's rights movement in America in the 1970s; a fantasy speculating what a PC Hollywood would be like in the late 1940s. Let's meet the top ten contenders and rank their chances of getting a coveted Emmy nomination.

By Michael Schwartz 

​While the entertainment landscape may look vastly different than we remember, one of the areas that has relatively stayed the same has been television. Thank goodness for good television in the time of COVID-19. Even if we can’t see new films or experience new theatre, we can still partake in experiencing new entries in the era of peak TV. With the hope that our world retains some sense of normalcy by the fall, we will have an Emmy telecast to look forward to. With that being the case, let’s take a look at what shows will be contending in the Comedy Series race.