20 great shows the Emmys never named for the best series

Start by immersing yourself in the story of Emmys and in just a few seconds, you'll be amazed how many programs, even legendary, have never been nominated in the drama or comic series categories. There are many. But for the purposes of this list, we focused on 20 of which we found the particularly egregious omissions.

Some of the shows on this list have received nominations for other things – theater, writing, costumes – while others have been completely neglected along the way. But no matter how many nominations they have or have not won, the fact that they did not make the outstanding series is just crazy. So, with another Emmys ceremony on us, check out this crime of snubs and join us to share our indignation still in suspense.

It was one of the most popular TV shows of the 1970s. It spawned five spinoffs, two spin-offs and two drivers who never reached the playoffs. (I would have looked at you, The Pinky Tuscadero show.) He gave us one of the most iconic characters of all time in Arthur Fonzarelli and he is responsible for the phrase now commonly used: "jump shark". family sitcom warm and funny. (The seasons without multi-cameras are particularly unknown.) And yet, Happy Days, nominated for several Emmys on his race but never for the best comedy. -JC

Would have Blackish, which is again nominated this year for exceptional series of comedies, exists otherwise for Good time, Spin-off of Norman Lear Maude? I would say that it would not be an easy argument to win since Blackish basically made the same argument, in the episode form itself.

Yes, the Evans family's story was sometimes a little too centered around JJ and his love for the word "Dy-no-moth", but it was still a beloved series that portrays a family African-American working class and became a touchstone not only for black children of the 70s, period. Guess how many Emmy nominations he has received, in any category? A total of … zero. -JC

Although he has garnered several nominations for categories such as hairstyling and music composition, and a nomination for his lead actress Melissa Sue Anderson, Little house has never been recognized as an exceptional television drama. During his first seasons, nominations were presented at shows like Rockford files and Up down; at the end of his race, Little house would have been in the category with Hill Street Blues. As a show firmly focused on domesticity and healthy family histories, it has never been easy to be part of an Emmy culture more attentive to crime dramas. But if Emmys voters were too inclined to cancel Little house like "soft", they did not pay enough attention. Have you seen the episode where Mary finds out she's going blind ?! -KVA

This is perhaps one of the most disconcerting mockeries in Emmys' history, but in a way, the original version of RoseannWe have never been nominated for the best comedy. Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert have been nominated several times for the best role of leader or supporting role, and both Metcalf and Barr have won. Despite this, and despite the overwhelming presence of the series as one of the best comedies in the history of television, she was never greeted. It's speculating to say exactly, but it's hard not to notice that he shares one thing in common with many other shows on this list: his leader is a woman, and in particular, a woman who did not fit the typical ideas of what a woman's show should be. -KVA

It's hard to complain about The simpsons not getting enough recognition Emmy when he was nominated for a million Emmys in his 876 seasons on the air. * But a category in which it has never been nominated is a remarkable comic series, which makes me want to dye the hair blue. make it grow long enough to build a Marge Simpson haircut, then set everything on fire.

Only two animated programs have been nominated in the comic series category: Flintstone, which is good, and Family Guy, which is not the case, because how can you name Family Guy for the best comedy and never nominate The simpsons? Now, if you want to be technical, part of the problem is that the team Simpsons must choose between submitting in the animated category or global comedy each year. They can not do both and since the mid-90s they have chosen to do the first one. But for two years, The simpsons tried to enter the larger category after the Academy had changed the existing rules that had prevented him from trying his luck. It's not two years either. They coincided with seasons four and five, the best seasons of The simpsons and probably the two best seasons of a television comedy that has made its way onto network television. "Mr. Charrue"? "Margin against the monorail"? "Cape Feare?" "Bart Gets Famous"? You tell me that these episodes are pale compared to what is happening at the time of Improvement of the habitatwho was appointed in 1993 and 1994? If so, all I have to tell you is the same thing that Homer Simpson said in the episode of Season Five, "Bart Gets a Elephant", to a cleaning product whose label insisted on that it be used in a well ventilated place: that, buddy. "-JC

* The approximate numbers

The ABC teen drama has only lasted one season. But that really deserved a nomination for the best drama for this season, which portrayed teenage anxiety with such a stimulating honesty that it made adults grateful for decades of high school while watching them. Voters were clever enough in 1995 to name him to the writing, direction and career launch performance of Claire Danes. But apparently this fifth season of Law and order, one of five nominees for outstanding drama that year, was too exceptional to make room for what this website has determined to be one of the best two series of the past 30 years. -JC

After winning the Golden Globe Award for an outstanding television series in 1996, it seemed that this sensitive portrayal of an orphan family that rises after the death of their parents could perhaps receive an Emmy nomination. This was not the case. I always say that it was worthy of one. It was more common than My so-called life, and a little less sophisticated, but he was always responsive, nicely acted and a weeper That's us long before That's us was a glimmer in Dan Fogelman's eye. -JC

If ever there was a show designed to fly completely under the Emmys radar, it was Buffy: a genre show about a teenage girl fighting vampires (and kissing them too), a tone that alternates between comedy and drama, and a feminine protagonist with a ridiculous name. Buffy was an undeniable cultural influence thanks to the progressive crowning of Whedon as king nerd, but also more widely in his monster structure of the week, in the tendency to "badass" as a mode of female heroism and in the Thus , the show weaves supernatural elements like metaphors of teenage life. But as a plump supernatural soap with an audience of young women, this would never draw the attention of Emmys voters. -KVA

Another teen series of a season and Freaks and Geeks could be dark and severe, and was an hour instead of 30 minutes. Perhaps they became obstacles to an outstanding comedy nomination, even though he managed to win two Emmys for the writing of creator Paul Feig. Given the number of awards and awards that the cast and crew of this group have received since then, I doubt that any of them will complain about Emy Love's lack of support for the series that featured a lot of at Hollywood. . But it's cool, because I'm going to complain for them, probably in a voice of Kim Kelly that sounds really boring and totally on her, Lindsay. -JC

Thanks to the rigid categories of what a television show should be, it's easy for programs like Gilmore Girls fall between cracks. The show is mostly comical, but its one hour format makes it a difficult fit, be it a drama (not serious enough) or a comedy (not funny enough). It should also be noted that, like many shows on this list, Gilmore is a show about women with a largely female audience, two qualities that, at one point of view, have instantly made it less important and less attractive. Even outside the big categories "comedy" and "drama", GilmoreEmmy's only nomination was for makeup, which is a terrible sniff of Lauren Graham and an absolute criminality against Kelly Bishop. -KVA

This could be Room A in the case against the validity of the Primetime Emmy Awards. How often can these statuettes sometimes be missing? So much that Thread has not been nominated for an exceptional drama during his five seasons on the airwaves. True, he received two nominations for outstanding writing – he lost both times, first to Housethen to Mad Men – but it is always crazy that one of the best shows in the history of television, universally accepted, had bupkes, especially when, during Thread era, CSI has been named three times. This is a real moron of sheeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiit. -JC

The same voting body that was not going to recognize the excellence of Buffy against the vampires was similarly unable to see value in a show like Veronica Mars. His last seasons have never been at the height of the first season, but this first season was brilliant: a well-trained Californian, crossing his mysteries throughout the episode, problems of class and wealth with a foolproof accuracy . The television was completely absorbing and Kristen Bell's performance as Veronica should have propelled the series into a full-fledged nomination. -KVA

This beauty Bryan Fuller fully justified the purchase of a high-definition television which, in the late 2000s, was still a luxury item. Scary, weird, morbid, but bursting with optimism, looking Pushing daisies was like watching a kaleidoscope explode on your flat screen every week. It has also been filled with brilliant performances, stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride and Kristin Chenoweth, and brimming with life, which is a wonderfully paradoxical thing about a series in which a man brings back to many the dead for a few minutes, then let them rest again in peace. Considering that it lasted only two seasons, he has rightly received many nominations for the Emmy Awards, for his artistic direction, his costumes, his makeup, his direction, his music and some of his actors . He won a few, including one for Chenoweth and another for the direction of Barry Sonnenfeld's pilot, called "Pie-lette". Given all these recognitions of his excellence, it makes no sense comedy too. I guess this fourth season of entourage and fifth season of Two and a half men were simply revolutionary for voters to resist. -JC

This falls into the category of "not particularly surprising" Emmy snubs. Better Off Ted is a sitcom about a well-meaning single father working in an incredibly nasty giant company. It has never been a popular success, and it has never participated in the kind of ironic and crooked cynicism that has made shows like Arrested development more visible satirical appearances. That said, Better Off Ted was more weird and bizarre and more enjoyable for the second than most comedies on TV, and if the Emmy were actually about merit, it should have been at least one nomination. -KVA

If you are going to write a television series today, you should watch justified. If you go to watch a televised drama today and did not see justified good! Do we ever have a treat for you! And yet, despite her excellence (Timothy Olyphant! Walton Goggins! Margo Martindale character actress in an iconic role!), justified never really had the reputation of an important drama – it was clearly too much fun. He also participated in a very tight field of Emmy, clashing with shows like Country and Mad Men and breaking Bad. So it has been moved towards more soap-oriented or dark-oriented shows, and the genius of justifiedThe seasons of 13 carefully balanced episodes, with their meticulous agreement between the arcs of episodes and seasons, have unfortunately never been recognized. -KVA

How often does a movie-based TV show make you completely forget that the movie even existed? Good: Friday night lights Do it. But Kinship, another series directed by Jason Katims, has made it to an even higher degree. There was no premise or weird hook. It was a straightforward family drama about several generations of Bravermans who were trying to do each other and who were not always successful. The only nomination received was Jason Ritter's guest role as Mark, Sarah's quasi-husband, Lauren Graham. That's us has been drowned in the Emmy's love for two years. But even if Kinship was, in my opinion, a better series, it was only neglected, in exceptional dramas and in other categories where it would have been necessary to adopt them. -JC

Like a lot of shows on this list, Jane the Virgin falls into a delicate categorical middle place. It is a comedy that is also melodramatic, it lasts one hour and it plays with soap opera structures that have always been considered less valuable than other forms of traditionally male narrative. This is a title that gives the impression that this is not particularly serious, and although it has been a critical success from the start, it has also struggled with the fact that it is disposable and fluffy. Do not over emphasize this, but: it's madness. Jane is head to shoulders on Emmys perpetual favorite Modern family, and that deserves at least an appointment, if not an outright victory. It's not too late, Emmys voters! It's still a season! -KVA

BoJack Horseman should definitely have been nominated for outstanding comedy now. It is a riot packed with Easter, pop culture, reference to popular culture, which is also heartbreaking and constantly makes bold and challenging choices. But Bojack has the same problem that The simpsons done, and I'm not talking about the fact that BoJack and Homer are drinking too much. Netflix must choose to submit the show in a humorous series or an exceptional animated series. But that's what's crazy: he has never been nominated in this category either! I want to say: what? -JC

The absence of outstanding dramatic art nominations for seasons two and three of Leftovers are two of the most unforgivable Emmy mistakes of this decade. It is incomprehensible that the show received only one nomination – for the performance of Ann Dowd's guests – while it was so beautifully written, ambitiously staged, and transporting and moving deeply. The fact that House of cards was nominated for best drama during these two Emmy seasons used to make me angry because it did not unfold with anything close to grace Leftovers had. Now, knowing what we know about what star Kevin Spacey was doing on this shoot, this is all the more disturbing. -JC

It's not difficult to understand why Stop and catch the fire never pierced in the glory of Emmys. It's an obscure and small-scale drama about the birth of the computer age that has turned into a series about female friendship and the tiny, glorious process of trying to do something. It was never buzzing, it was never overtly political (except to the extent that all the stories are political), it was never about big performances or great costumes or big paintings exciting and excited. Stop and catch the fire was excellent, however – full of beautiful scenes and finely crafted writings (especially towards the end), and it was one of the best dramas on TV, at Emmy or no Emmy. -KVA