This is not a huge surprise. The first season, which began in 2017, has won eight Emmy Awards, including the best limited edition. But despite this pedigree, do not expect to hear the name of this show when the 2019 Emmy Awards will be announced Tuesday.
Before the fans get ready to throw ice cream cones to Emmy voters, they must know that there is a reason for that. The second season of "Big Little Lies" started on June 9th. It's a week and some changes after the May 31 cutoff of the TV Academy for eligible entries this year.
"Big Little Lies" is also not the only prestige program that has been defeated by the 2020 roles. His company includes the third season of Netflix's "Stranger Things", premiered on July 4th, and the fifth season of "Black Mirror" of the streaming channel, which returned on June 5th.
Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale", who won the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2017, also can not submit his current third season before next year, as he debuted on June 5th. However, the three episodes of season 2 airing after last season's cuts are eligible this year – thanks to the somewhat complicated rule of the Academy's "suspended episodes". This means that Bradley Whitford, who is now a regular on the series in the dystopian drama, could receive a nomination to guest actor Emmy for his work in the second season as his character was introduced at the end of the series . It also means that the writers and directors of this trio of episodes are also eligible.
Craig Erwich, vice president of originals at Hulu, denied that the shift in the date of the show between spring and summer had something to do with the confrontation with the last season of "Game of Thrones" HBO , while he was being pressed by reporters at the Winter Television Press Day of the Critics Association. Instead, he argued that the change was aimed at "maintaining the quality of" The Handmaid's Tale "" and that "we wanted to give the show enough time in season three to maintain the incredibly high standards of storytelling that were set in season one and two. (In his report from season three, CNN critic Brian Lowry wrote that the drama "feels the weight of his speed").
The first season of FX's "Pose", the penultimate chapter of Netflix's "Orange is the New Black", as well as other shows that started their season in the summer of 2018, are also eligible for Emmys this year.
