All the movie theaters closed.
Amazon slowed book deliveries.
Ticketmaster created fun new ways not to refund concerts.

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COVID-19 canceled public art, so our springtime of sorrow crucialized television.
Thrilling new seasons launched through summer, their post-productions finalized in quarantine.
Fortunately, last decades scripted boom cultivated a surplus of singular visions.

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Is the bust coming?
Can Peak TV survive Hollywoods shutdown?
Television will never be the same.

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Neither will we, but well keep watching.
(The 2020 Emmy nominations will be announced on Tuesday, July 28.)
MaybeMarvelous Mrs. Maiselshouldve, too?

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The sophomore years ofLodge 49(R.I.P.!)
andRamybalanced thoughtful spirituality with laugh-out-loud whimsy.Better Thingsgot best-er with age in a season about growing older.
Open your third eye, Emmy voters, and celebrate the ecstatic achievements ofDesus & Meroinstead!

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The 72nd Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 20 on ABC
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