All the movie theaters closed.

Amazon slowed book deliveries.

Ticketmaster created fun new ways not to refund concerts.

Watchmen, Better Things, DESUS & MERO

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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.

Better Call Saul

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Is the bust coming?

Can Peak TV survive Hollywoods shutdown?

Television will never be the same.

NEVER HAVE I EVER

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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?

The Plot Against America

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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!

DESUS & MERO

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

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