TV Academy should use the pandemic to expand the number of Emmy nominees

Variety

The Television Academy should take a cue from the Oscars, and expand the program categories to 10 nominees, says Michael Schneider. He points to shows like The Good Fight that have slipped through the cracks despite universal critical acclaim.  "There’s not only too much TV, there’s too much great TV. I know I’m a broken record on this, and I’m not the only one," says Schneider. "So consider this my annual appeal to the Television Academy: Please, please, expand the number of nominations in the key program categories to 10. Yes, even 10 feels like too few slots, and plenty of fantastic shows would still be snubbed in the expansion. There obviously has to be a limit, but there’s already a precedent: As we know, the Motion Picture Academy expanded the possible number of nominated best pictures to 10 in 2009."