What Do the Emmy Nominations Tell Us About the Current TV Landscape? Plus ‘I May Destroy You’ and ‘Perry Mason.’

The Watch

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Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We break down the 2020 Emmy nominations, including some very obvious snubs (8:01) and what they tell us about our current TV landscape (18:14). ‘I May Destroy You’ gives us a type of intimacy rarely seen on TV (33:11), and it’s clear that HBO spent a lot of money on ‘Perry Mason’ (45:00). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.4	Max rated PG-13.
0:41.4	Hello, welcome to The Watch.
0:42.7	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:43.7	I am an editor at TheRinger.com and joining me on the other line, it's not about awards.
0:50.3	It's about respect.
0:51.3	It's anti-greenland.
0:54.0	I couldn't have said it better myself.
0:55.5	What's up, man?
0:56.5	It's Thursday after a two-earth-quake night.
1:00.5	Andy and I continue to crank here.
1:02.5	Hold on.
1:03.5	I'm going to stop you there.
1:05.5	Two earthquakes.
1:06.5	Yeah.
1:07.5	I thought there was one earthquake and then one aftershock.
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