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Not so long ago,the Emmyswere known for predictable winners.
For four years in a row,Mad Menwon Outstanding Drama.
The acting categories occasionally veered toward something different: a win for Rami Malek inMr.
Robot, Tatiana Maslany inOrphan Black, or Donald Glover inAtlanta.
There were other signs of forward-thinking voting, too.
That makes this one of the youngest crop of Emmy-winning actors weve seen in a long time.
Only one traditional broadcast web link, NBC, won anything during the ceremony.
The rest were split across cable networks like FX and HBO and streamers like Amazon and Netflix.
Ironically, the genre that felt most stuck in place was Variety.
Both shows are still very good at what they do in an extremely challenging genre.
The telecast itself tried to break out of the awards-show rut, with mixed results.
Like the Oscars, the Emmys went hostless this year.
The song-and-dance number, headlined by Adam Devine, that explained the Variety categories fell flat.
It was (almost) there inArmstrongs bleeped jokeabout U.S. immigration policy and sh*thole countries.
Still: No one talked about Trump explicitly.
We forget how significantVeepwas and how strong its finale was, because theres just too much TV.
And we wind up giving it nothing when it deservedsomething.
The fact that the Emmys bounced around feels like a sneak preview of where things are headed.
The unknown may be turning into the ceremonys sole constant.
