How Did Yellowstone, America’s Most Popular Show, Get Totally Ignored by the Emmys?

Yellowstone is America’s most-watched television series, and its cocreator Taylor Sheridan is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most prolific showrunners, with at least eight series in production or development. He’s got a massive deal with Paramount and a constellation of stars on his shows. But none of that helped with this year’s Emmy nominations, where Yellowstone was completely blanked, while its recent spin-off, 1883, scored just three technical nods. TV executives often claim to want programming that appeals to a broad audience. “But at the same time,” says a longtime television writer-producer, “you see what they kind of put forward… Read Full Article