Over the past several years, there has been added scrutiny placed on awards organizations in hopes that there will be better diversity and inclusion in the nominees. This year, we saw the Academy come under fire, once again, for its lack of diversity in the Best Actress category, as well as Best Director. And just today, we saw the BAFTA TV awards get a bit of blowback after the Best Actress category features all white women.

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For those looking for any Emmy Awards trends in the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards, there were decidedly few. Thanks to a different qualification calendar, the HBO mini-series “Chernobyl” and Amazon Prime and BBC’s “Fleabag” dominated the proceedings. Oh, “The Crown,” which is once again major Emmy player this year, also snagged some jewels, but wasn’t that expected?

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“Chernobyl” led all programs with 14 nominations with “Fleabag” and “The Crown” earning seven nods each.

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