Are you ready for some honest to goodness awards drama? It may be hard to believe, but the Emmys are set to reveal their 2020 nominations on Tuesday, July 28 at the shockingly reasonable hour of 8:30 AM PT/11:30 AM ET (someone shake me, I still can’t believe it’s real). And this year’s crop of nominees will find HBO and Netflix doing their best to hold on to their recent Emmy dominance with Hulu, FX, Apple TV+, Amazon and even Disney Plus taking increasingly larger bites out of their usually massive nomination tallies.

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that streaming viewership has increased quite a bit due to the social distancing and self-isolation guidelines being followed during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. What else are people going to do if they can’t go to bars, sporting events, concerts, or the movie theater? Read a book? Paint a picture? Learn a language? Ha! We’re going to stream “Bob’s Burgers,” obviously.

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According to a Nielsen study (via Variety), streaming viewership rose 85% over the first three weeks of March, as compared to the same time in 2019, largely due to people staying indoors.

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Honestly, if HBO’s “Watchmen” doesn’t win this category the Television Academy has a problem. If its love for genre only goes as far as medieval fantasy (“Game of Thrones”) and slightly futuristic scenarios (“Westworld”), than Damon Lindelof’s modern classic will get screwed. In theory, it should win the top prize after landing 26 Emmy nominations. But, Netflix’s “Unbelievable” and “Unorthodox” are aiming to upset.

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Arson, and all its symbolic fiery rage, is an unspeakable crime. But when committed with purposeful incendiary malice, it’s an unimaginably personal agony and intimate loss for victims. This is the emotional catastrophe where Hulu‘s new series “Little Fires Everywhere” concludes. But like so many framing devices that exploit and tease their climax, it’s the catalyzing spark where it begins— an arson, as suburban mom Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon), watches in horror as her beloved home and all it symbolizes in her affluent community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, burns to the ground.

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March is an odd month for television. It’s not uncommon, at this point, for any month of the year to be filled with bits and pieces of the television spectrum that don’t align with the traditional network scheduling. However, to see a show such as the Alex Garland created “Devs” up against something like “Better Things” or the return of mega-hit “Westworld” with comeback kid “One Day at a Time” truly demonstrates the wide expanse of storytelling currently at our fingertips.

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Reese Witherspoon may have found her niche on prestige cable drama. After teaming with Nicole Kidman, to unite their production companies to bring “Big Little Lies” to life on HBO—and subsequently become a massive hit in—the actor/producer is back with “Little Fires Everywhere” based on the novel by Celeste Ng. But she’s got a new partner this time in co-producers, co-star Kerry Washington.

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Reese Witherspoon has been on fire (no pun intended) recently with her TV roles. Series such as “Big Little Lies” and the recent “The Morning Show” have proven the actress is a powerhouse on the small screen. Now, she moves to Hulu for “Little Fires Everywhere” and it looks like her small-screen luck with continue.

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Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, “Little Fires Everywhere” tells the story of something we’ve seen all too much in film and TV — the white savior.

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As documented in our Best TV of The 2010 Decade feature, which you should read, the 2010s were the age of PeakTV, Prestige TV and the dawn of the streaming age. Now in this new decade of the 2020s, we enter the Streaming War era. Yes, Netflix is here and here to stay, HBO isn’t going anywhere and Showtime, FX and all the other major players are solidified in status.

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If you’re a regular reader of The Playlist, odds are you’re familiar with the work of filmmaker Lynn Shelton. The independent director really broke out in 2009, thanks to her film “Humpday.” And since then, Shelton has continued making a name for herself in projects like “Touchy Feely,” “Laggies,” “Outside In,” and the recent “Sword of Trust.” Now, the director is set to helm a project that very well might be the biggest of her career.

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