Never Mind the IP, Here’s How Original Ideas Dominated This Year’s Emmy Races

Awards Circuit Column: Dominant nominees like 'The Pitt,' 'Pluribus,' 'Widow's Bay,' 'Hacks,' 'DTF St. Louis' and 'Beef' are all fresh concepts.

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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As we head into Emmy week and celebrate this season’s bounty of top-notch televised entertainment, can we put to bed the fallacy that Hollywood has somehow run out of ideas?

Even a cursory glance at the comedy, drama and limited/anthology series races proves that it’s just not true. The lion’s share of every category features nominees that are based on original ideas — not existing intellectual property.

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