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This Emmy-winning member of the TV Academy’s producers peer group, granted anonymity in return for candor, also says 'Your Friends and Neighbors' is "a dumb show about entitled people," the "stereotypes" in 'Nobody Wants This" make him "uncomfortable" and "Jeff Bezos should stay the fuck out of our business."

Per longstanding annual tradition, The Hollywood Reporter granted anonymity to a member of the TV Academy - this year a male Emmy-winning member of the organization’s producers peer group - in return for candor about why he made the choices that he did on his Emmys ballot.

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I've had it with The Bear. It's not a comedy, it's never been a comedy, it's a terrific drama - although I didn't love the way it ended - and it should be in the drama category. Only Murders in the Building is a big yawn for me. Margo's Got Money Troubles? I watched one-and-a-half episodes, didn't get it. I don't love the stereotypes of Nobody Wants This - it leans into a bit of caricature for both Jews and Gentiles, and that makes me uncomfortable in the world that we're living in now. I've loved Abbott Elementary and Shrinking, but these weren't their best seasons. Enough of Hacks. This was an easy decision: Widow's Bay is far and away the best. It came out of nowhere, and it had me from the first episode - it's funny and clever, and I loved that, like The Pitt, it was put out in the old style of one episode a week, with everyone talking about it the next day and looking forward to the next one. Hiro Murai is probably the best director in television right now.

This category is not "television movie" anymore, just "movie," which is as close as we're going to get to them acknowledging that it's no longer about MOWs [Movies of the Week] and, for the most part, is now just filled with movies that weren't good enough to get a theatrical release - what a fucking joke. I never heard anything about Miss You, Love You or People We Meet on Vacation, so I didn't watch them. I refused to watch Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - first of all, enough of Jack Ryan, and second, I hate Amazon, I don't buy Amazon products and Jeff Bezos should stay the fuck out of our business. I could only get through half of Heads of State. But Remarkably Bright Creatures is the kind of television movie - not movie - that used to win: a small, quiet story, told beautifully, with wonderful actors. Sally Field is amazing in it, Lewis Pullman is a star, and the melding of puppetry, live and visual effects with that octopus was pretty amazing.

My vote "Yes" for The Daily Show (Comedy Central), The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)