Something for everyone – even Jon Hamm? – at Emmy Awards

But growing pressure on media to reflect American diversity, and Emmy voters’ response, will be a crucial part of the ceremony as well.

“Game of Thrones“, HBO’s wildly popular medieval fantasy series, may have served up gory beheadings, scintillating sex scenes, fire-breathing dragons and an ever-expanding battle for the Iron Throne, but it has never won the most important crown of all: the Emmy award for best drama series. And if you believe that Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black also lost here for uneasily straddling the lines between comedy and drama, then Amazon’s Transparent might be an even harder sell: amusing as this resplendently empathetic series is to the neuroses of all its characters, it exudes an aura of artful sophistication in its construction that stands in contrast to that of past winners in this category.

That was till simply two years in the past, when Netflix muscled its approach in with “Home of Playing cards” and “Arrested Improvement”.

The competition is stiff for Chandler to win in his category with Jon Hamm up for the eighth and final time for his portrayal of one of television’s best characters, Don Draper on Mad Men.

Emmy wins don’t seem to be a primary concern for “Game of Thrones” fans.

The Emmys have nothing against Jon Hamm. For dramatic actress, Viola Davis of “How to Get Away With Murder” is favored over Taraji P. Henson of “Empire“.

It has been a far longer wait for ladies then it was for males.

Cosby won again, in 1967 and ’68, with two other black actors following him after a barren stretch of more than two decades: James Earl Jones for “Gabriel’s Fire” in 1991 and Andre Braugher for “Homicide: Life on the Street” in 1996.

Gender-identity points, introduced more and more to the fore by Caitlyn Jenner and others, will probably be a part of the night time courtesy of freshman “Clear”, which stars Jeffrey Tambor and is up for greatest comedy, lead actor, writing and different trophies.

This Sunday at 8pm, we will find out which TV fav will win over the academy.

Previously, a small number of the academy’s 18,000 members watched DVDs of the nominated best comedy and drama series and voted by paper ballot, said O’Neil, author of “The Emmys” reference book.