Vulture Critic Calls for Emmy Revocation After 'The Beast in Me' Limited Series Renewal

Key facts

• Matthew Rhys became the first person to win two acting Emmys in the same ceremony and the first to win in all three leading categories on September 14.
• Rhys won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Widow’s Bay and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for The Beast in Me.
• Netflix announced a second season of The Beast in Me on September 24, with Claire Danes returning as Aggie Wiggs.
• The Television Academy defines a limited series as one that tells a complete, non-recurring story with no ongoing storyline or main characters in subsequent seasons.
• The award category was renamed from Miniseries or TV Movie to Limited or Anthology Series in 2015.
• Past series accused of category fraud include Downton Abbey, Big Little Lies, The Night Manager, and The White Lotus.
• The article suggests that Emmy winners from such series should relinquish their awards at the Academy’s Lankershim Boulevard offices in North Hollywood.
• The piece argues that stripping Emmys would restore integrity to the award, despite the impossibility of reclaiming media attention and prestige already gained.