[Here’s what happened at the 2019 Emmy nominations | See a list of Emmy nominees.]

LYONS Sure, but some of those are categories like “sci-fi fantasy costumes,” which, fair enough? I actually hope “Good Omens” takes that one, but on technical fronts, I think “Thrones” had a fine enough season. The bigger issue for me is the acting categories. Did anyone have a big acting year on “Thrones”? I don’t think they did at all. Maybe Gwendoline Christie?

PONIEWOZIK Disagree! Well, a tiny bit. The one major “Thrones” nomination I could most solidly endorse is Emilia Clarke’s, perversely because the character turn of Daenerys was so poorly handled. (Tl;dr: clues are not characterization.) To the extent that her end was emotionally affecting at all, it was pretty much through her pushing it over the line by force of will. The most intense battle in King’s Landing was between her and the script.

LYONS I think this also points to an interesting split: Where dramas and the drama performances feel plain and kind of … out of touch to me, the limited-series nominations and performances are where the real “drama” of TV currently lives. “Chernobyl,” “When They See Us,” even “Fosse/Verdon,” which I had good but mixed feelings about — those are all so much more interesting and daring than, I don’t know, “Ozark.” (Except I didn’t like “Sharp Objects.” Sue me!)

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PONIEWOZIK I liked “Sharp Objects.” You’ll be hearing from my attorney. But really, I’m also just happy that the Television Academy managed to remember back to something from last summer, which can feel like two decades ago in Peak TV years.

Speaking of which, this may be more a TV-critic issue than a real-person issue, but it feels increasingly weird to build the Emmys around a June-to-May eligibility period. That follows the traditional network-TV season, but feels alien to the way people experience TV today, which is more on the same annual calendar that the Oscars operate on.