Emmy 2020: 12 award-winning titles to watch as soon as possible

1. Succession - HBO GO
Logan Roy (Brian Cox) is the patriarch of one of the most powerful families today. Owner of a media empire, the family's responsibility goes far beyond international business. To maintain their hegemony, the Roy enters a game where loyalty is questionable and power can be synonymous with danger.

Best drama series
Best actor in a drama series (Jeremy Strong)
Best Direction in a Drama Series (Andrij Parekh)
Best screenplay in a drama series

 

2. Euphoria - HBO
In Euphoria, Rue Bennett (Zendaya) is a 17-year-old girl who has just left rehab after overdosing. She now tries to adapt to a "clean" life and goes back to school. But, like her, other high school students face their own challenges, involving sex, drugs, friendships, love relationships, family conflicts, social networks and violence. As he fights drug addiction, Rue has to deal with all the trauma and secrets of adolescence.

Best actress in a drama series (Zendaya)

 

3. Ozark - Netflix
When financial advisor Marty Bird (Jason Bateman) moves to the outskirts of Lake Ozark with his wife Wendy (Laura Linney), they discover a dark and savage side of capitalism. In that part of the state of Missouri, what gives the future is money laundering from drug trafficking.

Best supporting actress in a drama series (Julia Garner)

 

4. The Morning Show - Apple TV +
Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) has for many years been the director of The Morning Show, a prestigious morning TV show that seems to have revolutionized American television. When Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), her 15-year-old work partner, is fired for being accused of sexual misconduct, the journalist struggles to keep her job as a main anchor while fighting a battle against Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon), a newbie who wants to steal your place.

Best supporting actor in a drama series (Billy Crudup)

 

5. Schitt’s Creek - Paramount +
The Rose family owns a network of video stores, but loses their entire fortune after one of their partners commits a millionaire financial fraud. Broken, they move to little Schitt‛s Creek, a city they had bought as a joke.

Best comedy series
Best actress in a comedy series (Catherine O’Hara)
Best actor in a comedy series (Eugene Levy)
Best supporting actress in a comedy series (Annie Murphy)
Best supporting actor in a comedy series (Daniel Levy)
Best direction in a comedy series (Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy)
Best script in a comedy series - "Happy Ending"

 

6. Watchmen - HBO GO
2019. Set after the events of the classic Graphic Novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the series takes place in a dystopian reality and follows Angela Abar (Regina King), a police detective investigating the murder of a colleague. In this universe, police officers wear masks over their faces to protect their identities, and must discover the origin and purpose of a supremacist group called The Seventh Kavalaria, whose members wear masks similar to that of the Rorschach.

Best miniseries
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Regina King)
Best supporting actor in a miniseries or TV movie (Yahya Abdul-Mateen)
Best script in a miniseries or TV movie ("This Extraordinary Being")

 

7. Bad Education

Bad Education takes place on Long Island, 2002. Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) works as a school superintendent, enjoying immense prestige with teachers, parents and students. One day, when interviewed by teenager Rachel (Geraldine Viswanathan) for the school newspaper, he encourages her to always insert her own signature in any subject she does, however small. Inspired by the conversation, she decides to investigate a costly undertaking that is about to happen, the Skywalk project, and ends up discovering a series of school accounting frauds made by Frank himself. 

Best TV Movie

 

8. I Know This Much Is True - HBO GO
In ‛I Know This Much Is True‛, Dominick (Mark Ruffalo) lives an extremely complicated relationship with his twin brother, Thomas Birdsey (Mark Ruffalo). Suffering from schizophrenia, Thomas is willing to do anything to get out of the asylum in which he finds himself, and counts on Dominick's help to achieve his goal.

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Mark Ruffalo)

 

9. Mrs. America - FOX Premium
1970s. Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) is a lawyer and conservative activist, known nationally for her anti-feminist ideas. The clashes between the group led by her and feminist opponents are responsible for changing the political and cultural landscape of the United States completely.

Best supporting actress in a miniseries or TV movie (Uzo Aduba)

 

 

10. Nothing Orthodox - Netflix
In order to escape the marriage arranged by her parents in New York, a young Jewish woman (Shira Haas) decides to flee to Berlin and start a new life. In the new country, she begins to explore her own identity and sexuality in addition to the religious values with which she grew up.

Best Direction in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Maria Schrader)

 

11. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO GO
John Oliver conducts this humor program, where, in a good-humored way, he takes a satirical look at the news, politics and current events.

Best Variety Talk Show

 

12. RuPaul‛s Drag Race - Netflix
RuPaul‛s Drag Race is an American competition reality where RuPaul, the most famous drag queen in the world, presents the most colorful contest on television. Competitors need to be glamorous divas to win the coveted Drag Queen Superstar title.

Best competition program