While some genres, such as science fiction/fantasy, a discovery with the horizon of the year 2020 Emmy nominations, a genre that still has overlooked: a teenage girl is shown. Even in a year filled with really great shows highlighting teen experiences, just a couple of winks went to these programs and the people behind them. It is frustrating tendency that, unfortunately, is nothing new.
This year, with the exception of one, the closest teen shows have come to the Emmys is a handful of nominations in the creativity of the categories. The euphoria and The Political both snagged a pair of nominations each, in creative arts categories, and Zendaya managed to break in the category of best actress for her leading role in the The euphoria. An argument could be made that Strange Things it is a kind of a teen show, but as it focuses on the adult characters as much as their pre-teen and the characters, that it doesn’t really count as an example of the genre.
For the veteran viewers, this is not a surprise: the Emmys rarely, if ever, recognize teen shows, and when they do, it is usually in the creativity of the categories, not in the context of the nominations. After all, the means of communication that is aimed at teenagers (especially teenagers, which is the main demographic of many of the most popular teen shows) has historically been dismissed as a minor across the board. Happens with movies, what happens with the TELEVISION,