Oscar Season Is (Almost) Over — Long Live Emmy Season

And then we came to the end.It’s been a harrowing few months but on Thursday night, the preliminary TV awards season came to a close at the 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards, with the distribution of the organization’s first ever TV awards.Now it’s just a waiting game.

From here, it’s a mere five weeks until the end of the Emmy eligibility period, and coming weeks will see networks and streamers throw their awards machinations into high gear.

This is particularly true for distributors who play in both the film and TV arenas.

You can bet a place like Netflix will have a lot more time to focus on “The Crown” and “Master of None” once the campaigns for Best Picture nominees “Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Mank” have concluded.For now, though, the TV industry has a moment to catch its breath and refill

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