“The Underground Railroad” has been shut out of the 2021 Emmy Awards.
After receiving seven nominations, including recognition for showrunner Barry Jenkins (Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series) and the series overall (Outstanding Limited Series), the Amazon Prime Video original lost all seven categories over two weekends of Emmy presentations.Competition was fierce, among limited series in particular.
“WandaVision,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Mare of Easttown,” and “I May Destroy You” all earned more nominations than “The Underground Railroad,” and they all earned at least one trophy.
Many considered the Limited Series categories to be the most competitive, meaning certain programs would have to lose out.But “The Underground Railroad” was also one of the most widely and passionately acclaimed series of the last year.
Vulture’s Angelica Jade Bastien called it a “masterwork” in her moving review; The New Yorker critic Doreen St.
Félix praised its “compositional achievement”; Robert Daniels, writing for Polygon,
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