Hit Netflix show Better Call Saul sets an unwanted and puzzling record at the 2024 Emmys
We need a lawyer to get to bottom of this gross injustice
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The 2024 Primetime Emmys are over, and three shows –Succession,The Bear, andBeef– swept the board at this year’s event.
With the latter, one of thebest shows of 2023, landing six prizes on the night,Netflixwill be celebrating a job well done. Despite that success, the world’sbest streaming servicewill be consoling another of its hit shows –Better Call Saul– after it set an undeserved record during last night’s (January 15) ceremony.
The fan-favorite legal crime drama, whose six season run ended in August 2022, was nominated for 53 Primetime Emmys during its time on the air. But, withBetter Call Saulwalking away from this year’s event empty handed, it’s made Emmys history by failing to win a single award. That means theBreaking Badspin-off is the most snubbed TV show since the Primetime Emmys began in 1967.
Was Better Call Saul judged too harshly?
Better Call Saul never won an Emmy pic.twitter.com/Ppb8XEv9gYJanuary 16, 2024
For comparison sakes,Breaking Badwon 12 Primetime Emmys across its five seasons. And, while it’s an absolutely fantastic series that needs to be seen by every type of TV aficionado, some will argue thatBetter Call Saulis a better show than the program that spawned it.
Indeed,Better Call Saul, which originally aired on AMC in the US before it joined Netflix’s TV ranks, edges outBreaking Badin the critics score stakes. Currently,Better Call Saul’s Rotten Tomatoes approval ratingsits at 98%, withBreaking Badchalking up a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes. From an audience perspective, there’s little to be drawn between the two, withBreaking Bad’s 97% score pipping its successor’s 96% rating out by the finest of margins.
BETTER CALL SAUL has officially entered the vaunted “too good for Emmys” pantheon, alongside THE WIRE, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY, THE LEFTOVERS, BOJACK HORSEMAN, and plenty more of the greatest TV series ever https://t.co/FdZLLdw36aJanuary 16, 2024
It’s all subjective, of course, when it comes to individual opinions on which is the better show. However, it’s baffling that these two heavyweights – both of which found a spot on ourbest Netflix showslist – have fared differently at the Primetime Emmys through the years.
Sure,Better Call Saulhad to compete with some of the biggest TV shows of our generation, includingSuccessiononMax, but it’s nonetheless a gross injustice that the Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seahorn-starring series didn’t land a single Primetime Emmy. Based on threads that have popped up onResetEraandReddit, the overriding emotion withinBetter Call Saul’s devote fanbase is one of bemusement after it was shut out yet again.
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Better Call Saulis far from the only highly-rated TV show that never won a Primetime Emmy, mind you. HBO’s iconic showThe Wire, comedy classicsParks and RecreationandIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,Apple TV Plus' hugely popular soccer comedyTed Lasso, and evenStar Trek’s TV series have been given short shrift throughout history.Better Call Saul, then, is in good company, although I’m sure that’s scant consolation for everyone involved in its production.
Better Call Saul is available to stream in full on Netflix in the US and UK, and Stan in Australia.
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