Emmy Category Analysis: Comedy Writing & Directing
Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 8:00PM By Christopher James
Does "Only Murders in the Building" have what it takes to overthrow reigning champion "Hacks" in directing and writing?The writing and directing categories will be a strong bellwether for what will win Outstanding Comedy Series. The directing category overlaps with Comedy Series 58% of the time and the writing category overlaps 50% of the time. Many worthy competitors face off in the stacked comedy fields. The overarching theme of both categories will be Incumbents vs newcomers vs comebacks.
On one end, Ted Lasso and Hacks face off again for their second seasons. While Ted Lasso won last time, Hacks won both directing and writing. Both will have a doozy of a time competing with two hot new shows - Only Murders in the Building and Abbott Elementary - which both earned Comedy Series nominations. Finally, shows like Barry and Atlanta re-emerged in these categories after being off the air for a few years. Will they be able to come back and take the prize from these newer shows they have never had to face off against?