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In-person Emmys return as Netflix eyes TV's top prize with 'The Crown'
Television's top stars will gather in person for the first time in two years at Sunday's Emmys, where Netflix is tipped to finally win the small screen's biggest prize for The Crown.
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Photo of an Emmy Trophy, in Los Angeles, California, September 16, 2021. (AFP/Valerie Macon)
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elevision's top stars will gather in person for the first time in two years at Sunday's Emmys, where Netflix is tipped to finally win the small screen's biggest prize for "The Crown."
The critically adored British royals saga will battle for the best drama prize with Star Wars series The Mandalorian and others at a ceremony held outdoors with a limited live audience in downtown Los Angeles due to ongoing Covid-19 concerns.
Leading streamer Netflix has utterly transformed the TV landscape since creating its first original show in 2012, but surprisingly has never won a top series prize at television's equivalent of the Oscars -- best drama, best comedy, or best limited series.
"The Crown does feel like it finally has come to the moment where it's going to have its moment," Variety awards editor Clayton Davis told AFP. "It's going to be the first big series win for Netflix."
"The writing is on the wall. This is Netflix's year," wrote IndieWire's TV awards editor Libby Hill.
As well as The Crown -- which in its fourth season depicts the ill-fated marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana -- the streaming giant is banking on the wildly popular The Queen's Gambit.
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a gifted but troubled chess prodigy, that show sent chessboard sales skyrocketing worldwide, and is the favorite to win top honors in the fiercely competitive limited series section -- for shows ending after one season.
