TV Guide reported that the last season's only acclaimed episodes - Winterfell and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - have been completely overlooked in the writing and directing categories’ in favour of the worst-rated episodes of the show’s history.
PHOTO: HBOHBO has submitted Miguel Sapochnik’s name for Game of Thrones season eight’s The Long Night, David Nutter for The Last of the Starks and DB Weiss and David Benioff for The Iron Throne, in the Best Directing category.
Benioff and Weiss' script for the finale - The Iron Throne - is the sole submission in the Best Writing category.
In technical categories, the penultimate episode, The Bells, has meanwhile been put into contention for Art Direction, Visual Effects, and Costuming, and the Hair and Makeup category will take a look at The Long Night. As a whole, the show will compete for the top award, Best Drama Series, as well as the Main Title Design, Casting, Editing, Stunt Coordination, Music and Sound Mixing categories.
PHOTO: HBOActors such as Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Alfie Allen, Pilou Asbæk, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Richard Dormer, Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Carice van Houten have self-submitted for the accolades.
Twitter, however, is bemused.
https://twitter.com/starkrings/status/1138441427107614720
TFW you realize the best episode of #GameOfThrones' last season—"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," obviously—is submitted for neither Directing nor Writing at the #Emmys. pic.twitter.com/PpSDtxjI4q
— Myles McNutt (@Memles) June 10, 2019
you: surely it's been a month and you've run out of new Game of Thrones things to complain about
— victoria (@victoriaedel) June 10, 2019
me: THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING OR DIRECTING AT THE EMMYS
so who thought it was a good idea for hbo to submit 8x06 of game of thrones for an emmy nomination in best writing category when this episode is of the most boring season finales to ever exist pic.twitter.com/UkI5dGFPdG
— ellie (@odairannies) June 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/PatrickSikler/status/1138390465567481856
Good luck with that. Lol. https://t.co/AOrahwS0Ep
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) June 12, 2019
The #GameofThrones team submitted their episodes for writing and directing Emmy categories and none of the ones submitted are the best one of the season. Hate to see it. pic.twitter.com/O6pWXPO64H
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) June 10, 2019
The finale, The Iron Throne is the worst rated episode prior to season eight was season five’s controversial Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.
Game of Thrones has won 42 Emmys out of 132 nominations so far.
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