I've written excessively that the praise and awards given to cable and streaming as opposed to network TV is ridiculou. Your comments on the Arrowverse reminded me of many of the articles I wrote on the CW over the years.
While I think a lot of the Arrow-verse was very good, with the exception of the work of Paul Blackthorne and Tom Kavanaugh, I don't think it deserved nominations. The bigger sign of hypocrisy was with the incredible series Jane The Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Rachel Bloom and Gina Rodriguez won multiple awards for Best Actress for their work; the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards nomination Jane The Virgin for Best Comedy more than once, but the Emmys never gave them so much as a sniff.
It is impossible not to see that as a sign of bigotry. By the mid 2010s the Emmys were willing to nominate and give awards to shows that, strictyly speaking, didn't even have to run on television to qualify, but they refused to honor a network that, for all intents and puposes had as many people watching their shows than were watching Amazon or Hulu at the time. The fact that many of the seires they did nominate in this category during this period - I'm thinking of Showtime's series such as House of Lies and Silicon Valley on HBO - were nowhere near the level of quality of either show.
I didn't put it here because I've done the point top death in almost everything else I've written about the Emmys for at least the last seven years but it's been crystal clear to anyone paying attention that the Emmys have decided the worst cable or streaming show is still better than the best network show, certainly when it comes to drama. I honestly can't explain why shows like 3 Body Problem, which is considered mediocre at best even by fans, gets nominated for Best Drama and such extraordinary network accomplisments like Elsbeth and Will TRENT are denied admission. The Emmys made up their minds long ago and it's hard not to find something elitist about it in other articles in this series. I appreciate your comments.