2023 Best Limited Series Writing: ‘Dahmer’ submits 2 episodes, other contenders enter just 1

The Best Limited Series/TV Movie Writing category has 111 submissions on the 2023 Emmys ballot, giving us six nominees this year. With the same number of nominees last year, they were “Dopesick” (“The People vs. Purdue Pharma” by Danny Strong ), “The Dropout” (“I’m in a Hurry” by Elizabeth Meriwether ), “Maid” (“Snaps” by Molly Smith Metzler ), “Station Eleven” (“Unbroken Circle” by Patrick Somerville ), “Impeachment: American Crime Story” (“Man Handled” by Sarah Burgess ), and the winner “The White Lotus” ( Mike White ). What makes last year interesting is that half of the shows in the category were not nominated for Best Limited Series, something that perhaps could repeat itself to a degree with this year’s potential nominees. Another thing of note is that almost all of the top contenders this year that had the option to submit multiple episodes only went with one, preventing any possibility of vote-splitting. Take “ Beef ” for example, a high Emmy contender for Best Limited Series , submitted only its first episode penned by creator Lee Sung Jin (“The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech In Pain”), opening with an intense road rage scene that sets up the rest of the series. Other shows that took the liberty of entering their introductory hours include “ A Small Light ” (“Pilot”), “Tiny Beautiful Things” (“Pilot”) and “Dead Ringers” (“One”), all of which have been gaining momentum, as well as “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ” (“Bad Meat”) by perennial nominees Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan , which is the only top challenger that also went with an additional episode with its sixth (“Silenced”) by David McMillan and Janet Mock . SEE Michael Learned (‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’) has multiple Emmy records in her sights Shows that went a different way with their selections include “ Black Bird ” for its penultimate episode (“The Place I Lie”) scripted by developer and author Dennis Lehane , containing the most intense, shocking confession of the series, and “Daisy Jones & the Six,” which entered its fifth episode (“Track 5: Fire”) by […]

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