We have a former reality-show host for a president, and the talk and sketch shows can’t stop making jokes about him — so in many ways, the Emmys’ variety and reality categories are the ones that really take the measure of where we are at this moment in time.
Of course, Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” is off the air and was never a favorite of Emmy voters (a fact that prompted a few angry Twitter rants in its time).
That means that the variety categories are where the president has the strongest presence, albeit usually as an irresistible target.
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” wasn’t nominated last year but is one of the favorites this year, largely for the way it stepped up its political humor.