Just a few hours ago the winners of the 2022 Emmy Awards were announced. As always, there have been great winners and many losers, but the most striking thing about the gala has not been the great triumph of ‘The White Lotus’, since historical injustice that these awards have continued to earn with ‘Better Call Saul’ has ceased to go unnoticed.
Incredible but true
To be fair, the excellent ‘Breaking Bad’ prequel wasn’t the favorite in any category, so the fact that it went empty-handed wasn’t much of a surprise, either. The problem is that ‘Better Call Saul’ already accumulates 46 nominations without a single award in all these years. Until now, it was mainly talked about how they were systematically ignoring Rhea Seehornwho had not been nominated until now, but now the complaint from the fans is much greater.
The Emmys can still put a solution to this tremendous injusticeWell, ‘Better Call Saul’ could still be nominated in next year’s edition for its final batch of episodes. Surely there will be a lot of emphasis on the fact that until now it has gone empty to see if that changes things, but I am not very optimistic about it.
Let’s remember that ‘Breaking Bad’ won 16 Emmys throughout its run, but that it was in his farewell when he achieved more by taking home 66, including the best dramatic series. However, that means that he had already achieved another 10 before him, something already impossible in the case of ‘Better Call Saul’.
As expected, that data has angered many fans of the serieswho have not hesitated to show their discontent through Twitter:
You think this is bad? Este? This chicanery? Better Call Saul has been nominated for 46 Emmys. FORTY. SIX. And they never won. Not one. What other prequels are good, let alone a masterpiece that almost surpasses the original!? Greatest prequel of all time. What a sick joke! pic.twitter.com/bidpJduPFL
— Stephen Ford (@StephenSeanFord) September 13, 2022
There is no way in any universe that fucking squid game has better acting than Better Call Saul.
There is no way that better call Saul one no awards, 46 nominations but no awards.
WHAT A SICK JOKE#FUCKTHEEMMYS#EMMYSARERIGGED pic.twitter.com/HfLHweyQVz
— Vishesh The Watcher (@Vishesh1003) September 13, 2022
Better Call Saul has been nominated for 46 Emmy Awards since its inception in 2015 but has never won one which is just testimony to the fact that Emmys are nothing but a fucking disgrace.
I hope Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn and the others wear it as a badge of honor.— skoulecite (@shivillex) September 13, 2022
46 nominations (should have been more). One of if not the greatest prequel series of all time that surpassed the original show. Incomparable acting and writing. And yet not a single Emmy win. It honestly makes no sense to me. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/QFkqQrR2UN
— Nick Bosworth (@NickMBosworth) September 13, 2022
46 times the bridesmaid, never the bride.. #Emmys2022 confirm the fantastic dumbness of the award’s judges and send down in tv history #BetterCallSaul as the greatest tv show with no wins of this plastic piece of garbage. Congratulations to all involved! pic.twitter.com/mJPpsYo2K0
— fabiopao (@fabiopao) September 13, 2022