When Watchmen debuted on HBO in October of 2019, it was unclear how the show would do. The comic is notoriously unfilmable, and fans roundly rejected Zack Snyder’s movie version in 2009. Then again, Game of Thrones was considered unfilmable, and it…
When Watchmen debuted on HBO in October of 2019, it was unclear how the show would do. The comic is notoriously unfilmable, and fans roundly rejected Zack Snyder’s movie version in 2009. Then again,Game of Thrones was considered unfilmable, and it became the biggest show in the world. Luckily, Watchmen was both a critical darling and a fan-favorite. But when the Golden Globes all but snubbed it in January, it seemed the show was not to earn awards love. So, how many 2020 Emmy nominations did Watchmen get? It wound up rivaling Game of Thrones from awards seasons past, with 26 nominations. This disconnect between the Golden Globes snubs and the enormous numbers of Emmy nominations is not surprising if one if following the Game of Thrones model. Though it broke Emmy records over and over throughout the 2010s, the Golden Globes rarely gave it more than one or two nods at most, and some years ignored it altogether.
