Although the Television Academy heavily relies on fees from the four broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox) who share the annual Primetime Emmy telecast on a rotating wheel, it is each of those networks that benefit the least from Emmy attention in the major marquee categories of Drama, Comedy, Limited Series and other categories.
These days, th top categories almost exclusively cater to pay-cable networks like HBO or streamers like Netflix, Apple, Hulu, Amazon and others who have simply — and successfully — crashed and taken over bragging rights for TV’s most valued award, which when the wheel with rights to telecast the Emmys was originally created, was dominated by nominees and winners from those TV networks. My how times have changed.
