Prepare for These Narratives to Dominate the Emmys Race

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Kenny Laubbacher/Max, Apple TV+, Michael Yarish/CBS We're five months away from Emmys night, and the last handful of eligible shows are lining up to premiere before the May 31 deadline. Contenders have emerged across all categories, but the campaign narratives we'll be following from now until September are just beginning to come together. At this time last year, recall that The Bear looked like an unstoppable juggernaut in Comedy, only to spend the next few months getting flack for its low-on-laughs third season. We can't know how much the "is The . . .