Katey Rich's Emmy Season TV Trends

MONEY TALKS Clockwise from top: Ken Marino (The Residence), Gaby Hoffmann (Zero Day) and Julianne Nicholson (Paradise) play ultra-wealthy figures who exert influence over their shows’ presidents. (The Ankler illustration; image credits below)

With Emmy voting fully underway, Katey Rich brings you a five-part series about the overarching trends she’s noticed among this year’s best television shows.

TV is a deliberately broad, something-for-everyone medium. Still, there are undeniable connections that emerge each year, revealing what’s on the mind of Hollywood and what it believes the audience might be thinking, too.

The TV Year of Billionaires Puppeteering the President

They Love L.A.: The Shows That Brought Hollywood Back to the Small Screen

Stealing the Show: The Oners That Ruled the Small Screen

Reunited on TV: Tina Fey, Luke Kirby, Walton Goggins on the Joy of a 'Fun Hang'

‘Andor,’ ‘The Last of Us’ & Sci-Fi Shows That Went Political This Year

Image credits: Disney/Brian Roedel; Jojo Whilden/Netflix; Jessica Brooks/Netflix; OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images; Westy72/Getty Images; Marc Guitard/Getty Images