‘Better Call Saul’ And Other Great TV Shows That Never Won An Emmy

set an , but not the good kind of record. More of a “Buffalo Bills lost four Super Bowls in a row” kind of record. The prequel (and postquel) was nominated 53 times during its incredible six season run, and lost every one of them. No other show has more nominations with zero wins. . At least is in good company: here are 10 other great shows that never won an Emmy.

Number of nominations: 3 Only two animated shows have been up for Outstanding Comedy Series: and , which blended goofy comedy and deep sadness like few shows ever have, should have been the third (or, more accurately, the 12th after , , , etc.), but it was kept in the animated categories, where it lost three times.

Number of nominations: 3 Chappelle, of course, was the co creator and star of , the most widely quoted comedy of the early 2000s. The love for the sketch series didn’t extend to the Emmys, however, which only found room for three nominations (no wins). Other shut out classic Comedy Central shows, like , , and , can relate.

Number of nominations: 0 Host Anthony Anderson sang the theme song during Sunday’s Emmys, but it was too little, too late: the show wasn’t nominated even once. Number of nominations: 1 Did Emmy voters stop watching after season one? I don’t blame them: it started as a mediocre rip off. But once the drama became more of an ensemble, it blossomed into one of the best shows of the 2010s.

Season three, in particular, is essential viewing. Number of nominations: 1 At least the one nomination it got was for ? (It didn’t win.) Number of nominations: 0 ‘s lack of recognition from the Emmys is so notorious, there’s of the show about it. The only time the Gang — Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito — was even was when McElhenney’s other show, , won a bunch of awards.

Number of nominations: 1 Carrie Coon was the original Rhea Seehorn. Number of nominations: 14 I’m shocked, too, but the feel good comedy of the Obama era was up for over a dozen Emmys, including Amy Poehler for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series four times (zero nominations for Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, and Aubrey Plaza), with zero wins.

Creator Michael Schur didn’t fare any better with his next show: was zero for 13. Number of nominations: 13 To give the Emmys some credit, , which aired for three little seen seasons and didn’t become a hit until it entered syndication, was nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Series twice. That’s very ahead of time for them.

To take that credit away, never won anything, not even for writing for “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Number of nominations: 2 never winning an Emmy is one thing (that thing is bad). But it’s appalling that , a candidate for the greatest TV drama ever, only got two nominations (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series twice) during its five season run — and it didn’t even win those.

An all time terrible omission..