FX makes some of the best shows on TV. But the Emmys keep ignoring them.

With Justified and The Americans, FX aired two of 2015's best TV shows — but you wouldn't know that from this year's nominees

Overlooked yet again.
(Image credit: Facebook.com/Justified)

There's a lot for TV junkies to celebrate in this year's list of Emmy nominees. Parks & Recreation scored a nomination for its final season. Tatiana Maslany finally got her long-awaited nod for Orphan Black. Even some haters got what they wanted: For the first time in years, both The Big Bang Theory and its star, perennial winner Jim Parsons, were shut out of their long-entrenched nominations. (Great job, Emmy voters! Now stop waving Modern Family through.)

As always, there were a few disappointing omissions — Penny Dreadful's Eva Green, Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, and literally anything for NBC's Hannibal — but overall, it feels like the Emmys are improving every year. Mocking Emmy voters for their mistakes is an annual ritual, but the list of nominees keeps improving, and there will never be a slate that satisfies everyone.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.