Reading the 2022 Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 2022 Emmy Awards recognizing excellence in television were recently announced. Unlike some years, most of the major awards were original works created for the small screen. But there were still plenty based on or inspired by a book, especially nonfiction titles including a murder in the Mormon church, a comedian's memoir, and a behind-the-scenes look at the ruthless world of morning television.
The Flight Attendant
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series (Kaley Cuoco)
Based on The Flight Attendant
by Chris Bohjalian
A binge-drinking flight attendant wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a dead body and sneaks back to her work, telling a series of lies that complicate her ability to figure out what really happened.
The Ms. Pat Show
Nominated for Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series (Mary Lou Belli)
Based on Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Patricia Williams
The popular comedian traces her youth in Atlanta's most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic, discussing her experiences with petty crime and prostitution that led to her becoming a mother at age thirteen before resolving to secure a better life for her children.
Killing Eve
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh)
Based on the Killing Eve series
by Luke Jennings
When the world's most skilled assassin murders an influential Russian politician, former MI6 operative Eve Polastri is tasked with finding and capturing her and her accomplices.
- Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle
- Killing Eve: No Tomorrow
- Killing Eve: Die for Me
The Morning Show
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress (Reese Witherspoon), Lead Actor (Billy Cruddup), and Guest Actress (Marcia Gay Harden) In A Drama Series
Based on Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV
by Brian Stelter
Featuring exclusive content about all the major players of the 2000s, Top of the Morning illuminates what it takes to win the AM—when every single viewer counts, tons of jobs are on the line, and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.
Dopesick
Nominated for Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series and Lead Actor (Michael Keaton), Supporting Actor (Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg), Supporting Actress (Kaitlyn Deaver and Mare Winningham), Directing, and Writing in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Based on Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
by Beth Macy
Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities in Central Appalachia, to the current national crisis.
Under the Banner of Heaven
Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie (Andrew Garfield)
Based on Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
Traces the events that surrounded the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons Ron and Dan Lafferty, exploring the belief systems and traditions that mark the faith's most extreme factions.
Station Eleven
Nominated for Outstanding Directing, Writing, and Lead Actor (Himesh Patel) In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Based on Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of "King Lear" marks the beginning of the world's dissolution in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates.
Maid
Nominated for Outstanding Directing, Writing, and Lead Actress (Margaret Qualley) In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Based on Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
by Stephanie Land
A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
Summaries provided via NYPL’s catalog, which draws from multiple sources. Click through to each book’s title for more.