David Selby in LEGION

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Emmys Dream Ballot: The Wild Card Nominees Who Might Actually Make the Cut
The dark horses, the long shots, the hopeless who can't help but hope: These are the Emmy contenders on the bubble whose dreams we're praying aren't popped.

Drama Series
“Legion” (FX)

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Rachel Keller, “Legion”

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Dan Stevens, “Legion”

[patrickm]

Looks like the dreamers were dreaming.... Legion got goose egged for Emmy nominations. Awww.

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Well, they did say the show was a longshot.    I haven't checked yet, but I honestly doubt many, if any of their other dream nominees received any noms either...

Frankly, I'm shocked by most of these more than I am over Legion -

2017's Biggest Emmy Snubs

- especially The Leftovers' Justin Theroux and Carrie Coon, who gave brilliant performances this season. But as we all know only too well, Supernatural/Sci-Fi type shows almost always get the short end of the stick when it comes to Emmy love...

[patrickm]

You mean like Westworld? It got plenty of love...

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WestWorld and Stranger Things are the rarest of exceptions (as was Tatiana Maslany when she was nominated and actually won and deservedly so for Orphan Black). I'm talking the situations that are almost always the case in the typical years of nominations, not what was specifically nominated this year...

[patrickm]

Well, just saying can't use lack of sci fi nominations in general then shrug off Westworld's nominations this year as an excuse for Legion not being nominated.  Can't t have it both ways...Legion does have its fanatical audience who can't stop gushing about it...but there is a larger audience who can't understand what all the fuss is about.

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I wasn't trying to shrug off the nominations for Westworld or Stranger Things - I was merely stating the fact that over the years so few Supernatural/Sci-Fi shows get nominations.

Honestly, I'm much more upset over the lack of nominations for the leads and the show The Leftovers and Eva Green and Penny Dreadful than I am for Legion. Though that being said, there's no denying the fact that Legion has been highly lauded by critics - just a pass through this topic to some of the posts containing links to reviews is evidence of that. But of course its only natural that not every show appeals to everyone. And just because something doesn't win or even get Emmy noms doesn't necessarily take away from the quality of the show or its actors performances, just the same way that dozens of widely respected films and film actors never winning Oscars (another place where Supernatural/Sci-fi suffers) or even being nominated doesn't take away from them...

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Legion: Read a script page from the season 2 premiere
X-Men show will return next year

[Josette]

Apparently they aren't offering the show for On Demand.  I didn't watch it and thought I'd go back now and get caught up.  I couldn't remember which network, so I looked it up and saw FX, checked their On Demand and there are only 4 series listed, not this one.  I tried a search and for Legion it came up with a movie, that was it.

[dom]

Perhaps before season two starts.

[Josette]

That's an idea, Dom, I hope so!

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The 20 Best Sci-Fi TV Series of the 21st Century, Ranked
(Check out #8.)

[patrickm]

Impressive sounding..but these are the same 4 writers who had Legion on other top 10 lists peppered throughout this thread. Know they are Legion fans but it is sort of like Sean Hannity being pro Trump. We get it already.

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Well, think of it this way: at least they didn't didn't put Legion at #1. 

Actually, I would quibble with the order of several of the rankings. But that's the thing, it isn't my list, it's their list, and they have their own opinions for why they ranked things the way they did. Just as with lists that include DS, we all have our own opinions of where DS should be ranked vs. other daytime or supernatural or vampire shows. As we always say, none of us are ever going to agree with all the rankings on any type of list because it's all subjective...

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Legion Cast Drops Season 2 Hints, Confesses to Major Plot Confusion