The 2025 Emmy® ceremony is right around the corner, and streaming services have once again dominated the nominations. Shows such as Severance (Apple TV+), The Pitt (HBO Max) and Andor (Disney+) lead the category for Outstanding Drama Series, while Outstanding Comedy Series includes shows such as The Studio (Apple TV+), The Bear (FX and Hulu) and Hacks (HBO Max).
But the question we found ourselves asking after looking through the nominations was: Why are so many of the nominees so very un-family friendly?
It’s a question we hope to answer in our Emmy® conversation (which you can watch below).
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Since I don’t stream anything except for the occasional music video on YouTube, I’ve never seen a single one of these shows. Most of my TV watching is stuff like Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, Ghosts, George and Mandy, Spongebob, The Thundermans, the food network, the game show network, the Disney Channel, and repeats of the golden girls, everybody loves Raymond or the king of queens.
I suppose most of the Emmy-nominated shows aren’t families because the creators of the shows and the Emmy organizers aren’t making these for children. I would say the shows/Emmy noms don’t align with “Christian values” as well because the creators are not Christians or trying to make these shows for Christians. This is all “worldly” stuff, the television industry, and I don’t think we should be surprised by secular values being celebrated.
That said, two of these shows – The Bear and Severance, have much much much to say on the subjects of the importance and need for family, belonging, and community. They explore death, grief, meaning, and purpose, and come to varying degrees of non-Christian conclusions, but are done with earnestness that I greatly appreciate as a Christian trying to understand how to live well as a follower of Christ.
The Bear’s recent season demonstrated how badly we need to be vulnerable in our brokenness with each other, and receive love in the midst of that. Severance’s messages are too complicated for me to really unpack here.
These shows don’t teach me how to live, but remind me there is are deep and profound needs in my heart that only God can fill. Hopefully more Christian artists can make shows like these someday.
This issue is worth pondering.