Netflix breaks record with 160 Emmy nominations
By DW
30 July 2020 |
7:00 am
Content streaming platform Netflix has picked up a record-breaking 160 primetime nominations. Despite the industry's challenges facing the coronavirus pandemic, awards officials called it an "extraordinary year."
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