With John Oliver so dominant, should Emmys split variety talk show category into two?

Variety

Weekly "explainer" shows like Last Week Tonight, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj have a distinct advantage over the traditional late-night daily talk shows because they are seen as having more gravitas. The job of a daily late-night host -- balancing monologues, comedy sketches and celebrity interviews -- is completely different than what Oliver does on a weekly basis. Meanwhile, Late Late Show with James Corden executive producer Ben Winston suggests that the Emmys should offer a special category for field pieces, like "Crosswalk: The Musical." "When we take over a crosswalk and shut it down and do Sound of Music with Allison Janney in front of traffic, that’s a very hard thing to judge against John Oliver doing wonderful pieces from his desk,” he says.