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

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https://variety.com/2019/tv/in-conte...aj-1203240207/

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.