This sounds like a broken record in 2025, but it still applies here: We’re in a time where television is being used as an escape is more important than ever — because we all need it. Luckily, producers are taking even more risks, launching into their most creative storytelling. Variety looks at stand-out scripted TV producers whose series launched during the Emmy window, airing between May 31, 2024 and June 1, 2025.

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Netflix’s reimagination of “Forever,” created by Akil, quickly climbed the streamer’s Top 10 chart, garnering more than six million views in its second week, and it was renewed after only six days of streaming. Akil served as showrunner, executive producer, writer and director.

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