>>707 1. Her name, prestige and previous work are irrelevant or they might as well avoid going through the motion of picking nominations and give it to the one with the best resumè. This is not a job interview.

2. And that's how she got her nomination, but to win, one must prove to be the best among all nominated. If she had been then her series should have won more, an Outstanding director that is good with explosions but can't bring any award to her actors? Viewers clearly engaged just as well with The PeoplevsOJ. so Anon is right, the award to Bier was a travesty decided in advance, ergo TH presence.