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'Squid Game,' 'Succession,' 'Ted Lasso' vie for Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES: Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony's producers are promising a feel-good event — a phrase not applicable to several of the top nominated shows.

The best drama contenders include the violently dystopian 'Squid Game,' bleak workplace satire 'Severance' and 'Succession,' about a powerful and cutthroat family. Even comedy nominee 'Ted Lasso,' the defending champ, took a storytelling dark turn.