‘Yellowstone’ shocker: hit series ignored — again — by Emmy voters

The TV Academy did it again — following its tone-deaf tradition of totally snubbing popular ranching epic “Yellowstone,” in the Primetime Emmy nominations announced Wednesday. The biggest series in Paramount Network history failed to garner one measly nomination in the major categories. Ignoring a show with this kind of success would be unprecedented in the 75-year history of TV’s biggest and most influential awards show — that is, if the same thing hadn’t happened last year. Viewership for the soapy Western drama far outstrips anything else on cable or broadcast,...