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American TV to watch from The Emmy nominations

The Emmys 2014 had some unsurprising winners – Sherlock and Breaking Bad – but also had a host of nominations that reminded us there are a lot of American TV shows we may not know about but need to watch.
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Veep

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home the Emmy for lead actress in a comedy for her role as Vice President Selina Meyer in Veep, the latest political satire from Armando Iannucci.


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The Normal Heart

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The Normal Heart is a one-off drama series featuring a stellar cast that follows the fear and prejudice felt by gay men in the 1980s as AIDS became an epidemic. 


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The Newsroom

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The Newsroom is another one for those with an interest in US politics – it follows the career decline of a news anchor who dares to have an opinion that people don’t like.


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Scandal

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Political thriller Scandal is into its 4th series and has given rise to a host of Olivia Pope appreciation societies. This woman gets things done!


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True Detective

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Dark and moody crime drama at it’s best. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson bring you more than just another CSI.


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adapted from the best selling novel by andrea mara, "all her fault" opens on a terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a community. marissa irvine (sarah snook, "succession") arrives at 14 arthur avenue, expecting to pick up her young son milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. but the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. she isn’t the nanny. she doesn’t have milo. and so begins every parent’s worst nightmare. also stars emmy nominee jake lacy ("the white lotus"), dakota fanning ("the perfect couple") and michael peña ("unstoppable").

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the iris affair is a tense and cinematic chase thriller that pits two brilliant minds against each other in a deadly game of hide and seek across italy. when enigmatic genius iris nixon (algar) cracks a string of complex online puzzles, she’s led to a piazza in florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur cameron beck (hollander). he invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top secret piece of technology. her curiosity piqued, she accepts. but when iris discovers its dangerous potential, she steals the journal containing the device’s activation sequence—and vanishes. what follows is a relentless pursuit, from a remote cabin in sardinia through the bustling streets of rome, as cameron races to find iris in a high stakes game where trust is dangerous and failure could be catastrophic.

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