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BENJAMONSTER AWARDS 2021: Outstanding Technical Design of a Comedy Series

Today's award is Outstanding Technical Design of a Comedy Series!

Check out the nominees and winner from 2020!

This year's nominees are:

DICKINSON (Apple TV+)











EMILY IN PARIS (Netflix)













THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (HBO Max)













GIRLS5EVA (Peacock)













HACKS (HBO Max)











PEN15 (Hulu)













TED LASSO (Apple TV+)











ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST (NBC)













And the Winner Is...
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
HBO Max
Comedy series are not necessarily known for their technical design compared to dramas and limited series. But in the streaming era, there are more and more high quality comedies from a technical standpoint. The best of the bunch in the 2020-21 season was The Flight Attendant. The jet-setting series had a very unique production design and style. It's not an insult to say there was a piece of it that felt like a very glossy show mixed with a healthy dose of camp. The series was all over the place in terms of settings and it felt like a very big show in a year where many shows that filmed entirely after the shutdown felt small. The Flight Attendant had been in production, though not finished, before the pandemic and benefited greatly from that.

Thoughts on the Rest of the Nominees:
The biggest threat to The Flight Attendant was returning nominee Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist which managed to impressively film big production numbers in a pandemic. Dickinson has a very unique look to it as it blends an old fashioned style and setting with a very modern show. Emily in Paris managed to do exactly what it needed to do: make Paris look very glamorous for a young woman exploring the city. Ted Lasso had a bright and sunny look to go with its bright and sunny mood while PEN15 very effectively captured the early 2000s in every way, especially costuming. Hacks did a nice job of showing a Vegas that matched its lead: one that was a little bit run-down and covered in campiness. Finally, Girls5Eva was not anything spectacular visually in the present-day storyline but was quite impressive with the old music videos and clips that perfectly captured the late 90s/early 00s pop scene.

Tomorrow: Outstanding Technical Design of a Drama Series!
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