Shifting gears into Emmy's directing, writing and movies-minis races

Movies and Miniseries

-- David Kronke outlines the struggle of choosing between this year's apples, oranges and pomegranates that form the six nominees.

-- Neil Cross talks to Justin Shady about how he survived not having Ruth Wilson's Alice at his beck and call for the second set of "Luther" episodes.  (Cross, as we reported earlier, is eyeing a possible spinoff for the Alice character).

-- PBS' "Masterpiece" presentation "Sherlock" succeeds by not dumbing down its material for its audience, writes Eric Enders.

Director

-- Bob Weide, a double nominee for directing the two-part PBS "American Masters" portrait "Woody Allen: A Documentary" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode "Palestinian Chicken," is profiled by Bob Verini.

-- Highlights from the directing nominees in comedy, drama, nonfiction, variety and movies-minis.

Writer

-- This year's nominations produced a big split between the comedy series and comedy writing selections. Jerry Rice delves into what happened.

-- Highlights from the writing nominees in comedy, drama, nonfiction, variety and movies-minis.