As Variety reports, fans of the show may also see it get some love at the 2021 Emmy Awards on July 13, especially with a contender pool that has significantly reduced the number of scripted series eligible for nomination, due to the pandemic (493, down from 532). To take the industry’s temperature on potential frontrunners, Variety polled more than 130 contenders across categories to gauge their favorites.

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“[O]ne stood out as a clear front-runner: HBO and Michaela Coel’s limited series ‘I May Destroy You’ had 21.5% of polled contenders selecting it as something they hope to see on the final ballot,” reports the outlet.

“I think Michaela Coel is great and [‘I May Destroy You’] was one season of television in which every episode made me feel and really forced me to go inward,” Pose co-creator and showrunner Steven Canals told Variety, later adding, “that was one that made me sit up in a way that television hadn’t in a while.”

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“I think that it is groundbreaking in the truest sense of the word,” added WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer. “She took subject matter that can be so tough and alienating and complex, and she invited us entirely inside the experience and it was funny and deeply surprising, and the twists and turns of that show go so far beyond narrative cleverness. And it changed me as a person and as a storyteller.”

As for the Peabodys, other winners of the day included the Obama co-produced Crip Camp in the Documentary category and KING-TV’s “Facing Race” in the Public Service category. The remaining Peabody Awards will be presented virtually on Thursday, June 24 from 12 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. ET. A complete list of nominees and acceptance speeches can be found on the Peabody Awards website.