Mrs. America

With Taylor-Joy’s gazing eyes and sharp wits pounding through the screen, the audience is transported to the front row of her countless intense chess matches. If you ever thought chess was boring, “The Queen’s Gambit” will surely convince you otherwise.

Though every comedy series other than “Schitt’s Creek” went home empty-handed, the night was an overall improvement over recent ceremonies that tended to award endurance over quality.

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will likely be handing out awards to some long-deserving titles formerly overlooked in the era of “Game of Thrones” and “Veep.”

Hulu released just the first three episodes of “Mrs. America,” a show that follows the 1970s movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which is a proposed piece of legislation — it remains unpassed today — designed to guarantee legal rights for Americans regardless of sex.