The long-snubbed FX drama 'The Americans' won major Emmys last night, but there were 3 others it should have won

Unfortunately, Emmerich was not nominated this year, despite his incredible work in all the seasons, especially the sixth. Emmerich was never nominated for an Emmy for this role.

Emmerich never got the credit he deserved for his subtle but often gut-wrenching performance as Stan Beeman, an FBI agent unaware of his best friend's true identity as a KGB spy. The final season built up to Stan's realization at a grueling but perfect pace, and Emmerich said so much, often without saying anything at all.

"The Americans" lost this award to "Game of Thrones," which won for its notoriously messy seventh season.

Sadly, since "The Americans" had only been nominated one other time in this category and it was never very popular, that meant that it was not likely to win. But it still deserved the win. No other show has so seamlessly pulled off such an unexpected final season that felt right for the characters and the show's themes, as well as the overall story. Even though there weren't dragons flying between Russia and Washington, the sixth season of "The Americans" was better than anything "Game of Thrones" did in season seven.