Glenn Whipp: How the late-breaking ‘Widow’s Bay’ became an Emmy darling

Spies in the Woods: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on Their Emmy Nominations, Watching ‘Widow’s Bay’ and That ‘Diplomat’ Cliffhanger

This year marks the first time Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys will attend the Emmys together as nominees for different projects: Between Russell’s morally conflicted ambassador on “The Diplomat” and Rhys’ small-island mayor on “Widow’s Bay” and his psychopathic real estate scion on “The Beast in Me” — plus executive producer nominations for both

Glenn Whipp: How the late-breaking ‘Widow’s Bay’ became an Emmy darling

Sometime early in the delightful first-season run of “Widow’s Bay,” Hiro Murai, its primary director and executive producer, began hearing from random people from his past — film school friends, parents of friends, actors he had worked with, the aunt…