I thought that's what you would say. And yeah, don't care about the Emmy's do care about your opinion on GOT, and I figured that was it. I didn't think it was that bad overall. It was a bit compressed to say the least, with just 6 episodes, and the final episode spent way too much time wrapping up loose ends. I am sure there are other criticisms, but the last season did have it's moments. I think making the decision for this to be the last season just didn't allow them time to do it justice.
I can see why the voters might've justified it. It was just a bad year for TV overall. Several of the best shows (Westworld, Mr. Robot, Homeland) took the year off, and several of those that were left had sub-par seasons (GOT, Better Call Saul, House of Cards). In fact, I would say the most compelling thing I watched on TV all year was the Kavanaugh hearings. So in the absence of any truly great competition, why not just give it to GOT?
Still, there were better dramas than GOT in the past year. Among the nominees, Ozark was better. I haven't seen Succession, but I've heard great things. There were also better shows that
weren't nominated: Stranger Things, Billions, Haunting of Hill House.
I think this "golden age" of dramatic TV we've been in is slowly starting to wind down. Many of the best shows from earlier in the decade have ended or will end soon (or in a few cases, have dramatically declined in quality- looking at you, Walking Dead) and there are few obvious candidates to pick up the torch.