Given the almost unlimited number of program choices that television viewers have today, the chances of having a top-rated show are slim. And if a program happens to be thought-provoking, touching, funny, intelligent, and ultra-hip—with music that’s frequently jazz-focused—the chances of it becoming an award-winning hit are even slimmer. Amazon Studios’ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the story of a Jewish housewife-turned-comic who’s trying to make it, and make it her way, in the late-1950s man’s world of show business, is a program that has beaten the odds. In its four seasons on the air, Mrs. Maisel has garnered 54 Emmy Award nominations, and 20 awards.
Three of those awards, for
