Today kicking us off is the seventeenth season of Project Runway, the fashion design competition which returned to its Bravo origins after leaving Lifetime and losing its judge and host, Heidi Klum, and contestant mentor Tim Gunn.
Steps into their shoes after sixteen seasons was model Karlie Kloss as host and former competitor and winner of the show's fourth season, Christian Siriano, as a new mentor. Will TV Academy members think they made it work this season?
This season seventeen billboard was snapped along Wilshire Boulevard on March 18, whilst the Emmy consideration billboards were spied along Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard from June 12 to June 23, 2019.
In addition to supporting its returning reality competition, Bravo was also shining a spotlight on its hit scripted drama, Dirty John, which delivered great ratings for the cable channel.
Based on the true crime podcast of the same name by Christopher Goffard, the series starred Eric Bana as the titular 'John Meehan', a conman with a history of deceiving women and Connie Britton as 'Debra Newell', the successful interior designer who is his new target.
This Emmy consideration billboard was spotted along the Sunset Strip on June 18, 2019, and it'll be interesting to see if the drama moving to USA Network for its sophomore season will affect the show's Emmy chances for its debut season.
Another drama series delivering for cable this year apparently, was History's Project Blue Book.
Set during the Cold War and Atomic Era, the series starred Aiden Gillen and Michael Mallarkey as UFO investigators for a clandestine U.S. Air Force division.
These Emmy consideration billboards for the freshman show were sighted along San Vicente Boulevard and the Sunset Strip on May 21, 2019.
Chris Pine joined other Hollywood stars like Amy Adams and Julia Roberts on the small screen this year to headline his own mini-series, I Am the Night.
The suspense series based on true events and follows the tale of teenager 'Fauna Hodel' (played by India Eisley) who was given away at birth and encounters his disgraced L.A. journalist, 'Jay Singletary', when tracking down the truth about her real parents.
These Emmy consideration billboards for the TNT drama directed by Patty Jenkins were spied along Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue from May 22 to May 24, 2019.
These days it seems everyone is making television shows, from streaming services to YouTube and now even social media platform Facebook.
This year Elizabeth Olsen starred in the Facebook Watch series, Sorry for Your Loss, in which she plays a recently bereaved widow trying to reassess her life after the unexpected death of her husband.
This trio of Emmy FYC billboards for the series were photographed along Highland Avenue, Pico Boulevard and 3rd Street from June 3 to June 12, 2019.
It's not only drama that Facebook watch has turned its sights on, as it has also been championing its Red Table Talk show outdoors these past two months.
The multi-generational daytime talk show stars Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris discussing a whole host of topics with guest stars like Gabrielle Union, Tiffany Haddish, Ellen Pompeo, Toni Braxton, Leah Remini and more.
These Emmy consideration billboards for the series were spied along the Sunset Strip, Robertson Boulevard and Pico Boulevard from May 1 to June 22, 2019.
Also in the world of informative television, Lifetime was shining a spotlight on the female survivors who came forward to discuss their experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of the famous singer in the six-part documentary series Surviving R. Kelly.
These Emmy FYC billboards were spotted above Santa Monica Boulevard on May 24 and along San Vicente Boulevard on June 27, 2019.
And speaking of documentaries, A&E was advertising The Clinton Affair in the city skyline and hoping for consideration for the six episode docu-series about President Bill Clinton's political sex and lying scandal.
These bombshell FYC billboards were captured above the Sunset Strip and Pico Boulevard from May 21 to May 24, 2019.
The National Geographic Channel was also hoping passersby would give some consideration for their natural world documentary series, Hostile Planet, with this billboard 'For your exploration' above Sunset & Vine on June 28, 2019.
And the Oscar and BAFTA-winning documentary, Free Solo, about Alex Honnold's free climb of the El Capitan rock face in Yosemite National Park, was hoping it could add an Emmy to its impressive awards trophy shelf with this FYC billboard, which really suits the advertising medium, and was snapped on the same day at the Sunset Boulevard location.
Meanwhile in the world of comedy, At Home with Amy Sedaris was back for a sophomore season and offering up some delicious and unique homemaking tips.
These tongue-in-cheek Emmy FYC billboard adapting season two's key art were spotted along the Sunset Strip and Beverly Boulevard from May 29 to June 12, 2019.
This month TV Land's comedy-drama, Younger, starring Sutton Foster, was back for a sixth season, but also using their outdoor ads to campaign for Emmy consideration for the previous fifth season which fell within the qualifying window.
These combined season six billboard and FYC message were spotted along Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue on June 12, 2019.
Comedy Central was really showcasing its offering of sitcoms and sketch shows this past month or so, like its rookie comedy The Other Two.
Heléne Yorke and Drew Tarver star as the struggling siblings living in the shadows of their teenage brother's (Case Walker) sudden rise to internet fame.
These Emmy FYC billboards for "The year's best new comedy" were photographed along the Sunset Strip and L.A.'s 3rd Street from May 28 to June 12, 2019.
Another show getting some unique support this month was Comedy Central's inebriated series narrated by Derek Waters, Drunk History.
The show which retells American history through a slightly intoxicated lens was back for a sixth season this January.
The eye-catching giant beer mug and 3D FYC sign was snapped along the Sunset Strip outside the Liquor Locker on June 18, 2019.
Meanwhile the Sphinx ad creatives, which doubles as both an advert for the returning second half of the sixth season episodes and for Emmy consideration, was spied above the Sunset Strip and Beverly Boulevard from May 31 to June 4, 2019.
This January Corporate was also back for a second season soul-destroying, mega-corporation comedy.
This Emmy consideration billboard for the returning workplace comedy was spied above Beverly Boulevard on May 31, 2019.
And last but not least for this collection, Broad City was back for its fifth and final season this winter.
The twenty-something on-screen Big Apple BFFs, played Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, were hoping ads like this Emmy FYC billboard photographed above the Sunset Strip on May 29, 2019, would do the trick as their comedy show has never been nominated. Never.
If you've missed the other 2019 Emmy consideration billboards there's still time to check out Netflix's Emmy FYC billboards, HBO's Emmy FYC billboards, these Amazon, Hulu and CBS All Access FYC billboards, NBC's For Your Consideration campaign and even more besides before the nominations are announced on July 16, 2019.
What do you think this year? Who do you think is deserving of Emmy recognition this television season? There's such stiff competition and so much money being spent to help make all the shows stand out in L.A.'s cluttered skyline it could be anyone's game.
Or alternatively, Game of Thrones could win it all (aside from best comedy no doubt).

UPDATED: Here's also another 2019 FYC billboard for Younger spotted along Pico Boulevard on July 10, 2019.
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