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  • Emmys 2017: ‘The Leftovers’ Fans Livid Carrie Coon & Justin Theroux Were ‘Robbed’

    Well, the good news is that “The Leftovers” got itself trending again, one month after the series finale. But this time there are no gushing tweets of love for the show and its cast. There’s only fury at the 2017 Emmy Awards for blowing off what fans consider to be one of the greatest shows of all time.

    HBO shows always clean up at the Emmys — and “Westworld” leads this year’s pack with 22 nods — but “The Leftovers” got one single nomination: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Ann Dowd as Patti Levin. (Her competition includes Alexis Bledel of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Shannon Purser of “Stranger Things.” Yes, Barb got an Emmy nod.)

    Carrie Coon gave an iconic performance as Nora Durst, but she got no love for “The Leftovers.” Instead, she’s nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for “Fargo.” Justin Theroux, who had the starring role of Kevin Garvey, was not nominated at all. And even though seven shows were nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, “The Leftovers” was not one of them.

    Fans. Are. Pissed.

    Carrie Coon deserved all the Emmys for Nora. All of them. Here’s the list of nominations the Emmys went with instead. The show airs Sunday, September 17 on CBS.

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  • Emmy Awards 2017: Full List of Nominations

    US-ENTERTAINMENT-EMMYThey’re heeeeeere. After much speculation about who’d win the Emmys throne in a year where “Game of Thrones” is not qualified, we can now reveal the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.

    Actually, Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore revealed them on Thursday, July 13. The awards will be handed out on Sunday, September 17, in a live broadcast hosted by Stephen Colbert on CBS.

    Here are the major Emmy nominations, with the most for “Westworld” and “Saturday Night Live,” and a posthumous nod for Carrie Fisher as a guest actress in “Catastrophe”:

    Outstanding Drama Series

    • “Better Call Saul”
    • “The Crown”
    • “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • “House of Cards”
    • “Stranger Things”
    • “This Is Us”
    • “Westworld”

    Outstanding Comedy Series

    • “Atlanta”
    • “Black-ish”
    • “Master of None”
    • “Modern Family”
    • “Silicon Valley”
    • “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
    • “Veep”

    Outstanding Limited Series

    • “Big Little Lies”
    • “Fargo”
    • “Feud: Bette and Joan”
    • “Genius”
    • “The Night Of”

    Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

    • Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”
    • Claire Foy, “The Crown”
    • Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • Keri Russell, “The Americans”
    • Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
    • Robin Wright, “House of Cards”

    Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

    • Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
    • Anthony Hopkins, “Westworld”
    • Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
    • Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”
    • Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
    • Kevin Spacey,” House of Cards”
    • Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    • Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is the New Black”
    • Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things”
    • Chrissy Metz, “This Is Us”
    • Thandie Newton, “Westworld”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    • John Lithgow, “The Crown”
    • Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
    • Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”
    • Michael Kelly, “House of Cards”
    • David Harbour, “Stranger Things”
    • Ron Cephas Jones, “This Is Us”
    • Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”

    Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
    • Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
    • Allison Janney, “Mom”
    • Ellie Kemper, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
    • Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish”
    • Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”

    Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
    • Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”
    • Zach Galifianakis, “Baskets”
    • Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
    • William H. Macy, “Shameless”
    • Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Vanessa Beyer, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Leslie Jones, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”
    • Judith Light, “Transparent”
    • Katheryn Hahn, “Transparent”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Alec Baldwin, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Louie Anderson, “Baskets”
    • Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
    • Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
    • Tony Hale, “Veep”
    • Matt Walsh, “Veep”

    Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Carrie Coon, “Fargo”
    • Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
    • Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
    • Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
    • Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
    • Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies”

    Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Riz Ahmed, “The Night Of”
    • Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: The Lying Detective”
    • Robert DeNiro, “The Wizard of Lies”
    • Ewan McGregor, “Fargo”
    • Geoffrey Rush, “Genius”
    • John Turturro, “The Night Of”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

    • Regina King, “American Crime”
    • Shailene Woodley, “Big Little Lies)”
    • Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”
    • Judy Davis, “Feud”
    • Jackie Hoffman, “Feud”
    • Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Wizard of Lies”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

    • Alexander Skarsgard, “Big Little Lies”
    • David Thewlis, “Fargo”
    • Alfred Molina, “Feud”
    • Stanley Tucci, “Feud”
    • Bill Camp, “The Night Of”
    • Michael K. Williams, “The Night Of”

    Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

    • Cicely Tyson, “How To Get Away With Murder”
    • Laverne Cox, “Orange Is The New Black
    • Shannon Purser, “Stranger Things”
    • Alison Wright, “The Americans”
    • Alexis Bledel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • Ann Dowd, “The Leftovers”

    Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

    • Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”
    • BD Wong, “Mr. Robot”
    • Hank Azaria, “Ray Donovan
    • Brian Tyree Henry, “This Is Us”
    • Gerald McRaney, “This Is Us”
    • Denis O’Hare, “This Is Us”

    Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Matthew Rhys, “Girls”
    • Riz Ahmed, “Girls”
    • Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Dave Chappelle, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Tom Hanks, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Hugh Laurie, “Veep”

    Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Wanda Sykes, “black-ish”
    • Carrie Fisher, “Catastrophe”
    • Becky Ann Baker, “Girls”
    • Angela Bassett, “Master Of None”
    • Melissa McCarthy, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”

    Outstanding TV Movie

    • “The Wizard of Lies”
    • “Black Mirror”
    • “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love”
    • “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
    • “Sherlock: The Lying Detective”

    Outstanding Variety Talk Series

    • “Last Week Tonight”
    • “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
    • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
    • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
    • “The Late Late Show with James Corden”
    • “Real Time with Bill Maher”

    There are many other more creative/technical categories — like art and set decorators, choreography, hair and makeup, etc. — so see those nominees at Emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners. And here’s a list of nominations per program, in case you want to see all 22 for “Westworld.”

    What do you think? What snubs and surprises stand out to you, or are you happy with the 2017 nominations? Here’s the list of last year’s nominees and winners, if you’re interested in comparisons. At least we know “Game of Thrones” won’t be repeating, since Season 7 missed the cut-off deadline.

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  • ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ to Compete for Limited Series Emmys

    “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” will compete in the limited series categories at this year’s Emmy Awards. That means, it will go up against heavy hitters like HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and FX’s “Feud: Bette and Joan.”

    The Television Academy announced that producers of the Netflix revival petitioned to compete as a limited series rather than a drama series and two thirds of a nine-member panel agreed.

    The Academy clarified that a limited series is “a program with two (2) or more episodes with a total running time of at least 150 program minutes that tells a complete, non-recurring story and does not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.”

    “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” consisted of four 90-minute episodes that caught up with Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Rory (Alexis Bledel), and matriarch Emily (Kelly Bishop) nearly a decade after the events of the original series.

    Now, Graham will vie for a nomination against Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman of “Big Little Lies,” Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange of “Feud,” and Sarah Paulson of “American Horror Story” (who won last year for “People vs. O.J. Simpson”).

    It’s an interesting move for the show, since the drama series categories will be bit emptier this year with the absence of “Game of Thrones” (its next season does not premiere until July).

  • Are the Emmys Rigged? ‘Seinfeld’ Stars Say Yes & No After Trump Claim

    Clinton: There was a time when Trump was tweeting that the Emmys were against him https://t.co/LVQ8vh3OzL #Debate https://t.co/pktzXESHoN

    — CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016


    No one really seemed to take the Emmys talk too seriously, including some past Emmy winners and nominees. The Television Academy reacted with a tweet defending itself as not rigged, and it got back-up from nine-time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus — who has one win for “Seinfeld,” one for “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” and seven for producing and starring in “Veep.”


    However, J L-D’s old “Seinfeld” co-star Jason Alexander (jokingly) agreed with Trump, saying the Emmys were rigged, since he was nominated seven times for “Seinfeld” and never won.


    Seriously, though, if anyone has an argument that the system is rigged against him, it’s George Costanza.

    The Hollywood Reporter rounded up some past tweets and quotes from Trump, who has clearly been a bitter hombre for years about “The Amazing Race” beating “The Apprentice” for best reality series. But maybe the new “Celebrity Apprentice” with Arnold Schwarzenegger will start winning Emmys.

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  • Why Did the 2016 Emmy Awards Have the Lowest Ratings Ever?

    Sorry, Rami Malek, it sounds like a lot of people weren’t seeing what you saw at the 2016 Emmy Awards.

    This past Sunday, “Game of Thrones” made history, Maggie Smith got dragged, the “Stranger Things” kids sang and delivered sandwiches, and Kit Harington hit on Kyle Chandler. But only a few of us were around to watch. Why?

    Just a few years ago, in 2013, the Emmy Awards hit a 10-year peak of 17.7 million viewers on CBS. This year, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel-hosted event had the lowest ratings yet. According to TV by the Numbers, the final tally for the 68th annual Emmy Awards was an average of 11.38 million viewers and a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That’s down from last year’s 11.9 million on Fox, which was previously the least-watched Emmys.

    The good news is that around 26 million people watched some portion of the three-hour show, Nielsen data showed (via CNN), so maybe it would just help to know which portions and why.What’s to blame for the downturn? Was Jimmy Kimmel not enough of a draw as host? “Game of Thrones” and “The People v O.J. Simpson” too obviously set up for wins? No built-in drama to draw fans away from other shows?

    The most obvious reason that explains at least some of the dip is Sunday Night Football. NBC’s game covered roughly the same amount of time as the Emmys and took in 22.75 million viewers with an 8.2 rating. Also, CBS found itself a hit with Part 1 of “The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey,” earning around 11 million viewers and a 2.1 rating.

    Maybe football and the JonBenet special just seemed like more must-watch TV than the Emmys, which are always followed by winners lists and roundups of the best and worst moments, so anyone who is curious can just Google after-the-fact to quickly see what they missed. (Speaking of that, here is the winner’s list, and here are the best and worst moments. You’re welcome!)68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - ShowWhat does this mean going forward? The 2016 Oscars were down too, despite or because of controversy, but that show still pulls in bigger numbers, like 34.4 million viewers. It’s not too shabby to still get 11 million people to watch an awards show, so there may not be much course-correcting needed for the 2017 Emmys. And it’s not like they can really control who is nominated. (Or can they?)

    “Game of Thrones” will open the door for others next year, since the later premiere of Season 7 means the HBO flagship series will be ineligible for the 2017 Emmys. That should at least bring more surprises to the show, if not more viewers.

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  • 2016 Emmy Winners: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises

    The Emmys are often slow to recognize newer shows and performances and tend to reward old favorites long after they’ve jumped the shark. Nonetheless, at Sunday night’s 68th Annual Primetime Emmys, there were still some unexpected winners and some odds-on favorites who were passed over.

    COMEDYVeteran comic Baskets,” beating Best Supporting Comedy Actor favorite Veep.” Maybe a bit less of a surprise, given the nice shout-out he got from Jimmy Kimmel during his opening monologue. It was still nice to see him finally win some Emmy love after the overabundance of awards over the years for “Veep.”

    Master of None.” Again, the expected winner was “Veep” (for the dramatic “Mother” episode). That “Veep” episode was also the favorite for Comedy Directing, but it went instead to Transparent.”

    “Saturday Night Live” MVP Mom.”

    LIMITED SERIES AND MOVIESThe biggest surprise may have been The Night Manager,” even though half the nominees in the directing category came from Academy favorite “The People vs. O.J. SImpson: American Crime Story.”

    American Crime” was a mild surprise, since crime boss Fargo” was favored to win. “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride” was a longshot winner for Best Movie, since an HBO movie (“All the Way”) was up for the prize. Of course, “O.J.,” the most nominated project in the category, won the Best Limited Series prize, but it was too bad “Fargo” got shut out.

    VARIETYUS-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-EMMYS-SHOWInside Amy Schumer” was also the favorite for Variety Sketch Series, but “Key & Peele” pulled off a deserved win,

    Not a surprise that “Grease: Live” won Best Directing for a Variety Special, but as Kimmel joked, who’s going to tell Kanye West that Beyoncé‘s “Lemonade” lost?

    DRAMAMaybe the biggest shocker of the evening was Orphan Black.” Not that she didn’t deserve it for playing all those clones, but the Academy rarely rewards sci-fi and genre show performers. (Rami Malek’s Best Actor prize for “Mr. Robot,” while far less surprising, is another sign the Academy’s tastes are broadening to include genre fare.)

    Of course, Maslany’s win meant snubs for Keri Russell (finally nominated for “The Americans”) and Viola Davis, who’d been expected to repeat for “How To Get Away With Murder.”

    Nearly as big a shocker was Australian actor Bloodline.” He certainly deserved the trophy (sorry, Jon Snow); alas, he wasn’t there to pick it up.

    Downton Abbey”) and Game of Thrones”) were the two likeliest Best Supporting Actress winners, so Smith’s victory meant a snub for Headey. (As Kimmel predicted, Smith won again without bothering to show up, so he grabbed the trophy and said he’d put it in “lost-and-found.”)

    Another Emmys, another awards show that ends with you feeling like you have to add so many new shows to your watch list.

  • ‘Game of Thrones’ Just Broke an Emmys Record (and Will Probably Break Another)

    “Game of Thrones” is no stranger to breaking ratings records, and now, the series is branching out into breaking records in the awards category, too: The show just became the most-awarded drama series in Emmys history.

    “Thrones” took home a whopping nine statuettes during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this past weekend, winning trophies for visual effects, costuming, makeup, and sound, among other technical categories. It easily outpaced splashy second place finisher “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” which walked away with four awards.

    But that’s nothing compared to “GoT”‘s overall achievement: This weekend’s haul put it in sole possession of first place in the Emmys’ competition for most-decorated drama series ever, with a new total of 35 awards. To put that into perspective, just last year, “Thrones” was in a three-way tie with fellow prestige series “The West Wing” and “Hill Street Blues” for most-awarded drama, with 26 Emmys apiece. That’s already a jaw-dropping number of awards for any single series, and “GoT” just blew that record away in one night.

    And it’s very likely to wind up winning even more awards at next Sunday’s main Emmys ceremony, and with them, another record: The most-awarded series ever, comedy or drama. Sitcom “Frasier” is the current champ, with 37 Emmys to its name. But “Thrones” is nominated for a staggering 23 additional awards, and it seems a safe bet that it will walk away with at least three, enough to snatch the title away from Frasier Crane and co.

    Stay tuned, awards junkies. The 2016 Emmys air on September 18.

    [via: Vanity Fair]

    Photo credit: HBO

  • Emmys 2016: Here’s the List of Presenters

    ENTERTAINMENT-US-EMMY-AWARDSIt’s almost time for TV’s biggest night, and ABC just shared the list of presenters for the 2016 Emmy Awards.

    Here’s Group 1, announced September 1:

    Anthony Anderson – nominee, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “black-ish” (ABC)

    Aziz Ansari – nominee, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Master of None” (Netflix)

    Kristen Bell – “Good Place” (NBC)

    Julie Bowen – two-time Emmy winner, “Modern Family” (ABC)

    Priyanka Chopra – “Quantico” (ABC)

    James Corden – triple nominee, Outstanding Interactive Program, Outstanding Variety Music Or Comedy Special, Outstanding Variety Series Talk for “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS)

    Larry David – previous Emmy winner and current nominee, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for “SNL” (NBC), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)

    Taraji P. Henson – nominee, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for “Empire” (FOX)

    Randall Park – “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC)

    Andy Samberg – Golden Globe winner, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)

    Liev Schreiber – nominee, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for “Ray Donovan” (SHOWTIME)

    Michael Weatherly – “Bull” (CBS)

    They made sure to add all the network affiliations so no one accused them of just picking ABC people. The host is an ABC guy, though: Jimmy Kimmel, returning for a second time.

    On September 14, ABC shared another batch of presenters:

    Kyle Chandler – Previous Emmy winner and current nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – “Bloodline” (Netflix)

    Bryan Cranston – Multiple Emmy winner, Golden Globe winner, Academy Award Nominee, producer of the upcoming television series “Sneaky Pete” (Amazon) and current two-time Emmy nominee for “All The Way” (HBO) – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, and Outstanding Made for Television Movie in his executive producer role

    Claire Danes – Multiple Emmy winner, four-time Golden Globe winner and current two–time Emmy nominee for “Homeland” (Showtime) – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Drama Series in her co-executive producer role

    Michelle Dockery – Three-time Emmy nominee – “Downton Abbey” (“Masterpiece” on PBS) and starring in the upcoming “Good Behavior” (TNT)

    Minnie Driver – Previous Emmy, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, and star of upcoming “Speechless” (ABC)

    Tony Goldwyn – Previous Screen Actors Guild nominee and current star of “Scandal” (ABC)

    Terrence Howard – Screen Actors Guild winner, previous Academy and Golden Globe nominee, star of “Empire”(FOX)

    Allison Janney – Multiple Emmy winner, multiple Golden Globe nominee, and current Emmy nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – “Mom” (CBS)

    Rami Malek – Current Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – “Mr. Robot” (USA)

    Abigail Spencer – Critics Choice Television Award nominee and star of upcoming “Timeless” (NBC)

    Kiefer Sutherland – Previous Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, nominee and current star of upcoming “Designated Survivor” (ABC)

    Hank Azaria – Multiple Emmy winner, Screen Actors Guild winner and most recently 68th Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – “Ray Donovan” (Showtime)

    Margo Martindale – Multiple Emmy winner, most recently 68th Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – “The Americans” (FX)
    Tina Fey – Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, most recently 68th Emmy Award winner with her “SNL” co-host Amy Poehler for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

    Amy Poehler – Multiple Emmy nominee, Golden Globe and 68th Emmy Award winner with her “SNL” co-host Tina Fey for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

    Peter Scolari – 68th Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – “Girls” (HBO)

    The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards will broadcast Sunday, September 18, starting with the “Countdown to the Emmy Awards: Red Carpet Live” at 7 p.m. EDT on ABC. Here’s a printable Emmys ballot, featuring all of the nominees.

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  • ‘Black-ish’ Star Anthony Anderson on Emmys ‘Trifecta’ and Season 3

    Disney ABC Television Group Hosts TCA Summer Press TourYes, it’s an honor just to be nominated for an Emmy, as the saying goes. But Anthony Anderson unabashedly admits he wants to walk out of that ceremony with one of those winged trophies in his hand.

    Not only has Anderson scored his second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as an executive producer of his sitcom, “Black-ish,” he’s also got a special stake in the show’s nomination as Outstanding Comedy Series, and his on-screen partner Tracee Ellis Ross is also in contention for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

    As Anderson tells Moviefone, he’s looking for big victories on Emmy night. But win or lose, the on-screen Johnson family is going to Disney World in Season 3.

    Moviefone: You’ve been in the business a long time. What does the Emmy mean to you in general? And what did your nomination mean for this particular role in this particular show?

    Anthony Anderson: The nomination meant that what we were doing has struck a chord with America, with the viewing public, and it resonates with them. For us to be as authentic as we are, and as truthful with the stories that we tell, and then have that resonate with the audience that’s watching, it shows us that we’re on the right path, we’re pushing the envelope where we need to push it, we’re addressing issues that we need to address.

    But more importantly, we’re having fun and just telling universal stories that everybody can identify with. And for us to be recognized as a show, and for me individually, and Tracee individually to be recognized, is just a cherry on top for that.

    Are you looking forward to a big celebration that night?

    Oh, of course I am! I’d be lying to you if I wasn’t. Yeah, we’re looking to hit a trifecta. We’re looking to hit a trifecta when the Emmys hit September 18th. That’s our hope, that’s our plan. We’re not looking for anything less than that.

    What are you excited for the audience to get to see in Season 3? What can you tease out as far as some of the fun setups you guys are going to explore?

    You know, we’re still breaking stories, so we don’t know where we’re going to go. We’re going to deal … the pregnancy is going to be an underlying theme, it’s not like this is going to be “the pregnancy year” — we’re just dealing with that.

    But our first episode back: Johnson family vacation! We’re going to Disney World, just to experience something that I never got to experience as a kid. What’s crazy: my mother in real life found out that we’re going to film at Disneyland, and she’s like, “Baby, I want to go.” I said, “Why, Mom?” She said, “That’s on my bucket list.” I was like, “Disney World is on your bucket list?” She’s like, “Yeah.” I was like, “Mom, I’m 45 years old. You’ve never taken me to Disney World. If it’s on your bucket list, don’t you think it was on mine as well?”

    So Dre gets to take his family there and they get to have the total VIP experience at an epic park like that, and just the hilarity that ensues once the witching hour ticks, and VIP service is over and we’re thrown back into gen pop. So that’s what I can tell you. Everything else is still being thought out.

    Do you think you’ll do another homage show? Like what you did with “Good Times,” another classic TV show that meant a lot to you guys?

    You know, if it’s authentic, and if it’s the right thing to do at the right time, I mean, we’re not looking for that. We’re not looking to, “Oh, which show can we pay homage to next?” There was some synergy there and it just led us to that place. And that’s how we deal with the show. We don’t sit back and say, “What are we going to talk about this season?” We talk about our families and we talk about the experiences that we’ve had, and that’s how this whole thing started with Kenya and I.

    The first season you saw, that was both of our families up there. Everything that you saw from the pilot to the very last episode is everything that we went through and dealt with as parents. Being first generation successful, being the only African American families in our neighborhoods, respectively, having our children in private school, and my son — not only was he the only chocolate drop in his class, he was the only chocolate drop in his grade for more than three years. So everything you saw up there that first season was pulled directly from my life, and that’s what we do. Wherever those stories lead us, that’s where we go.

    What’s been the giveback for you at this point in the journey with the show? What’s coming back your way?

    I don’t even look at it like that. I’ve been blessed, the show has been blessed, and I’ve been a part of some amazing things, film-atically and on the small screen. So there’s been no get-back other than we’re just doing quality work, and this is all I’ve ever done, and this is all we’ve ever done individually, and now we’re coming together collectively to show what we can do as our dream team. This is our dream team. That’s what it’s about. Just putting up 60 points individually every night, and coming home with a victory by 40.

    “Black-ish” Season 3 premieres September 21st on ABC.

  • ‘Veep’ Actor Disqualified for 2016 Emmy Nomination, Replacement to Be Named

    This is almost as disappointing as Selina Meyer not getting to free Tibet. HBO’s “Veep” was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards, but one of them is going to have to be scratched off the list: Peter MacNicol for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Both he and Martin Mull were nominated in that 2016 category but, it turns out, MacNicol was disqualified and had his nomination rescinded.

    In “Veep” Season 5, MacNicol played Jonah’s influential (at least in New Hampshire) uncle Jeff Kane, and apparently he was on screen just a few seconds too long to be eligible for the guest actor Emmy. Blame Jonah!

    As The Hollywood Reporter explained:

    “TV Academy rules stipulate that, in order to be considered in any of the four guest acting categories, a performer must have appeared in ‘less than 50 percent’ of a season’s episodes. But MacNicol, 62, appeared in five of the 10 episodes of Veep’s fifth season, a fact acknowledged on his IMDb page and first brought to the attention of the TV Academy by GoldDerby.com.”

    So the Academy of Television and Arts and Sciences issued a statement saying, upon review, MacNicol “unfortunately exceeds the number of episodes permissible for inclusion in that category.” The entry was accurate when submitted, but then MacNicol went and appeared in more episodes, tipping him over the 50 percent mark.

    It sounds like it was only about 10 seconds that sent him over the edge, when he appeared in Episode 9, the amazing documentary footage episode. If only they had cut him out of that episode, there would be no issue.

    MacNicol already has a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy for “Ally McBeal,” along with two other “Ally McBeal” nominations. But it would’ve been nice to add another nod. HBO told THR, “We are very sorry that Peter’s brilliant performance will not be recognized.”

    So a new nominee for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series will be announced “shortly.” Any guesses on who might get that lucky call?

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