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  • 2022 Emmy Nominations: ‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ and More

    Jeremy Strong, Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin, Brian Cox, and Sarah Snook in HBO's 'Succession.'
    (L to R) Jeremy Strong, Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin, Brian Cox, and Sarah Snook in HBO’s ‘Succession.’

    One of the biggest events in television is happening again in a couple of months – yes, the Emmy Awards are on their way. And some heavy hitters are once again nominated for multiple awards.

    Shows including ‘Succession, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Ozark’, ‘Stranger Things’, and ‘Barry’ are regular presences in the Emmy field, scooping plenty of nominations (‘Succession’ leads the field with 25 nods.

    Then there are the newcomers, including pop cultural sensation ‘Squid Game’, which has been winning all sorts of awards, and ‘Abbott Elementary’, which marks the rare network show to crack the nominations in the current era.

    It’s good to see that ‘Better Call Saul’ actor Rhea Seehorn has been nominated at last, a long-deserving potential award winner thanks to her superb work on the show. As usual, there are surprising omissions. Selena Gomez has shown she’s able to go toe-to-toe with comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short on ‘Only Murders in the Building’ but hasn’t been nominated here.

    The full list of nominees is below. This year’s Emmy Awards will air live on NBC on Monday, September 12th, and will also stream on Peacock.

    Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu's 'Only Murders In The Building'.
    (L to R) Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu’s ‘Only Murders In The Building’. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu.

    BEST DRAMA SERIES

    ‘Better Call Saul’ (AMC)
    ‘Euphoria’ (HBO)
    ‘Ozark’ (Netflix)
    ‘Severance’ (Apple TV+)
    ‘Squid Game’ (Netflix)
    ‘Stranger Things’ (Netflix)
    ‘Succession’ (HBO)
    ‘Yellowjackets’ (Showtime)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Jodie Comer (‘Killing Eve’)
    Laura Linney (‘Ozark’)
    Melanie Lynskey (‘Yellowjackets’)
    Sandra Oh (‘Killing Eve’)
    Reese Witherspoon (‘The Morning Show’)
    Zendaya (‘Euphoria’)

    BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Jason Bateman (‘Ozark’)
    Brian Cox (‘Succession’)
    Lee Jung-jae (‘Squid Game’)
    Bob Odenkirk (‘Better Call Saul’)
    Adam Scott (‘Severance’)
    Jeremy Strong (‘Succession’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Patricia Arquette (‘Severance’)
    Julia Garner (‘Ozark’)
    Jung Ho-yeon (‘Squid Game’)
    Christina Ricci (‘Yellowjackets’)
    Rhea Seehorn (‘Better Call Saul’)
    J. Smith-Cameron (‘Succession’)
    Sarah Snook (‘Succession’)
    Sydney Sweeney (‘Euphoria’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Nicholas Braun (‘Succession’)
    Billy Crudup (‘The Morning Show’)
    Kieran Culkin (‘Succession’)
    Park Hae-soo (‘Squid Game’)
    Matthew Macfadyen (‘Succession’)
    John Turturro (‘Severance’)
    Christopher Walken (‘Severance’)
    Oh Yeong-su (‘Squid Game’)

    BEST COMEDY SERIES

    ‘Abbott Elementary’ (ABC)
    ‘Barry’ (HBO)
    ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ (HBO)
    ‘Hacks’ (HBO Max)
    ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ (Amazon)
    ‘Only Murders in the Building’ (Hulu)
    ‘Ted Lasso’ (Apple)
    ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ (FX)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Rachel Brosnahan (‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’)
    Quinta Brunson (‘Abbott Elementary’)
    Kaley Cuoco (‘The Flight Attendant’)
    Elle Fanning (‘The Great’)
    Issa Rae (‘Insecure’)
    Jean Smart (‘Hacks’)

    BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Donald Glover (‘Atlanta’)
    Bill Hader (‘Barry’)
    Nicholas Hoult (‘The Great’)
    Steve Martin (‘Only Murders in the Building’)
    Martin Short (‘Only Murders in the Building’)
    Jason Sudeikis (‘Ted Lasso’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Alex Borstein (‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’)
    Hannah Einbinder (‘Hacks’)
    Janelle James (‘Abbott Elementary’)
    Kate McKinnon (‘Saturday Night Live’)
    Sarah Niles (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Sheryl Lee Ralph (‘Abbott Elementary’)
    Juno Temple (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Hannah Waddingham (‘Ted Lasso’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Anthony Carrigan (‘Barry’)
    Brett Goldstein (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Toheeb Jimoh (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Nick Mohammed (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Tony Shalhoub (‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’)
    Tyler James Williams (‘Abbott Elementary’)
    Henry Winkler (‘Barry’)
    Bowen Yang (‘Saturday Night Live’)

    BEST LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

    ‘Dopesick’ (Hulu’)
    ‘The Dropout’ (Hulu)
    ‘Inventing Anna’ (Netflix)
    ‘Pam & Tommy’ (Hulu)
    ‘The White Lotus’ (HBO)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR ANTHOLOGY

    Toni Collette (‘The Staircase’)
    Julia Garner (‘Inventing Anna’)
    Lily James (‘Pam & Tommy’)
    Sarah Paulson (‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’)
    Margaret Qualley (‘Maid’)
    Amanda Seyfried (‘The Dropout’)

    BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR ANTHOLOGY

    Colin Firth (‘The Staircase’)
    Andrew Garfield (‘Under the Banner of Heaven’)
    Oscar Isaac (‘Scenes from a Marriage’)
    Michael Keaton (‘Dopesick’)
    Himesh Patel (‘Station Eleven’)
    Sebastian Stan (‘Pam & Tommy’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

    Connie Britton (‘The White Lotus’)
    Jennifer Coolidge (‘The White Lotus’)
    Alexandra Daddario (‘The White Lotus’)
    Kaitlyn Dever (‘Dopesick’)
    Natasha Rothwell (‘The White Lotus’)
    Sydney Sweeney (‘The White Lotus’)
    Mare Winningham (‘Dopesick’)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

    Murray Bartlett (‘The White Lotus’)
    Jake Lacy (‘The White Lotus’)
    Will Poulter (‘Dopesick’)
    Seth Rogen (‘Pam & Tommy’)
    Peter Sarsgaard (‘Dopesick’)
    Michael Stuhlbarg (‘Dopesick’)
    Steve Zahn (‘The White Lotus’)

    BEST TELEVISION MOVIE

    ‘Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’
    ‘Ray Donovan: The Movie’
    ‘Reno 911!: The Hunt For QAnon’
    ‘The Survivor’
    ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas’

    BEST VARIETY TALK SERIES

    ‘The Daily Show With Trevor Noah’ (Comedy Central)
    ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC)
    ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ (HBO)
    ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ (NBC)
    ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ (CBS)

    BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

    ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ (HBO/HBO Max)
    ‘Saturday Night Live’ (NBC)

    BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)

    ‘The 64th Annual Grammy Awards’ (CBS)
    ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes’ (ABC)
    ‘The Oscars’ (ABC)
    ‘Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent’ (NBC)
    ‘Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back!’ (CBS)

    BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)

    ‘Adele: One Night Only’ (CBS)
    ‘Dave Chappelle: The Closer’ (Netflix)
    ‘Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts’ (HBO/HBO Max)
    ‘Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special’ (Netflix)
    ‘One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’ (CBS)

    BEST HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL

    ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman’ (Netflix)
    ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ (Apple TV+)
    ‘Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy’ (CNN)
    ‘VICE’ (Showtime)
    ‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ (Disney+)

    BEST REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM

    ‘The Amazing Race’ (CBS)
    ‘Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls’ (Amazon Prime Video)
    ‘Nailed It!’ (Netflix)
    ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ (VH1)
    ‘Top Chef’ (Bravo)
    ‘The Voice’ (NBC)

    BEST HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

    Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness (‘Queer Eye’)
    Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman (‘Making It’)
    Nicole Byer (‘Nailed It!’)
    Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary (‘Shark Tank’)
    Padma Lakshmi (‘Top Chef’)
    RuPaul (‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’)

    BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Hope Davis (‘Succession’)
    Marcia Gay Harden (‘The Morning Show’)
    Martha Kelly (‘Euphoria’)
    Sanaa Lathan (‘Succession’)
    Harriet Walter (‘Succession’)
    Lee You-mi (‘Squid Game’)

    BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Adrien Brody (‘Succession’)
    James Cromwell (‘Succession’)
    Colman Domingo (‘Euphoria’)
    Arian Moayed (Succession’’)
    Tom Pelphrey (‘Ozark’)
    Alexander Skarsgård (‘Succession’)

    BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Jane Adams (‘Hacks’)
    Harriet Sansom Harris (‘Hacks’)
    Jane Lynch (‘Only Murders in the Building’)
    Laurie Metcalf (‘Hacks’)
    Kaitlin Olson (‘Hacks’)
    Harriet Walter (‘Ted Lasso)

    BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Jerrod Carmichael (‘Saturday Night Live’)
    Bill Hader (‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’)
    James Lance (‘Ted Lasso’)
    Nathan Lane (‘Only Murders in the Building’)
    Christopher McDonald (‘Hacks’)
    Sam Richardson (‘Ted Lasso’)

    Please check the Emmy website for the full list of nominees here.

    This year’s Emmy Awards will air live on NBC on Monday, September 12th, and will also stream on Peacock.
    This year’s Emmy Awards will air live on NBC on Monday, September 12th, and will also stream on Peacock.

  • ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Renewed for Third Season

    Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu's 'Only Murders In The Building'.
    (L to R) Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu’s ‘Only Murders In The Building’. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu.

    It’s a true sign of faith in a show when the company responsible for producing it announces a new season even as the current batch of episodes is still arriving.

    Raise a cheer, then, for ‘Only Murders in the Building’, which has confirmed that it will be back for a third season as Season 2 continues to arrive weekly on Hulu.

    The show, which stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, revolves around mysterious and murderous goings-on in a classic New York apartment building called the Arconia.

    Martin plays Charles-Haden Savage, an actor whose golden years (particularly a 1990s TV cop show called ‘Brazzos’) are behind him. He’s a nervous, particular man used to living alone.

    Short is Oliver Putnam, a flamboyant theater director with a penchant for hummus and other dips, who is always looking for his next gig.

    Gomez, meanwhile, appears as Mabel Mora, a serious, mysterious young artist living in her aunt’s spacious apartment and harboring a deep pool of secrets.

    Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu's 'Only Murders In The Building'.
    (L to R) Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short) on Hulu’s ‘Only Murders In The Building’. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu.

    When they start investigating the murder of one of Mabel’s former friends, they decide to collaborate on a podcast to help chart the suspects. Soon, though, they’re dragged into it all on a much more personal level.

    Though they cracked the case at the end of Season 1, they ended up as potential persons of interest in the suspicious death of grouchy building manager Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell). And, along the way, they make a number of enemies, including Nathan Lane’s local deli magnate Teddy Dimas.

    ‘Murders’ also features an impressive ensemble including Amy Ryan, Jackie Hoffman, Tina Fey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and James Caverly.

    Martin co-created the show with showrunner John Hoffman, while ‘This Is Us’ boss Dan Fogelman is involved as a consultant. The series has won plenty of praise and awards and is expected to feature in the Emmy nominations this year. The renewal is hardly a surprise, given all the buzz around the first season.

    “‘Only Murders in the Building’ is the true crown jewel of our slate,” says Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment in a statement announcing the show’s renewal. “Its appeal across generations, the intersection of humor and heart, and its truly original approach are a hallmark of and testament to Dan, John, Steve, Marty and Selena’s work. We are grateful to be able to continue telling the stories of Charles, Oliver and Mabel to viewers that have consistently shown us they crave more of this story.”

    ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 2 is currently arriving weekly on Hulu every Tuesday. Season 3 should be on screens next year.

    Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Charles (Steve Martin) on Hulu's 'Only Murders In The Building'.
    (L to R) Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Charles (Steve Martin) on Hulu’s ‘Only Murders In The Building’. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu.

  • Jodie Foster Starring in True Detective Season 4

    Jodie Foster in 'The Mauritanian'
    STXfilms

    It looked for a while there like ‘True Detective’ might not be coming back. After all, while Season 3, which starred Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff rebounded in critical response and audience embrace after the stumbles of Season 2, there always seemed to be something keeping it from returning – not the least of which was the schedule of creator Nic Pizzolatto.

    There’s big news, then, that the HBO show will indeed return, albeit with a new creative team. And a big star: Jodie Foster is aboard to lead the cast and serve as one of the executive producers for what will be called ‘True Detective: Night Country’.

    This new season will focus on Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro who are looking to solve the case of six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanishing without a trace, when the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska.

    The pair will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.

    While Foster (no slouch in creative endeavors) will be involved, the real driving force behind the scenes will be writer and director Issa López, who directed one previous episode of the show, but is taking over the reins. She replaces the show’s creator, Nic Pizzolatto, who worked on the previous three seasons.

    López will work alongside ‘Shining Girls’ Alan Page Arriaga, while ‘Moonlight’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’s Barry Jenkins is a producer.

    ‘True Detective’ is no stranger to big name stars – in addition to the aforementioned Ali and Dorff, the show has seen the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams, and Vince Vaughn all feature in the cast.

    And it has always functioned as an anthology series, switching locales each time. The wintery wilds of Alaska is certainly a fascinating (and potentially deadly) place in which to set a mystery.

    More surprising is Foster’s desire to lead a TV series. She’s been a movie star and director for years, and while she’s guested on the likes of ‘Frasier’, ‘The X-Files’ and ‘The Simpsons’, her small screen work has largely been behind the camera, including directing ‘Orange Is The New Black’, ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Tales From The Loop’.

    You must stretch back to her work as a child on shows such as ‘Gunsmoke’, ‘My Three Sons’ and ABC’s TV spinoff of ‘Paper Moon’ to find more regular on-camera appearances.

    Still, in this era of prestige TV and movie stars anchoring shows from deep-pocketed streaming services, it’s perhaps not that surprising that she’d eventually step in front of the camera for a new starring role. And the chance to be creatively involved on a deeper level than even directing was surely a draw.

    There is no launch date for ‘True Detective: Night Country’ just yet, which is not shocking since it has yet to start shooting.

  • Idris Elba Starring in Thriller Series ‘Hijack’

    Idris Elba as DCI John Luther
    Idris Elba as DCI John Luther on BBC Studios’ ‘Luther.’

    Idris Elba might be on screen in theaters screens – well, not on, exactly, since he’s only voicing Knuckles the Echidna – in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’, but he’s heading back to TV for a new Apple TV+ series.

    ‘Hijack’ is described as a tense thriller told over real time that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

    Elba will star as Sam Nelson, an accomplished negotiator in the business world who needs to step up and use all his guile to try and save the lives of the passengers — but his high-risk strategy could be his undoing.

    This seven-part series was spawned from the brain of ‘Lupin’ writer George Kay, and it’ll see him reuniting with Jim Field Smith, who directed episodes of one of his other shows, ‘Criminal’. Which means we can hopefully look forward to memorable characters and entertaining dialogue – especially since both those previous shows are

    The new series represents the initial project from Elba’s first-look deal with Apple, and he’ll be an executive producer via his Green Door Pictures company.

    While Elba has forged a solid big screen career, he got his start on TV in his native England. And probably his most famous character – gruff detective John Luther from the eponymous crime series, which is making the leap to movies, albeit via Netflix, later this year.

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    Also coming up for the actor is George Miller’s return to filmmaking, romantic drama ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’. Elba stars alongside Tilda Swinton in the story of a lonely scholar who meets a Djinn and who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Miller’s latest will have its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

    Then there’s Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Beast’, in which Elba plays Dr. Nate Samuels, who finds himself and his teenage daughters hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.

    Elba is also a producer on a new movie called ‘The Chelsea Cowboy’, starring Alex Pettyfer as tough guy John Bindon, who despite a successful acting career and passionate romantic liaisons with various socialites was unable to leave his criminal past behind.

    Beyond that, there are a variety of movies and shows that Elba has in development, including a new adaptation of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, and ‘Extraction’ director Sam Hargraves’ ‘Stay Frosty’, about a man (Elba) who survives being shot in the head and must figure out who wants him dead.

    As for ‘Hijack’, Apple TV+ has yet to announce when the show might premiere, but we can predict it’ll probably be on screens next year.

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    (L to R) Idris Elba as Bloodsport and Sylvester Stallone as the voice of King Shark in Warner Bros.’ ‘The Suicide Squad.’

     

  • Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden Talk ‘Slow Horses’

    Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden
    Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden in “Slow Horses,” now streaming on Apple TV+.

    Premiering on Apple TV+ beginning April 1st is the new spy series ‘Slow Horses,’ which is based on author Mick Herron’s novel of the same name.

    The series follows British MI5 agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), who after a botched mission is exiled to Slough House, which is an administrative purgatory for service agents. Cartwright and his fellow former agents now perform boring administrative tasks and work for the miserable Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who expects everyone to quit out of frustration.

    But soon the former agents of Slough House, or Slow Horses as they’ve been nicknamed, become entangled in a dangerous mission at London’s Regent’s Park. In addition to Lowden and Oldman, the cast also includes Olivia Cooke, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Jonathan Pryce.

    Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden about their work on ‘Slow Horses.

    You can read our full interview with Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden below, or watch a video of our interviews with Oldman, Lowden, Olivia Cooke, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Jonathan Pryce in the player above.

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    Moviefone: To begin with, Gary can you talk about your approach to taking this character from the page to the screen?

    Gary Oldman: Well, I was very lucky because Jackson Lamb is really created, he’s from the imagination of Mick Herron, who is the writer of the books that the series is based on. He created this world and this incredible character, and it was all there. It was all pretty much on the page. All I had to do was just follow all the signposts.

    I knew immediately when I read the book and read the scripts, I just thought I could have a lot of fun playing Jackson. I don’t particularly like him, but I do like playing him and his interaction with the characters in the piece. But a lot of the work, I must say, was done for me in the writing, because it’s very, very good writing.

    MF: Finally, Jack can you talk about your character’s journey and how he feels about being sent to Slough House?

    Jack Lowden: He goes there because he is pushed into making a mistake, given the wrong information, which only adds to his constant frustration. The fact is that he’s just in this one big, bad mood for all six episodes. So, it’s definitely not his fault. I think we were talking earlier about the fact that Jackson, his boss, knows that because he knows everything and chooses to sort of beat him with it.

    I think his career, when we meet him is probably going brilliantly well. I think it’s probably going very well. I think where he then ends up is just not something that he could foresee at all. Then it all just comes crumbling down through no fault of his own.

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    Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden in “Slow Horses,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
  • 2019 Emmys Will Hold Host-Less Ceremony on Fox

    2019 Emmys Will Hold Host-Less Ceremony on Fox

    Television Academy

    The Emmys are taking a page from its awards show sibling and going host-less for its 2019 ceremony on Fox.

    Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier announced today that the 71st Emmy Awards, which will air September 22, will not feature a host for the first time since 2003 (when it also took place on Fox).

    The Emmys also went host-less in 1998 (on NBC) and 1975 (on CBS). The Emmys rotate among each of the Big 4 broadcast networks.

    Fox does not have a natural host, anyway, since it does not air any late night shows. The last time Fox hosted the Emmys in 2015, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Andy Samberg hosted.

    (At the time, the cop comedy aired on Fox; it has now moved to NBC.)

    Collier noted that several longtime, award-winning series have concluded this year, including nominee-leading “Game of Thrones” and “Veep.”

    “The Oscars did very well. That was something we paid attention to,” he explained. “This is a unique year for some of America’s favorite shows and producers came to conclusion that spending more time on those was the right thing to do.”

    The host-free Oscars actually rose in the ratings over the previous year. ABC has hinted that it may continue that format for the next ceremony.

  • 2019 Emmy Nominations: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks Yet Another Record

    2019 Emmy Nominations: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks Yet Another Record

    HBO

    HBO’s recently-wrapped fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” was expected to clean up at this year’s Emmy nominations, and boy, did it ever, snagging a whopping 32 nods for its eighth and final season. And with that tally, the show has once again broken another Emmys record.

    This latest batch of nominations has officially certified “Thrones” as the drama series to earn the most nods for a single season. It bested an impressive 25-year record set by ABC’s “NYPD Blue,” which notched 27 nominations for a single season back in 1994.

    “Game of Thrones” had previously set the all-time total Emmy nominations record, with its cumulative 129 nods earned as of 2018 (a record that it’s now broken once again). And it had also become the winningest primetime series ever at the Emmys, taking home 47 statuettes as of last year (yet another record that we think will soon be topped).

    As Entertainment Weekly notes, one of the most impressive aspects of this year’s “Thrones” achievement is that every single actor that HBO submitted for awards consideration — and several who submitted themselves — all received nods, bringing the show’s total acting nominations tally this year to nine. That was no doubt welcome news for Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke, who switched their eligibility from the supporting categories to lead last year, and were shut out; this year, they both made the cut.

    Sophie Turner received her first-ever nomination this year, in the supporting category, helping “Thrones” to set yet another record. It’s now the only drama series to have four actresses represented in the supporting field in one year (Turner, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, and Gwendoline Christie), beating the previous record of three.

    Expect even more Emmys history for “Thrones” when awards are handed out. The 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are slated for Sunday, September 22 on Fox.

    [h/t Entertainment Weekly]

  • 2019 Emmy Nominations: The Complete List

    2019 Emmy Nominations: The Complete List

    Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones
    Helen Sloan/HBO

    The 71st Emmy Awards nominations were unveiled Tuesday morning, with “Game of Thrones” earning a leading (and record-breaking) 32 nods.

    The nominees were announced by Ken Jeong and D’Arcy Carden.

    The 71st Emmy Awards will air on Fox on Sunday, September 22. A host has not yet been announced.

    Here’s the full list of nominations:

    Outstanding Drama Series

    • “Better Call Saul”
    • “Bodyguard”
    • “Game of Thrones”
    • “Killing Eve”
    • “Ozark”
    • “Pose”
    • “Succession”
    • “This Is Us”

    Outstanding Comedy Series

    • “Barry”
    • “Fleabag”
    • “The Good Place”
    • “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    • “Russian Doll”
    • “Schitt’s Creek”
    • “Veep”

    Outstanding Limited Series

    • “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”
    • “Brexit: The Uncivil War”
    • “Deadwood: The Movie”
    • “My Dinner With Herve”
    • “King Lear”

    Outstanding Television Movie

    • “Chernobyl”
    • “Escape at Dannermora”
    • “Fosse: Verdon”
    • “Sharp Objects”
    • “When They See Us”

    Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

    • Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones”
    • Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
    • Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”
    • Laura Linney, “Ozark”
    • Mandy Moore, “This Is Us”
    • Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
    • Robin Wright, “House of Cards”

    Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

    • Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
    • Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
    • Kit Harington, “Westworld”
    • Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
    • Billy Porter, “Pose”
    • Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    • Gwendoline Christie, “Game of Thrones”
    • Julia Garner, “Ozark”
    • Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”
    • Fiona Shaw, “Killing Eve”
    • Sophie Turner, “Game of Thrones”
    • Maisie Williams, “Game of Thrones”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    • Alfie Allen, “Game of Thrones”
    • Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
    • Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”
    • Giancarlo Esposito, “Better Call Saul”
    • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”
    • Michael Kelly, “House of Cards”

    Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
    • Rachel Broshnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
    • Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll”
    • Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
    • Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag”

    Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Anthony Anderson, ‘black-ish’
    • Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
    • Ted Danson, “The Good Place”
    • Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
    • Bill Hader, “Barry”
    • Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    • Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”
    • Olivia Colman, “Fleabag”
    • “Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”
    • Sarah Goldberg, “Barry”
    • Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
    • Anthony Carrigan, “Barry”
    • Alec Baldwin, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Tony Hale, “Veep”
    • Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    • Henry Winkler, “Barry”

    Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects”
    • Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”
    • Joey King, “The Act”
    • Niecy Nash, “When They See Us”
    • Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon”
    • Aunjanue Ellis, “When They See Us”

    Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Mahershala Ali, “True Detective”
    • Benicio Del Toro, “Escape at Dannemora”
    • Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal”
    • Jared Harris, “Chernobyl”
    • Jharrel Jerome, “When They See Us”
    • Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon”

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Patricia Arquette, “The Act”
    • Marsha Stephanie Blake, “When They See Us”
    • Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”
    • Vera Farmiga, “When They See Us”
    • Margaret Qualley, “Fosse/Verdon”
    • Emily Watson, “Chernobyl”

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    • Asante Blackk, “When They See Us”
    • Paul Dano, “Escape at Dannemora”
    • John Leguizamo, “When They See Us”
    • Stellan Skarsgard, “Chernobyl”
    • Ben Whishaw, “A Very English Scandal”
    • Michael K. Williams, “When They See Us”

    Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

    • Laverne Cox, “Orange Is the New Black”
    • Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    • Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse”
    • Phylicia Rashad, “This Is Us”
    • Cicely Tyson, “How to Get Away With Murder”
    • Carice van Houten, “Game of Thrones”

    Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

    • Michael Angarano, “This Is Us”
    • Ron Cephas Jones, “This Is Us”
    • Michael McKean, “Better Call Saul”
    • Kumail Nanjiani, “The Twilight Zone”
    • Glynn Turman, “How to Get Away With Murder”
    • Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

    Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

    • Jane Lynch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    • Sandra Oh, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Maya Rudolph, “The Good Place”
    • Kristin Scott Thomas, “Fleabag”
    • Fiona Shaw, “Fleabag”
    • Emma Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”

    Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

    • Matt Damon, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Robert De Niro, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Luke Kirby, “The Marveous Mrs. Maisel”
    • John Mulaney, “”Saturday Night Live”
    • Adam Sandler, “Saturday Night Live”
    • Rufus Sewell, “The Marveous Mrs. Maisel”

    Outstanding Variety Talk Series

    • “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
    • “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
    • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
    • “The Late Late Show With James Corden”
    • “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
    • “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”

    Outstanding Reality/Competition Series

    • “The Amazing Race”
    • “American Ninja Warrior”
    • “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
    • “Top Chef”
    • “The Voice”
  • Multiple Emmy Voters Disqualified for Block Voting

    Multiple Emmy Voters Disqualified for Block Voting

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    Television Academy

    Certain Emmy voters are in the doghouse.

    The Television Academy recently disqualified an unspecified number of members for “block voting,” Deadline reports. All of the members in question are actors, but they haven’t been publicly named. The news comes just three days into the first round of Emmy voting.

    Block voting is “a direct violation” of the competition’s rules and member code of conduct, according to TV Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. He spoke out against the members’ alleged actions in a statement on Wednesday.

    “This type of activity will not be tolerated,” Scherma said, per Deadline. “The Emmy stands for excellence and the integrity of this award is of paramount importance to the television industry.”

    The disqualification means that members will not be able to vote at all in the 2019 Emmy Awards competition. Their ballot entries and any votes they cast will not be counted. On top of that, it’s possible the TV Academy will refer them to the Conduct Review Committee “for further disciplinary action,” Scherma said.

    Voting has been interesting this Emmy season already. The “Family Guy” team kicked off its campaign in May by jokingly misdirecting would-be “Game of Thrones” voters. Who knows what else is in store for us?

    The first round of voting goes through June 24. The awards show will be held on Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. PT.

    [via: Deadline]

  • 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards Winners Include Alex Trebek, ‘Young and the Restless’

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    The most beloved winner at the 2019 Daytime Awards: Who is “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek.

    Trebek, who is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, received a standing ovation after winning the Best Game Show Host trophy.

    The night’s other big winners were soaps “General Hospital,” which won five awards, and “The Young and the Restless,” which took home the top prize of Outstanding Drama Series.

    After winning, Trebek said, “I was concerned that sympathy might play a big role.” But, he added that he was touched by the response from the audience.

    “The reception I got from the audience was extremely special, very touching. We all know what’s going on in my life and I alluded to that in my remarks and I’ve been very blessed to discover how many people our show has influenced in their lives.”

    Here is the full list of the 2019 Daytime Emmy winners:

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Judy Sheindlin

    Outstanding Drama Series
    The Young and the Restless

    Outstanding Daytime Digital Series
    After Forever

    Outstanding Game Show
    Family Feud

    Outstanding Entertainment News Program
    Daily Mail TV

    Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
    Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court

    Outstanding Morning Program
    CBS Sunday Morning

    Outstanding Informative Talk Show
    Rachael Ray

    Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show
    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    Outstanding Culinary Program
    Valerie’s Home Cooking

    Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (The Bold and the Beautiful)

    Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
    Maurice Benard (General Hospital)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
    Vernee Watson (General Hospital)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
    Max Gail (General Hospital)

    Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
    Hayley Erin (General Hospital)

    Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
    Kyler Pettis (Days of Our Lives)

    Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
    Patricia Bethune (General Hospital)

    Outstanding Culinary Host
    Valerie Bertinelli

    Outstanding Game Show Host
    Alex Trebek

    Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host
    Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford

    Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
    Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Live!