Ronan Farrow took a swipe at the controversial last season of HBO's Game of Thrones as he hosted the Peabody Awards, an annual celebration of electronic media's deep dives into weighty topics from race and gender inequality, to mental illness, plastic pollution and ISIS. "Why did Daenerys go so crazy?" Farrow griped…

EXCLUSIVE: Barry co-creator and star Bill Hader and HBO programming chief Amy Gravitt are the latest big names heading to Banff. The pair are to sit down an exclusive 'In Conversation With' session at the Banff World Media Festival. The festival runs Jun 9 to 12 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta…

The Peabody board has selected nine entertainment winners and a special institutional award for Sesame Street for its 78th edition of the awards, which will be handed out May 18 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The winners for programs released in 2018 include Showtime’s Barry, Netflix’s Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Pat…

On the heels of its Season 2 premiere, HBO has picked up a third season of its hit Emmy-winning comedy series Barry. Created by Alec Berg & Bill Hader, who stars in the title role, Barry launched its eight-episode second season March 31. This season, Barry is attempting to untangle himself from the world of contract…

HBO is giving a first look at the upcoming season 2 of Barry, the dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed hitman who finds something like salvation in a community theater group and Henry Winkler as his acting teacher. This new trailer doesn’t give too much away in terms of plot, but who needs spoilers when you…

While Golden Globes’ MO has been becoming the first to recognize new show, the SAG Awards have been pretty unpredictable, often not acknowledging breakout freshmen until their second season. That was the case last year with Amazon Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which was snubbed completely by the SAG Awards…

The WGA on Thursday unveiled its nominations for in TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing for 2018, with writers for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and NBC’s Saturday Night Live among last year’s winners to make the cut. Last year, Handmaid’s Tale won the Drama Series category and the New Series…

UPDATED with backstage video: Even if Henry Winkler didn’t win tonight, he acknowledged, he would have still made Emmy history. But instead of prolonging his 42-year drought at the Primetime Emmys sans a win, Winkler stopped it with a comedy series supporting actor win tonight for HBO’s Barry. “At 27, I started doing…

UPDATED with backstage video: Bill Hader, who co-created, directed, and starred in HBO dark comedy series Barry, took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The win, which followed one for co-star Henry Winkler, came as something of a surprise, given the competition in the category. Other…

Decades removed from his breakout turn as Fonzie on Happy Days, Henry Winkler won his first career Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy. Winkler captured the trophy for his turn as dysfunctional-but-dedicated acting teacher Gene Cousineau on HBO’s dark comedy Barry. He beat out several strong contenders…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on contenders in the key categories for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the category of Outstanding Comedy Series. The largest group of nominees in any program category this year proves that there's likely some fluidity…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for freshman series on Emmy nominations day, depending whether they are in the drama or comedy side. First-year comedies had the best showing in the comedy series category in almost two decades, with three nominees, Amazon/Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, HBO…