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There are three top Primetime Emmy categories for dramatic storytelling — Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding TV Movie. In what may be a first, Carolyn Strauss scored a nomination in all three, as executive producer of HBO’s Game Of Thrones (Drama Series), Chernobyl (Limited Series)…

Johan Renck felt the call of Chernobyl grow stronger as he charged through more of Craig Mazin's scripts for the five-part limited series. But, ever an apprehensive man, his initial reaction was caveated. "I love this, but I'm not going to do it," he told himself. The problem? He'd just brought his family home after…

Has the tension of our current political era changed the way television is being made? Game of Thrones EP and former HBO President Carolyn Strauss thinks so. Speaking during a PaleyLive panel discussion celebrating the first part of the upcoming CNN original series The 2000s: A Look Back at the Dawn of TV’s New Golden…

HBO has acquired the rights to Curtis Sittenfeld’s bestselling debut novel Prep. It will be developed as a comedy series by former 30 Rock writer-producer Colleen McGuinness and Game of Thrones executive producer Carolyn Strauss. Prep, published by Random House, follows a Midwestern girl’s coming of age as she…