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Without question, this category has been the one in recent years where television's greater ambitions have been showcased, and thus, also a category that is uber-competitive. Limited Series in fact could also describe a number of contenders in the regular Drama and Comedy categories as well. Take Amazon's Fleabag, a…

Unsurprisingly, given its record 32 Emmy nominations for this final season, Game of Thrones led the charge at the Creative Arts Emmys with a total of 10 wins out of the 18 for which it was nominated this weekend. Heading into next Sunday’s Primetime Emmys show, this bodes well for the HBO epic’s swansong swing for…

The 71st Emmy Awards kicked off Saturday and Sunday with the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. As a cascade of Emmys were handed out in technical and acting categories, and there were plenty of expected wins and some surprises. The biggest winner of the two nights…

EXCLUSIVE: Con O'Neill (Chernobyl) and Sarah Jane Potts (Kinky Boots) lead cast in UK revenge-thriller Don't Leave Me, the latest film from Cleanskin and Blue Iguana writer-director Hadi Hajaig. UK outfit Amp International has boarded world sales on the feature about a suicidal man, now working as a church handyman…

A remarkably vivid recreation of one of the world's worst man-made disasters, examining the human cost of a corrupt system's lies, HBO's Chernobylwas an incredibly ambitious project, requiring exhaustive research and an epic cinematic quality to match the scope of the events portrayed. Despite designing his first…

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…

As Craig Mazin focused on the human drama of the meltdown at Chernobyl, so he alighted on one relationship that came together in the clean-up operation, which would speak volumes to the complications of the Soviet system and the efforts of those embroiled in its politics to work within it. Boris Shcherbina was a…

There can be few shows in television history subject to the kind of scrutiny that met Chernobyl when its five episodes started going out on HBO in May. As most critics heaped praise on the show, written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck, still others descended to pick apart every aspect of its storytelling…

 When hair, makeup and prosthetics designer Daniel Parker was approached for HBO's Chernobyl, he wasn't "terribly keen" about taking the series on, if he's being honest. "Because one immediately thinks of zombies," Parker explains, "and what they're going to actually do with the subject." Pushed by his agent to read Cr…

A 1980s tale of a nuclear disaster behind the Iron Curtain became an unlikely global phenomenon and a ratings juggernaut. Anchoring a new night of original programming for HBO on Mondays, the Chernobyl limited series grew its ratings every week. Its viewership has surpassed 12 million to become the most watched HBO…

Disaster drama Chernobyl swept up 19 Emmy nominations including a nod in the limited series category, making it the third most nominated show after Game of Thrones and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. The drama, which is a co-production between HBO and Sky Atlantic, is up against Escape At Dannemora, Fosse/Verdon, Sharp Objec…