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For a  second year in a row, Deadline’s popular Contenders Television is going virtual, with an astonishing 129 creatives and stars set to appear in the all-day event Saturday, May 15 that features a total of 21 networks participating and 49 different shows. This is the must-see happening of the TV awards season and…

Contenders Television: The Nominees, Deadline’s livestream telecast Sunday that featured 28 of the year’s most celebrated shows hailing from 17 networks and studios, launched its streaming site Monday. It allows access to all the panels as well as interstitial video extras showcasing most of our 74 participants…

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon had wanted to find a project to do together ever since Witherspoon appeared on Friends playing Aniston's sister in 2000. They found it with The Morning Show, in which the pair play anchors on a chaotic network morning show rocked by sexual harassment scandals. That is what…

“Shark Tank is America’s most successful venture capital company that’s ever existed,” Shark Tank and executive producer Kevin O’Leary said during a panel at Deadline's Contenders Television: The Nominees virtual event. With O’Leary, fellow EPs/Sharks Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John joined Deadline senior…

From police brutality to the intricacies of Black women’s hair, for six seasons now ABC’s Black-ish has boldly tackled issues and conversations that pertain to the Black experience in America. The stories are told through the eyes of the Johnson Family, led by Andre and Bow, who are played by Emmy nominees Anthony Ande…

With more Emmy nominations that any other show this year, HBO's Watchmen has become the one to watch, literally and figuratively. "A lot of people did not watch Watchmen when it actually aired so they are watching it now while they are quarantining or while they are isolating," Regina King said during Deadline’s Conten…

A potent tale of generational trauma, loss, immigration, hope and reconciliation, HBO’s I Know This Much Is True is a dual-role tour de force from Mark Ruffalo. And the Emmy-nominated actor is unequivocal on what it meant to him professionally and personally. "It was the most gratifying and challenging thing I've ever…

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has had an eventful year. As the COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping through the U.S. and the world, Noah, the producers and Comedy Central decided to extend the half-hour show to 45 minutes. The plan is now to extend that even further and move to a full hour by the end of the year. That’s…

Speaking at the virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees event, Star Trek: Short Treks executive producer Alex Kurtzman said that the unique aspect of the Emmy-nominated series are the experiments it allows and its bridge to the greater Trekverse. “I love the idea of using the shorts to run an experiment, which is…

Last year, Norman Lear became the oldest Emmy winner in history when his special, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and The Jeffersons, won for Outstanding Variety Special – Live. Jimmy Kimmel, another executive producer on the show, came to Lear with the idea of redoing selected episodes from his…

Bad Education HBO Panelist: Hugh Jackman (Actor) Moderator: Pete Hammond "You've got a very successful, very well-liked person doing something that doesn't make sense… It is a cautionary tale on how we can convince ourselves something is right just because it suits us.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/hugh-jackman-bad-education-hbo-contenders-tv-watch-1203013960/"…

Ever since Jimmy McGill’s girlfriend Kim Wexler, played by Rhea Seehorn, was in a car accident a few seasons ago on AMC/Sony TV’s Better Call Saul, we’ve had the worst thoughts about her character, and that’s likely because she never shows up in the mothership series Breaking Bad.  “It’s an interesting situation…