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After two very long pandemic years without in-person events and hootenannies to electrify Emmy season, the FYC is back. Big time. Yet, for all the star power, sound stages, rented mansions and gimmicks, do FYCs really help? Will a performance from Sting galvanize the TV Academy voting masses? So, it’s not quite a…

Fresh from the debut of The Kardashians on Hulu, Kim Kardashian joins our spectacular roster of talent for Deadline's Contenders Television: Docs + Unscripted virtual event this Saturday. Register here for this entertaining and informative showcase of the most buzzworthy nonfiction series and films competing for…

Deadline has launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television, which launched the TV awards season this weekend with 48 series and almost 150 panelists converging at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles to discuss their buzzworthy shows in front of a full house of industry voters. Click here to launch the stre…

For Pam & Tommy‘s Lily James and Sebastian Stan, capturing the essences of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, in the public eye and privately, while also re-creating their uber-famous images were the central challenges of the Hulu miniseries. Conversely, Seth Rogen found himself working to dial down the many mannerisms…

In one of Contenders TV’s most emotional panels, Deadline TV reporter Alexandra Del Rosario spoke with creator/showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar and Tony-winning actress Adrienne Warren about the ABC limited series Women of the Movement. Inspired by the book Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Ci…

When it came to bringing The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey from the pages of Walter Mosley's novel to screens on Apple TV+, the writer and star Samuel L. Jackson agree that the long haul – with over a decade of development – due to their commitment to telling the epic story through the long form of television – was worth…

Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews and creator Elizabeth Meriwether were filming the Hulu series The Dropout while subject Elizabeth Holmes was on trial. During a Contenders TV panel Sunday at the Paramount Theatre, they recalled following the trial closely as they told Holmes' story. Meriwether incorporated information…

Quinta Brunson said she knew that she and executive producers Randall Einhorn and Patrick Schumacker had something special with Abbott Elementary. Since it premiered, the ABC comedy has made waves on social media and gained a passionate following. “[The reception] is so humbling — it reminds you why you do this job,&#8221…

Viola Davis did speak with Michelle Obama before she played her in Showtime’s upcoming The First Lady, but she is reluctant to share much of what they talked about in their private conversation. “What’s dramatic about Michelle Obama? I’ll tell you what’s dramatic. She is a Black woman and the first Black woman in the…

The Peacock limited series Dr. Death stars Christian Slater as Randy Kirby, one of the doctors who exposed Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson)'s malpractice. Series creator Patrick McManus said the real Dr. Kirby was very sure of the story's merits for television. “I will tell you that my very first phone call…

Bel-Air is Peacock's one-hour drama series that re-imagines the beloved ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through a modern, dramatic take on Will's complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. Joining moderator Matt Grobar at Deadline’s Contenders Television at the…

Discussing her much-praised performance as The Afterparty's disarming and shrewd police detective Danner, the standup comic in Tiffany Haddish could not resist dropping some sly one-liners about her own recent real-life run-in with law enforcement. Haddish joined the "Roshomon"-like Apple TV+ mystery-comedy's…