UPDATED with closing price. Netflix stock gained nearly 5% today, closing at $367.65 a share, after the subscription streaming platform tied HBO last night for the most Emmy Awards. Paced by The Crown and Godless, Netflix captured 23 total Emmys, including those handed out at last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremonies…

“We solved it,” announced Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson during the musical opening of the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards — referring, of course, to the most diverse group of Emmy nominees in the telecast’s history. With a heavy hand of sarcasm and cameo appearances by This Is Us‘ Sterling K. Brown, Drag Race host…

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…

“We wanted to do a story about a tyrant,” Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker said backstage of this season’s USS Callister Best TV Movie win. “It’s quite odd” he joked of competing in a fiction programming category, given that this season’s story is of “a misogynist bully with a bizarre haircut ,put into a position…

CBS Late Late Show host James Corden, after picking up his Emmy for Best Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, first told reporters backstage how proud he was that this was the first time Snapchat had been nominated for an Emmy for original content and came away with an Emmy on its first try. “It’s a wonderful…

Believe it or not, Emmy season is upon us, and who better to help us kick it off than some of TV's biggest stars? Actors from shows like 13 Reasons Why, Westworld, Dear White People, The Good Doctor and so many more danced and dined the night away on the rooftop of the Dream Hotel in Hollywood. A big thanks to…

Having exited his fair share of shows over the years, Bryan Fuller today has a suggestion for ABC to replace the now-canceled Roseanne on its fall schedule. The former American Gods co-showrunner took to social media on Tuesday to advocate — tongue partially in cheek — for the return of Pushing Daisies, the dramedy…

EXCLUSIVE:  Now that Oscar has kicked him out, is Emmy also about to weigh in on the Harvey Weinstein saga? A Television Academy spokesman confirms the subject has been a topic of conversation this week at the organization and that they will be addressing it at this week’s upcoming board meeting. “Our view has been…

Oops. It’s happened again. The TV Academy last night confused RuPaul Charles, the two-time Emmy-winning host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, with Rickey Minor, won his first Emmy for musical direction for Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America, in a tweet from the Emmys red carpet. The tweet…

UPDATED with backstage quotes: Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale finished off its big night by winning the Outstanding Drama Series trophy at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, marking the first-ever win in the Emmys’ marquee category by a streaming service. The rookie series was a bit of an underdog entering the night — Hulu…

The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out tonight at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, and this year’s races were wide open than usual, with fewer locks than in years past. The 27 awards were spread among a dozen programs but only five networks: HBO, NBC, Netflix, Hulu and FX. Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale…

"We shined a light on domestic abuse," said Big Little Lies' Nicole Kidman tonight at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in her Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie win. Noting a "bigger message" in the HBO show, Kidman added, "It is a complicated and insidious disease. It exists far more than we allow…