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ABC just opted to go without a traditional host at the Oscars for a second straight year but it would consider employing a host for the 2020 Primetime Emmys as the Disney-owned network is targeting double-digit ratings growth for the TV awards show. ABC, whose turn it is to host the Emmys, announced earlier today that…

UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 23, 8:30 AM: The federal judge in the battle between HBO and the estate of Micheal Jackson over the Emmy winning documentary Leaving Neverland has made his tentative ruling now final. In a decision filed late on September 20 (read it here), Judge George Wu reaffirms his inclination of September 19 to…

The takeaways from the Emmy Awards are not very golden for the Big Four broadcast networks. Not only did Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Primetime Emmys drop to an all-time ratings low, but broadcasters’ tally of 16 total Emmy wins from the three September ceremonies also set a record. The previous low was 19 combined…

EXCLUSIVE: Zai Bennett, managing director of content at Sky U.K., has said hailed Chernobyl’s success at the Emmys as a “coming of age” story for the Comcast-owned broadcaster. Chernobyl was one of the big winners at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night, picking up three prizes, including outstanding…

Despite HBO’s Game of Thrones taking the top Emmy prize tonight as Best Drama for its eighth and final season, the press corps in the media room wanted to know how the cast and the creators dealt with the blow back from fans over the series finale. “I’ll take this one,” declared Kit Harington aka Jon…

Expect a lot of riverboat in season 3 of Netflix’s Ozark.  Speaking to the press following his first Emmy win tonight for the show, Jason Bateman gave us some insight as to what to expect for the crafty Byrd family next season. The MRC-produced series was recently in production over the summer Ozark follows Marty…

Bill Hader, speaking backstage to the press tonight following his Best Actor Comedy Emmy win, was promptly asked his thoughts over his late night alma mater Saturday Night Live firing comedian Shane Gillis over his past racial slurs. “No, I have no thoughts on that,” answered Hader. However, the Barry star and…

UPDATED with backstage video: In accepting her second back-to-back Emmy in the best supporting actress comedy category tonight for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Borstein told a moving story onstage about her Holocaust survivor grandmother, and how she she can be an example for women today to “step out of line”. In…

Netflix’s Black Mirror took home the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie for the Bandersnatch episode of its most recent season, adding a technological twist to the category. Bandersnatch represented the leading edge of Netflix’s entry into interactive storytelling, offering a branching, “choose-your-own-adventure&#8221…

Like a slow burn streaming series, the narrative for security today at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards is not what you see, but what you don't see. As more and more attendees begin to arrive this afternoon and traffic starts to snarl in the area before the 5 PM PT kickoff for the host free affair on Fox, the sheer…

Reposted from 9/20: This marks the first Primetime Emmy Awards for the newly independent Fox Entertainment, and the network is looking to put its stamp on the ceremony with several tweaks. The biggest, of course, is going host-less for only the fourth time in Emmy history and for the first time since 2003, also on…

EXCLUSIVE: Sherman's Showcase has just wrapped up on IFC and Get Lifted Film Co. has hip-hop competition series Rhythm + Flow coming to Netflix next month, but right now the company is dropping some big hires. Michael McDonald has joined the John Legend, Mike Jackson, and Ty Stiklorius-led company as their Head of…