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A total of 37 shows from 18 outlets with take center stage at Deadline's inaugural Contenders Television Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. The day-long livestreamed celebration kicks off at 8 a.m. PT on Saturday, May 1 as awards season turns its focus to the small screen. This newest addition to the Deadline…

Harry Kooperstein, a director and producer who won 17 local Emmy Awards, including eight for his work on the annual Live From the Hollywood Bowl telecasts, died March 30 in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 78 and no cause of death was given in a report by the Desert Sun media outlet. Kooperstein directed newscasts for…

And the Daytime Emmys go to … CBS. The network and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said today that they have inked a two-year deal for CBS to air the awards show. With CBS also set to television the Primetime Emmys this year, it will mark the first time since 2008 that one network will broadcast…

The Television Academy has capitulated to the cries of the late-night lobby and has reversed course – keeping the variety sketch and talk categories separate for this year's Emmys. The Academy had announced in December that the categories would merge but has decided to keep them separate – a boon for the late-night…

EXCLUSIVE: The Television Academy's decision to merge the late-night and sketch series categories at this year's Emmy Awards is coming under fresh fire as networks and showrunners have joined forces to lobby for a reversal of the changes. Deadline understands that broadcast networks including ABC, CBS and NBC as well…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with the winners of the 72nd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. The trophy ceremony will take place October 10 in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters as part of its fall NAB Show in Las Vegas. Check out the winners list…

Last Week with John Oliver will be battling it out with Saturday Night Live for an Emmy after the Television Academy merged two key awards categories as part of a range of changes. The Academy has remerged the Variety Talk and Variety Sketch Series categories into one category: Outstanding Variety Series starting in…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has plenty of TV time during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when he made daily briefings on his state’s handling of the disease when New York City was the global hotspot. Now he is set to receive the 2020 International Emmy Founders Award. The honor is presented by the International…

Tenemos los ganadores in Spanish-language programming for this year's Daytime, Sports and News and Documentary Emmy Awards. CNN en Español led all networks with three statuettes tonight, including marquee wins for Outstanding Entertainment Show in Spanish (Destinos) and Morning Show in Spanish (Café CNN). Read the…

Nick Cordero was not included in the Emmy Award’s In Memoriam segment Sunday night, and Zach Braff, the late actor’s friend and former Broadway co-star, says it wasn’t for supporters’ lack of trying. “For those wondering: The Emmys chose to leave Nick Cordero out of the memorial montage,” Braff tweeted today. “I had…

“We have a record number of Black Emmy nominees this year, which is great,” black-ish star Anthony Anderson began as he presented at the 2020 Emmys. “These Emmys would have been the NBA All-Star weekend and Wakanda all wrapped into one.” “This was supposed to be the Blackest Emmys ever. Y’all wouldn’t be able to…

As much as the world wants Damon Lindelof to return and take control of season 2 of HBO’s Watchmen, he just won’t budge — even after the series won the top Emmy limited series prize for a total of ten trophies. “It would feel like a huge betrayal of winning limited series to come back and say ‘it was only a limited…