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President Harry S. Truman once said, “Men make history, and not the other way around.” Well, on Derek Water's long-running Drunk History, it’s the inebriated who make history — or at least try to remember it. Through 74 episodes over the last 6 years, Waters has created one of the benchmark series for Comedy Central…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Final voting for this year’s Emmy Awards — which start with Creative Emmy ceremonies on September 14 and 15, followed by Fox’s Primetime Emmy broadcast on September 22 — has been going in earnest since Thursday and will continue until 10 p.m. PT…

One of the biggest cliffhangers in episodic TV right now is what’s next for multi-hyphenate Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the wake of her awesome two-season 11-Primetime Emmy nominated BBC/Amazon series Fleabag? It’s a question that’s driving network executives quite mad. Ya see, there isn’t a third season of…

Never mind that the moderator of an FYC Sunday night panel at Paramount for the Netflix hit When They See Us was celebrated Star Wars trilogy director J.J. Abrams. On this evening, the superstar director was more than willing to play superfan for When They See Us director Ava Duvernay and her four-part docudrama…

Even though HBO’s Succession isn’t specifically about media dynasty the Murdochs, man, it surely feels that way. But there’s various reasons why the Jesse Armstrong-created series opted to wink, instead of specifically point at them, explains Adam McKay on today’s Crew Call. McKay was Emmy nominated in the drama…

The Late Late Show star James Corden, and executive producer Ben Winston have set 2019 Emmy records. The Television Academy has updated the list of this year's Emmy nominations following producer credit vetting. It reveals Corden is the most nominated performer/producer/writer for the 71st Emmy Awards with seven…

It wasn’t a whimper but it didn’t exactly qualify as a bang, either. The Big Bang Theory, which concluded its historic 12-year run in May, was skipped over in the comedy and acting categories in the just-announced nominations for the 71st Emmy Awards but the CBS sit-com’s finale episode did earn three nods, including…

Bodyguard has become the BBC's first series to be nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy in nearly 50 years. The thriller, which aired in the U.S. via Netflix as part of its co-licensing model, where it picked it up at "script stage", was originally produced by ITV-owned producer World Productions for the…

Killing Eve is looking to avenge last year's Emmy disappointment after picking up nine nominations including a Best Drama Series nomination, while leads Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer will battle it out for Lead Actress. Last year, the BBC America thriller scored two nods for Oh and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's writing but was…

The Emmy voting period is getting down to the wire and so it is time to give some last minute thoughts for voters on various aspects of this year’s race.  In today’s episode of our Deadline Podcast , TV Talk,  Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten  and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond survey the field and zone in on the…

The Masked Singer panelist Ken Jeong and The Good Place actress D’Arcy Carden will read the list of nominations for the 71st Emmys Awards next month. The pair will be joined by Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma to announce the noms starting at 8:30 a.m. PT Tuesday, July 16, from the Wolf Theatre at the…

Linda Giannecchini, who worked for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for five decades, died at home on June 11th in San Francisco, CA of natural causes. She was 70 years old. Giannecchini held nearly every elective office in NATAS, serving as a chapter president, governor, vice chair and secretary of…