EXCLUSIVE: The creative team behind Patrick Melrose, the BAFTA-winning Benedict Cumberbatch-fronted drama, are in active discussions about bringing the limited series back for more episodes. Patrick Melrose was originally set up as a five-episode order with each episode of the show based on one of Edward St Aubyn’s…

Little Island Productions, one of the producers of BAFTA-winning Patrick Melrose and Amazon's forthcoming epic fantasy drama The Wheel Of Time, is looking to enter its next phase of growth with plans to open a base in LA and ramp up its slate of originals. This comes as its latest original series, Stephen Poliakoff's…

A Very English Scandal, the BBC and Amazon co-production, scored three gongs at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards. The Hugh Grant-fronted mini-series beat two other high-profile U.S.-backed series, Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which both won two awards at the behind-the-scenes awards. The event was hosted by Episodes'…

Fresh from the success of drama hits such as Patrick Melrose and A Discovery of Witches, Sky drama chief Cameron Roach is looking to take advantage of a confidence at the Comcast-owned pay-TV giant as it looks to expand its scripted pipeline. This comes after Roach was promoted to the top drama job, as revealed by Dead…

"One out of every four LGBTQ people in this country will be the victim of a hate crime," said Ryan Murphy tonight as The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story replicated the success of 2016's The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story and won the Outstanding Limited Series at the 70th Primetime E…

There’s a few more hours, a couple more parties and a Sunday Night Football clash between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys still to go before they start handing out trophies at the 70th Primetime Emmys tomorrow on NBC but the winners’ names are already in the envelopes. With the countdown clock about to…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on contenders in the key categories for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the category of Outstanding Limited Series. Last season provided a real race between several juggernauts in this category, including Feud: Bette and Jo…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie With a win here…

In recent years, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series has become quite the jewel in the crown of the TV Academy contest and for 2018, there is sure a lot that glitters, as we discuss in the Deadline Podcast: TV Talk this week. With strong performances by leads and past Emmy winners Jeff Daniels and B…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tomorrow's Patrick Melrose finale on Showtime and the ending of Avengers: Infinity War. "This is a window into English society and a particular story and a very cherished character that is very unusual, I think, in dramatic terms," Benedict Cumberbatch says of Patrick Melro…

It looks like the battle for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie could be a real showdown between two past Emmy winners. In today's Deadline TV Talk podcast, we put Newsroom alum Jeff Daniels and Sherlock vet Benedict Cumberbatch in the potential lead spots in the category for their respective stellar performances…

In an era where the social climate where the landscape for marginalized communities are shifting — in both good and bad ways — Benedict Cumberbatch has come forward to give his stance on a pressing issue facing Hollywood and beyond: pay equality. Dr. Strange is attempting to work his magic and his influential platform…