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UPDATED: Mindy Kaling is standing by her comments in a feature story published today by Elle magazine in which she recounted being singled out among her fellow writer-producers on The Office when it came to being vetted for Emmy eligibility. What’s more, after a day of back-and-forth, The Mindy Project creator called…

Emmys organizer the Television Academy has inked a new deal with the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles that will keep the annual TV awards show and its related events at the AEG-owned venue through at least 2022. The new contract, replacing one originally signed in 2008, is for four years, with an option for a…

For the fourth time in history, the Primetime Emmy Awards are going host-less. Fox, which carries the ceremony this year, and the Television Academy have decided to not have a host on the show, which takes place a month and a half from now, on September 22. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier just confirmed the news…

The Television Academy will not hand out a Governors Award in September at the 71st Emmys Awards, Deadline has confirmed. It marks the first time since 1994 and second time ever that the special honor won’t be presented. The honor is bestowed to “an individual, company, organization or project for outstanding…

Better Call Saul Employee Training: Madrigal Electromotive Security, which received an Emmy nomination Tuesday in the outstanding short form comedy or drama series category, has been ruled ineligible by the Television Academy. The Academy has determined the series does not meet the minimum required runtime of two…

CLICK HERE TO WATCH DEADLINE’s LIVESTREAM OF THE EMMY NOMINATIONS. Nominations for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards are being unveiled Tuesday morning live online from the Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma will be joined by Ken Je…

Tonight the Television Academy in North Hollywood presented a panel discussion with Seth Meyers, and perhaps the audience might have expected a heavy dose of Trump gags and witty political snark from the Late Night With Seth Meyers host – particularly in light of this week's controversial news about Alabama's…

Six television thought leaders have been named as the Chair's Appointees to the Television Academy Executive Committee. The new group will work closely with the Television Academy's officers and board of governors to guide and shape the direction of the Academy for the 2019 term, according to the announcement by Frank…

The Television Academy’s board of governors has voted vice chairman Frank Scherma to become its new chairman and CEO, a post he will take over from the outgoing Hayma Washington. The election was held Thursday night at a board meeting at which the TV Academy’s annual officer elections were also held. Scherma, the…

“Bridge to engineering — what’s that, Scotty?” “Ach, it’s the Governors Award, Captain — comin’ right at us!” “Mister Spock?!” “It seems that Star Trek has been selected to receive that honor from the TV Academy next month, Captain.” The award to Star Trek recognizes “the visionary science-fiction television franchise…

Following Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker expose on Les Moonves that detailed the CBS Chairman and CEO’s alleged sexual misconduct over the years, a number of executives who’ve worked with him went on the record during the recent TCA tour to say myriad things from their inability to comment, to defending the CBS work…

The Television Academy said today it has reached a deal with reps from ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC to extend the contract to televise the Primetime Emmy Awards another eight years through 2026. The pact comes ahead of this year’s 70th annual awards show September 17 on NBC, and terms of the new deal will go into effect with…