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What can you say about Betty White that isn’t already being said around the world today? Her death at age 99 was announced on New Year’s Eve, just a couple of weeks before her 100th birthday. It’s somehow hard to believe she’s gone, even at that ripe old age. She’s always been with us. Just this morning, GMA did a…

The Television Academy will assemble a DEI–focused task force to further address the need for diversification among its ranks, following an evaluation by diversity consultant ReadySet. In March, the organization which oversees the annual Primetime Emmy Awards revealed that it would partner with ReadySet to evaluate…

The Television Academy is reviewing the status of its Interactive Media Peer Group and has even considered dissolving it, Deadline has learned. As it copes with fast-changing, tech-driven times, the Emmy voting organization has been continually assessing its operations. As part of that, reviews of peer groups and…

Frank Scherma has been re-elected for a second term as Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, which announced its newly elected board and governors for 2022-23 today. Joining Scherma, who’s from the Academy’s Commercials and Producers peer groups, for two-year terms starting January 1 are Vice Chair Sharon…

The Television Academy said Tuesday that it has updated eligibility requirements for its Producers Peer Group, moves that includes adding a Location Managers Subgroup. It means that for the first time, qualifying location managers and assistant location managers will be eligible for either active or associate…

The Television Academy said Thursday that attendees at next month’s Primetime Emmys Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be required to provide a negative Covid test in addition to being fully vaccinated. This year’s ceremonies are being limited to nominees and a guest with the rise of the Delta variant this…

The Television Academy said Thursday that Debbie Allen will receive the 2021 Governors Award, bestowed on the dancer-choreographer-actress-writer-producer-director “for her unprecedented achievements in television and her commitment to inspire and engage marginalized youth through dance, theater arts and…

This year’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12 in front of a limited live audience both days at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live, the Television Academy said Wednesday. The audience will include nominees and guests in the annual crafts portion of the Emmy A…

Following the announcement of the nominations for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Tuesday, I shared some Zoom time with Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma and president and COO Maury McIntyre to get their thoughts on a number of related topics including progress on the upcoming September 19…

Netflix’s The Crown and Disney+’s The Mandalorian tied with the most nominations with 24 on Tuesday as the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled. The noms, which come for a TV season that took place amidst the global pandemic, were announced by the Television Academy in a virtual ceremony hosted by Ron Cephas Jones…

The good book says joy cometh in the morning, but today's unveiling of the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations distinctly lacked such jubilation for some. Revealed semi-virtually by the father-daughter duo of Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who historically both won Emmys last year, it certainly was an…

This Is Us co-star Ron Cephas Jones and Hamilton’s Jasmine Cephas Jones have been set to reveal the Primetime Emmy Awards nominations July 13. The father and daughter, who both won Emmys in 2020 in a first, will co-host the virtual event alongside Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. The nominations…