Welcome to a new season of the Deadline podcast TV Talk, in which Deadline’s awards columnist Pete Hammond and TV critic Dominic Patten assess the Emmy race and its various hot-button categories. In today’s kickoff, we handicap the competitive race for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as feature interviews with…

During ABC's Women of Comedy panel at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys on Sunday, audiences heard from The Connors star Sara Gilbert, writer and producer from Jimmy Kimmel Live Molly McNearney and The Kids Are Alright star Mary McCormack. Gilbert opened up about being tasked last year with rebooting Roseanne, the…

Kitti Jones says she was sexually assaulted by R. Kelly, and it was her voice and that of other alleged victims that were amplified in the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly. Jones was joined by the documentary's executive producer Brie Miranda Bryant on Sunday for a panel conversation at Deadline's The Contender…

For most of his career, Kevin Costner has been known for his work on the big screen in films like The Bodyguard and Hidden Figures. But it was getting out in nature to tell the story of a family of ranchers that lured the star into a television project for Paramount Network titled Yellowstone. Costner said there…

Emmy-winning documentary specialists Alex Gibney and Blair Foster say their A&E series The Clinton Affair delved into a political scandal that seems just as timely and topical on ts 20-year anniversary as it did in real time in 1998. Moreover, the #metoo movement is an essential context for revisiting the scandal and…

Broad City creator-star Abbi Jacobson and executive producer Amy Poehler reunited after saying goodbye to the Comedy Central hit on March 28. At Deadline's The Contenders Emmys on Sunday, the duo discussed the importance of featuring a strong female friendship at the heart center of the series. "It was such an…

Hulu's The Act launched in March with a focus on true crime, a format like True Detective and a star from True Romance. On Sunday at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys, that star, Patricia Arquette, told moderator Pete Hammond that the show's allure is a reminder that fact is often stranger (and more messed-up) than…

On today’s The Contenders Emmys panel featuring the stars of Netflix drama Ozark, moderated by Mike Fleming Jr., Jason Bateman said he had some fun throwing away some of his Marty Byrde character’s “icy, no-emotion” demeanor to show a few frayed edges in the series’ second season. Bateman said that as Marty, a…

“It really came from, as someone who previously in another life worked in higher education, assessing the television landscape and asking myself that question, 'who are we not seeing represented on television?’ We weren't seeing black and brown people who also happen to be queer and trans,” Pose co-creator Steven Canal…

Vida stars Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada were surprised at the fan reaction they received during Season 1 of their Starz Latinx drama series. And as the GLAAD Award-winning series gets ready to drop all 10 episodes of its sophomore season come May 23, the pair and series creator Tanya Saracho teased audiences about…

When Ramy Youssef set out to make Hulu’s Ramy—a scripted comedy that digs into his experiences as a Muslim-American living in New Jersey—he had a whole slew of his own stand-up material to bolster him. “I started from stand-up,” Youssef said on stage at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys on Sunday. He recalled doing…

Created by Ali Rushfield, Lindy West and Aidy Bryant, who also stars, Hulu’s Shrill was, right out the gate, resonating with audiences. Co-executive producer and co-writer Rushfield and executive producer Elizabeth Banks said during a panel Sunday at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys that how the show is a call to…