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Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale went into Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards with 21 nominations, coming in third behind The Crown, which had 24 noms, and WandaVision with 23. But after last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys and Sunday night’s ceremony, the 15-time Emmy winner came out zero for 21, setting a record for most…

With the theocratic and militant Taliban reasserting control in Afghanistan, the deep political and cultural divisions here in America taking on a blatant insurgent form, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, The Handmaid’s Tale seems more apposite than perhaps ever before. Attaining 21 Emmy nominations for its fourth…

Although fans of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale may have been surprised to see Elisabeth Moss’ June finally cross over into Canada and out of the evil grasp of Gilead in Season 4, the writers have been planning for that moment for some time. And while her arrival to the north didn't erase all the mental and physical…

When it came to the killing of Joseph Fiennes’ Fred Waterford in the season 4 finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, it wasn’t by poison, or by repeated knifing, rather by melee in slow-motion; a sea of handmaid’s to be exact. The Emmy nominated director of that episode “The Wilderness”, 2x Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and series…

The Handmaid’s Tale creator Bruce Miller isn’t sure whether the upcoming fifth season of the hit Hulu drama will be its last, but the pandemic helped put things into perspective for him. “I’m never looking to end it,” he said in an interview for Deadline’s Contenders TV virtual event, which will be held Aug. 14-15. “I…

The end is in sight for The Handmaid's Tale. The Elisabeth Moss-fronted drama is heading into its fifth season and the team behind the dystopian series is in talks with Hulu as to whether to end it with season five or to carry on. "The success of The Handmaid's Tale remains paramount for us," Jordan Helman, Head of…

Nominated for 21 Emmys including for Outstanding Drama Series, a category it won in 2017, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale stars Elizabeth Moss as June Osborne in a dystopian future where she lives under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. The fourth season starts with June being taken to a safehouse by other…

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with corrections from HCA: The Hollywood Critics Association is out with the nominees for its inaugural HCA TV Awards. Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso scored a leading eight noms overall, followed by Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale with seven. NBC and HBO took network/platform bragging…

Last year, Elisabeth Moss made her first foray into directing, helming three episodes out of 10 for The Handmaid's Tale's fourth season. For the Emmy-winning actress and producer, who has worked on sets since she was a child, this moment of creative transition proved revelatory. "Here's what's interesting that I found…

Elisabeth Moss is well known as an Emmy-winning actress and force in several hit series going back to The West Wing and most notably including Mad Men and The Handmaid’s Tale along with limited series successes like Top of the Lake. Her film work includes acclaimed performances in Her Smell, Shirley, The Square and The…

"In Gilead, self-control was the essential survival skill," reads Bruce Miller's script for the Season 4 finale of The Handmaid's Tale. "June's an expert," adds the details, which comes from the episode, which is titled “The Wilderness" and launched on Hulu on June 15. Culminating in the death of Fred Waterford (Joe Fi…

SPOILER ALERT:  This story contains lots of details of the Season 4 finale of The Handmaid’s Tale that launched tonight on Hulu.  EXCLUSIVE:“Under Her Eye.” The spray paint on the side of a barn with the dead and beaten body of once powerful Commander Fred Waterford near the end of the Season 4 finale of The Handmaid's…