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“We actually have the answers," jokes Pete Hammond on what needs to be repaired by the TV Academy in today's TV Talk podcast. "We want to talk about what we would do fix some of these egregious problems here," Deadline's Awards columnist adds. Well, perhaps Pete half jokes. Seriously, take a listen here at what the…

UPDATED with latest: Former HBO executive Nancy Lesser settled her lawsuit alleging the producers of the 2016 Emmy Awards show at the Microsoft Theater and other parties were liable for serious injuries she suffered after falling near the red carpet. Lesser, the former executive vice president of media and talent at…

The TV Academy said Thursday that it has suspended its live Emmy For Your Consideration events and instead move to a live-streamed or pre-recorded model for the full TV awards season as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact Hollywood business. “FYC events will be livestreamed or recorded without an audience,&#8221…

Three days into the first round of Primetime Emmy voting, the TV Academy has disqualified several members — all in the performers branch comprised by actors — for engaging in “block voting,” a pattern where a group of people have an agreement to cast their vote for the same person. “The Television Academy has…

No more discs – the Television Academy has announced that it will eliminate DVD screeners from its award nominating and voting process for the 2020 Emmy eligibility period. The Academy becomes the first major Hollywood organization to announce the move. "This is a wonderful opportunity for the Academy to take an…

EXCLUSIVE: A couple of weeks before TV Academy’s Board of Governors is slated to elect a new Chairman, Vice Chair Frank Scherma has emerged as the sole contender to succeed Hayma Washington. We hear Scherma was the only candidate to declare he was running for the post by the deadline this week. The election is slated…

TV Academy chairman and CEO Hayma Washington will not run for a second two-year term when the group holds its annual elections next month, Deadline has confirmed. Washington was a co-governor of the Producers Branch of the TV Academy, when he elected to the top spot by the board of governors in 2016, becoming the…

“Hello The Emmys, I know you must be sick of all those FYC ads everyone is running, and I don’t blame you!” Bee begins, ingratiatingly, in her new FYC video. “This is not one of those!” she insists, adding, “All I want this year is to present.” “Not asking to host – that would be crazy!” TBS’ Full Frontal host…

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory actually received three Emmy Awards nominations today after the TV Academy said it inadvertently omitted a nom for the multi-camera sitcom in the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series category. The directing addition of Mark Cendrowski for helming this season’s finale joins the veteran hit…

UPDATED with complete list of nominees: The 70th annual Emmy Awards nominations were announced this morning at the TV Academy’s home base in North Hollywood, with HBO’s epic Game of Thrones leading the way with the most noms with 22 including in the marquee Best Drama race, followed by NBC’s Saturday Night Live and…

Nominations are being announced this morning for the 70th annual Emmy Awards, which encompass the year’s best of TV in both primetime and creative arts categories. The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Samira Wiley and New Amsterdam’s Ryan Eggold will join Television Academy chairman and CEO Hayma Washington and president and COO…

It’s been a couple of months since the TV Academy and ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC reached a preliminary agreement in principle on a new eight-year "wheel" deal that would keep the Primetime Emmy Awards on the Big 4 broadcast networks through 2026. But ahead of next week’s announcement of the nominees for the 70th Primetime…