After last year's disastrous live Emmy show, it took a global pandemic and the complete evisceration of the rulebook for the Television Academy's grandest night of the year to get its groove back. As host Jimmy Kimmel delivered his opening monologue to an empty theater, and as stories of hundreds of camera kits…
On Sunday night’s Emmy Awards broadcast, Issa Rae, America Ferrera and Lena Waithe shared stories of early auditions, pitch meetings and TV watching that would fuel their motivation, as actresses and creators of color, to work for more diversity and inclusion in the industry.
Insecure creator-star Rae recalled her…
Pop TV was one of the biggest stories at the 2020 Emmy Awards. Fueled by Schitt’s Creek‘s unprecedented sweep of all seven comedy categories on the main telecast Sunday, the small basic cable outlet ranked third among all networks and platforms in total wins, behind only awards juggernauts HBO and Netflix. Schitt’s Cre…
The traditional HBO Emmy party at the Pacific Design Center may have been canceled this year because of the pandemic, but the premium cable network still had a lot to celebrate.
No Game of Thrones, no problem. A year after the fantasy series wrapped its dominant Emmy run with one final hurrah and a fourth Drama Series…
The 2020 Emmys had their share of surprises – besides being virtual, pretty funny and surprisingly glitch-free.
A sweep by Canadian import Schitt's Creek for Pop TV was widely anticipated but not quite to the extent we got, a complete vacuuming up of everything touching the comedy category with seven wins. Any space…
In 2020 there was an uptick in Emmy nominees from historically marginalized communities compared with 2019 — mainly with Black actors and performers. In fact, Emmy nominations for Black performers set a record this year and, in turn, there was a record number of trophies given to Black performers. And when it comes to…
The politics at this year’s Emmy Awards reflected a year of chaos and consternation: a polarizing election, the police brutality protests and, most recently, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The most frequent message from winners, though, was a simple plea to just get out and vote.
“For any of…
On an Emmy night dominated by HBO and Schitt’s Creek, streaming services were largely marginalized, taking three supporting actor prizes and a fourth for best limited-series directing.
HBO, riding Succession and Watchmen in particular, dominated the network rankings of networks, capturing 30 wins out of its 107 total…
Some things never change. Here we are at the end of the 72nd Emmy Awards and once again the story in terms of major wins is HBO, proving it could lose Emmy juggernauts like Game of Thrones and Veep and one year later come back just as strong with wins in Best Drama Series for Succession, and Limited Series for Watchmen…
