EMMYS

Five reasons why the creative leaps in the European-set third season of "Atlanta" failed to land.

The Oscars and Emmys made their broadcasting debut on millions of television screens in the 1950s, but historic low ratings jeopardize their futures.

The 89-year-old tells Bill Whitaker about her longevity in show business and the obstacles she has overcome as she gets set to debut in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of "West Side Story." See their interviews, Sunday on 60 Minutes.

Michael K. Williams was found dead at his Brooklyn home earlier this month.

Michael K. Williams was found dead at his Brooklyn home earlier this month.

A book by Lynette Rice gives new details about a 2015 Entertainment Weekly interview during which Ellen Pompeo was "very disruptive."

In the rush of winning her Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, Waddingham was unaware Rogen announced her name wrong.

It was TV’s biggest night on Sunday as the Emmy Awards took place, and it finally felt like the first awards show since the pandemic started that didn’t totally seem like it was happening during a global pandemic.

After winning her award, Michaela Coel delivered the rare message meant for those outside the glitzy room in which she stood.

Hacks star Jean Smart pulls off an Emmys feat only Betty White has before

Seth Rogen calls out Emmys for having 'way too many of us in this little room'

The 2021 Emmy nominees have clumped around a handful of tentpoles, but the TV Academy’s inattentiveness to the scattered brilliance across the medium may have a bright side.

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In a year in which TV was filmed during a global pandemic, it’s amazing that there were this many TV shows that were eligible to be nominated for an Emmy.

While "The Crown," "The Mandalorian" and "WandaVision" secured Emmy nominations on Tuesday, there were quite a few shows that didn't make the cut.

Leachman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California, publicist Monique Moss said Wednesday. For three years in the 1990s she appeared in major cities as the captain's wife in the revival of "Show Boat." In the 1993 movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies," she assumed the Irene Ryan role as Granny Clampett. Although she started out as Miss Chicago in the Miss America Pageant, Leachman willingly accepted unglamorous screen roles. There's supposed to be a point in life when you aren't supposed to stay believing that.

Leachman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California, publicist Monique Moss said Wednesday. “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you,” posted Ed Asner of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show." In 1989, Leachman toured in “Grandma Moses,” a play in which she aged from 45 to 101. Phyllis was so unexpectedly engaging that Leachman starred in a spinoff series of her own, “Phyllis,” which ran on CBS from 1975 to 1977. Cloris Leachman grew up on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where she was born in 1926.

If you were old enough to remember the O.J. Simpson trial, then you surely will never forget the day the verdict was released.

On Sunday evening’s socially distanced Emmy Awards, the Canadian comedy “Schitt’s Creek” made TV history by sweeping all of the major comedy awards it was nominated for, including all of the acting categories. “Schitt’s Creek” follows the rich Rose family, which is forced to move into a motel in the small town of Schitt’s Creek after they lose all of their money. It’s a fish out of water-type scenario, but as the Rose family begins to assimilate to the quirky town, viewers begin to fall in love with the quirky Roses. In reality, the cast of “Schitt’s Creek” should have been getting recognized by the Emmys for years now, but it was only until 2019 that the show and actors got recognized for their work. But there is no better way to go out on your last season of TV than by making history, right?

LOS ANGELES – Jennifer Aniston missed out on an Emmy but proved herself as an award-worthy first responder when a ceremony stunt got overheated. In a bit during Sunday night's Emmys, host Jimmy Kimmel sprayed an envelope holding a winner's name with disinfectant then, for good measure, dropped it in a wire wastebasket and set it on fire. A test had been run beforehand, with a booster added to make the fire more visible, and things were going as planned when the scene was shot — including Aniston to the rescue. She sprayed the wastebasket again, but as she and Kimmel bantered the fire flared again, bigger, and "we're like 'uh oh,'" Hudlin said. But she "gets in there and and puts the fire out, for real,” he said, and the production team relished the unplanned moment.

Jimmy Kimmel and actress Jennifer Aniston presented the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series together at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Despite stacked odds, the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards went off without a hitch Sunday night. In early estimates from Nielsen Monday, it appears the event saw the lowest viewership of any Emmy ceremony in the Television Academy's history, drawing only 5.1 million total viewers. The game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks on NBC tallied 12.2 million viewers, dwarfing the Emmy numbers. The season premiere of "60 Minutes" on CBS drew in 7.5 million viewers.

Dan Levy congratulates fellow "Schitt's Creek" star Annie Murphy on her Emmy win for best supporting actress in a comedy series. Premium cable network HBO dominated the limited series and drama categories, hauling in the majority of its awards for its critically-acclaimed shows "Watchmen" and "Succession." With those acting wins "Schitt's Creek" has become the first TV show to sweep all four acting awards in the comedy or drama categories in Emmy history. "Schitt's Creek," which aired its sixth and final season earlier this year, previously had not won any Emmy awards for the show. Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy took home the awards for best lead actress and best lead actress in a comedy series.

The 2020 Emmys are being held on Sunday, September 20, and will take place virtually. Host Jimmy Kimmel told The Hollywood Reporter he will consider the event a success if "it isn't boring." Kimmel, who hosted the Oscars the year the wrong Best Picture was announced, also said he will consider this year's Emmys a failure if that were to happen again. How to watch the 72nd Annual Emmy AwardsWhat: The 72nd Annual Emmy AwardsDate: Sunday, September 20Time: 8 p.m. At the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, RuPaul won the award for outstanding host for a reality or competition program for the fifth consecutive year.

J. Michael Mendel, the Emmy-winning producer who worked on "Rick and Morty" and "The Simpsons," has died. (CNN) - J. Michael Mendel, the Emmy-winning producer who worked on "Rick and Morty" and "The Simpsons," has died two days short of his 55th birthday. Adult Swim, the US television network which has broadcast Rick and Morty since its debut in 2013, released a statement on Twitter saying: "All of us at Adult Swim are devastated by the untimely passing of Rick and Morty producer Mike Mendel. Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty, paid tribute to Mendel by tweeting on Monday: "My friend, partner, and line producer Mike Mendel passed away. Mendel then produced 22 episodes of "Rick and Morty," winning a fourth Emmy for his work last year.

Michelle Williams accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie award for "Fosse/Verdon" onstage during the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. Every other major awards show has one. The noble idea was that everyone would be invested in the Emmys, and thus have a stake in its success. The Television Academy renewed its broadcast deal last year, ensuring that the awards would continue to rotate among the Big Four through 2026. Overall, preliminary ratings for the Emmys swooned by more than 20% compared to last year, the kind of drop that gets people's attention.

(CNN) - Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, winner of three Emmys and a legend and trailblazer in broadcasting, has died at the age of 75, ABC News announced. Robert worked in television, public radio and publishing for over 40 years. She began her tenure at ABC as a contributor for "This Week with David Brinkley" and later became ABC's chief congressional analyst. Roberts is survived by her husband Steve V. Roberts and her children Lee Roberts and Rebecca Roberts, her grandchildren Regan, Hale and Cecilia Roberts and Claiborne, Jack and Roland Hartman, along with nieces, nephews, and cousins. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

"Homecoming" was nominated for six awards in categories for variety specials and non-fiction programming: Best Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Directing, Writing, Music Direction, Production Design and Costumes. The award for Best Variety Special instead went to "Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney." "Springsteen on Broadway" won Best Directing, and Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" won for Writing. The award for Production Design went to the live television production of "Rent," while Music Direction went to the "FX's Fosse/Verdon." Fans on Twitter were particularly upset that "Carpool Karaoke" triumphed over "Homecoming," which Queen Bey wrote, directed and produced herself.

The cast of "Game of Thrones" now has their eyes on some Emmys -- 32 to be exact. The HBO drama walked away with double-digit Emmy nominations on Tuesday, setting a new record for most nominations earned in a single year by any drama series. This year's nominations included one for best drama and a slew of individual nominations for cast members including Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Gwendoline Christie. To date, the fantasy series has won 47 Emmys and been nominated 161 times, including this year's nominations. The "Game of Thrones" series finale aired in May, to mixed reviews.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(CNN) - The Emmys usually offer a mix of old and new, but sentimental favorites could be more pronounced at this year's nominations, with "Game of Thrones" defending its crown, "Veep" waging its final campaign and "The Big Bang Theory" having a shot at one last big bang. New series can bring freshness to the awards, even if "The Kominsky Method" brings old pros Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin into play. Wild cards include NBC's quirky "The Good Place," Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Amazon import "Fleabag," and Netflix's "GLOW" and "Russian Doll." In that respect, if the 2019 Emmys feel messier and more disjointed than usual, they might just be a teaser of what's to come. The main Emmy telecast will be held Sept. 22 and televised live by Fox.

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Movie star, director and producer Tom Hanks has won two Oscars, four Golden Globes and seven Emmys. In his new movie, "A Hologram for the King," he plays an aging salesman sent to Saudi Arabia to win an IT contract from the king. Hanks joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his new film and why he thinks "America is gonna be fine" despite the drama of 2016 elections.

After winning the Emmy for best actress in a drama for her role in "How to Get Away with Murder." Viola Davis made a speech addressing the lack of opportunities for black women in Hollywood. Ben Tracy has more.