Emmys 2019: Grade the Opening (and Bryan Cranston as Surprise Host!)
If the Emmys not having a host means we’ll get numbers like the one that kicked off Sunday’s show, please allow us to log our vote now: No more Emmys hosts ever! We’re kidding. (Kind of.) Yes, it was...
View ArticleEmmy Upset! Phoebe Waller-Bridge Wins Best Comedy Actress, Prevailing Over...
Selina Meyer has gone down in defeat. In what represents a major upset (unless, of course, you read TVLine’s predix), Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series over...
View ArticleEmmys Announcer Gives Shout-Out to Felicity Huffman Watching From Prison
Somewhere, as the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Sunday night, Felicity Huffman‘s ears were burning. Odd Couple alum Thomas Lennon, who on the Fox telecast was tasked with providing “colorful...
View ArticlePeter Dinklage Sets Emmys Record With 4th Supporting Drama Actor Win
Peter Dinklage made Emmy Awards history on Sunday, winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for a record-breaking fourth time. He previously took home the same award in 2011, 2015 and...
View ArticlePose's Billy Porter Earns Historic Emmy Win for Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The category is: making history. Pose star Billy Porter took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at Sunday night’s ceremony, becoming the first openly gay African American actor...
View ArticleEmmys: Game of Thrones Wins Best Drama for Polarizing Final Season
Game of Thrones‘ final season may have received a lukewarm reaction from fans, but the HBO drama was paid a little more respect at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, where it took home one of the top...
View ArticleEmmys 2019: The 13 Best, Worst and Weirdest Moments From the Ceremony
Even if your name wasn’t Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards were an event to remember. Fox aired TV’s annual kudosfest from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Star Defends Final, Emmy-Winning Season: 'We Knew What We...
Not an hour after Game of Thrones won the Emmy Award for Best Drama — and before the cast and producers could slip out of the backstage press room — that question came up. About viewers’ polarizing...
View ArticleFinal Ratings: Emmys Hit New Lows, Down 33 Percent From Last Year
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards delivered an all-time low in the ratings, marking a sixth straight year of decline for TV’s biggest night. Per Nielsen fast finals, Fox’s Sunday-night telecast drew 6.9...
View ArticleEmmys Truth Bomb: A Broadcast Show Hasn't Won Best Drama in 13 Years
In a world of more than 500 scripted programs, it should come as no surprise that traditional broadcast-TV fare has had a tough time, as of late, getting noticed by the Primetime Emmy Awards. But just...
View ArticleWill a Broadcast-TV Series Ever Again Win One of the Major Awards?
Even in a world of participation trophies, broadcast-TV is having a harder and harder time competing in the industry’s major award shows — to a degree that one might wonder if a network show or star,...
View ArticleAward Show Ratings Woes: Have Emmys, Oscars or Grammys Dropped Hardest in the...
Make no mistake — for a broadcast network, hosting an award show is still a prize in the ratings department. But the numbers are less glittery than they were in days of yore. When this month’s Oscars...
View Article2020 Emmy Nominations Delayed, Ceremony Remains on Schedule
The Television Academy on Friday announced that “unprecedented challenges” resulting from the coronavirus pandemic have forced changes to eligibility and voting deadlines for the 72nd Primetime Emmy...
View ArticleEmmys 2020: Jimmy Kimmel Returns as Host, While Big Questions Still Loom
Late-night TV vet Jimmy Kimmel is set to three-peat as host of the Primetime Emmy Awards, even as big questions still surround this year’s telecast. This much is certain, as of now at least: Kimmel —...
View ArticleEmmys Expand Comedy and Drama Series Categories to 8 Nominees Each
The Peak TV era is an embarrassment of riches — and the Emmys are reflecting that. The Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series categories will now have eight nominees each year, the Television Academy...
View ArticleDaytime Emmys: The Bay The Series Leads Digital Drama Winners
Amazon Prime‘s The Bay The Series led the pack on Sunday night as the 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards announced the winners in several digital drama categories. In an online ceremony hosted by Queer Eye’s Jai...
View ArticleEmmy Nominations 2020 Live Stream: Watch Announcements and Weigh In
Leslie Jones is about to brighten many a TV star’s day with the reveal of this year’s Emmy nominations. Beginning at 11:30 am ET, the Saturday Night Live alumna (and soon-to-be host of Supermarket...
View ArticleEmmys 2020: Watchmen, Mrs. Maisel, Succession and Ozark Lead Nominations;...
Nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning— virtually, by Leslie Jones (SNL), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Josh Gad (Frozen) and Tatiana Maslany (Perry...
View ArticleEmmys 2020: The 30 Biggest Snubs
With all due respect to this year’s Emmy nominees, it’s time to talk discuss the names we aren’t seeing on that list. From This Is Us and Normal People to Bob Odenkirk and Cynthia Erivo, we’d be remiss...
View ArticleEmmy Nominations, Fun Facts: Mighty Maya Rudolph, One S---ty Contender,...
As nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards continue to be processed, TVLine drills down to take a look at some of the quieter (and sometimes fun) trends. The numbers we already know? HBO’s...
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