| | | | Television Academy chair Cris Abrego and president and CEO Maury McIntyre spoke to Deadline's Pete Hammond shortly after Abrego presided over the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations announcement.
The pair talked about the breadth and freshness of the nominations and what that signals for the show, along with dishing on who may host, who is watching and concerns about ratings for the pandemic-delayed event earlier this year. They also told us why Jesse Collins and his team are again the right producers for the upcoming ceremony.
Plus, the duo get into the intrigue behind category placement of the two biggest Emmy voter-getters: Shōgun and The Bear. These two, along with the likes of The Crown and Baby Reindeer, came out well after a splashy nominations day yesterday.
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Neflix's New Dating Experiment - After winning spicy dating show Too Hot To Handle, Chloe Veitch quickly became a major figure in the Netflix reality universe. She was runner up on The Circle and a finalist on Perfect Match. Now, Veitch is hosting the streamer's next big dating social experiment – Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark. >>>More Than Just A Casual Hookup
Not Your Same Old Emmys - Chief among the differences this year was the startling fact that of the eight nominees in the marquee Best Drama Series category, only one of them, The Crown, was in the running last year. >>>Pete Hammond's Analysis
'Flatliners' Resurrected - Genre is hot again, especially titles with proven concepts. Author J.D. Barker is using the opportunity to place defibrillator paddles on chilling 1990 horror film Flatliners with a twist to the original that takes the reanimation tale down a different road. >>>Testing The Market
His Dark [Reading] Materials - After starring in the BBC-HBO Philip Pullman adaptation, Ruth Wilson will narrate the His Dark Materials audiobooks. Produced and published by Penguin Audio, the third installment in the trilogy (made up of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) will feature a conversation between Pullman and Wilson. >>>Coming Of Age
Spying On Gary Oldman - Slow Horses' nine Emmy noms “puts an added boost and a spotlight on the show," according to star Gary Oldman. Of course, Oldman was also recognized in the Lead Actor In A Drama category for his sly turn as shambolic-looking British intelligence officer Jackson Lamb. >>>Breaking Baz |
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Network & Streaming Bosses Weigh In On Emmy Nominations |
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More News 👀 Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly looking at breaking up its streaming and studio businesses from its linear networks to energize its falling stock price.
🎃 Dan Stevens will lead and EP the third instalment of AMC Network's The Terror horror anthology. Chris Cantwell and Victor LaValle are penning Devil in Silver, about a working-class moving man who finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital.
💪 Joe and Anthony Russo are being brought into the fold at Marvel Studios on various fronts with one of their first big priorities being the upcoming Avengers sequels at the studio.
🎥 The Season 4 finale of The Boys will now include a health warning following the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Any similarities between the storyline and events in Pennsylvania are coincidental, Amazon said.
⏰ 20th Century and Imagine Entertainment are in early development on a feature adaptation of the hit Fox series 24.
🦠 President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” according to the White House.
🎙️ Hulu announced on Wednesday that Roy Wood Jr. will tape his first comedy special for the streamer at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. in early September.
🚨 In a face-to-face meeting with President Biden and a handful of senior advisors, Jeffrey Katzenberg laid out how donors are drying up due to ongoing concerns about the president’s age. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ J. Michael Cline, a founding investor and former chairman of online ticketing service Fandango, died Tuesday after falling from the window of a high-rise hotel in midtown Manhattan. He was 64. 🕯️ Eddie Rosenblatt, president of Geffen Records during its days as one of the hottest record labels in the music business, died Tuesday at a hospital in Santa Barbara of pneumonia at 89. 🕯️ Evan Wright, a writer and journalist whose 2004 book on the Iraq War, Generation Kill, was adapted into an HBO miniseries, died July 12 in Los Angeles by suicide, his family confirmed. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Thu - Netflix earnings; Donald Trump speaks at GOP convention
Fri - Twisters opens
Sun - Snowpiercer S4 premiere; Tour de France final stage
Mon - Ryan Reynolds on Fallon |
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Sweet 19 - Caitlin Clark made her reputation as a scorer. But she can also dish it out. Clark set the WNBA record for the most assists in a single game on Wednesday night, recording 19 against the Dallas Wings. For comparison, that single game stat line would have made her top three in the NBA last season. |
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