Launching our new Emmy-season edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens is Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson, who joins me direct from Ireland on the occasion of the debut of his new Hulu series Normal People. The intimate 12-episode drama is a deep dive into the relationship between two young people…
2ND UPDATE, May 8, 9 AM: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to tweak its rules for the Golden Globes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this time in regard to the foreign language film category.
For the time being, HFPA is temporarily hitting the pause button on that rule that foreign films must…
You can tell when its Emmy season because that also means the return of Deadline’s TV Talk Podcast, featuring TV critic Dominic Patten and awards columnist Pete Hammond. For the 2020 premiere episode, we hit numerous topics related to the changing landscape of this unique Emmy campaign year as we cover the waterfront…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Netflix, acknowledging traditional Emmy campaigning is impossible this year especially when it comes to kind of events it has produced in past seasons, is making wholesale changes in its approach in showing off its wares. The moves include going almost exclusively digital, revamping the concept of its FYC…
The NFL is expected to release the official schedule for its 2020 season imminently, with a plan for its grand finale at the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021 airing this cycle on CBS. Business as usual.
Of course we know all about “plans” in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, and as one event after another has had to…
While the Television Academy today recognized AMPAS recent ruling to consider streaming and VOD fare during the pandemic crisis, the Emmy voting organization re-emphasized a new rule made back in March that Oscar-nominated programs would no longer be eligible in the TV competition. In fact, the new rule which prevents…
Patton Oswalt has been set to return as host of the 24th annual Webby Awards, a ceremony that honors the best of the Internet. The event is May 19 and, due to the coronavirus lockdown, it will be in a virtual format, meaning Oswalt will be hosting what organizers have dubbed WFH: Webbys From Home from his house.
The…
Wayne Garvie could see the tsunami coming as early as January, but he was still not prepared for the speed with which coronavirus ripped through the TV industry. Sony Pictures Television’s president of international production watched as his colleagues in China were forced into self-isolation. Korea came next and…
The Peabody Awards on Wednesday unveiled nominations repping the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019. PBS tops the nominees list with 11 noms including several the Documentaries category via its POV series.
Other nominees include HBO’s Emmy winners Succession…
EXCLUSIVE: For all intents and purposes, the Tribeca Film Festival wrapped last week with the announcement of winners in various categories. Of course there was no live Tribeca this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the festival went ahead as virtually as it could by creating an Extranet where some of the…
The fifth annual Deadline Contenders Television is set to take place Sunday, June 7, but this time with a difference. For the first time in the history of any of our Contenders events, whether in Oscar season or Emmy season, it will all be done virtually, with a livestream beginning at 8 AM PT and continuing all day…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details from the Season 1 finale of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.
In tonight’s season finale of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Zoey (Jane Levy)’s powers are once again on the fritz. While going about her morning routine, she finds herself singing out loud—this time, to the tune of…
