It’s ‘Shogun,’ ‘Baby’ at the 76th Emmy Awards
It was no surprise that Shogun was awarded best drama series at the 76th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards. After all, the FX series dominated the proceedings with a total of 18 the statuettes from the Creative Arts ceremonies last weekend and the broadcast show on ABC Sunday night. What was a big surprise is Hacks taking the prize for best comedy series after FX’s The Bear, it’s other big awards magnet and a top comedy contender, had...
Location Managers Guild Honors ‘Ripley,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fallout’ and ‘Mission Impossible’
We all know that famous saying: location, location, location. And the location for the 11th Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards Saturday night was a stellar one– the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The theater was packed as Rachael Harris took the stage to host the ceremonies, which honor outstanding filming locations that set the tone for productions of films, television and...
FX Scores Record-Setting Emmy Nominations with ‘Shogun’ and ‘The Bear’
Nomination day for the Emmy Awards dawned bright and warm, but the people at FX couldn’t have known how close to the sun they would be flying. Despite its decades-long history of groundbreaking programming dating back to The Shield, Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me, FX has always been an Emmy also-ran to HBO and Netflix. And although Netflix was officially on top of the leaderboard – and HBO third – FX came charging in with a stunning 25...
Nathan Lane, ‘Fellow Travelers’ Honored at Critics Choice Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 07: (L-R) Plane Jane, Dawn, Nymphia Wind, Tom Campbell, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Morphine Love Dion and Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige accept the Trailblazer Award onstage during the Critics Choice Association’s Inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Critics...
Television Upfronts in New York City
What a difference a year makes. At last year’s upfront presentations in New York City, just as the networks and streamers were rebounding from the pandemic, along came another shutdown. It was the WGA’s writers strike, which the actors honored before they too voted to walk off the job later last summer. This year, talent and of course content was king once again as advertisers, ad buyers and media got their first looks at what’s...