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On this week’s episode of Deadline’s TV Talk podcast, we discuss how the industry will transition to a “new normal” — not only during this Emmy campaign season now in full swing but also how the coronavirus pandemic could also drastically overhaul awards campaigning in general, and especially during the upcoming Oscar…

Following in the digital footsteps of Quibi and Peacock, HBO Max joined the streaming wars in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic this week. The AT&T-owned entity lands in the TV landscape minus it its hugely hyped Friends reunion special and many other originals shut down because of the global health crisis. In…

HBO’s post-Emmy party has been an industry staple for decades, and still the hottest ticket in town on Primetime Emmy Awards night. Amid a global pandemic, the premium network is canceling this year’s reception, held traditionally at The Plaza at L.A.’s Pacific Design Center. HBO said Friday that it is redirecting…

Did HBO Max just provide a preview of what we can expect in the upcoming Oscar campaign awards season (if there is one)? Last night I attended my first?virtual?world premiere. The occasion was created online for HBO Max’s upcoming series Love Life, starring Anna Kendrick in an anthology series that features a…

In this week’s edition of our Deadline podcast TV Talk, we try to break down the seismic changes hitting the TV industry in light of the coronavirus pandemic. We ask the question: How much of this virtual programming that has become the new normal is really?content, or just filler until we get back (hopefully) to the…

ABC’s venerable soap General Hospital leads all shows and CBS and Amazon Prime Video top all networks in nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which were unveiled Thursday. Winners will be revealed June 26 during a live virtual ceremony on CBS, returning the awards show to broadcast primetime for the…

The 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards will air on CBS as a two-hour live show on Friday, June 26, returning the awards show to broadcast primetime for the first time since 2011. The ceremony, to run from 8-10 PM ET/PT, will air as a virtual event after organizers the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences were…

EXCLUSIVE: Having already seen one lawsuit against the Emmy winning and Peabody Awards nominated When They See Us miniseries tossed out of court, Netflix and Ava DuVernay are aiming today to get the defamation action by ex-Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein dismissed too. “Plaintiff's claims fail under the…

Editors’ Note: Live events were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with sweeping cancellations of festivals, sports and awards shows. Don Mischer is one of the doyens of the live-event business. During his long career, he has produced/directed dozens of high-profile special event-telecasts from the Oscars and…

Indicative of these coronavirus pandemic times, Barack Obama will be taking to the mic on Saturday to deliver a remote commencement speech to the nation’s graduating high school seniors. Like last month's Lady Gaga-curated One World concert (read our review here), Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class…

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:?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…