FX Scores Big at the TCA Awards with ‘O.J.’ and ‘The Americans’
There were handshakes, high fives, kisses and hugs all around as FX had a big night at the 32nd annual TCA Awards with wins in four of the 10 categories in a ceremony hosted by Jaime Camil at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Saturday night, Aug. 6. The first award of the evening, for individual achievement in drama, went to Sarah Paulson, who memorably played prosecutor Marcia Clark in FX’s “American Crime Story: The People...
Post Downton, PBS Gives Viewers Like You the Royal Treatment
When the ornate doors of “Downton Abbey” closed earlier this year — despite the fact that creator Julian Fellowes gave nearly all of the beloved characters a happy series-ending sendoff — millions of viewers around the world were left with a gaping hole in their hearts. And for PBS, where “Downton” appeared on “Masterpiece” for six seasons and engendered huge ratings for the public broadcaster, that’s a huge hole to fill. Thus, at the...
Diversity Takes Center Stage at TV’s Summer Press Tour
Although the recent Primetime Emmy nominations showed the Television Academy does not have a #SoWhite problem, it doesn’t mean that diversity is not a front and center issue in the television industry. Addressing the topic head-on, the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour and CTAM, the cable portion of the confab taking place at the Beverly Hilton, broke with tradition of presenting specific shows and put on a panel Aug. 1 in...
Game On at GBK’s Pre-ESPY Celebrity Lounge
Koreatown’s cool Line Hotel was the perfect place for nominees and presenters of The 2016 ESPYs to relax, get gifted and pampered and mix and mingle with fellow athletes and VIPs as GBK and Cooper Tire put on a day-long luxury lounge before the awards show. Where else could you get a sports massage, cocktails and cool gifts from top brands in tune with the annual event honoring the sports world’s best? Not to mention specialty...
‘The Americans’ Comes in From the Emmy Awards Cold
The Cold War spy drama “The Americans,” in its fourth season on FX, has finally surfaced where it should – on the list of major nominations for the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards released today. Stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, and on screen and off screen couple who recently welcomed a baby boy, both got tapped–as did the show itself for best drama series. But the competition will be more than brutal, as one of the other...
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