The Weekend Brief: President Trump’s Twitter, London Attack Arrests, 2017 Emmys Prep
Police stand guard during a search by a police forensics team of a house in Stanwell, Surrey near London on Sept. 17, 2017.
Category Archives: Emmy Awards
When are the 2017 Emmys on? TV, time, streaming details
Another year of outstanding TV will be honored at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony Sunday, Sept. 17. Stephen Colbert hosts, capping a year where "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" earned Emmy nominations and saw its ratings jump.
C&L’s Saturday Night Theater: Requiem For A Heavyweight
Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight", the story of a down-and-nearly-out boxer who has been used up and tossed aside by nearly everyone in his life, was one of the masterpieces of the Golden Age of Television that helped legitimize live, long-form television drama as genuine art form. The teleplay won a Peabody Award and a slew of other awards, and established Serling's reputation as a serious dramatist.
5a Will & Gracea reboot: Herea s everything wea ve learned so far.
The cast of "Will & Grace" cut a ribbon in Los Angeles on August 2 to announce the start of filming of their new season. It comes 11 years after the series originally wrapped.
‘Will & Grace’ reboot: Here’s everything we’ve learned so far
In 2012, Vice President Joe Biden said he was "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex marriage, and cited a single television show as a reason. "I think "Will & Grace" did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody has ever done," he said.
Scoop: CBS this Morning 8/5 – 8/11 on CBS
Every weekday morning, Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell deliver two hours of original reporting, breaking news, and top-level newsmaker interviews in an engaging and informative format that challenges the norm in network morning news programs. CBS THIS MORNING is far different from the usual mix on morning television.
How does Jack die? Answer coming in ‘This Is Us’ season 2
Dan Fogelman, creator of NBC's time-shifting hit drama series, said the circumstances about the death of doting family man Jack will be part of the show's sophomore season that begins Sept. 26. "If that is a question that is haunting people, in the course of the second season" they'll get the answers they need and more, Fogelman told reporters Thursday, surrounded by the show's ensemble cast including Milo Ventimiglia, who plays Jack.
Bernard Goldberg:
No matter what he says, no matter what he does, no matter what he tweets - Donald Trump doesn't surprise me anymore. Nothing he states as fact, no matter how demonstrably untrue, rattles me anymore.
Alum David Letterman donates hundreds of items to Ball State
Ball State University alum and comedian David Letterman has donated more than 1,000 memorabilia items -- including 15 Emmy Awards he won as talk show host -- to the eastern Indiana school. The Star Press reports that Ball State is appraising, researching and doing inventory on the items.
TV’s nonpartisan July 4th: fireworks, the US Constitution
This image released by HBO shows President Barack Obama, left, with filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi during the filming of "The Words That Built America," airing on the Fourth of July on HBO. This image released by HBO shows President Donald Trump during the filming of "The Words That Built America," airing on the Fourth of July on HBO.
John Oliver Takes a Long Look at ‘Stupid Watergate’ on Last Week Tonight
Instead, he spent the bulk of his show tackling a subject he calls, "Stupid Watergate"-the investigation into whether influenced the U.S. presidential election and whether Donald Trump and the White House obstructed the investigation. Oliver seems to believe it's possible, because he also believes that the Trump administration always makes the worst choice possible.
Break the Chains
Before President Trump was elected, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai came on my TV show, upset because President Obama ordered his agency to regulate the internet. For the first time, "decisions about how the internet works are going to be made by bureaucrats and politicians instead of engineers and innovators," he complained.
Interview with Scott L. Reda
Any war is a mosaic of many individual stories-and those are the stories documentary maker Lou Reda Productions Inc. wants to tell in new films about the Vietnam War. The company, founded in 1978 in Easton, Pennsylvania, has been producing documentaries on military history for the History channel and other TV networks for more than 30 years, beginning with World War II: The War Chronicles in 1982.
History to Explore Defining Moments in U.S. History in New Anthology Series the Commanders
HISTORY is developing a new annual scripted television event, THE COMMANDERS, dramatizing pivotal moments in U.S. history that defined the men who served as the most powerful person in the nation, the President of the United States, it was announced by Jana Bennett, President & General Manager of HISTORY. From auspices such as Emmy Award winner R.J. Cutler , Academy Award nominated Stephen J. Rivele , Matthew Sand , Cyrus Nowrasteh , Michael Hirst and Leslie Greif , "The Commanders" would include limited series ranging from four to ten hours in length that initially would delve into the gripping stories of Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.
You Need to Watch – American Crime’
The new season of American Crime tackles undocumented immigrants, sex work, and drug abuse-and all the ways you are responsible for those problems in your everyday life. The excellence comes in forms that are epic , regal , twisty , spooky , wildly entertaining , and sometimes just plain fun .
Yet Another TV Series About the Hellish 2016 Election Is Coming
Game Change authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will tackle 2016 election in upcoming book and HBO miniseries. Credit Rick Wilking Getty " Saturday Night Live " has continuously parodied the 2016 presidential election with Alec Baldwin playing Trump, and as for non-scripted TV programming, much content has covered Trump.
CBS’s Face the Nation is Delivers Close to Four Million Viewers
CBS News' FACE THE NATION is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers television year-to-date, according to Nielsen most current ratings. Television year-to-date, FACE THE NATION is averaging 3.87 million viewers and 0.8/04 in adults 25-54 .
Meryl Streep overrated? Donald Trump picks a decorated star
President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood" following her speech Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards. While "overrated" is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.
Meryl Streepa s Taking on Donald Trump Wasna t the First Political Acceptance Speech
At the Golden Globes on Sunday night, Meryl Streep was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award and gave a politically-charged acceptance speech about the importance of diversity and freedom. Though she did not reference President-elect Donald Trump by name, she mentioned a moment when "the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back."
Fact check: Streep overrated? Trump picks a decorated star
Donald Trump called Meryl Streep 'overrated' in a three-tweet Twitter rant against the respected actress after she criticized him during her acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood'' following her speech at the Golden Globe awards While "overrated'' is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.