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Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten Who will win the Emmys in all the lead acting categories this year?  Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond  have differing opinions on just how it might go in terms of Drama And Limited Series,  but actually are in lockstep in Comedy Series.  Overall however these are some of the tightest Emmy races in memory  as we offer different scenarios on the ultimate outcomes in various races.  In the Drama categories  we suggest that perhaps Lead

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson If the most unobtrusive man in America thought tonight was his moment in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention, Mike Pence learned the hard way that Donald Trump always gets the last word.As the powerful Hurricane Laura moved closer and closer landfall in Texas and Louisiana, Trump’s vice president seemed like an afterthought on Wednesday as the boss came onstage to upstage him without uttering a word.Speaking live to a small audience at Fort McHenry in

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson Donald Trump went straight for the drama tonight at the opening of the Republican Convention with a full pardon direct from the White House on TV.In a pre-recorded video near the beginning of Night 2 of the RNC’s virtual gathering, the former Celebrity Apprentice host exercised his presidential prerogative for criminal justice activist Jon Ponder.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson It is over a month until The Comey Rule limited series premieres on Showtime, but the still raging drama between Donald Trump and fired FBI Director James Comey was live tonight on cable news on Night 1 of the Republican National Convention.“If you put it in a script, I’m sure it would get rejected for not being realistic enough, that the chairman of the President’s campaign is working with a Russian intelligence officer,” Comey told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, Joy Reid

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten “Family, family, family.”That was the  motto of the video that introduced Joe Biden on the final night of the virtual Democratic National Convention, and showed just how the COVID-19 forced transformation of a national tradition could produce something in many cases more intimate.Far from the cheering crowd of delegates that have characterized American political conventions for decades, the former vice president’s big night was the culmination of finely tuned

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “In just moments, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, he will join us live,” proudly announced Fox News’ Sean Hannity at the top of his show as the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention kicked off.Actually was past the bottom of the hour before the former Celebrity Apprentice host showed up on the phone for what was a rambling half hour love-in.“We’re going to get his take on what I see as the worst infomercial on the face of the Earth,”

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson It was superstar time at the Democratic National Convention tonight, and there were fireworks going off, in Delaware, Pennsylvania and the White House“The Democrats will roll out their biggest guns yet,” declared ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos as the broadcast networks went live at 10 PM ET before speeches by former President Barack Obama and Vice-Presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris.“I know a predator when I see one,” former prosecutor Harris proclaimed in a

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten As Barack Obama delivered what was his harshest warning yet about Donald Trump, telling Democratic Convention viewers in a live speech that what is at stake is “our democracy,” the president went off on Twitter.“Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t,” Obama said in his speech. “And the consequences of that failure are severe.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “We begin tonight, this is now officially a Fox News alert, Night 2 of the worst infomercial ever made,” said Sean Hannity kicking off his show Tuesday by kicking sand in the face of the Democrats and their virtual Convention.“Informercials are a lot more interesting” added the Primetime cable newser host after a perky handoff from lead-in Tucker Carlson for what was another night of a token backdrop for more partisan bombardmentOnce again silently split screening the

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten Michelle Obama delivered a blistering speech about the character of Donald Trump, as she gave the marquee speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention that was the highlight of the evening and also an unusual moment in history.“Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can,” Obama said in her pre-taped remarks. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson The only thing missing from the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday were the Rolling Stones and Barack Obama – and the former POTUS is coming later this week.Other than an audio glitch at the beginning of kingmaker Rep James Clyburn’s stint in front of the camera from his home state of South Carolina, the first of four nights of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ official bid for the White House was just over two-hours of fast paced television that

Dominic Patten, Patrick Hipes MSNBC on Monday went dark for six minutes on DirecTV amid its coverage of the Democratic National Convention before the signal was restored.“We are experiencing temporary technical difficulties,” read a prompt on the screen of DirecTV watchers. “Please stand by.

Brandon Choe Photo Editor“Shark Tank is America’s most successful venture capital company that’s ever existed,” Shark Tank and executive producer Kevin O’Leary said during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees virtual event.With O’Leary, fellow EPs/Sharks Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John joined Deadline senior editor/chief TV critic Dominic Patten to chat about changes coming to Season 12 of the ABC staple and what’s keeping the investorsfresh and invigorated.O’Leary

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson Kamala Harris will be Joe Biden’s running mate against Donald Trump and Mike Pence.The presumptive nominee made it official just now online: Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse.

Dominic Patten, Tom Tapp UPDATE, 10:56 PM: The tennis rackets and tensions have come down in the lawsuit over Will Smith’s film about the life and legacy of Serena Williams and Venus Williams’ father.Less than two months after TW3 Entertainment and Power Move Multi Media filed a breach of contract complaint against Smith’s loan-out company, Richard Williams, his son and Warner Bros, among others, over King Richard, the parties have reached a deal.“The matter has been resolved informally,” says

Patrick Hipes, Dominic Patten The WGA on Wednesday provided details of its deal with ICM Partners on a new franchise agreement, a pact pretty much in line with one the guild inked last month with UTA.The deal that will also allow ICM to again represent WGA members for covered writing services also satisfies a clause that will end TV packaging by all franchised agencies by June 30, 2022.In a letter to its members, the WGA Agency Negotiating Committee said today that “the agreement protects

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson A day that Attorney General William Barr, Sen.

Dominic Patten, Nellie Andreeva As talks continue with Gabrielle Union over the former America’s Got Talent judge’s racial discrimination claims, NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy has become the subject of an internal investigation into allegations of professional misconduct.

Dominic Patten, Pete Hammond With nominations now out for the 72nd Annual Emmy Awards, we give our take on what it all means as the race for TV gold enters its final phase in the most competitive and certainly challenging season ever.

Dominic Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro Kelly Preston died today her husband John Travolta has revealed.The 57-year old Twins and Jerry Maguire star passed away Sunday after a long fight against breast cancer.Hawaii-born Preston’s spouse of nearly 30 years and her Gotti co-star  took to social media late tonight in a heartfelt post: It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer.

Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten With voting for this year’s Emmy nominations coming into the final stretch, today’s episode of our Deadline weekly podcast, TV Talk , once again dives into a handicap of some key races, in this case for Best Limited Series  and Best Movie Made For Television.  Among top contenders in the uber-crowded Limited Series race are so many top quality productions that TV Critic Dominic Patten has his own list , and Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond

Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten Sundance Festival Director Tabitha Jackson unveiled today in an open memo to the Sundance community what the 2021 Festival is bound to look like in the continuing COVID-19 environment.While recognizing that there’s still no vaccine, that many are unable to travel, yet socially distanced gatherings are permitted in Utah and other states, Jackson outlined what will be a current two-pronged approach in adapting the Robert Redford-founded event to the current

Dominic Patten, Nellie Andreeva Embrace of the Serpent director Ciro Guerra is vehemently denying the sexual harassment and assault allegations made against him earlier this week. Seven women are claiming the Oscar nominated filmmaker harassed them and an eighth is asserting that Guerra raped her, according to an article published on June 24 in the online magazine Volcanicas.

Dominic Patten, Pete Hammond One way or another, the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards look certain to take place in September and the quality of Comedy contenders that will be in the running at the Jimmy Kimmel hosted event is no laughing matter.So, in these tense times in America, comedy and who will be the frontrunners is what we are almost all about on this week’s episode of Deadline’s TV Talk podcast – as you can hear here:Now, with no Fleabag or Veep in the race this year, the likes of The Good

Dominic Patten, Tom Tapp Will Smith’s movie about the life of the father of Serena Williams and Venus Williams maybe still be shut down from concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, but King Richard certainly is being served in the courts today thanks to a potentially multi-million-dollar breach of contract lawsuit.“This case presents an unfortunate and tawdry situation: the cold and calculating misappropriation and interference with Plaintiffs’ intellectual property,” says the seven claim

Dominic Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro EXCLUSIVE: Randall Miller’s lenient interpretation of his probation is about to face some hard truths in a Georgia courtroom.Nearly six and a half years after Sarah Jones was killed on the set of Midnight Rider, Miller and his lawyers are going to be figuratively back in front of a Peach State judge in a hearing to determine if the director violated the conditions of his probation when he helmed the comedy Higher Grounds last year.Partially at the Wayne

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