Emmys 2023: On the fence about ‘Ted Lasso’? This quiz can help

[ad_1] “Ted Lasso” won the Emmy for comedy series for each of its first two seasons. The third (and final?) season, however, produced some wildly different reactions. Did the show, like Willie Nelson, go out on a high? Take this quiz to see if you’re still fully Team Richmond. Number of times you’ve already voted… Continue reading Emmys 2023: On the fence about ‘Ted Lasso’? This quiz can help

Emmys 2023: Who will win from ‘Succession’?

[ad_1] Are all those great moments, big and small, from the final, glorious season of “Succession” — the grief, the backstabbing, the ludicrously capacious bags, the thick and chewy earlobes, the off-the-rack, Reagan-with-tweaks funerals, the “eldest boy” staring off into the Hudson River — still burned in your brain? Or have they faded, like the… Continue reading Emmys 2023: Who will win from ‘Succession’?

Emmys 2023: Answers to all your questions about comedy races

[ad_1] Final round Emmy voting begins next week, uncorking an array of intriguing questions that probably won’t be answered until … January? February? How about a double-header with the Oscars in March? Or will the Academy Awards be postponed too? With the writers’ and actors’ strikes continuing and negotiations moving slowly, the only certainty is… Continue reading Emmys 2023: Answers to all your questions about comedy races

20 years ago at the Emmys: HBO starts to make inroads

[ad_1] This season’s Emmy Awards, which have pushed from their traditional September date due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes, mark a unique milestone for the ceremony — its 75th. That’s 75 years of changing television, changing platforms, changing actors, changing audience tastes. Early in Emmy history, winners came from a limited pool of choices:… Continue reading 20 years ago at the Emmys: HBO starts to make inroads

Emmys 2023: In this cruel summer, let’s salute the writers

[ad_1] I’m more partial to the collective experience of moviegoing than sitting on my couch watching and streaming TV, but there are occasions when I’ve been thankful for the relative invisibility that home-viewing provides. If an episode of television wrecks me, like the tender love story between Bill and Frank (beautifully played by Nick Offerman… Continue reading Emmys 2023: In this cruel summer, let’s salute the writers