Television

MTV Documentary Slate with Legendary Producer Sheila Nevins Announced: Can She Make Vapid Channel Important Again?

MTV at present is mired in a schedule of junk. It's all reality programming on the low end, a tribute to vapidity. But now comes...

Showtime’s Roger Ailes Series “Loudest Voice” Fails to Make List of Top 150 Cable Shows Sunday Night

Showtime is a mess, that much we already know. They produce quality shows but can't get people to watch them. On Sunday, their Roger Ailes-Fox...

Nicole vs. Meryl: “Big Little Lies 2” Ends with a Cliffhanger Setting Up Season 3, Which Won’t Be Announced for a While

"Big Little Lies," or Knots Landing 2.0, will be back. They ended their second season tonight with a cliffhanger. The show did not resolve...

Kennedy Center Becomes the Grammy Awards with More Pop Stars, Plus Sally Field, and “Sesame Street”

The Kennedy Center inductees are Sally Field, composer-conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, "Sesame Street," plus Linda Ronstadt and Earth Wind & Fire. They're all good choices,...

TOLD YA (Twice): Mario Lopez Going to “Access Hollywood” as Billy Bush Gets Paid Back by Trump and Fox Takes Over New “Extra” Propaganda Show

Told you in May that Mario Lopez was on his way to Access Hollywood. I told you in February that "Extra" was being...

No Emmy Nominations for “The Conners,” for Laurie Metcalf or John Goodman, Writing, Directing, Etc

One big snub from the Emmys today: no nominations for "The Conners." The spin off of "Roseanne" features Oscar nominee and Tony winner Laurie Metcalf,...

Sacha Baron Cohen Wins 3 Emmy Noms, Laments that Co-Star Dick Cheney Wasn’t Recognized “For Sending People to their Deaths”

Sacha Baron Cohen won 3 Emmy noms for his Showtime series from last summer, "Who is America?" He then thanked Dick Cheney and...

Emmys: HBO Regains Lead in Nominations Over Netflix, 137-117, with “Game of Thrones,” “Veep,” “Barry,” “Succession”

HBO toppled Netflix today with the most Emmy nominations. The cable service took a record 137 nominations with shows like "Game of Thrones," "Veep," "Succession,"...

Emmy Snubs: “The Conners,” Julia Roberts, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, “Billions,” Almost Anything on Showtime, Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin

The Emmy nominations are here, and so are the snubs. Both Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are routinely excluded from the Emmys. Do the Emmys...

2019 Emmy Nominations: “Game of Thrones,” “Veep,” “Mrs. Maisel,” “Killing Eve” Lead the Pack, Showtime Shut Out, Nothing for “Billions”

live updating... Showtime managed to get almost nothing. Just nods for "Escape from Dannemora," nothing for their regular series including "Billions." It's unbelievable. HBO racked up...