Television

WGA Awards “Eighth Grade” Best Original Screenplay, “Can You Ever Forgive Me” Best Adapted, “Mrs. Maisel” Best Comedy, “The Americans” Best Drama

by Roger Friedman - February 17, 2019 8:38 pm

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Bette Midler Is Coming to the Oscars: The Divine Miss Dolly Will Perform “Marry Poppins Returns” Song on Academy Awards

by Roger Friedman - February 17, 2019 12:56 pm

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Jennifer Lopez’s Hideous Motown Medley from the Grammy Awards is Set to Be Included in CBS-Grammy Motown Special

by Roger Friedman - February 16, 2019 2:40 pm

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Soap Opera Cliffhanger Resolved: Doug Davidson, Longest Running Cast Member of “Young and the Restless,” Is Back

by Roger Friedman - February 15, 2019 8:10 pm

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“Motown 60” TV Special: Smokey, Stevie, Diana, But Nary a Mention of Michael Jackson or the Jackson 5 Plus Lionel Richie Drops Out

by Roger Friedman - February 13, 2019 3:54 am

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Super Bowl Ratings for Patriots-Rams Averaged 80 Million Viewers, A Historic Low But Still, Really, a Lot of People

by Roger Friedman - February 4, 2019 11:27 am

The Super Bowl ratings are in. It's good news and bad news. The bad news is that the numbers are way down, historically low, and...

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Tragic: Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John Dead at 52, Two Time Emmy Award Winner Suffered from Depression, Took His Own Life

by Roger Friedman - February 4, 2019 9:46 am

This is really sad, heartbreaking news. Kristoff St. John, a star of the Young and the Restless for 19 years, has been found dead...

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Directors Guild DGA Awards: “Roma” Alfonso Cuaron Wins Best Feature, But Big Surprises in First Feature (“Eighth Grade”), Documentary (“Three Identical Strangers”), TV Comedy (“Barry”)

by Roger Friedman - February 2, 2019 8:35 pm

Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for "Roma." He will win the Oscar, but not necessarily Best Picture. The DGA Awards have produced some big surprises...

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Grammy Awards Will Salute Motown’s 60th Anniversary with TV Special Taped Two Days After Show

by Roger Friedman - February 1, 2019 3:39 pm

Maybe the greatest TV Music special ever was "Motown 25," taped back in 1983. That's when Michael Jackson moonwalked across the stage to "Billie...

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The Very Supreme Diana Ross Will Add Some Superstar Glamour as Special Performer on This Year’s Grammy Awards

by Roger Friedman - January 31, 2019 11:16 am

Superstar singer Diana Ross will be the special diamond performer on the Grammy Awards next month, says producer Ken Ehrlich. Diana, who turns 75 in...

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SAG Awards Topped All Cable Shows on Sunday with 2.6 Mil Viewers Thanks to “Black Panther,” Rami Malek Surprise Wins

by Roger Friedman - January 29, 2019 1:34 pm

Awards shows aren't dead, after all. But it's good news and bad news. Sunday's SAG Awards topped all cable shows that night. They pulled in...

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SAG Awards (Live Updates) Black Panther Best Picture! Glenn Close, Rami Malek, “Mrs. Maisel,” “This is Us,” Emily Blunt, Mahershala Ali, Patricia Arquette, Jason Bateman

by Roger Friedman - January 27, 2019 7:51 pm

Black Panther wins Best Picture and becomes the new leader in the race for Oscar Best Picture. Amazing. Quite a feat and well done! UPDATE...

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Brilliant Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill Doc on HBO Monday Night, “Deadline Artists” Throws Back to NYC Golden Days of Jackie O, Son of Sam, Scandals, Trials

by Regina Weinreich - January 27, 2019 3:12 pm

There aren’t any more Breslins or Hamills, exemplars of a masculine New York postwar street journalism. Now these superstars of newsroom culture star in...