I’ll leave it to those more embedded in Emmy history to tell us whether Oscar winners landing a slew of nominations from the TV Academy is typical or not. But it was nevertheless striking to me how many Academy Award winners popped up on today’s nominations list.
Oscar winners crash the 2013 Emmy nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · July 18th, 2013
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My favorite Emmy nominees: Anna Chlumsky, David Fincher, Jonathan Banks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:52 am · July 18th, 2013
Amid the usual, spotlights on ‘Veep,’ ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ made my day.
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Emmys Q&A: Beth McCarthy-Miller on directing the two-part '30 Rock' series finale
Posted by Steve Heisler · 9:09 am · June 25th, 2013
Beth McCarthy-Miller has been a part of the “30 Rock” family almost since inception. HitFix spoke with her about the process of directing the series finale as Emmy voters are casting ballots — McCarthy-Miller has been nominated five times for her work on “30 Rock,” but never won.
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Emmys: Is 'The Colbert Report' poised to break 'The Daily Show's' decade-long variety series dominance?
Posted by Steve Heisler · 11:10 am · June 17th, 2013
“The Daily Show” has won 10 Emmys in a row for Outstanding Variety Series, and they’re probably hoping for that to go up to a “Spinal Tap” 11 this year. But the stage could be set, finally, for a change-up in the category.
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Emmys: 10 'modern-day Susan Luccis' who have yet to win
Posted by Steve Heisler · 1:00 pm · June 13th, 2013
It took Susan Lucci 19 Emmy attempts to win her first award. Her name has become synonymous with perennial bridesmaids looking to break a losing streak. This year, a number of contenders across a variety of categories are hoping to finally grace the Emmys stage.
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