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'Shogun' and 'Hacks' win top series Emmy Awards and 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' take 4 apiece
Read full article: 'Shogun' and 'Hacks' win top series Emmy Awards and 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' take 4 apieceโShogunโ won best drama series in a record-setting year, while โHacksโ was the surprise winner of best comedy series at the Emmy Awards.
New list scores TV, streaming series for on-screen and behind-the-scenes diversity and inclusion
Read full article: New list scores TV, streaming series for on-screen and behind-the-scenes diversity and inclusionThe hundreds of television series on U.S. broadcast, cable and streaming platforms are the subject of a new list โ one that scores them for their diversity and inclusion.
New this week: Red Hot Chili Peppers and 'Apollo 10ยฝ'
Read full article: New this week: Red Hot Chili Peppers and 'Apollo 10ยฝ'This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Thomas Rhett, a look back at Whitney Houston's life and legacy and the musical comedy โBetter Nate Than Ever.โ.
Study: Pandemic eats into LGBTQ representation on network TV
Read full article: Study: Pandemic eats into LGBTQ representation on network TVThe percentage of regularly seen LGBTQ characters on streaming as well as prime-time broadcast TV and cable during the 2020-21 season fell. Prime-time broadcast fell to 9.1% after reaching an all-time high of 10.2% last season. GLAAD's report, โWhere We Are on TV,โ found that 70 out of 773 series regular characters on broadcast scripted prime-time TV were LGBTQ. The group found good news on the second request in the latest study โ over half of LGBTQ characters on cable television were people of color, meeting GLAADโs challenge. The advocacy group noted that nearly half of all LGBTQ representation in prime-time scripted cable is seen on just three networks โ FX, Freeform and Showtime.
TV gives viewers a split-screen comparison of Trump, Biden
Read full article: TV gives viewers a split-screen comparison of Trump, BidenPresident Donald Trump wipes his face during a break in an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. NBC News chief executive Cesar Conde said Thursday that NBC scheduled Trump out of fairness after Biden did a town hall at the same time last Thursday. There were apparently still hard feelings, given that Muir twice mentioned a nameless โanother networkโ holding a Trump town hall. โHas there ever been two more different presidential candidates than Trump or Biden?โ asked The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler in a tweet. At a rally in North Carolina on Thursday, Trump called NBC โthe worst" and said he was being set up with the town hall.