Jeffrey Tambor has announced he won’t return for the upcoming fifth season of “Transparent” after being accused twice of sexual harassment on the set of the Amazon show. Tamblr role as transgender woman Maura Pfefferman resulted in two Emmy Award wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. “Playing Maura Pfefferman on “Transparent” has […]
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Amazon Studios has greenlit a fifth season of dramedy “Transparent” before its fourth season premiere (on Sept. 22), with an expected 10 new episodes for 2018. The entire Pfefferman family will be back including Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker. Debuting on Feb. 6, 2014, “Transparent” revolves around a Los […]
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HBO drama “Westworld” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” led the “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Award” nominations with 22 nods apiece. Comparably, this is the most nominations that the long-running NBC late night sketch show has ever received in a single season. Next were “Stranger Things” on Netflix and “Feud: Better and Joan” with 18 nominations […]
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Netflix has greenlit a fifth season (and second on the digital platform) of sitcom “Arrested Development.” Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and the entire series regular cast, including: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat will return in an unconfirmed number of new […]
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[socialpoll id=”2406680″] Nominations for the 74th annual “Golden Globe Awards” were announced this morning. Notable entries on television include five nominations for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” on FX and four for AMC’s “The Night Manager.” NBC’s “This Is Us,” meanwhile, snagged three nods including Best Television Series – Drama and Chrissy […]
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‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Tops Emmy Wins; HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Makes the Record Books
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“The People v. O.J. Simpson” on FX was the big individual series winner at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, with nine Emmy Award wins including Outstanding Limited Series and acting trophies for Lead Actor (Courtney B. Vance), Lead Actress (Sarah Paulson) and Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown) in a Limited Series or a Movie. […]
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[socialpoll id=”2374647″] [socialpoll id=”2374485″] HBO leads the pack of the 68th Primetime Emmy Award nominations with 94 in total (and 23 nominations for “Game of Thrones,” which was one short of the 24 nods last year). Next on cable is FX with 56. Tops among the broadcast networks is NBC with 41 Emmy nominations, followed […]
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Amazon has greenlit season four of critically acclaimed comedy “Transparent” before the third season has even begun, with an unspecified number of new episodes. Debuting on February 6, 2014, the cast includes Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Development”) as Maura Pfefferman, Judith Light (“Who’s the Boss?”) as Shelly Pfefferman, Gaby Hoffmann (“Girls”) as Ali Pfefferman, Amy Landecker […]
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Garry Shandling Dead at 66
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Actor and comedian Garry Shandling, who is remembered for two series, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and “The Larry Sanders Show,” died Thursday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 66. Born on November 29, 1949 in Chicago, Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms such as “Sanford and Son” and “Welcome Back, Kotter.” After a […]