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Click here to read the full article. “Only Murders in the Building” was a sleeper hit for Hulu in season one and an awards hit as well, earning three SAG Award nominations, four Critics Choice nominations, three Writers Guild nominations, and three Television Critics Association nominations. So season two had a lot to live up to when it premiered on June 28. Do critics think this spoof of true-crime fanatics is just as worth watching? As of this writing the “Only Murders in the Building” season 2 reviews average out to a 79 score on MetaCritic based on 20 reviews counted...

Click here to read the full article. It’s been half a century since Johnny Carson hosted the 24th Emmy ceremony on CBS on May 14, 1972. It was a year in which now-classic comedies battled it out and records were set, PBS had its first strong showing, Oscar-winning actresses were rivals and daytime-themed Emmys were awarded for the first time. Read on for our Emmys flashback 50 years ago to 1972. Norman Lear‘s groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family” had won Best Comedy Series for its freshman season in 1971; it held onto that title for its second year, and would...

Click here to read the full article. For over a decade and on two different series, Christine Baranski’s attorney Diane Lockhart has been a paragon of liberal feminism. But in the fifth season of Paramount+’s “The Good Fight,” the Emmy-winning actress took the character into a new, daring and even uncomfortable direction as the show explored Diane’s privilege. After sitting out the past five Emmy cycles for this performance — even as she continues to bring her signature character to new heights — Baranski has more than earned a slot in this year’s Drama Actress lineup for her nuanced and...

Click here to read the full article. Two popular “Saturday Night Live” alumni — Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis — are going mano a mano this Emmy Award season. The big question for Emmy voters: Will they choose Sudeikis’ adored feel-good Apple TV + “Ted Lasso,” which was the big winner last year, or take a walk on the dark side with Hader’s breathlessly bleak and audacious HBO comedy “Barry”? The latter won six Emmys in its first two seasons including back-to-back acting honors for Hader in 2018 and 2019. This is the first time the one-time castmates will be competing...

Click here to read the full article. Any limited series created by Ryan Murphy creates controversy, excitement and awards chatter. Six Emmy wins (out of 36 nominations) cement his status as a perpetual contender. His entry this year, the FX limited series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” checked all the Murphy boxes as he zeroed in on the relationship between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and White House intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). The cast is stocked with such Emmy favorites such as Sarah Paulson, a winner for her performance as Marcia Clark in Murphy’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson, who portrays...

Click here to read the full article. For nearly two decades now, the contestants of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” have entertained audiences with their lip syncs, fierce looks and wild personalities. In all, there have been more than 20 American winners when you combine the regular show with the “All Stars” champions. But what about the — gulp — losers? Many of the queens who failed to take home the crown ended up being more successful in the long run than those who beat them. In our photo gallery above, we have pored through the roster of former queens to bring...

Click here to read the full article. Almost 30 years after the original “Hocus Pocus” hit theaters (and became a cult classic), Disney Plus has finally announced a sequel. “Hocus Pocus 2” is scheduled to stream on the platform in late 2022, with many of the original cast members reprising their spooky roles. Among the returnees are the three sister witches — Bette Midler as Winifred “Winnie” Sanderson, Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson and Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson — plus Doug Jones as zombie William “Billy” Butcherson. A film sequel has been in discussion since as far back as...

Click here to read the full article. Emmy voting is over, but there are still two weeks to go before nominations are announced. Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to try to work through the most unpredictable genre of the year: limited. While we agree that the 2021 trio of “Dopesick,” “The White Lotus” and “Maid” are in for Best Limited Series noms, we are torn over what else will fill out the category. Even more unsettled are most of the acting categories, especially the seven-nominee supporting fields. Will stars from the aforementioned three shows just dwarf...

Click here to read the full article. With “Survivor 43” returning to our screens this fall, we wanted to know what you think about the advantages, twists and challenges currently at play in “Survivor” and which, if any, should stick around for the upcoming season. Both season 41 and 42 broke new ground for the 20+ year old reality TV staple by upending the expectations of the players. In the post-pandemic iterations of the show, Jeff Probst revealed new aspects to a game the players thought they knew. We asked you to vote on your favorites in a recent poll and...

Click here to read the full article. “The Umbrella Academy” airs on Netflix, telling the story of seven superhero siblings who have been flung to all corners of time and space trying to avert the apocalypse — sometimes more than one apocalypse. But as with any superhero team, we can’t help but have our favorites, so scroll down to see how we rank the dysfunctional Hargreeves children, and let us know where you think they should place. The Hargreeves children are no strangers to being pitted against each other. After they were mysteriously born to different women across the world simultaneously...

Click here to read the full article. No limited series this year has made the dramatic impact of Hulu’s “Dopesick,” and for good reason. Based on Beth Macy’s nonfiction book, it delivered a searing indictment of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, which financed America’s opioid addiction through back-door deals with hospitals, primary care physicians and pharmacies. The riveting material was bolstered by a very strong cast led by Michael Keaton. The show, which won a Peabody Award this spring, is the leader in the Best Limited Series Emmy category with 37-to-10 odds to win. Its nearest competition, HBO’s breezily entertaining...

Click here to read the full article. Salem’s Sanderson Sisters—Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimi—are back this Halloween in “Hocus Pocus 2” on Disney+. The streamer just launched the first teaser, which shows how two teen girls (Whitney Peak and Lilia Buckingham) resurrect the charmed triumvirate with some incantations and candles probably not purchased at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  The 1993 original, directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, is a cult film in the truest sense of the word, and not just because of its occultist themes. The campy-spooky witch picture didn’t connect...

Click here to read the full article. “Succession” leads our current odds to win the Best Drama Series Emmy, based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. But is it a sure thing? Gold Derby Editors Daniel Montgomery, Denton Davidson, and Marcus James Dixon debated the top drama categories in their latest slugfest. Watch it above. “It’s hard to think about anything else winning other than ‘Succession,'” Dixon admits. “When that show aired … it was the talk of the town and people are still talking about ‘Succession’ all these months later.” However, he adds that “‘This is...

Click here to read the full article. With “Survivor 43” returning to our screens on September 21, we’re thinking a lot about how much the game has evolved over the last 20+ years. In the more than two decades that the reality TV staple has been on our screens we’ve seen countless twists, advantages, challenges and formats come and go. We recently asked you to vote on which new aspects introduced in seasons 41 and 42 you’d most like to see return, but what about the long-retired ones? Below is a list of eight of our favorite retired aspects of the...

Click here to read the full article. Kate Siegel has her first chance at an Emmy nomination for Best Movie/Limited Actress for her riveting performance as Erin Greene in Netflix’s “Midnight Mass,” directed by Mike Flanagan. Watch our recent interview with the actress. The seven-episode horror series tells of a tiny island community rocked by the arrival of two men — the disgraced Riley (Zach Gilford) returning after spending four years in prison for killing a teenage girl in a drunk driving accident, and Father Paul Hill (Hamish Linklater), the new priest at St. Patrick’s Church. Siegel plays Erin, a former...

Click here to read the full article. “I’m retiring,” announces Delroy Lindo’s attorney Adrian Boseman at the beginning of the terrific Season 5 premiere of “The Good Fight.” The revelation shocks Adrian’s colleagues, but fans of the Paramount+ series knew that Lindo had planned to depart the show at the end of the fourth season, an exit that was delayed due to the pandemic production shutdown. In his final appearance, though, Lindo brings his beloved character closure by delivering one of his best performances on the series. The episode “Previously On…” covers a year in the life of the “Good Fight”...

Click here to read the full article. “The Umbrella Academy” returned on June 22 with its third season almost two years after the release of season two. But the superhuman characters on this show are accustomed to jumping through time. Do critics think the new episodes were worth the wait? SEEGeorge R.R. Martin confirms Jon Snow sequel show, and its unexpected source As of this writing, season three of the Netflix series has a MetaCritic score of 72 based on nine reviews, of which six are classified as positive and the other three as mixed. None of the reviews are deemed outright...

Click here to read the full article. The 2022 Emmys ballot for Best Drama Writing has 211 submissions, which will once again result in seven nominees in this category, something that has been consistent since 2020. Before we dive into this year’s likely writing contenders, let’s remember that last year’s winner was “The Crown” (“War” by Peter Morgan) and the other nominees were “The Boys” (“What I Know” by Rebecca Sonnenshine), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“Home” by Yahlin Chang), “Lovecraft Country” (“Sundown” by Misha Green), “The Mandalorian” (“Chapter 13: The Jedi” by Dave Filoni), “The Mandalorian” (“Chapter 16: The Rescue” by...

Click here to read the full article. Apple TV +’s “Schmigadoon” is the musical equivalent to a warm, happy smile. The six-part limited series that premiered on the streaming service last July is a smart, clever and fun parody of the classic musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. It was a golden era of the Broadway musical dominated by such influential, eminent composers as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Alan Jay Lerner Lerner & Frederick Loewe, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim, Meredith Willson, and Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star as...

Click here to read the full article. While last year’s Emmy race for Best Comedy Series was an easy get for “Ted Lasso,” this year is looking to be much more competitive. In fact, our 17 Experts are split four ways, with Apple TV Plus’ “Ted Lasso,” HBO Max’s “Hacks,” HBO’s “Barry” and FX’s “Atlanta” all being predicted by one or more of them. Gold Derby’s Emmy Experts are journalists from major media outlets who cover television and/or the awards season. See their individual predictions right here. Far out front is “Ted Lasso,” with these 11 Experts predicting it will win...