TV Awards Shows

'Girls,' 'Louie' Among 72nd Peabody Award Winners

TNT’s 'Southland,' ABC Family's 'Switched At Birth Also Among Those Honored
By: Lindsay Rubino (Broadcasting & Cable) Mar 27 2013 - 11:38am
TNT’s 'Southland,' ABC Family's 'Switched At Birth Also Among Those Honored

The winners of the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards were announced on Wednesday, including an individual award for Lorne Michaels, executive producer of Saturday Night Live and myriad other comedies.

NBC Sports Group Leads Sports Emmy Nominations

Summer Olympics Receives 14 Noms, Most of Any Program, Series
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Mar 20 2013 - 4:35pm
Summer Olympics Receives 14 Noms, Most of Any Program, Series
NBC Sports Group set the pace when the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, garnering 58 nods.

The 58 nominations were spread out among NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, nbcolympics.com, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, nbcsports.com and Telemundo; NBC received the most with 36. The ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, Grantland, ABC, ESPN 3D, ESPNU and ESPNEWS) were second, receiving 43 nominations. ESPN was also the second-most nominated network with 23 nods.

ATAS Announces 22nd Hall of Fame Inductees

Moonves, Michaels, Wolf, Schieffer to be Inducted at Annual Gala
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 23 2013 - 2:10pm
Moonves, Michaels, Wolf, Schieffer to be Inducted at Annual Gala

 

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the inductees for its 22nd Hall of Fame class on Wednesday.

SAG Lines Up First Wave of Presenters

Cooper, Davis, Hathaway, Jackman, Lawrence, Timberlake, Weaver to Appear on Jan. 27 Simulcast on TNT, TBS
By: MCN Staff Jan 16 2013 - 10:08am
Cooper, Davis, Hathaway, Jackman, Lawrence, Timberlake, Weaver to Appear on Jan. 27 Simulcast on TNT, TBS

With Actors or nominations to their credit, Bradley Cooper, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Timberlake and Sigourney Weaver will be among the presenters for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT) from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. An encore primetime telecast will begin immediately following on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (PT). 

Premium Cable Rules with Nine Golden Globe Awards

Showtime's 'Homeland,' HBO's 'Game Change' Earn Three Statues Apiece, While 'Girls' Grabs Pair
By: Mike Reynolds Jan 13 2013 - 11:57pm
Showtime's 'Homeland,' HBO's 'Game Change' Earn Three Statues Apiece, While 'Girls' Grabs Pair

It was a huge night for premium cable at the Golden Globes as HBO and Showtime combined to capture nine of the 11 TV category awards.

HBO set the pace, earning five Golden Globes, including three for telefilm Game Change and a pair for comedy Girls. Showtime nabbed four trophies, including a trio for Homeland, which swept the drama category, and the fourth for rookie skein House of Lies.

Homeland Wins Best Drama Series Globe

Lewis Adds Top Actor to Emmy Win
By: Mike Reynolds Jan 13 2013 - 10:04pm
Lewis Adds Top Actor to Emmy Win

Homeland continues to rack up the awards, taking home a pair of Golden Globes.

Backing up its Emmy triumph, Showtime’s domestic terrorist show won the Globe for best TV series drama, topping out AMC’s Breaking Bad, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and The Newsroom and PBS’s Downton Abbey.

'Game Change' Early Winner at 2013 Golden Globes

HBO Film Takes Statues for Best TV movie, Star Julianne Moore
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 13 2013 - 9:53pm
HBO Film Takes Statues for Best TV movie, Star Julianne Moore

HBO's Game Change was the early winner at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, taking two of the first three statues handed out in the TV categories.

The political film took the award for best miniseries or TV movie with star Julianne Moore winning for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie for her portrayal of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Also taking a Golden Globe was Maggie Smith, who won for best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or TV movie for PBS' Downton Abbey.

SAG Launching Bleacher Seat Auction

Second of Three Events to Benefit Group's Charitable Foundation
By: John Eggerton Jan 3 2013 - 3:22pm
Second of Three Events to Benefit Group's Charitable Foundation
 

The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday is launching its second of three charity auctions to benefit the SAG Foundation and its various charitable programs.

PBS Leads News and Documentary Emmy Winners

Public Broadcaster Receives Nine Awards; CNN, Discovery, HBO Set Cable Pace with Two Apiece
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Oct 2 2012 - 2:19pm
Public Broadcaster Receives Nine Awards; CNN, Discovery, HBO Set Cable Pace with Two Apiece

PBS led the winners at the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Monday night, taking home nine statues at the ceremony in New York City presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Its P.O.V. received five Emmys, Frontline won two awards for reports on Syria and Cairo and Independent Lens and Nature each took home a statue.

Basking In 'Homeland's' Halo

Showtime Chairman Blank Discusses Impact of Drama's Huge Emmy Night
By: R. Thomas Umstead Oct 1 2012 - 7:15am
Showtime Chairman Blank Discusses Impact of Drama's Huge Emmy Night

Fresh off a big Emmy win for the hit drama series Homeland, Showtime Networks chairman and CEO Matt Blank reflected on how the show’s win for Outstanding Drama Series will affect Showtime’s overall brand. Blank talked to Multichannel News programming editor R. Thomas Umstead about the network’s challenge to build on the network’s Emmy success — including Damian Lewis’ win for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Claire Danes’ victory for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. An edited transcript follows.

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