Daytime Emmys: CBS & NATAS Ink Two-Year Broadcast Deal For Awards Show

Luke Bryan took home the Entertainer of the Year award at Sunday night's ACM Awards. Bryan was nominated alongside Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church and Chris Stapleton for the night's top trophy.The 44-year-old country singer and judge was set to perform at the 56th annual awards show before receiving a positive COVID-19 diagnosis earlier this week.«I am amazingly surprised.

Maren Morris got choked up after her big win. The songstress took home the trophy for Song of the Year during Sunday's ACM Awards, and fought back tears as she accepted the honor.Morris won the award for her song «The Bones,» which she co-wrote along with Jimmy Robbins and Laura Veltz, and accepted the trophy on behalf of all of them at the Opry House in Nashville.«This is really bittersweet because I didn't write this by myself,» Morris said.

Maren Morris and her husband, Ryan Hurd, had us all in our feels on Sunday night!The couple performed together for the first time at an awards show at the 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards, belting out a beautiful rendition of «Chasing After You.» Singing from the Ryman Auditorium, Morris walked towards her husband as he stood in what appeared to be a field of pampas grass, reminiscent of the music video for their hit track.

Also Read: Oscars Song Contenders to Perform for Pre-Show, 'After Dark' Special Set for Post-AwardsBut as to the question of masks specifically, well you’ll just have to wait and see.“Masks are going to play a very important role in the story of this evening,” Soderbergh said.

Producing the Oscars during a normal year is one of Hollywood’s most thankless jobs. It involves handing out 24 awards, while pleasing nervous nominees in the theater, distracted audiences at home and ratings-weary TV executives.

Actress Renée Zellweger has signed on a new project after much anticipation! Deadline recently reported that the 51-year-old Oscar winner will be starring in The Back Nine, a comedy that will be directed by Michael Patrick King. The actress is set to essay the role of Casey Jones, who gave up a golf career so that her husband could have one.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe ASCAP Pop Music Awards named the Weeknd as songwriter of the year, and the Post Malone hit “Circles” as song of the year, in results announced as part of an extended virtual rollout of winners Tuesday.The publisher of the year prize went, as it often does, to Warner Chappell Music, whose top ASCAP-affiliated songs during the frame included the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” Dan + Shay’s “10,000 Hours,” Meghan Thee Stallion and Beyonce’s “Savage (Remix),” Dua Lipa’s

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Bridget Jones slid into our lives, granny knickers on show — what a 20 years it has been, and where are the cast now?

Film Independent has revealed more information about what the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards will look like as awards shows continue to seek out innovative ways to hold their annual events amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual venue Looped will turn the 36th annual Spirit Awards into a fully interactive audio and visual experience, creating an online equivalent of the show's annual beach tent.

Oscars 2021, and that’s due primarily to the pandemic.“The rising dominance of the streaming services has taken the gloss off the Oscars for me,” he said. “You just don’t get the same warm fuzzy feeling from when you recognize a movie from the silver screen.”Whether you watch out of love, because you love to hate or have given up like Bradley, awards shows have suffered since the coronavirus shuttered theaters and shut down live performances.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Academy of Country Music has revealed what it says is the full performance lineup for its April 18 awards show on CBS, a list of 29 performers that includes co-hosts Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton as well as major stars of the genre like Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Maren Morris and Luke Combs.Also slated to appear on the three-show show are Dan + Shay, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Little Big Town, Kane Brown,

CBS and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have signed a two-year deal for the Daytime Emmy Awards. Under the terms of the deal, the awards ceremony will be broadcast in primetime on CBS, and will also stream live on Paramount+.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on CBS in 2021 and 2022, as the Eye network struck a two-year deal with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).That means this year, CBS has both the Daytime and Primetime Emmys — the first time in more than a decade that one network will broadcast both ceremonies.

Ellise Shafer administratorEvelyn Sakash, an Emmy-winning production designer, was found dead at her New York City home on Tuesday. She was 66.According to the Associated Press, Sakash was “known to be a hoarder” and was found under a pile of garbage.

Evelyn Sakash, a veteran production designer and scenic artist who won a Daytime Emmy for PBS’ Between the Lions and worked on films, including Still Alice and Mrs. Winterbourne, was found dead Tuesday at her New York City home. She was 66.

After delaying proceedings for almost two months and coming up with innovative ways to put on a live show during the coronavirus pandemic, the Grammys are mostly going back to normal with their 2022 awards ceremony. The 64th annual edition of the music trophyfest is set to take place on Jan.

Over the decades, many have groused about the length of the Oscar ceremony, which often runs longer than its planned three hours. The 2002 telecast ran a whopping four hours and 23 minutes, while the 2020 ceremony — even without a host — ran three hours and 32 minutes.

Extending a long-term relationship with the WWE, NBCUniversal’s USA Network has set a multi-year extension of NXT.