Deadline’s Inaugural Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted Kicks Off This Morning

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William Earl Juneteenth Unityfest, a livestreamed multi-city event celebrating Black culture and the Juneteenth holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States, will take place on June 19, kicking off at 5 p.m.

On Monday, the inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted honored the best in unscripted television, with RuPaul’s Drag Race and Jersey Shore Family Vacation proving favorites.

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television awards-season event, which this past weekend shined a light on 49 buzzy scripted programs from 21 broadcast and cable networks and streamers in our biggest Contenders showcase yet.

Stephen Colbert appeared on behalf of his CBS late-night show during Deadline’s Contenders Television all-day awards-season event and admitted he was eager to get back to having an audience for his hit series, which has been essentially shooting from a storage closet at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York.

For a second year in a row, Deadline’s Contenders Television is going virtual, and we are about to take off with an astonishing 128 creatives and stars appearing in the all-day event that will feature a total of 21 networks and 49 shows. This again is the must-see happening of the TV awards season and it promises to be our biggest yet as we pull out all the stops to give voters a kind of one-stop shopping opportunity to check out the top contenders for TV’s highest awards.

Angelique Jackson Stacey Abrams has been tapped to receive the inaugural Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice award as part of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.The new award named for Belafonte — the Emmy-winning actor, activist and civil rights leader — is intended to recognize individuals who have used storytelling and the arts to enact change in their communities.Abrams, in addition to her work as a politician and voting rights activist, also produced last year’s gripping documentary “All

EXCLUSIVE: NewFest has taken the wraps off NewFest Pride, its new virtual summer film series that will kick off June 4-7. The event from the New York-based LGBTQ+ film and media organization aims to kick off Pride month showcasing six feature films along with a short-film program co-presented with Vimeo and LGBTQ-focused panels and special events.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorVariety will bestow its inaugural Voice of Inspiration Award to filmmaker Eddie Huang at the Reel Works Film Festival.The honor will be presented each year to a creative who is using their platform to tell interesting stories and inspire others.

EXCLUSIVE: Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project.

EXCLUSIVE: Ranging in subject matter from coronavirus lockdown, local politics inspired by AOC and the Squad, sibling revelations, winning the lottery and more, the 10 scripts that make up Hollywood’s first ever Muslim List were revealed today.

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This week’s “Saturday Night Live” opened with a lot of heart. Forgoing the usual Cold Open sketch, Miley Cyrus — the night’s musical guest — opened the show on stage with a song.

opened with a  lot of heart.

For the second year in a row Deadline’s popular Contenders Television is going virtual as an astonishing 129 creatives and stars will be appearing in the all day event Saturday May 15, 2021 that features a total of 21 networks participating and 49 different shows.  This is the must-see happening of the TV awards season and it promises to be our biggest ever as we pull out all the stops to give voters a kind of one-stop shopping opportunity to check out the top contenders for TV’s highest awards.

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its inaugural Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. It took place Saturday and spotlighted 38 programs in those fields from 19 studios and streamers. It also sets the stage for our Contenders Television scripted event May 15.

EXCLUSIVE: Talent management and production company Circle of Confusion has selected seven Writers Discovery Fellows for its inaugural program, an initiative to mentor aspiring TV and film writers.

When Amy Schumer first discovered she was pregnant, she could never have predicted the tough road the pregnancy would take her on, much less that it would be the subject of a three-part documentary miniseries for HBO Max.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Nikki Glaser will help MTV honor the year’s biggest moments in unscripted television as she hosts the inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted ceremony. The first-of-its kind event will air Monday, May 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and comes a day after the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.

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