Emmy Analysis: Voters Get Awfully Lazy in the Acting Categories

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePBS led all networks in nominations for the 42nd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, landing 52 overall — thanks to the strength of signature series “Frontline,” “Independent Lens,” “POV,” “Nova,” “PBS News Hour” and “Nature.”The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced this year’s nominees on Tuesday morning, noting that more than 2,200 submissions were entered, from content that premiered in calendar year 2020.

PBS leads the nominations for the 42nd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, as it usually does, this year scoring 52 noms over last year’s 48. Vice News Tonight, which topped all programs with 16 noms in 2020, equaled that number this year but is tied with CBS’ 60 Minutes.

Emmy Rossum shared the first photo of her baby girl alongside a public health message. The actress, 34, debuted the inaugural snapshot of her daughter with husband Sam Esmail on Instagram on Sunday, July 25 and encouraged her followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, revealing that she received the shot while pregnant.

Incredible!

Emmy Rossum is sharing the first photo of her newborn daughter to encourage others to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The 34-year-old actress took to Instagram on Sunday, posting a photo of herself holding up her baby girl, whose back is to the camera, and kissing her head.

Emmy Rossum is sharing the first photo of her newborn daughter to encourage others to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The 34-year-old actress took to Instagram on Sunday, posting a shot of herself holding up her baby girl, whose back is to the camera, and kissing her head.

Zac Efron is officially an Emmy winner, and he's very excited.The winners of the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards announced the winners in the fiction and lifestyle fields on Sunday, and Efron took home the award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host!The award — which recognizes Efron's work on the Netflix docuseries — is the star's first Emmy, as well as his first-ever nomination.After the win, Efron took to Instagram to celebrate the accomplishment and share his gratitude for those who make and watch

Tracee Ellis Ross has been nominated for yet another Emmy Award, and the Black-ish star had the best reaction to finding out the news.MORE: Tracee Ellis Ross stuns fans with bold hair transformationThe actress had just finished a session in the gym, unaware that the nominations list was about to be released, and she was thrilled with the news.WATCH: Tracee Ellis Ross has incredible reaction to Emmy nominationSitting in her car in a blue gym top, she enthused: "Oh my god," before she broke down

Golden Globes five times over the past decade. Now, a new poll has suggested that he might have been the new master of the Emmy Awards, but the comedian himself had something to say about it.

While celebrating The Boys‘ five Emmy nominations on Tuesday, creator Eric Kripke teased the Amazon drama’s third season, as well as an upcoming spinoff.

here. We don’t know if he has a chance, but here’s hoping if Cheadle is skipped, he’ll be back next year after Disney+’s “Armor Wars,” which puts War Machine front and center, for the lead actor category.

Following the announcement of the nominations for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Tuesday, I shared some Zoom time with Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma and president and COO Maury McIntyre to get their thoughts on a number of related topics including progress on the upcoming September 19 Emmy show on CBS, which they recently announced would be returning to a “limited” audience of nominees and guests and a live TV format.

Pose” star, who played nurse and house mother Blanca Rodriguez on the FX drama, was nominated for a 2021 Emmy Award in the Best Actress in a Drama category — a first for a transgender performer in a lead role.Rodriguez said her nomination is a step forward for the LGBTQ community, specifically with trans representation, at the awards show.“I do believe this is a pivotal moment.

Oprah Winfrey just landed her eighth Primetime Emmy nomination. On Tuesday, it was revealed that was up for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special at the 73rd annual Emmy Awards. The explosive special, which marked Harry and his wife’s first interview since leaving the royal family, was seen by over 49.1 million viewers worldwide when it debuted in March.

Few things are as exciting in life as landing a major nomination whether it’s for an Emmy, Oscar, Grammy, or Tony Award. It was no surprise then that this year’s Emmy nominations were overjoyed at their recognition.

Diversity showed up strong at the Primetime Emmy Nominations this morning with a record 49 non-white nominees recognized in the acting and reality hosting categories, +17% over last year’s diversity record of 42 nominees.

MJ Rodriguez is making Emmys history!