SAG Awards Sets Date for 2022 Ceremony, Which Will Return to a Live, 2-Hour Telecast

UPDATED, 7 AM: CBS has set Sunday, April 3, 2022 for its inaugural broadcast of the CMT Music Awards. The ceremony will air live from Nashville from 8-11 PM ET/delayed PT, CBS said Thursday. The move follows ViacomCBS’ recent announcement that it was moving the annual country music awards show from cabler CMT to its broadcast sister.

When “Frasier” returns with a new revival for Paramount+, star Kelsey Grammer is “confident” that Dr. Frasier Crane will be accompanied Niles Crane, Daphne Moon and Roz Doyle.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Peabody Awards is expanding its domain to include honors for storytelling in interactive, immersive and new media categories. As part of the expansion — which comes a week after Peabody announced its 30 winners for 2021 — an additional board of ten newly appointed jurors has been named.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is June 28, 2021, which means nomination-round voting ends TODAY. Get your votes in! Meanwhile, it’s 15 days until nominations are announced on July 13; 52  days until final-round voting starts on Aug.

Gerry Cinnamon has announced his rescheduled gig date for Hampden Park. Due to the pandemic Gerry had to reschedule his gig at the national stadium twice but has now said that he will be taking the stage on July 16th next year.

DaBaby, one of the featured performers, is tied with Megan Thee Stallion for the most nominations, each garnering seven. Musicians won’t be the only recognized talents, either.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIn time for the 2021 BET Awards, BET has unveiled a new logo and branding effort that represents perhaps the largest transformation in the network’s 40-year history. BET called it a “pivotal shift for our brand and a commemoration of our 40-year legacy of Black excellence.”Perhaps the most noticeable change: BET’s logo now forms a square, with “B” and “E” on the top line, and “T” and the network’s signature star underneath.

Oscars at the Academy’s Governors Awards next year.Alongside Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann will also be presented with awards, while the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Danny Glover.The 12th Governors Awards, the first since the 2020 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19, will be held on January 15, 2022.“We are thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to four honourees who have had a profound impact on both film and society,” Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” has named Erin Irwin, Molly McNearney and Jennifer Sharron as executive producers. All three previously served as co-executive producers.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt was a treat, and stirred the internet as we had hoped. It also came at the start of a yearlong nostalgia binge, as the casts and producers of shows both big and obscure came together, mostly over Zoom, to reminisce and give all of us a little much-needed pick-me-up.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all programs at this year’s virtual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, with two nods — for best competition series and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series.

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As the entertainment industry tries to settle into a new normal, SAG-AFTRA has revealed the date for its 2022 trophy show and timeline for nominations, submissions and voting.

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) film awards will take place in London on March 13, 2022 and will be broadcast in the U.K. on BBC One.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt was one of Ted Danson’s daughters who gave him perhaps the best perspective on his “Cheers” role, Sam Malone. “He was the reformed alcoholic in a bar,” Danson says of his ironic character.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“I May Destroy You,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Killing Eve” were among the top winners as the Banff World Media Festival revealed the winners to this year’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Announced Tuesday via a live, streamed virtual event, this year’s Rockie Awards saw the United Kingdom take home the most kudos, with 11, followed by the United States with ten.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is June 14, 2021, which means it’s 3 days until nomination-round voting starts on June 17; 11 days until the Daytime Emmys telecast on June 25; 14 days until nomination-round voting ends on June 28; 29 days until nominations are announced on July 13; 66 days until final-round voting starts on Aug. 19; and 97 days until the Primetime Emmys telecast on Sept.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival said Friday that it has set dates for its 2022 edition, saying it will return to a fully live, in-person event that will run March 2-12 throughout the coastal city that is less than 100 miles north of Los Angeles.