Why ‘Pen15’ Is Such a Worthy Curveball of an Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set the cast for Hard Cell, the streamer’s women’s prison mockumentary created by Doctor Who actress Catherine Tate.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

EXCLUSIVE: James D’Arcy (Homeland, Dunkirk) and Ellyn Daniels (Funny Girls) are starring in an off-the-shelf comedy series from Burn These Words, a new UK production outfit established by former advertising executive Will O’Connor.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe first season of Apple TV Plus’ “Ted Lasso” started with a major change for the titular American coach, played by Jason Sudeikis, who moved across the pond to lead a British Premier League team.

EXCLUSIVE: Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black) is set for a recurring role on Starz’s horror comedy series Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan. Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Television co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Lana Condor is set to star in a new half-hour action-comedy series in early development at Hulu, a rep for Condor confirms to ET.

Sandra Oh is an actress with one eclectic career. Of course, she’s probably best known for her roles in the series “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve,” but over the years, she’s done everything from comedies to dramas to animated features and superhero TV series (you really should watch “Invincible” on Amazon Prime Video, by the way).

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“Never Have I Ever” is a great teen comedy — with one glaring, omnipresent exception.Three episodes into the second season, a new voiceover (briefly) takes over the Netflix show. “You might be wondering, ‘why is old Geegers taking time out of her busy sched to narrate the story of a 16 year-old boy?’” supermodel Gigi Hadid asks the audience as resident teen heartthrob Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet) broods in his garage.

Gallery: The best actress of her generation! Meryl Streep’s career-defining film roles (BANG Showbiz)Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program: This Old House Outstanding Arts and Culture Program: Behind the FX Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish: Pan Y Circo Outstanding Short Form Daytime Non-Fiction Program: Prideland Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program: Karrueche Tran, The Bay Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program: Kristos Andrews, The Bay

When the dust settled on the Emmy nominations announcement Tuesday morning, Sony Pictures Television Studios found themselves with nominations in three top series categories, an expected 10th Outstanding Reality/Structured Reality Series nomination for ABC veteran Shark Tank, and surprise nominations for Netflix’s Cobra Kai as Outstanding Drama Series and Amazon’s The Boys as Outstanding Drama Series. (Sony scored an additional drama series nom for Left Bank’s The Crown.)

Kaley Cuoco is in a celebratory mood. The 35-year-old actress is among those in Hollywood to have been honored with an Emmy nomination Tuesday morning.

Variety chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke run through the most interesting and exciting honors.D’Addario: “Game of Thrones” is long gone, but here’s one way its impact is still felt — genre has taken over the Emmys. “The Mandalorian” shares the most-nominated-series distinction (with “The Crown,” which at times can feel like high fantasy in its own way).

James Corden is set to make his return to comedic acting in a new six-part Amazon series called Mammals.The 42 year old Late Late Show host will be starring alongside The Shape of Water’s Sally Hawkins and The Irregulars’ Henry Lloyd-Hughes in the new production. While the plot is still tightly under wraps, writer Jez Butterworth said: "A good marriage is the most magical thing.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are officially Emmy nominees.

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No one’s saying it will be easy, but actress Renée Elise Goldsberry and songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez came a little closer today to the rarified EGOT status with their respective Emmy Award nominations.

nominations for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are here — and they were full of surprises!Presented by father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones () and Jasmine Cephas Jones (), the newest class of Emmy nominees were unveiled Tuesday morning amid a second year of virtual TV premieres, Zoom Q&As, drive-in screenings and a smattering of in-person, socially-distanced events.With things gradually opening back up and TV productions establishing a new normal, several awards favorites from 2020 that saw

Emmy Awards, announced Tuesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com:Comedy Series: “black-ish”; “Cobra Kai”; “Emily in Paris”; “The Flight Attendant”; “Hacks”; “The Kominsky Method”; “PEN15”; “Ted Lasso.”Actor, Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”; Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”; William H.

Kenan Thompson joins the vaunted few in Emmy history who have received double nominations in the acting categories. Thompson’s are highly unusual, with both in the full-time regular series categories for lead and supporting comedy.