2023 Emmy Nominations Revealed!

The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced on Wednesday, July 13, by Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. The ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Fox on Sept. 18, will honor the best shows on TV that ran from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. Among the most nominated …

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Breaking Down VFX With Pixomondo’s Emmy-nominated VFX Supervisor Nhat Phong Tran

The Emmy’s are coming up soon and while the main focus is generally on the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Television Drama, Comedy, etc and award that is oftentimes overlooked by the general public, but plays a tremendously huge role within the television and film industry is those for VFX. VFX (visual effects) is so incredibly important to help create the final product for nearly every film and television series you see, even if you are not consciously aware, they are there in nearly every scene and they take a tremendous amount of work to create, as everything must flow together seamlessly. We were recently able to catch up Pixomondo’s VFX supervisor Nhat Phong Tran to speak about his work on the hit HBO series “Westworld” which has earned him an Emmy nomination, alongside “Westworld’s” overall VFX supervisor Jay Worth. Jay brought Nhat and the Pixomondo team on-board with “Westworld” in Season 2, and again for Season 3, so the two have a very close working relationship and it shows by the amazing VFX content they have collectively …

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Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced for 2020

Here are the major nominations for the 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air on CBS  June 26th! OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives General Hospital The Young and the Restless OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Finola Hughes (Anna, GH) Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, B&B) Heather Tom […]

Emmys 2019! Who Were The Big Winners!

The 2019 Emmy Awards were held Sunday night, September 22nd at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California and there were plenty of stand-out moments and quite a few surprises throughout the evening. For one, there was no host. This is the first time since 2003 that the Emmy Awards had no official host and they seemed to be following the same path that the Academy Awards took earlier this year. HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” which was nominated for a whopping 32 Emmy’s won big in it’s final season taking home the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series. This year also marks the first time that an openly gay black man took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series with Billy Porters highly deserved win for his role in the amazing FX series “Pose”. Many speeches throughout the evening were aimed at equality and full of passion especially the incredibly moving speech from actress Patricia Arquette in regards to trans rights and Alex Borstein’s heartfelt tribute to her grandmother who was a holocaust survivor. You …

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2019 Emmy Nominations: Full List of Nominees

Live from the Wolf Theatre at Television Academy’s Saban Media Center came the announcement of the 2019 Emmy Nominations by actors D’Arcy Carden and Ken Jeong. A full list of all major awards in the fields of drama, comedy, limited series and variety/reality is below. Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie Mahershala Ali (True Detective) Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora) Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal) Jared Harris (Chernobyl) Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us) Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora) Joey King (The Act) Niecy Nash (When They See Us) Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) Aunjanue Ellis (When They See Us) Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) Don Cheadle (Black Monday) Ted Danson (The Good Place) Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) Bill Hader (Barry) Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate (Dead to Me) Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) …

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FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates For The 2019-2020 Season

FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. Kicking off the new season, the 71st PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS® will air LIVE coast-to-coast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 22 (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/5:00-8:00 PM PT live) on FOX. Don Mischer Productions and Done+Dusted will co-produce the event. Hit drama 9-1-1 returns for its third season on Monday, Sept. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the series premiere of crime drama PRODIGAL SON (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), starring Tom Payne, Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young and Lou Diamond Phillips. All-new Tuesdays begin Sept. 24, with the sixth and final season premiere of EMPIRE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following the Season Three return of THE RESIDENT (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). On Wednesday, Sept. 25, television’s #1 new series, THE MASKED SINGER, returns with a special two-hour season premiere (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, with NFL Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Michael Strahan headlining the pregame show, returns Sept. 26 (7:30 PM-CC ET live/4:30 PM-CC …

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