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Globe and Mail
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
Emmy nominations 2025, Canadian edition: Surprises, snubs and a big haul for The Studio
The Emmy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, marking a very good day for television's American-Canadian dual citizens and green-card holders despite the continuing cross-border tensions. Notably, The Studio, Apple TV+'s satirical series about the declining American motion picture business created by L.A.-based B.C. boys Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, led the way in the comedy categories with 23 nominations. That's a new high bar for nominations for a comedy in its first season, breaking the one set by Ted Lasso (20) back in 2021. Rogen, who stars in The Studio as a hapless studio head named Matt Remick, is himself up for three Emmys altogether: for his acting, his writing and his direction. But he's far from the only Canadian nominated, or the only one with two or more nominations. Catherine O'Hara's been recognized for her performances on both The Studio (of course) and HBO zombie drama The Last of Us (oh!). Jessica Lee Gagné is nominated for both cinematography and directing for her work on Apple TV+'s drama category-leading sci-fi hit, Severance. Indeed, there's are enough Canucks represented in the 2025 nominees that we might as well do a full Emmy Snubs and Surprises … Canadian Edition. While it's far from shocking that Academy of Television Arts & Sciences voters enjoyed a loving satire of Hollywood, one that shot in Los Angeles and premiered in the wake of the wildfires, the overall nomination tally for the Point Grey-produced show was still more than expected. Chalk it up to the well-connected Rogen – who was the subject of a cover feature in Esquire in March headlined 'Seth Rogen is the boss now' – and his ability to land cameos from many of Hollywood's biggest and brightest. Six of The Studio's nominations were for either outstanding guest actor or actress in a comedy series: Bryan Cranston, for his role as studio chief executive officer Griffin Mill; but also Dave Franco, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, Martin Scorsese and Zoë Kravitz, all for playing themselves on screen. Given all that love for The Studio's guest stars, it's hard to understand why Polley didn't get one for her first onscreen role in 15 years in the comedy series. The director played herself in the perhaps the best episode of the first season – directing a long take (the show's signature) that kept being interrupted by Remick's shenanigans. It was at least as good as Howard and Scorsese's cameos. That said, there may simply be more comedic competition in the guest actress performance category. Robby Hoffman, the American-Canadian who's hilarious as a new assistant in Hacks, definitely deserves her slot. In all three of his categories, Rogen is up against other Canadians. He's competing against Martin Short from Netflix's Only Murders in the Building for lead actor in a comedy series. But the big showdown is between him and his creative partner Evan Goldberg and The Rehearsal's Nathan Fielder; they're wrestling it out for awards for both writing and directing of a comedy series. The Rehearsal is simply the most original television show of any genre – so I hardly expect Fielder to triumph on either front. But, at least, he can sleep well at night knowing he did what he could to help prevent future aviation disasters. This hit Nunavut-set comedy starring Anna Lambe that originally debuted on CBC and APTN in January before hitting the Top 10 internationally on Netflix this spring has been warmly received south of the border. Indeed, it's currently nominated for outstanding new program at the Television Critics Association Awards. But North of North's lack of nominations at the Emmy Awards is not a snub – it's a choice made by Netflix. A streamer representative says that the Canadian comedy has been submitted for the International Emmy Awards, and you can only submit to one or the other. The TV Academy clearly didn't mind that Quebec composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer – who's responsible for the offbeat music and weird 'ulululu' sounds that provide running commentary on the characters in HBO's The White Lotus – ran off his mouth about working with series creator Mike White right before the third season aired. Well, the guy is a genius after all. Tapia de Veer is another Canadian double nominee: up for both for outstanding music composition for a series and for best main title theme music, even though some fans complained this season's wasn't as much of a banger as the first two. Season two of AMC's gothic horror series based on Anne Rice's books has a 100-per-cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes – and many thought it would make its Emmy breakthrough this year. It did, but only in makeup and hair. In the writing for a drama category, the show's producers had submitted a single episode – one penned by Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch and Jonathan Ceniceroz. Maybe it'll finally sink its teeth into the Emmys with its third season, which is currently shooting in Toronto, and features Moscovitch alongside fellow Canadian stage scribe Anusree Roy in the writer's room. While HBO's Canadian-shot undead drama didn't land as well with critics and audiences in its second season, it's still up for outstanding drama and has 16 Emmy nominations total. One of those is for outstanding casting for a drama series – and the nominated team includes Corrine Clark and Jennifer Page from Vancouver's Clark & Page Casting Inc. Hey, all those mushroom-zombies don't cast themselves. Critics went wild for this FX comedy about a gay Texas high school teacher when it premiered in the fall in the fall. But an allegation of on-set sexual assault levelled against creator and star Brian Jordan Alvarez, dating back to a 2016 web series he created, seems to have derailed its Emmy chances. This is no surprise, but it's nevertheless an unfortunate twist of fate for the top-notch cast of the show including Colantoni, whose hilarious as a long-suffering principal. Not that you can even feel too bad for Colantoni, who has main roles on three TV series, all renewed, at the moment (Crave's The Trades, CBC's Allegiance and, despite it all, English Teacher).
Fox News
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Fox News Channel outdraws NBC, CBS and ABC during primetime for third consecutive week
Fox News Channel had a larger prime audience than NBC, CBS and ABC from July 7-13, topping broadcast networks for the third consecutive week. Fox News averaged 2.4 million viewers during primetime compared to NBC's 2.2 million and two million apiece for CBS and ABC. Since Memorial Day, Fox News has averaged three million viewers in weekday primetime, which also leads all of television, including ABC, NBC and CBS. Fox News is also topping broadcast competition among weekday primetime viewership since the official start of the summer on June 20. Fox News has now topped all broadcast competition three times in 2025 for Monday-Sunday primetime and seven times with weekday primetime viewership. The last time Fox News accomplished this feat for three straight weeks over the broadcast networks was in 2020. Fox News averaged 1.5 million total day viewers to lead all of cable and aired 97 of the top 100 cable telecasts for the week, despite Wimbledon tennis coverage. "The Five," with Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford, averaged 3.5 million viewers and 376,000 among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54 to lead all of cable in both categories. "Special Report with Bret Baier," "The Ingraham Angle," "Jesse Watters Primetime" and "Gutfeld!" all had strong weeks, while Fox News also saw its daytime programs outpace the broadcast competition. "The Will Cain Show," "Outnumbered," "America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith," Martha MacCallum's "The Story," "The Faulkner Focus" and "America's Newsroom" with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer all topped "CBS Mornings," NBC's "Today Third Hour" and ABC's "GMA3." Fox News recently wrapped up the second quarter of 2025 in dominant fashion, surpassing ABC and NBC among viewers during the quarter and topping CBS among both total viewers and the demo for the month of June. It was the sixth straight quarter that saw Fox News top all of cable among both total day and primetime viewers. Ratings data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.
Washington Post
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The Latest: 'Severance' and 'The Studio' lead Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES — Nominations for the Emmy Awards were revealed Tuesday in Los Angeles. Two categories were announced early on 'CBS Mornings' —the nominees for talk series and reality competition series. Actors Harvey Guillen and Brenda Song later announced other nominees. 'Severance'' leads the nominees with 27, while 'The Studio'' tops the comedy nominations with 23.
Al Arabiya
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Al Arabiya
The Latest: 'Severance' and 'The Studio' Lead Emmy Nominations
Nominations for the Emmy Awards were revealed Tuesday in Los Angeles. Two categories were announced early on CBS Mornings – the nominees for talk series and reality competition series. Actors Harvey Guillen and Brenda Song later announced other nominees. Severance leads the nominees with 27 while The Studio tops the comedy nominations with 23. CBS will air the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 14. Nate Bargatze is slated to host. The Latest: Kendrick Lamar and SNL earn Emmy nominations Both Kendrick Lamars Super Bowl halftime show and the 50th anniversary Saturday Night Live concert earned nominations in the variety special (live) category. They're joined by Netflix's Beyoncé Bowl and rounded out by less musical events: the Oscars and SNL50: The Anniversary Special. Some music documentaries miss Emmy nominations. Questloves Sly Lives! gets nod It could've been a big year for Bruce Springsteen The Beatles and the singular composer John Williams in the documentary or nonfiction categories but they just missed the mark. Though those giants of genre didn't grab nods this year Questloves Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden Of Black Genius) documentary did. Severance leads the field with 27 Emmy nominations. The Studio tops comedy with 23 Severance leads the field with 27 Emmy nominations while The Studio tops comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. Need to catch up? Seasons 1 and 2 of Severance stream on Apple TV+ and would take a total of 15 hours and 29 minutes. The Studio on Apple TV+ has 10 episodes and would take 5 hours and 15 minutes to watch them all. Ashley Walters is a rapper actor and Emmy nominee Supporting actor in a limited series nominee Ashley Walters first made his name in the UK as a rapper in the vast So Solid Crew under the name Asher D – and featured on their iconic hit 21 Seconds in 2001. But the Adolescence star had been acting since way before that and he's had two long-running roles on either side of the law – as drug dealer Dushane in Top Boy and a police officer in British procedural Bulletproof. Where's The White Lotus ensemble? Don't go looking for the ensemble of The White Lotus in the lead acting categories at the Emmys – they're hanging out in the supporting categories. Carrie Coon Parker Posey Natasha Rothwell and Aimee Lou Wood all get a nod as do Walton Goggins Jason Isaacs and Sam monologue Rockwell. Even Scott Glenn is in the running in the guest category for playing Jim Hollinger. But what happened to BLACKPINKs Lisa Tayme Thapthimthong or the Ratliff kids – Patrick Schwarzenegger Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola? No love either for Coons on-screen frenemies Michelle Monaghan and Leslie Bibb Rockwells real-life partner. Bridget Jones is a TV movie? In the US yes. While Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy was distributed theatrically abroad the latest installment of the Renée Zellweger-starring franchise was directly released on Peacock stateside making it eligible for the Emmys. How this years nominees stack up against record holders Severance leads all nominees with 27 but Game of Thrones still holds the record for most nominations for one show in a season – 32 in 2019. The show did break a record for Apple TV+ – previously Ted Lasso was the streamers most nominated show for one season with 21 nominations in 2023. The Studio though has tied The Bears 2024 record for comedy series with 23. Noah Wyle and Adam Scott compete for Emmy No. 1 Noah Wyle and Adam Scott are TV veterans who've never won an Emmy. They're now considered close co-favorites for best actor in a drama after getting nominations – Wyle for The Pitt and Scott for Severance. It's Wyles sixth nomination. He was up for Emmys five times for playing Dr. John Carter in ER but never won. Now he can get one for playing a very similar character later in life. Scott spent five seasons as a regular on Parks and Recreation but didn't get his first nomination until his starring role on Severance. Does Kathy Bates have a lock on best drama actress? Kathy Bates is considered the runaway front-runner for best actress in a drama. It would be a weird one if she goes on to win for CBS Matlock. She's the first to be nominated in the category from a network show since 2019 when Viola Davis was nominated for ABCs How To Get Away With Murder. She would be the first woman from a network show to win best actress in a drama since 2015 when Davis won and the first actor in any drama category to win since 2017 when Sterling K. Brown won for NBCs This Is Us. It's the 15th time Bates has been nominated. She's won twice before. Nominees for talk and reality competition series are released early Two categories were announced early on CBS Mornings. The nominees for talk series are The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The nominees for reality competition series are: The Amazing Race RuPauls Drag Race Survivor Top Chef and The Traitors.
The Independent
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
The Latest: 'Severance' and 'The Studio' lead Emmy nominations
Nominations for the Emmy Awards were revealed Tuesday in Los Angeles. Two categories were announced early on 'CBS Mornings' —the nominees for talk series and reality competition series. Actors Harvey Guillen and Brenda Song later announced other nominees. ' Severance '' leads the nominees with 27, while 'The Studio'' tops the comedy nominations with 23. CBS will air the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 14. Nate Bargatze is slated to host. The Latest: Kendrick Lamar and 'SNL' earn Emmy nominations Both Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show and the 50th anniversary 'Saturday Night Live' concert earned nominations in the variety special (live) category. They're joined by Netflix's Beyoncé Bowl and rounded out by less musical events: the Oscars and 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special.' Some music documentaries miss Emmy nominations. Questlove's 'Sly Lives!' gets nod It could've been a big year for Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles and the singular composer John Williams in the documentary or nonfiction categories, but they just missed the mark. Though those giants of genre didn't grab nods this year, Questlove's 'Sly Lives! (Aka The Burden Of Black Genius)' documentary did. 'Severance' leads the field with 27 Emmy nominations. 'The Studio' tops comedy with 23 'Severance' leads the field with 27 Emmy nominations, while 'The Studio' tops comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. Need to catch up? Seasons 1 and 2 of 'Severance'' stream on Apple TV+ and would take a total of 15 hours and 29 minutes. 'The Studio' on Apple TV+ has 10 episodes and would take 5 hours and 15 minutes to watch them all. Ashley Walters is a rapper, actor and Emmy nominee Supporting actor in a limited series nominee Ashley Walters first made his name in the U.K. as a rapper in the vast So Solid Crew under the name Asher D — and featured on their iconic hit '21 Seconds' in 2001. But the 'Adolescence' star had been acting since way before that and he's had two long-running roles on either side of the law — as drug dealer Dushane in 'Top Boy' and a police officer in British procedural 'Bulletproof.' Where's 'The White Lotus' ensemble? Don't go looking for the ensemble of 'The White Lotus' in the lead acting categories at the Emmys — they're hanging out in the supporting categories. Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell and Aimee Lou Wood all get a nod as do Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs and Sam 'monologue' Rockwell. Even Scott Glenn is in the running in the guest category for playing Jim Hollinger. But what happened to BLACKPINK's Lisa, Tayme Thapthimthong or the Ratliff kids — Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola? No love either for Coon's on-screen frenemies, Michelle Monaghan and Leslie Bibb, Rockwell's real-life partner. 'Bridget Jones' is a TV movie? In the U.S., yes. While 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' was distributed theatrically abroad, the latest installment of the Renée Zellweger-starring franchise was directly released on Peacock stateside, making it eligible for the Emmys. How this year's nominees stack up against record holders 'Severance' leads all nominees with 27, but 'Game of Thrones' still holds the record for most nominations for one show in a season — 32, in 2019. The show did break a record for Apple TV+ — previously, 'Ted Lasso' was the streamer's most nominated show for one season, with 21 nominations in 2023. 'The Studio,' though has tied 'The Bear's' 2024 record for comedy series, with 23. Noah Wyle and Adam Scott compete for Emmy No. 1 Noah Wyle and Adam Scott are TV veterans who've never won an Emmy. They're now considered close co-favorites for best actor in a drama after getting nominations — Wyle for 'The Pitt' and Scott for 'Severance.' It's Wyle's sixth nomination. He was up for Emmys five times for playing Dr. John Carter in 'ER' but never won. Now he can get one for playing a very similar character later in life. Scott spent five seasons as a regular on 'Parks and Recreation' but didn't get his first nomination until his starring role on 'Severance.' Does Kathy Bates have a lock on best drama actress? Kathy Bates is considered the runaway front-runner for best actress in a drama. It would be a weird one if she goes on to win for CBS' 'Matlock.' She's the first to be nominated in the category from a network show since 2019, when Viola Davis was nominated for ABC's 'How To Get Away With Murder.' She would be the first woman from a network show to win best actress in a drama since 2015, when Davis won, and the first actor in any drama category to win since 2017, when Sterling K. Brown won for NBC's 'This Is Us.' It's the 15th time Bates has been nominated. She's won twice before. Nominees for talk and reality competition series are released early Two categories were announced early on 'CBS Mornings.' The nominees for talk series are 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.' The nominees for reality competition series are: 'The Amazing Race'; RuPaul's Drag Race'; 'Survivor'; 'Top Chef' and 'The Traitors.'
