Showing 61 - 69 of 69 articles tagged "Television Academy"

• Posted Wednesday 6/06/18 at 6:44PM EDT

  Black-ish creator Kenya Barris was ready to go "crazy" in protest after Roseanne Barr's racist tweet

  Barris, who in recent months has reportedly expressed frustration with ABC in wake of the pulling of a February Black-ish...

• Posted Friday 6/01/18 at 9:43AM EDT

  Samantha Bee said last night while being honored by the Television Academy: "Our piece attracted controversy of the worst kind"

  The Full Frontal host skipped the red carpet last night in Hollywood as her show was one of several  being...

• Posted Thursday 5/31/18 at 9:13PM EDT

  Samantha Bee's "C-bomb" was self-defeating: She ended up drowning the point she was trying to make

  Bee's Full Frontal segment on immigration in which she called Ivanka Trump a "feckless c*nt" "ended up drawing attention away...

• Posted Wednesday 5/02/18 at 10:57PM EDT

  Bill Cosby's name and his bust removed from the Television Academy's Hall of Fame

  “All references to Mr.

• Posted Tuesday 12/12/17 at 5:50PM EST

  TV Academy announces new Emmy rule changes: Variety specials will be separated into live and pre-recorded categories

  The restructuring of the “Outstanding Variety Special and Special Class categories” is due to the confusion around the term “special...

• Posted Wednesday 11/22/17 at 10:51PM EST

  An HBO executive is suing the TV Academy after she slipped and fell on the Emmy red carpet

  Nancy Lesser is seeking $1 million from the TV Academy, the City of Los Angeles and the Anshultz Entertainment Group...

• Posted Thursday 11/16/17 at 3:42PM EST

  Oprah honors Shonda Rhimes at TV Hall of Fame induction ceremony

  Oprah Winfrey helped induct Rhimes last night into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, writing later on Instagram: “My great...

• Posted Monday 11/06/17 at 10:48PM EST

  TV Academy votes to ban Harvey Weinstein for life

  “After a hearing today, the Television Academy’s governance has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein from the Academy for life,” the...

• Posted Friday 10/20/17 at 4:11AM EDT

  TV Academy votes to begin disciplinary proceedings on Harvey Weinstein

  The television academy set a hearing for early November, in accordance with its “established procedures” for kicking out one of its members.