Awards 2016

  • NewsYahoo TV

    What the Golden Globes Tell Us About the State of TV

    There were a few eyebrow-raisers. Nick Nolte nominated for Graves? Raise your hand if you’ve watched this Epix show. Raise your hand higher if you’ve heard of Graves. And Billy Bob Thornton for Goliath? Quick: Tell me where that airs, and what it’s about. (Answers: Amazon Prime, and he’s a lawyer.)

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    The Worst TV Shows of 2016

    Having chosen the best in drama and comedy, I am now required to go negative and pick the worst TV shows of 2016. Third, no reality TV, because I watch so little of that junk, how could I fairly measure which was more awful — Rob & Chyna, for example, or Wahlburgers? Chelsea (Netflix) Amid all the complaints that too few women are hosting talk shows, Chelsea Handler was handed one by Netflix.

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    The Best TV Comedies of 2016

    As was true of my Best Dramas list, there’s only one show here from network television, and it’s not because I think sitcoms need premium-cable freedom to use naughty words to get laughs. The list is alphabetical, because I really couldn’t say that the kind of laughs you get from John Oliver are “better” than those of, say, Broad City. Better Things (FX): Pamela Adlon, working with Louis C.K., has created a new kind of single-mom-with-kids sitcom — moodier and more fraught, but never losing si

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    'Fences' Star Viola Davis Will Submit for Best Supporting Actress, Not Best Actress, at the Oscars

    Viola Davis has twice been nominated for an Academy Award — for supporting actress for 2009’s Doubt and for lead actress for 2012’s The Help. While she’s yet to bring home a gold statuette, she’ll likely again vie for Oscar glory early next year, courtesy of her upcoming December drama Fences, in which she stars opposite Denzel Washington in an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 play. ...

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    Best of the VMAs: Beyonce´Lemonade, Kanye's Cat Lady, and Drake Loves Rihanna

    Beyonce´ slayed even more than usual when she put on a live performance of “Lemonade.” The Queen Bee marched all over Madison Square Garden.

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    Emmy Talk: Hank Azaria on the Fun of Playing His Disgraced 'Ray Donovan' FBI Agent, Ed Cochran

    Season 4 has found enemies Cochran and Ray (Liev Schreiber) working together on a very important project, and it’s led to some surprising, but truly delightful moments between the actors and the characters.

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    Movie Stars Who Just Earned Tony Nominations

    It’s quite common for movie stars to appear in Broadway shows. Which is why, when the Tony Award nominations are announced each year, it’s also quite common to see a number of high-profile screen actors on the list of nominees. Here’s a look at some of the major movie stars who made it into the 2016 Tony Award nominees’ circle.