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I’m Rob - and this is Awards Heaven.
It’s not about the trophies. It’s about the art, the obsession, and the people behind it all.
Each week, we’ll talk about what we’re watching, what we love, and why it matters.
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Tori Letzler and Steven Richard Davis on finding the human heart of ‘The Man Will Burn’
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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‘Heartstopper Forever’ editor Todd Downing on shaping a goodbye & finding emotion between the lines
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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LIVE - 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards - Reactions Show
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Award-winning composer Steven Price finds the bruised heart beating beneath ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Michael Abels on composing the gathering storm at the heart of Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Emmy 2026 final predictions: The last word before television’s biggest night
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Rodrigo Santoro and Scott Waugh on the heart-pounding action behind ‘Runner’
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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The Emmy races are heating up. Then we ranked the TV scenes that absolutely wrecked us.
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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How production designer Nick Bassett built fear into the walls of ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Emmy writing and directing, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and the strangest Top 5 we've ever attempted
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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Atli Örvarsson’s evolving vision for ‘Silo’: bridging timelines through memory and music
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Who is winning Limited Series Actor and Actress? Plus our Top 5 Emmy moments of all time
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Red states, blue states and two awards nerds: Mapping the 2026 midterms
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Sarah Pidgeon’s career-defining turn in ‘Love Story’ reveals the woman behind the myth
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The stories we tell ourselves: Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle on grief and obsession in 'The Beast in Me'
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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In 'Abbott Elementary', Randall Einhorn turns a Phillies game into television magic
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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A performance to remember: Constance Zimmer gives 'Love Story' its deepest heartbreak
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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The Art of 'Welcome to Wrexham': DP Leighton Cox & editor Michael Oliver find the heartbeat behind football’s most remarkable story
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Beneath the silk and spectacle: John Glaser on dressing the world of 'Bridgerton'
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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A battle felt from the inside: DP Gustav Danielsson's immersive vision of 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Listening to the darkness: Niv Adiri and the sonic descent of 'Lord of the Flies'
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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The Emmy guest races are endlessly fascinating. That's why we love them.
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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The art of unease: Ruy Garcia & Antonio Campos on the hidden dread of 'The Beast in Me'
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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The weight of winning: John Battsek and Joe Pearlman on the restless soul of 'Mourinho'
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Rudy Mance on stitching memory into ‘Love Story’ and recreating a wedding that became legend
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Australian gothic: Zohie Castellano on weaving desire and fear into horror hit 'Leviticus'
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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David Collins & Michael Williams on ‘Queer Eye,’ stories that changed TV & a legacy built on empathy
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Olivia Newman on finding wonder in grief, connection and 'Remarkably Bright Creatures'
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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The face of a monster: Corey Castellano on transforming Charlie Hunnam in Monster: The Ed Gein Story
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Charles Melton on being 'completely exposed' in one of the year’s finest TV performances in 'Beef'
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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The sound beneath the chaos: Steve 'Major' Giammaria and Scott D. Smith on 'The Bear'
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Rikki Hughes captures the lion’s roar of 'Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...'
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Danny Bensi and Saunder Juriaans find beauty in the wreckage of 'Black Rabbit'
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Dan Romer finds the wounded heartbeat of Westeros in ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Manish Raval on how every great love story starts with the right song in ‘Nobody Wants This’
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Christopher Nolan’s 'The Odyssey' dazzles us. Then we attempt the impossible: ranking his Top 5 films
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Carlos Rafael Rivera and David Stal turn Deborah Vance’s wildest EGOT dream into gold in 'Hacks'
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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An Emmy-nominated debut takes flight: Cameron Moody on the wonder of 'Washington Black'
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Sean Callery and Sara Barone find the sound of 'the beast within' in Netflix's 'The Beast in Me'
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Joanna Naugle, ACE on turning The Bear's most anxious gathering into a cathartic emotional crescendo
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Tari Segal, ASC turns Las Vegas into an emotional playground in 'Margo’s Got Money Troubles'
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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The art of revelation: D.P. Michael Bauman on the Emmy-nominated 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Emmy nominee Jeff Kober on the quiet power of being seen in ‘The Pitt’
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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The Emmys' latest controversy sparks a fiery debate, and our Top 5 snubs get personal
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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How editor Vikash Patel turned ‘Black Rabbit’ into TV’s most nerve-shredding ride
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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David Fleming on 'embracing the edges' of Widow's Bay's beautifully haunted score
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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How prosthetics maestro Barrie Gower turned Stranger Things' Vecna into a television icon
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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The island is listening: How Widow’s Bay's sound team turned Episode 5 into TV's most haunting trip
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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How scoring mixer Phil McGowan sharpened the emotional edge of Black Rabbit's score
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Production designer Rob Tokarz takes us inside Hacks’ most ambitious episode yet
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Julie Schubert on the casting instincts powering The Diplomat’s most inspired choices
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Every glance matters: Emmy-nominated editors Laura Zempel and Lauren Connelly on 'Beef' Season 2
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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The art of embracing the unexpected: DeMane Davis on 'Ride or Die' and 'Brilliant Minds'
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Can 'Widow’s Bay' pull off the upset? Emmy frontrunners, surprises and more
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The art of mystery: Meghan C. Rogers on building the seductive world of 'Sugar' season 2
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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2026 Emmy nominations instant reactions: The surprises, snubs and head-scratchers
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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No instruments. Just Amy Lee's voice: Michael Wandmacher's audacious score for 'The Seventh Turn'
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Emmy writing and directing races under the microscope, then our most hated songs ever
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Inside the Battle of the Gullet: P.J. Dillon on crafting House of the Dragon's most devastating hour
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Tribute to James Burrows, the Emmy limited series lead actors, and top 5 all-time favorite songs
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Inside the Emmy ballots, a crowded limited series race, and our favorite TV finales
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Thom Khoury Williams & Chris Romrell on visceral, story-driven stunts of ‘Terminal List: Dark Wolf’
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Ryan Collins and Nick Offord build the sound of 'Spider-Noir' across shadows and scale
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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In ‘The Girlfriend,’ Ruth Barrett’s score blurs the line between seduction and suspicion
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Jacqueline Fowler shapes the wear and tear of the boys' harrowing descent in 'Lord of the Flies'
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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A spider in the shadows: Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons on scoring the soul of 'Spider-Noir'
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Breton Vivian on his luminous 'The Madison' score, where performance inspired every note
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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Bryce Dessner scores the emotional current beneath the Kennedy-Bessette mythology in ‘Love Story’
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Tony reactions, Emmy comedy supporting races heat up and our Top 5 unforgettable screen deaths
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Owen Harris redefines how fantasy combat is experienced in ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams score 'The Gilded Age' as power shifts and fortunes collide
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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‘Death by Lightning’ editor Michael Ruscio on cutting obsession, tension and the collision of Garfield and Guiteau
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Inside the casting of ‘Love Story’: Courtney Bright & Nicole Daniels on the truth behind two icons
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Avery Plewes on reinventing the next generation's silhouette and style in 'Starfleet Academy'
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Jessica Harper commands the room as stoic, elegant matriarch Ethel Kennedy in 'Love Story'
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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In 'Bait,' Riz Ahmed gets personal: 'Life feeling like one big audition'
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Kerry Kenney-Silver finds the heartbeat of The Four Seasons in Anne’s beautiful undoing
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Free solo legend Alex Honnold scales the unimaginable in Netflix’s audacious ‘Skyscraper Live’
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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John Paesano goes big for 'The Boroughs' and finds the show’s emotional core
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Mac Quayle scores a packed season with ‘Monster,’ ‘The Beauty,’ ‘His & Hers’ and ‘9-1-1: Nashville’
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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In ‘IT: Welcome to Derry,’ Esther Sokolow balances terror and empathy on a knife’s edge
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Laura Karpman turns “Down Cemetery Road” into a haunting, maximalist fever dream
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Mary McDonnell unlocks the soul of ‘The Boroughs’ with a character who sees beyond time
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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In ‘Big Mistakes,’ Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum scores the impulse behind every hilariously bad decision
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Mitchell Robertson lays the emotional foundation for Niall’s unraveling in ‘Half Man’
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Yolonda Ross steps behind the camera on 'The Chi' and finds a voice that’s entirely her own
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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In ‘The Boroughs,’ Ruth Ammon builds a community you want to live in… until you don’t
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Beef creator Lee Sung Jin shifts the beef from a detonating public clash to a corrosive private war
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Designing ‘Wednesday’: Mark Scruton expands a gothic world that elevates Season 2
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Dressing Cold War with intent: Anastasia Magoutas turns ‘Ponies’ into coded character storytelling
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Aleshea Harris steps behind the camera with a fearless feature debut in 'Is God Is'
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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'Half Man' reactions, unpacking the Emmy comedy lead acting races, and the TV themes we never skip
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Camila Morrone finds the fault lines of love & commitment in 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen'
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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In 'Propeller One-Way Night Coach,' DP Paul de Lumen shoots flight through the eyes of a child
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Chris Ritvo on the VFX alchemy of an octopus we care about in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Jake Schreier on turning 'Beef' s2 into a slow-burn spiral of status, shame and emotional wreckage
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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In ‘Selena y Los Dinos,’ Isabel Castro finds the woman behind the legend
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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In ‘DTF St. Louis,’ DP James Whitaker finds the unease hiding in plain sight
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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In ‘Love Story,’ editor Franzis Müller reveals the fracture inside a public fairy tale
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Amanda Jones finds the pulse inside the endearingly self-aware 'Murderbot'
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May 30, 2026 |