Happy Earth Day! Following Secrets of the Whales and Secrets of the Elephants, James Cameron’s latest natural history series, Secrets of the Octopus uncovers the lives of one of the most alienlike animals on the planet: the octopus. The three-parter, narrated by Paul Rudd, shows how these eight-armed creatures can shape-shift and reveals how intelligent and social they are through incredible footage, some showing behavior never before captured on film. National Geographic for Disney/Craig Parry One such behavior is a mating ritual, seen between “Scarlett,” a small day octopus at the Great Barrier Reef that’s featured across the episodes, and a male suitor. Dr. Schnell and other experts meet several amazing octopuses in places such as Canada’s Vancouver Island and Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait. But there’s a particularly touching relationship between Schnell and Scarlett — who seems to remember the ...
- 4/20/2024
- TV Insider
As part of The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic’s ourHOME campaign, Earth Day 2024 will be commemorated with an unprecedented rollout of content celebrating ourHOME’s beauty and awe. The ourHOME campaign spotlights internal and external efforts that help protect, restore, and celebrate ourHOME by highlighting creators, storytellers, and cast members for their contributions.
Beginning April 19 through April 22, Earth Day-themed content will be spotlighted across ABC News, Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Freeform, FX, Fxx, Hulu, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo Mundo, with ourHOME collections on Disney+ and Hulu.
Branded ourHOME, the Earth Day lineup will include programming from some of our very best storytellers and content creators, inspiring viewers to fall in love with the planet with the best Disney content.
In addition, the ourHOME brand anthem, featuring Morgan Freeman‘s voice, will air throughout the Earth Day content rollout across the Disney networks, Disney-owned Television Stations,...
Beginning April 19 through April 22, Earth Day-themed content will be spotlighted across ABC News, Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Freeform, FX, Fxx, Hulu, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo Mundo, with ourHOME collections on Disney+ and Hulu.
Branded ourHOME, the Earth Day lineup will include programming from some of our very best storytellers and content creators, inspiring viewers to fall in love with the planet with the best Disney content.
In addition, the ourHOME brand anthem, featuring Morgan Freeman‘s voice, will air throughout the Earth Day content rollout across the Disney networks, Disney-owned Television Stations,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Exclusive: The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic have unveiled a slate of Earth Day-themed programming as part of their global cross-platform ourHome campaign. Beginning April 19 through April 22, Earth Day-themed content will be featured across ABC News, Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Freeform, FX, Fxx, Hulu, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo Mundo, with ourHome collections on Disney+ and Hulu.
Morgan Freeman will be the voice of the ourHome brand anthem, which will air throughout the Earth Day content rollout across the Disney networks, Disney Owned Television Stations and select digital platforms.
Beginning on Sunday, April 21, ABC News will launch a special week-long series for ourHome, Power of Us: People, The Climate, and Our Future, featuring innovative solutions for climate change. The series will be led by ABC News’ chief meteorologist and climate correspondent, Ginger Zee, along with the ABC News weather and climate unit. Power of Us...
Morgan Freeman will be the voice of the ourHome brand anthem, which will air throughout the Earth Day content rollout across the Disney networks, Disney Owned Television Stations and select digital platforms.
Beginning on Sunday, April 21, ABC News will launch a special week-long series for ourHome, Power of Us: People, The Climate, and Our Future, featuring innovative solutions for climate change. The series will be led by ABC News’ chief meteorologist and climate correspondent, Ginger Zee, along with the ABC News weather and climate unit. Power of Us...
- 4/19/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Rudd has been tapped to narrate “Secrets of the Octopus,” the third installment of National Geographic’s “Secrets Of…” franchise. “Secrets of the Octopus” premieres on Earth Day, April 21, on Nat Geo, and then stream the next day on Hulu and Disney+. National Geographic explorer-at-large James Cameron is behind the three-part docu-series.
“It’s been an incredible journey learning about these mysterious creatures and their interconnected lives. I can’t imagine audiences won’t be as blown away with the secret lives of octopuses as I was working on this series,” Rudd said in a statement. “If you’re going to dive deep into natural history, you have to do it with National Geographic. I’m thrilled to be working with James Cameron and the Nat Geo team to deepen our connection with the ocean and all of its creatures and curiosities.”
Rudd reps the latest star to narrate...
“It’s been an incredible journey learning about these mysterious creatures and their interconnected lives. I can’t imagine audiences won’t be as blown away with the secret lives of octopuses as I was working on this series,” Rudd said in a statement. “If you’re going to dive deep into natural history, you have to do it with National Geographic. I’m thrilled to be working with James Cameron and the Nat Geo team to deepen our connection with the ocean and all of its creatures and curiosities.”
Rudd reps the latest star to narrate...
- 2/7/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Former National Geographic executive Geoff Daniels is set to join the natural history and conservation media organization Jackson Wild. Daniels will serve as its new executive director.
Daniels’ 20-year-long stint in the film and TV industry will continue on with Jackson Wild, which was formerly known as the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The company creates and elevates storytelling centered on nature, science and climate through partnerships and initiatives.
In his role, Daniel will be responsible for leading Jackson Wild’s yearly programming and will help facilitate the organization’s vision and overall strategy. He’s also set to take charge of the planning process and execution of its annual Jackson Wild Summit.
“It’s such an incredible honor to have this opportunity to build on the inspiration that Lisa’s vision and Jackson Wild have provided to our filmmakers and wider conservation community,” Daniels said in a statement shared with TheWrap.
Daniels’ 20-year-long stint in the film and TV industry will continue on with Jackson Wild, which was formerly known as the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The company creates and elevates storytelling centered on nature, science and climate through partnerships and initiatives.
In his role, Daniel will be responsible for leading Jackson Wild’s yearly programming and will help facilitate the organization’s vision and overall strategy. He’s also set to take charge of the planning process and execution of its annual Jackson Wild Summit.
“It’s such an incredible honor to have this opportunity to build on the inspiration that Lisa’s vision and Jackson Wild have provided to our filmmakers and wider conservation community,” Daniels said in a statement shared with TheWrap.
- 9/22/2023
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 15 to June 26, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 12. Afterward, final voting commences August 17 and ends the night of August 28. The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will now take place Monday, January 15, live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
See our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Months of predictions often lead to plenty of last minute second guessing, but it does seem like HBO has given enough of a last minute boost to “100 Foot Wave” Season 2 for it to go all the way. Again, it really said something last year that the exhilarating...
See our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Months of predictions often lead to plenty of last minute second guessing, but it does seem like HBO has given enough of a last minute boost to “100 Foot Wave” Season 2 for it to go all the way. Again, it really said something last year that the exhilarating...
- 8/25/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Updated with full schedule: Disney has revealed the full schedule for what it terms “the Biggest Disney Fan Event of the year,” Destination D23, which will take place from Friday, September 8 through Sunday, September 10, at Disney’s Contemporary Resort at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
The event, tied to the company’s 100th anniversary this year and put on for members of its D23 fan club, promises a “journey through every era of Disney, as we venture back through the last century of storytelling and look forward to a limitless future for the company.”
Below is a simplified graphic followed by the detailed full schedule revealed today:
Friday, September 8
7 a.m. – 8 p.m. :
Guest Services / International Credential Pick-Up Open
East Registration
Shopping Check-In Open
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. :
Gift Pick-Up Open
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 2
Mickey’s of Glendale Shopping Open
Ballroom of the Americas, 2nd Floor...
The event, tied to the company’s 100th anniversary this year and put on for members of its D23 fan club, promises a “journey through every era of Disney, as we venture back through the last century of storytelling and look forward to a limitless future for the company.”
Below is a simplified graphic followed by the detailed full schedule revealed today:
Friday, September 8
7 a.m. – 8 p.m. :
Guest Services / International Credential Pick-Up Open
East Registration
Shopping Check-In Open
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. :
Gift Pick-Up Open
Sorcerer’s Apprentice 2
Mickey’s of Glendale Shopping Open
Ballroom of the Americas, 2nd Floor...
- 8/24/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
A version of this story about the Emmy-nominated cinematographers of National Geographic first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Comedy/Variety/Reality/Nonfiction issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The Emmy nominations always have their fair share of eyebrow-raisers, but there’s one company you can always count on for a bevy of nonfiction notices: National Geographic. The nature-forward brand earned eight Primetime Emmy nominations this year. It’s also unstoppable in the cinematography categories, with nine nominations and three wins in the last eight years in Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program and nine straight nominations and five straight wins for “Life Below Zero” in Outstanding Cinematography in a Reality Program.
Nat Geo has three more cinematography nominees this year, so we talked to their directors of photography about their approach to their subjects, whether the shows are set in the desert, the rainforest or the bitter chill of Alaska.
The Emmy nominations always have their fair share of eyebrow-raisers, but there’s one company you can always count on for a bevy of nonfiction notices: National Geographic. The nature-forward brand earned eight Primetime Emmy nominations this year. It’s also unstoppable in the cinematography categories, with nine nominations and three wins in the last eight years in Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program and nine straight nominations and five straight wins for “Life Below Zero” in Outstanding Cinematography in a Reality Program.
Nat Geo has three more cinematography nominees this year, so we talked to their directors of photography about their approach to their subjects, whether the shows are set in the desert, the rainforest or the bitter chill of Alaska.
- 8/16/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Emmy’s Outstanding TV Movie category this year featured one traditional awards film, Barry Levinson’s harrowing WWII tale The Survivor for HBO, joined by four followups to canceled series, Disney+’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Showtime’s Ray Donovan: the Movie, Paramount+’s Reno 911!: the Hunt for QAnon and Roku’ Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas.
In the end, it was the movie sequel to the oldest series in the bunch, the 1989-90 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, that took the trophy. The film, which mixes CGI and classic animation with live-action, became the first animated flick to win the storied TV movie category in its 56-year history. It also handed Disney+ its first Emmy in a top program category. The streamer previously won the Pre-recorded Special Emmy for Hamilton and Documentary or Non-fiction Series for Secrets Of the Whales last year.
Fellow streamer Netflix also first broke into the...
In the end, it was the movie sequel to the oldest series in the bunch, the 1989-90 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, that took the trophy. The film, which mixes CGI and classic animation with live-action, became the first animated flick to win the storied TV movie category in its 56-year history. It also handed Disney+ its first Emmy in a top program category. The streamer previously won the Pre-recorded Special Emmy for Hamilton and Documentary or Non-fiction Series for Secrets Of the Whales last year.
Fellow streamer Netflix also first broke into the...
- 9/5/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
Writer-director Andrew Rossi and exec producer Ryan Murphy draw from the 1989 book of the same name to offer an intimate portrait of the late artist’s public and private lives. It dropped March 9 (more recently than any competitor), is rated 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and landed three other noms, including directing and writing.
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
The Beatles Get Back Documentary
Disney+, the service behind 2021’s winner, Secrets of the Whales, returns to contention with Peter Jackson’s remarkable depiction — drawing from 57 hours of film and 140 hours of audio — of The Beatles’ prep for their final public performance on a London rooftop in 1969. Its five nominations (directing among them) are a category high.
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
Kanye ‘Ye’ West in jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.
Filmed over two decades and...
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
Writer-director Andrew Rossi and exec producer Ryan Murphy draw from the 1989 book of the same name to offer an intimate portrait of the late artist’s public and private lives. It dropped March 9 (more recently than any competitor), is rated 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and landed three other noms, including directing and writing.
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
The Beatles Get Back Documentary
Disney+, the service behind 2021’s winner, Secrets of the Whales, returns to contention with Peter Jackson’s remarkable depiction — drawing from 57 hours of film and 140 hours of audio — of The Beatles’ prep for their final public performance on a London rooftop in 1969. Its five nominations (directing among them) are a category high.
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
Kanye ‘Ye’ West in jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.
Filmed over two decades and...
- 8/12/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last Year’s Winner: “Secrets of the Whales”
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: Disney+ itself is not on a hot streak, having only won last year, and no other year since its existence. Disney as a whole though has won two years running, with ESPN winning in 2020 for the blockbuster docuseries “The Last Dance.”
Notable Ineligible Series: “The New York Times Presents”; “Biography”
This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2022 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting will take place from June 16 to June 27, with the official Emmy nominations to be announced on Tuesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be given out over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, with an edited presentation on the ceremonies to be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 8:00 p.m.
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: Disney+ itself is not on a hot streak, having only won last year, and no other year since its existence. Disney as a whole though has won two years running, with ESPN winning in 2020 for the blockbuster docuseries “The Last Dance.”
Notable Ineligible Series: “The New York Times Presents”; “Biography”
This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2022 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting will take place from June 16 to June 27, with the official Emmy nominations to be announced on Tuesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be given out over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, with an edited presentation on the ceremonies to be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 8:00 p.m.
- 5/23/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
While BBC America sticks with the classics — marathons of 2007’s Planet Earth (6am/5c) and 2018’s Planet Earth: Blue Planet II (5/4c) — National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild celebrate with three premieres. Here’s a primer: Wild Coasts For those who enjoy the hunt: A four-minute sequence of a leopard seal taunting a gentoo penguin in Antarctica (it escapes!) is as jaw-dropping as a jaguar ambushing a caiman in Brazil. Wild Coasts Premiere, Friday, April 22, 6/5c, Nat Geo Wild Secrets of the Whales This four-part stunner from James Cameron, which debuted on Disney+ last year, airs now as a marathon. Learn how different pods of orcas hunt and some male humpbacks create a new song each year and spread it around the globe. Plus, why families of chatty belugas stage an annual reunion and how clans of sperm whales (right) bicker in their own unique language! Secrets of the Whales Premiere,...
- 4/21/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Ashley Hoppin, who oversaw animal-based programming across Nat Geo and Disney+, has joined Red Rock Films, the company behind Sigourney Weaver-narrated Secrets of the Whales.
Hoppin, who spent close to 20 years at the factual giant, will steer content creation for the production company as it looks to expand future capabilities.
It comes after the company won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Emmy for Secrets of the Whales.
Hoppin was previously VP, Production at Nat Geo, where she oversaw over 1,000 hours of content including Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Savage Kingdom, Hidden Kingdoms of China and Wild Yellowstone.
Red Rock Films is also behind Netflix’s Penguin Town, Nat Geo’s Shark Attack Files and World’s Biggest Bull Shark and Discovery’s MotherSharker.
Her appointment follows several recent hires and promotions including Sari Wiener as Senior Vice President of Production Management and Kevin Krug to Director of Operations.
Hoppin, who spent close to 20 years at the factual giant, will steer content creation for the production company as it looks to expand future capabilities.
It comes after the company won the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Emmy for Secrets of the Whales.
Hoppin was previously VP, Production at Nat Geo, where she oversaw over 1,000 hours of content including Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Savage Kingdom, Hidden Kingdoms of China and Wild Yellowstone.
Red Rock Films is also behind Netflix’s Penguin Town, Nat Geo’s Shark Attack Files and World’s Biggest Bull Shark and Discovery’s MotherSharker.
Her appointment follows several recent hires and promotions including Sari Wiener as Senior Vice President of Production Management and Kevin Krug to Director of Operations.
- 2/17/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Big-budget non-fiction series from Will Smith, Darren Aronofsky, Jon Favreau, James Cameron and David Blaine make up Nat Geo’s latest slate for Disney+.
The factual giant has ordered 12 new series as part of its latest streaming lineup.
Following Welcome To Earth and One Strange Rock, Smith is returning to Nat Geo with Pole to Pole, a series that will see the King Richard star cover 26,000 miles from the South Pole to the North Pole. It comes from Smith’s Westbrook Studios, Jane Root’s Nutopia and Aronofsky’s Protoza.
The company has set eight new natural history series: Great Migrations, Home, Lion, Secrets Of The Elephants, Secrets Of The Octopus, Sentient, Super/Natural and The Biggest Little Farm Series.
Jon Favreau-created Lion follows a a single pride for four years and will use cutting-edge technology to explore the challenges facing an entire species. The Iron Man director exec produces the series,...
The factual giant has ordered 12 new series as part of its latest streaming lineup.
Following Welcome To Earth and One Strange Rock, Smith is returning to Nat Geo with Pole to Pole, a series that will see the King Richard star cover 26,000 miles from the South Pole to the North Pole. It comes from Smith’s Westbrook Studios, Jane Root’s Nutopia and Aronofsky’s Protoza.
The company has set eight new natural history series: Great Migrations, Home, Lion, Secrets Of The Elephants, Secrets Of The Octopus, Sentient, Super/Natural and The Biggest Little Farm Series.
Jon Favreau-created Lion follows a a single pride for four years and will use cutting-edge technology to explore the challenges facing an entire species. The Iron Man director exec produces the series,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
“Secrets of the Whales,” the Disney+ docuseries that offers a deep dive on whale cultures, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series on Sunday afternoon.
The documentary series, which was filmed in two dozen locations over three years, premiered on Disney+ in April 2021. Disney’s description for the show reads:
“‘Secrets of the Whales’ plunges viewers deep within the epicenter of whale culture to experience the extraordinary communication skills and intricate social structures of five different whale species: Orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals, and sperm whales. Throughout this epic journey, we learn that whales are far more complex and more like us than ever imagined.
The project beat out PBS’ “American Masters,” National Geographic’s “City So Real,” Netflix’s “Pretend It’s a City,” and HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” for the Emmy — the latter of which was heavily favored to win.
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry,...
The documentary series, which was filmed in two dozen locations over three years, premiered on Disney+ in April 2021. Disney’s description for the show reads:
“‘Secrets of the Whales’ plunges viewers deep within the epicenter of whale culture to experience the extraordinary communication skills and intricate social structures of five different whale species: Orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals, and sperm whales. Throughout this epic journey, we learn that whales are far more complex and more like us than ever imagined.
The project beat out PBS’ “American Masters,” National Geographic’s “City So Real,” Netflix’s “Pretend It’s a City,” and HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” for the Emmy — the latter of which was heavily favored to win.
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
That’s a wrap on all three of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards shows, so let the music play!
“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the reality competition series which is hosted by drag queen RuPaul Charles, won big with five Emmys in several categories, including Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program (which is RuPaul’s sixth straight Emmy win for the category).
Also, to further the franchise’s stardom, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked,” a behind-the-scenes spinoff of the reality series, won the unstructured reality category for the first time.
None of this weekend’s three Creative Arts shows were televised. Next Saturday, a highlights show of sorts will air on Fxx starting at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.
The *real* Emmys, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, air live next Sunday, Sept. 19, starting at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the reality competition series which is hosted by drag queen RuPaul Charles, won big with five Emmys in several categories, including Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program (which is RuPaul’s sixth straight Emmy win for the category).
Also, to further the franchise’s stardom, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked,” a behind-the-scenes spinoff of the reality series, won the unstructured reality category for the first time.
None of this weekend’s three Creative Arts shows were televised. Next Saturday, a highlights show of sorts will air on Fxx starting at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.
The *real* Emmys, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, air live next Sunday, Sept. 19, starting at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.
- 9/12/2021
- by Tony Maglio and Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
The 73rd Primetime Emmys take place on September 19 and air live coast-to-coast on CBS. But the majority of trophies for TV’s highest honor will be handed out at the three Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies that take place in the weekend prior. On Saturday, September 11, and Sunday, September 12, the television academy handed out its Creative Arts Emmy Awards, honoring the best behind-the-scenes artists as well as achievements in animation, documentaries, reality TV, variety, and short form programming.
Saturday’s single ceremony is devoted to crafts while Sunday has back-to-back events with the afternoon focused on reality and documentaries and the evening on acting, music and variety.
Scroll down for the complete 2021 Creative Arts Emmy winners list. Winners are noted with an X and in gold.
Guest Acting
Best Comedy Guest Actress
Yvette Nicole Brown, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Issa Rae, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Jane Adams, “Hacks”
Maya Rudolph,...
Saturday’s single ceremony is devoted to crafts while Sunday has back-to-back events with the afternoon focused on reality and documentaries and the evening on acting, music and variety.
Scroll down for the complete 2021 Creative Arts Emmy winners list. Winners are noted with an X and in gold.
Guest Acting
Best Comedy Guest Actress
Yvette Nicole Brown, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Issa Rae, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
Jane Adams, “Hacks”
Maya Rudolph,...
- 9/11/2021
- by Paul Sheehan and Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Anthony Hopkins surprised many people earlier this year when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in “The Father” (2020) over the late Chadwick Boseman, whom many thought would win a posthumous Oscar for his turn in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Now the 83-year-old Welshman is potentially in line to pull off another upset at the Emmy Awards.
Hopkins is nominated for Best Narrator after lending his talents to Apple TV+’s comedy “Mythic Quest,” which follows the employees of a video game studio. He’s nominated opposite David Attenborough, who has won three straight Emmys in the category (2018-20) since Best Narrator and Best Character Voice-Over Performance were standardized and separated into two different categories beginning in 2014. Attenborough is actually nominated twice this year: for narrating the BBC America documentary series “A Perfect Planet” as well as Apple’s documentary film “The Year Earth Changed.” Also...
Hopkins is nominated for Best Narrator after lending his talents to Apple TV+’s comedy “Mythic Quest,” which follows the employees of a video game studio. He’s nominated opposite David Attenborough, who has won three straight Emmys in the category (2018-20) since Best Narrator and Best Character Voice-Over Performance were standardized and separated into two different categories beginning in 2014. Attenborough is actually nominated twice this year: for narrating the BBC America documentary series “A Perfect Planet” as well as Apple’s documentary film “The Year Earth Changed.” Also...
- 8/25/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
National Geographic scored a total of 13 Emmy nominations this year, spread out over six programs: limited series “Genius: Aretha,” documentary series “City So Real,” unstructured reality series “Life Below Zero,” nonfiction series “Rebuilding Paradise,” structured reality series “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” and documentary series “Secrets of the Whales,” which streamed on Disney+. The network knows a thing or two about winning Emmys. Just last year Nat Geo took home a total of five awards, and in 2019 “Free Solo” made headlines by claiming a whopping seven trophies.
SEEDondraico Johnson (‘Genius: Aretha’ choreographer) on Queen of Soul’s voice being ‘the heartbeat of the movement’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
How will Nat Geo fare at the 2021 Emmys? Let’s take a closer look at their baker’s dozen nominations. They are: choreography, lead actress (Cynthia Erivo) and sound mixing for “Genius: Aretha,” cinematography and doc/nonfiction series for “City So Real,” cinematography, picture editing and...
SEEDondraico Johnson (‘Genius: Aretha’ choreographer) on Queen of Soul’s voice being ‘the heartbeat of the movement’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
How will Nat Geo fare at the 2021 Emmys? Let’s take a closer look at their baker’s dozen nominations. They are: choreography, lead actress (Cynthia Erivo) and sound mixing for “Genius: Aretha,” cinematography and doc/nonfiction series for “City So Real,” cinematography, picture editing and...
- 8/19/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Filmmaker James Cameron grew up 500 miles away from the nearest ocean, in the Canadian province of Ontario. But in recent decades he has become part “mer-man,” as his friend Sigourney Weaver describes him, plying ocean waters for a variety of documentary projects and even setting a diving record in a submersible vehicle when he plunged to the depths of the Marianas Trench.
As executive producer of the National Geographic documentary series Secrets of the Whales, Cameron helps expand our understanding of the ocean’s most majestic inhabitants.
“I went into it as a learning opportunity,” Cameron said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees awards-season event. “I think we all, collectively, on the show learned a great deal, not only about how to interact and photograph these amazing creatures but also just about their behavior — things that either weren’t known at all … or things that were...
As executive producer of the National Geographic documentary series Secrets of the Whales, Cameron helps expand our understanding of the ocean’s most majestic inhabitants.
“I went into it as a learning opportunity,” Cameron said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees awards-season event. “I think we all, collectively, on the show learned a great deal, not only about how to interact and photograph these amazing creatures but also just about their behavior — things that either weren’t known at all … or things that were...
- 8/14/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
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2021 Emmys Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
Updated: Aug 12, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The world watched Fran Lebowitz sit down with Oscar and Emmy-winning master filmmaker Martin Scorsese for Netflix,...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Emmys Collective
Visit each individual category, according to the awards show from The Emmys Hub
Link to film awards hub The Oscars Hub
(Draft>>>Pre-season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season)
2021 Emmys Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
Updated: Aug 12, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The world watched Fran Lebowitz sit down with Oscar and Emmy-winning master filmmaker Martin Scorsese for Netflix,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
National Geographic has canceled plans to hold an two-day Emmy showcase this weekend at the Westfield Century City mall, as concern grows over an uptick in Covid-19 infections and a rise in Delta variant cases.
The event included close discussions between nominees (including “Genius: Aretha” star Cynthia Erivo) and voters, which began to feel inappropriate given the fact that the state of Covid-19 seems to be going in the wrong direction. Nat Geo said it will continue with the virtual elements of its Emmy Phase Two FYC campaigns, and is still looking at other alternatives.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling our Nat Geo Emmy Showcase event that was scheduled for this Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15 at Century City Mall,” the network said in a statement. “While we are disappointed to have to cancel for this weekend, we hope to schedule a future event where we can celebrate our Emmy nominees.
The event included close discussions between nominees (including “Genius: Aretha” star Cynthia Erivo) and voters, which began to feel inappropriate given the fact that the state of Covid-19 seems to be going in the wrong direction. Nat Geo said it will continue with the virtual elements of its Emmy Phase Two FYC campaigns, and is still looking at other alternatives.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling our Nat Geo Emmy Showcase event that was scheduled for this Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15 at Century City Mall,” the network said in a statement. “While we are disappointed to have to cancel for this weekend, we hope to schedule a future event where we can celebrate our Emmy nominees.
- 8/12/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The National Geographic/Disney+ series Secrets of the Whales — which features extraordinary cinematography and commentary, including some from executive producer James Cameron — earned Emmy nominations for documentary or nonfiction series, narrator (Sigourney Weaver) and cinematography for an episode that focuses on the sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales, immortalized in Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
In addition to finding suitable filming conditions — including the right amount of sunlight to penetrate the water — capturing the sperm whale on camera involves some unique challenges. “The whales are going down 3,000 feet for 40 minutes ...
In addition to finding suitable filming conditions — including the right amount of sunlight to penetrate the water — capturing the sperm whale on camera involves some unique challenges. “The whales are going down 3,000 feet for 40 minutes ...
The National Geographic/Disney+ series Secrets of the Whales — which features extraordinary cinematography and commentary, including some from executive producer James Cameron — earned Emmy nominations for documentary or nonfiction series, narrator (Sigourney Weaver) and cinematography for an episode that focuses on the sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales, immortalized in Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
In addition to finding suitable filming conditions — including the right amount of sunlight to penetrate the water — capturing the sperm whale on camera involves some unique challenges. “The whales are going down 3,000 feet for 40 minutes ...
In addition to finding suitable filming conditions — including the right amount of sunlight to penetrate the water — capturing the sperm whale on camera involves some unique challenges. “The whales are going down 3,000 feet for 40 minutes ...
“It all had to be based in science,” explains Brian Skerry of the process behind his documentary series “Secrets of the Whales.” In conversations with scientists over the years, the producer “noticed this theme of culture emerging” when discussing whale behavior. The concept of “culture” was the perfect fit for his desire to complete a multi-species project with National Geographic. After much planning and three years of shooting on the ocean, “Secrets of the Whales” debuted on Disney+ and garnered three Emmy nominations, including Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Skerry has been a photographer for NatGeo for over 20 years, specializing in marine wildlife. The opportunity to follow specific whale families “was very special to me,” says Skerry. So the four episodes of the series told a family story, with installments focusing on Orcas, Belugas, Humpbacks, and Sperm Whales. He knew the habitats of these...
Skerry has been a photographer for NatGeo for over 20 years, specializing in marine wildlife. The opportunity to follow specific whale families “was very special to me,” says Skerry. So the four episodes of the series told a family story, with installments focusing on Orcas, Belugas, Humpbacks, and Sperm Whales. He knew the habitats of these...
- 8/4/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“You go out with a shot list in mind and on day one, you rip it up,” explains Brian Armstrong. He and Hayes Baxley are both Emmy nominees for their cinematography on the new NatGeo and Disney+ documentary series “Secrets of the Whales.” As the duo reveals, capturing the majestic giants of the ocean requires an immense amount of planning, but nature often requires the filmmakers to respond instinctively to the whales’ actions. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“At the end of the day, it’s how much are the whales going to let you into their world,” says Armstrong, who also served as showrunner for the four-part series. This was an important concept for the creative team to accept, as the goal of the series was to explore the various community behaviors different whale species exhibit. To that end, the duo believes they were able to respond in...
“At the end of the day, it’s how much are the whales going to let you into their world,” says Armstrong, who also served as showrunner for the four-part series. This was an important concept for the creative team to accept, as the goal of the series was to explore the various community behaviors different whale species exhibit. To that end, the duo believes they were able to respond in...
- 8/2/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Emmy Predictions: Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series — A Wide Array of Docs, but Only One Can Win
Last Year’s Winner: “The Last Dance”
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: Netflix saw its two-year hot streak interrupted when ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries took home the Emmy in 2020 — however, Jason Hehir’s documentary series was released by Netflix internationally, as well as in the U.S. prior to the Emmys, so the streamer can take some credit for its viewership, and thus, its victory. Call it a “two-and-a-half year hot streak.”
Fun Fact: Since receiving its first two nominations in 2016, Netflix has been nominated every year since, including two nominations in every Emmy cycle save for 2020, and winning three of the last five competitions. The streamer’s heavy investment in docuseries, as well as the service’s general ubiquity, has certainly helped it make an immediate impact on the documentary world at large.
Notable Ineligible Series: “The Crime of the Century” (HBO’s two-part documentary is eligible...
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: Netflix saw its two-year hot streak interrupted when ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries took home the Emmy in 2020 — however, Jason Hehir’s documentary series was released by Netflix internationally, as well as in the U.S. prior to the Emmys, so the streamer can take some credit for its viewership, and thus, its victory. Call it a “two-and-a-half year hot streak.”
Fun Fact: Since receiving its first two nominations in 2016, Netflix has been nominated every year since, including two nominations in every Emmy cycle save for 2020, and winning three of the last five competitions. The streamer’s heavy investment in docuseries, as well as the service’s general ubiquity, has certainly helped it make an immediate impact on the documentary world at large.
Notable Ineligible Series: “The Crime of the Century” (HBO’s two-part documentary is eligible...
- 8/2/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
The Emmy Awards will not lack star power in 2021. This year’s nominees included a lengthy list of top Hollywood talent, including Kate Winslet, Jason Sudeikis, Sterling K. Brown, Anya Taylor-Joy, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Elisabeth Moss, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ewan McGregor, Don Cheadle, Claire Foy, and Dave Chappelle, among many others. But the Emmy Award nominations go far beyond the main acting categories and guest acting class. The 2021 roster features not just those aforementioned stars, but acting legends who span generations and even one of the best basketball players ever. Here are some stars you didn’t know were nominated in 2021.
Kevin Hart, Die Hart
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
As happened last year, Quibi produced a surprising amount of acting nominations for its short-form programming, including Hart for his show “Die Hart.” This is Hart’s second Emmy nomination, but first as a performer...
Kevin Hart, Die Hart
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
As happened last year, Quibi produced a surprising amount of acting nominations for its short-form programming, including Hart for his show “Die Hart.” This is Hart’s second Emmy nomination, but first as a performer...
- 7/14/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Emmy nominations in the doc categories are giving films passed over by the Oscars a shot at some trophies of their own.
Dick Johnson Is Dead, directed by Kirsten Johnson, 76 Days, from director Hao Wu, and Welcome to Chechnya, directed by David France, earned nominations in the juried category of Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Each of those films had made the Oscar Documentary Feature shortlist earlier in the year, but didn’t earn Oscar nominations.
The nod to 76 Days, a film set in hospitals in Wuhan, China during the city’s initial lockdown after the outbreak of Covid-19, marks the first Emmy nomination for MTV Documentary Films, the division headed by Sheila Nevins.
“It’s a great honor to be nominated for an Emmy,” Wu said in a statement to Deadline. “As we’re still reeling from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, we sincerely hope that...
Dick Johnson Is Dead, directed by Kirsten Johnson, 76 Days, from director Hao Wu, and Welcome to Chechnya, directed by David France, earned nominations in the juried category of Outstanding Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Each of those films had made the Oscar Documentary Feature shortlist earlier in the year, but didn’t earn Oscar nominations.
The nod to 76 Days, a film set in hospitals in Wuhan, China during the city’s initial lockdown after the outbreak of Covid-19, marks the first Emmy nomination for MTV Documentary Films, the division headed by Sheila Nevins.
“It’s a great honor to be nominated for an Emmy,” Wu said in a statement to Deadline. “As we’re still reeling from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, we sincerely hope that...
- 7/13/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A top contender for the Primetime Emmy for Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series this year is “City So Real,” “Hoop Dreams” and “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” filmmaker Steve James’ exploration of the 2019 mayoral race in Chicago. Below and exclusive to IndieWire, check out a conversation with Steve James as moderated by filmmaker Judd Apatow, who’s currently putting the finishing touches on his upcoming Netflix comedy film “The Bubble.”
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Steve James delivers a complex portrait of Chicago, America’s third-largest metropolis and his longtime hometown. The series begins in the middle of summer 2018, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, caught up in accusations of a cover-up related to the police shooting of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, stuns the city by announcing he won’t be seeking reelection.
Following the announcement, an unprecedented 21 candidates crowd the field, engaging in a...
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Steve James delivers a complex portrait of Chicago, America’s third-largest metropolis and his longtime hometown. The series begins in the middle of summer 2018, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, caught up in accusations of a cover-up related to the police shooting of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, stuns the city by announcing he won’t be seeking reelection.
Following the announcement, an unprecedented 21 candidates crowd the field, engaging in a...
- 6/27/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
James Cameron is the latest filmmaker to join MasterClass, and his online course has been broken down into a great highlights package courtesy of /Film. One of the biggest revelations to come out of the MasterClass is the “Titanic” and “Avatar” director calling himself a “tinpot dictator” on set and admitting that he wishes he was a nicer director in the mode of Ron Howard. Cameron has built up a reputation over the years for being a domineering force on set, but he says he thinks of himself more as demanding and never cruel.
In reporting on the Cameron MasterClass, /Film writes: “[The director] does say that if he could go back and do one thing differently in his career, it would be to improve the nature of the working relationships he had with his cast and crew members. ‘I could’ve listened more,’ he says. ‘I could’ve been less autocratic.
In reporting on the Cameron MasterClass, /Film writes: “[The director] does say that if he could go back and do one thing differently in his career, it would be to improve the nature of the working relationships he had with his cast and crew members. ‘I could’ve listened more,’ he says. ‘I could’ve been less autocratic.
- 6/25/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
RuPaul's Drag Race remains a force to be reckoned with on the awards front.
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards unveiled winners for its third annual editions.
There were three ties among this year’s winner’s pool – RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) and The Great British Baking Sho” (Netflix) tied for Best Competition Series, The Masked Singer (Fox) and The Voice (NBC) tied for Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) and The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+) tied for Best Structured Series.
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) was the only series to take home multiple awards, also winning for Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series.
In the fan voted categories, Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil”(Netflix) was awarded Male Star of the Year, while Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) was named Female Star of the Year.
Netflix, which led the networks in nominations, also led in wins,...
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards unveiled winners for its third annual editions.
There were three ties among this year’s winner’s pool – RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) and The Great British Baking Sho” (Netflix) tied for Best Competition Series, The Masked Singer (Fox) and The Voice (NBC) tied for Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) and The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+) tied for Best Structured Series.
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) was the only series to take home multiple awards, also winning for Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series.
In the fan voted categories, Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil”(Netflix) was awarded Male Star of the Year, while Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) was named Female Star of the Year.
Netflix, which led the networks in nominations, also led in wins,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all programs at this year’s virtual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, with two nods — for best competition series and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series. But the real surprise, as the awards were announced Monday via press release, was the sheer number of ties in top categories.
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” tied with Netflix’s “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix) for competition series, while “The Masked Singer” (Fox) and “The Voice” (NBC) tied for competition series: talent/variety, and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network) and “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus) tied for structured series.
In the fan voted categories, Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil” host Phil Rosenthal was named male star of the year, while Sandra Lee of TLC’s “Dr. Pimple Popper” (TLC) was named female star of the year. Alex Trebek was honored posthumously with this year’s Impact Award,...
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” tied with Netflix’s “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix) for competition series, while “The Masked Singer” (Fox) and “The Voice” (NBC) tied for competition series: talent/variety, and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network) and “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus) tied for structured series.
In the fan voted categories, Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil” host Phil Rosenthal was named male star of the year, while Sandra Lee of TLC’s “Dr. Pimple Popper” (TLC) was named female star of the year. Alex Trebek was honored posthumously with this year’s Impact Award,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
James Cameron’s movies have banked more than $6 billion at the box office worldwide.
Now, the director behind blockbusters including “Avatar,” “Titanic” and “The Terminator” will teach his first-ever internet class on filmmaking — available on e-learning site MasterClass as part of the site’s $180 annual membership starting today.
In his class, Cameron promises to share a behind-the-scenes look into his creative process, along with the principles and techniques that have shaped his work.
Cameron’s class will use specific scene breakdowns from his films — including “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar” — to illustrate storytelling and character-development techniques as well as how he’s used technology as a filmmaker. According to MasterClass, he also will offer “practical advice that applies to all levels of film production” regardless of the size of the budget.
“I’ve been directing films for almost four decades, and if there’s one thing I’ve realized,...
Now, the director behind blockbusters including “Avatar,” “Titanic” and “The Terminator” will teach his first-ever internet class on filmmaking — available on e-learning site MasterClass as part of the site’s $180 annual membership starting today.
In his class, Cameron promises to share a behind-the-scenes look into his creative process, along with the principles and techniques that have shaped his work.
Cameron’s class will use specific scene breakdowns from his films — including “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar” — to illustrate storytelling and character-development techniques as well as how he’s used technology as a filmmaker. According to MasterClass, he also will offer “practical advice that applies to all levels of film production” regardless of the size of the budget.
“I’ve been directing films for almost four decades, and if there’s one thing I’ve realized,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards were announced Tuesday, and it was another clean sweep for RuPaul's Drag Race.
The reality series managed five total nominations.
Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu), and Top Chef (Bravo) all managed three each.
If we look at networks alone, Netflix leads the way, netting 22 nominations.
HBO/HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Networ /Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5), and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
Have a look at the full list below.
Best Competition Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Tough as Nails (CBS)
Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety
American Idol (ABC)
Legendary (HBO Max)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
World of Dance...
The reality series managed five total nominations.
Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu), and Top Chef (Bravo) all managed three each.
If we look at networks alone, Netflix leads the way, netting 22 nominations.
HBO/HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Networ /Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5), and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
Have a look at the full list below.
Best Competition Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Tough as Nails (CBS)
Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety
American Idol (ABC)
Legendary (HBO Max)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
World of Dance...
- 6/2/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all nominees as the Critics Choice Association and nonfiction producers’ organization Npact announced on Wednesday the nominees for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards. The org also announced it would posthumously honor late “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” landed five awards, including best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, female star of the year for Michelle Visage, and both male star of the year and best show host for RuPaul Charles.
Programs next in line with three nominations included “Queer Eye” (Netflix), “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” (CNN), “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi” (Hulu), and “Top Chef” (Bravo). Netflix led all outlets with 22 nominations, while the Critics Choice for some reason decided to combine HBO and HBO Max’s tallies, even though they are technically separate outlets, and together they received 14 nods.
The Critics Choice Real Awards,...
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” landed five awards, including best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, female star of the year for Michelle Visage, and both male star of the year and best show host for RuPaul Charles.
Programs next in line with three nominations included “Queer Eye” (Netflix), “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” (CNN), “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi” (Hulu), and “Top Chef” (Bravo). Netflix led all outlets with 22 nominations, while the Critics Choice for some reason decided to combine HBO and HBO Max’s tallies, even though they are technically separate outlets, and together they received 14 nods.
The Critics Choice Real Awards,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
When nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards were announced on Wednesday, RuPaul’s Drag Race led with five.
At the award show, recognizing “excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programing across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms,” the long-running VH1 series is up for Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series, Best Show Host (RuPaul), Male Star of the Year (RuPaul) and Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage).
Other series leading in noms this year, with three each, include Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo).
The leader this year among networks is Netflix, which scored 22 nominations. HBO / HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Network / Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5) and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
At this year’s ceremony,...
At the award show, recognizing “excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programing across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms,” the long-running VH1 series is up for Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series, Best Show Host (RuPaul), Male Star of the Year (RuPaul) and Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage).
Other series leading in noms this year, with three each, include Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo).
The leader this year among networks is Netflix, which scored 22 nominations. HBO / HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Network / Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5) and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
At this year’s ceremony,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” leads all programs in nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which were announced on Wednesday.
The nominations confirmed that the series is a favorite of voters in the Critics Choice Association, who gave it the Best Competition Series award in 2019 and 2020, the only two years the show that honors nonfiction and reality television has taken place.
“RuPaul” received nominations in five categories: Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage) and Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year nominations for RuPaul.
“Queer Eye” and a trio of food-oriented shows – “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” and “Top Chef” – received three nominations each. The shows with two nominations were “Crikey! It’s the Irwins,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” “Murder on Middle Beach,” “Nailed It!,...
The nominations confirmed that the series is a favorite of voters in the Critics Choice Association, who gave it the Best Competition Series award in 2019 and 2020, the only two years the show that honors nonfiction and reality television has taken place.
“RuPaul” received nominations in five categories: Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage) and Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year nominations for RuPaul.
“Queer Eye” and a trio of food-oriented shows – “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” and “Top Chef” – received three nominations each. The shows with two nominations were “Crikey! It’s the Irwins,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” “Murder on Middle Beach,” “Nailed It!,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Renowned underwater photographer Brian Skerry was in for a big surprise when he went to document the rare behavior of orcas feeding on stingrays for the acclaimed Nat Geo/Disney + series “Secrets of the Whales.” “Here comes this adult female with a stingray hanging out of her mouth,” he recalled during a recent American Cinematheque Zoom conversation with composer Raphaelle Thibaut and “Talk Nerdy” podcaster Cara Santa Maria. “My mind is on overload. I just want to get the shot.”
But he’s heartbroken when she drops the ray. “I’m like ‘Oh, no. I didn’t get it.’ So, I swim down to the bottom, the ray is laying on the bottom of the sandy sea floor. I’m just waiting and kneeling on the bottom. The whale comes out of my right side of my vision and then positions herself directly in front of me with the ray in between us.
But he’s heartbroken when she drops the ray. “I’m like ‘Oh, no. I didn’t get it.’ So, I swim down to the bottom, the ray is laying on the bottom of the sandy sea floor. I’m just waiting and kneeling on the bottom. The whale comes out of my right side of my vision and then positions herself directly in front of me with the ray in between us.
- 5/26/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
“The whales didn’t get the script, so you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get,” said Brian Armstrong, director of underwater odyssey “Secrets of the Whales,” out now on Disney Plus.
Armstrong joined editor Meredith Woerner for Variety‘s Doc Dreams, presented by National Geographic, to discuss the making of the continent-hopping, documentary and the challenges of shooting on the water.
“The weather has to be right, you need sunlight to penetrate the waves… you need the whales to show up and you need them to do something,” Armstrong explained in great detail in the interview. “The complexity is exponentially harder than something on land.”
“Secrets of the Whales” was shot in 24 different countries and took just over three years to create from conception to delivery. Despite rigorous planning, Armstrong emphasized that the crew didn’t truly know what they would be making until they started filming.
Armstrong joined editor Meredith Woerner for Variety‘s Doc Dreams, presented by National Geographic, to discuss the making of the continent-hopping, documentary and the challenges of shooting on the water.
“The weather has to be right, you need sunlight to penetrate the waves… you need the whales to show up and you need them to do something,” Armstrong explained in great detail in the interview. “The complexity is exponentially harder than something on land.”
“Secrets of the Whales” was shot in 24 different countries and took just over three years to create from conception to delivery. Despite rigorous planning, Armstrong emphasized that the crew didn’t truly know what they would be making until they started filming.
- 4/22/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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- 4/17/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
On Earth Day this year, fall in love with ocean’s greatest mammals in a Disney+/National Geographic four-part series, Secrets Of The Whales. Produced by James Cameron and narrated by Sigourney Weaver, National Geographic Explorer and Photographer Brian Skerry experiences first hand the nature of these mammals as social creatures with structures and communication skills. Watch the latest trailer.
- 4/9/2021
- by luperhaas@cinemovie.tv (Lupe R Haas)
- CineMovie
‘Twas the night before Earth Day, and all through houses tuned in to National Geographic’s website or YouTube channel will be the sounds of artists including Willie Nelson, Valerie June, Ziggy Marley and My Morning Jacket, all performing for “Earth Day Eve 2021: A Virtual Celebration.”
Others joining in in song for the 90-minute webcast include Maggie Rogers, Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo, Aurora, José González and Rostam. While others recorded original performances for the special, My Morning Jacket is offering a world premiere of a new music video.
The special will be seen April 21 at 8:30 p.m. Et/5:30 Pt on National Geographic’s YouTube channel and website. Following that show, the action will move to TikTok at 10 p.m. Et for an “afterparty” with Jayda G., who’ll be spinning records accompanied by visuals from the Disney Plus series “Earth Moods.”
All these musical efforts precede the...
Others joining in in song for the 90-minute webcast include Maggie Rogers, Yo-Yo Ma, Angélique Kidjo, Aurora, José González and Rostam. While others recorded original performances for the special, My Morning Jacket is offering a world premiere of a new music video.
The special will be seen April 21 at 8:30 p.m. Et/5:30 Pt on National Geographic’s YouTube channel and website. Following that show, the action will move to TikTok at 10 p.m. Et for an “afterparty” with Jayda G., who’ll be spinning records accompanied by visuals from the Disney Plus series “Earth Moods.”
All these musical efforts precede the...
- 4/7/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The Sun Valley Film Festival has announced its film slate and honorees, who will include Ethan Hawke, Shaka King and Gal Gadot.
As Svff Vision Award Recipients, Hawke and Gadot are recognized for their contributions to the art of cinema. Over his three decades in the industry, Hawke has earned four Academy Award nominations, acted in numerous beloved movies like “Dead Poets Society” and the “Before” trilogy and most recently made his TV debut with Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird.” Gadot has similarly left a mark on pop culture, particularly in becoming synonymous with Wonder Woman. Outside of her superhero role, she executive produced the National Geographic documentary series “Impact” and will star in Fox’s remake of “Death on the Nile.”
King will be honored with the Pioneer Award, presented by Variety, for his work as an industry innovator and embodying the trailblazing spirit. His studio feature directorial debut,...
As Svff Vision Award Recipients, Hawke and Gadot are recognized for their contributions to the art of cinema. Over his three decades in the industry, Hawke has earned four Academy Award nominations, acted in numerous beloved movies like “Dead Poets Society” and the “Before” trilogy and most recently made his TV debut with Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird.” Gadot has similarly left a mark on pop culture, particularly in becoming synonymous with Wonder Woman. Outside of her superhero role, she executive produced the National Geographic documentary series “Impact” and will star in Fox’s remake of “Death on the Nile.”
King will be honored with the Pioneer Award, presented by Variety, for his work as an industry innovator and embodying the trailblazing spirit. His studio feature directorial debut,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
The Marvel machine continues apace on Disney+ this month.
Disney+’s list of new releases of April 2021 is highlighted by the highlight of March’s list as well: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Three episode of this highly anticipated series will premiere in April, including the series(?) finale on April 23.
But of course, it’s not all Marvel all the time on Disney+…sometimes its Star Wars time as well! There aren’t any new original Star Wars series coming to the streaming world until The Bad Batch premieres on May 4. It’s spiritual successor arrives in April, however. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 and 2 both premiere on April 2. These are the animated classics from Genndy Tartakovsky that jumpstarted a new era of Star Wars storytelling. Now they can be seen in their entirety once agin.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continues on in April, and will soon be...
Disney+’s list of new releases of April 2021 is highlighted by the highlight of March’s list as well: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Three episode of this highly anticipated series will premiere in April, including the series(?) finale on April 23.
But of course, it’s not all Marvel all the time on Disney+…sometimes its Star Wars time as well! There aren’t any new original Star Wars series coming to the streaming world until The Bad Batch premieres on May 4. It’s spiritual successor arrives in April, however. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 and 2 both premiere on April 2. These are the animated classics from Genndy Tartakovsky that jumpstarted a new era of Star Wars storytelling. Now they can be seen in their entirety once agin.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continues on in April, and will soon be...
- 3/31/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
In between working on his Avatar sequels, James Cameron has taken on another huge project: a 4-part documentary series on some of the ocean’s most awesome inhabitants.
Cameron is the executive producer of Secrets of the Whales, a National Geographic series that will premiere on the Disney+ streaming platform on Earth Day, April 22.
“It’s the kind of challenging, daunting subject that appeals to me,” Cameron explained during a SXSW Conference panel Thursday titled “Ocean Storytelling.” “It’s also so important for people to understand and for this film to illuminate how these creatures think, how they feel, what their emotion is like, what their society is like, because we won’t protect what we don’t love.”
Avatar star Sigourney Weaver narrates the docuseries, which was filmed over a three-year period in 24 aqueous locations across the globe. National Geographic Explorer and photographer Brian Skerry conceived the series, basing...
Cameron is the executive producer of Secrets of the Whales, a National Geographic series that will premiere on the Disney+ streaming platform on Earth Day, April 22.
“It’s the kind of challenging, daunting subject that appeals to me,” Cameron explained during a SXSW Conference panel Thursday titled “Ocean Storytelling.” “It’s also so important for people to understand and for this film to illuminate how these creatures think, how they feel, what their emotion is like, what their society is like, because we won’t protect what we don’t love.”
Avatar star Sigourney Weaver narrates the docuseries, which was filmed over a three-year period in 24 aqueous locations across the globe. National Geographic Explorer and photographer Brian Skerry conceived the series, basing...
- 3/18/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s more to say about whales than one article can cover and one special can possibly show, but National Geographic’s ‘Secrets of the Whales’ will certainly open a few eyes and will probably prove to be an affirmation to many on how appealing these gentle giants and their smaller cousins can be. Many people have been fascinated by whales for centuries, and to think that at one point they might have been deemed as sea monsters isn’t too hard simply because they are massive, and meeting one on the open ocean could have been considered bad luck if a person
Why We’ll Be Watching Nat Geo’s “Secrets of the Whales”...
Why We’ll Be Watching Nat Geo’s “Secrets of the Whales”...
- 3/18/2021
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
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