The Emmy Awards are always full of fun fashion and surprises.
Did the right people win? Were there any surprises?
Squid Game already made history this year: will they win any of the top prizes?
So many talented people get nominated, and this year is no different.
Check out the winners of the Primetime Emmys below!
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Dopesick: Michael Keaton as Dr. Samuel Finnix -- Winner
The Staircase: Colin Firth as Michael Peterson
Under The Banner Of Heaven: Andrew Garfield as Detective Jeb Pyre
Scenes From A Marriage: Oscar Isaac as Jonathan
Station Eleven: Himesh Patel as Jeevan Chaudhary
Pam & Tommy: Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
The White Lotus: Murray Bartlett as Armond -- Winner
The White Lotus: Jake Lacy as Shane Patton
Dopesick: Will Poulter...
Did the right people win? Were there any surprises?
Squid Game already made history this year: will they win any of the top prizes?
So many talented people get nominated, and this year is no different.
Check out the winners of the Primetime Emmys below!
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Dopesick: Michael Keaton as Dr. Samuel Finnix -- Winner
The Staircase: Colin Firth as Michael Peterson
Under The Banner Of Heaven: Andrew Garfield as Detective Jeb Pyre
Scenes From A Marriage: Oscar Isaac as Jonathan
Station Eleven: Himesh Patel as Jeevan Chaudhary
Pam & Tommy: Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
The White Lotus: Murray Bartlett as Armond -- Winner
The White Lotus: Jake Lacy as Shane Patton
Dopesick: Will Poulter...
- 9/13/2022
- by Michael T. Stack
- TVfanatic
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Sarah Paulson earned her eighth Emmy nomination this season for her portrayal of Linda Tripp on FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, delivering a nuanced and compelling portrait of the civil servant whose involvement in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair made her a household name after she handed over taped phone calls between herself and Monica Lewinsky (played on the limited series by Beanie Feldstein) to independent counsel Kenneth Starr — conversations in which the latter reveals her sexual affair with President Bill Clinton while she was an intern at the White House.
For showrunner Sarah Burgess, who is also Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series, Tripp was not the villain of the piece, despite her infamous betrayal of her onetime friend and former Pentagon colleague Lewinsky.
“Not that she’s not responsible for her actions, but the slur on Linda at the time,...
Sarah Paulson earned her eighth Emmy nomination this season for her portrayal of Linda Tripp on FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, delivering a nuanced and compelling portrait of the civil servant whose involvement in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair made her a household name after she handed over taped phone calls between herself and Monica Lewinsky (played on the limited series by Beanie Feldstein) to independent counsel Kenneth Starr — conversations in which the latter reveals her sexual affair with President Bill Clinton while she was an intern at the White House.
For showrunner Sarah Burgess, who is also Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series, Tripp was not the villain of the piece, despite her infamous betrayal of her onetime friend and former Pentagon colleague Lewinsky.
“Not that she’s not responsible for her actions, but the slur on Linda at the time,...
- 8/21/2022
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actress Sarah Paulson is an Emmy winner already, winning in 2016 for her role as prosecutor Marcia Clark in “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” While Paulson is nominated once again for playing a real-life person, her nomination for “Impeachment” was a surprise to her. It’s also a validation, with Paulson telling IndieWire via phone that “it is the work I am the most proud of, to date.”
Playing the infamous Linda Tripp, who blew the whistle on the affair between former President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, required Paulson to find a human entry point into a very controversial woman. It also required the actress to physically transform herself, complete with heavy prosthetics and a fat suit.
The aesthetic alone drew criticism, something Paulson admits she was “naïve” to going into the project. “I wish I had been more aware of thinking about all of that in a responsible way,...
Playing the infamous Linda Tripp, who blew the whistle on the affair between former President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, required Paulson to find a human entry point into a very controversial woman. It also required the actress to physically transform herself, complete with heavy prosthetics and a fat suit.
The aesthetic alone drew criticism, something Paulson admits she was “naïve” to going into the project. “I wish I had been more aware of thinking about all of that in a responsible way,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
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White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, Barry and This Is Us were among the shows honored by the Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) on Saturday.
The 2022 Hca TV Awards began its two-night event at the Beverly Hilton with a ceremony for the honorees in the Broadcast Network and Cable edition, which was hosted by The Daily Show’s Dulcé Sloan. On Sunday, Tig Notaro will host the streaming awards ceremony.
HBO’s White Lotus led all shows with five wins including best limited series. Additionally, Mike White prevailed for writing and directing, while the series picked up prizes for Jennifer Coolidge for supporting actress and Murray Bartlett for supporting actor.
ABC’s Abbott Elementary won four trophies, including best broadcast comedy, actress for Quinta Brunson and supporting actress for Janelle James. AMC’s Better Call Saul also won four awards ahead of Monday’s series finale.
White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, Barry and This Is Us were among the shows honored by the Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) on Saturday.
The 2022 Hca TV Awards began its two-night event at the Beverly Hilton with a ceremony for the honorees in the Broadcast Network and Cable edition, which was hosted by The Daily Show’s Dulcé Sloan. On Sunday, Tig Notaro will host the streaming awards ceremony.
HBO’s White Lotus led all shows with five wins including best limited series. Additionally, Mike White prevailed for writing and directing, while the series picked up prizes for Jennifer Coolidge for supporting actress and Murray Bartlett for supporting actor.
ABC’s Abbott Elementary won four trophies, including best broadcast comedy, actress for Quinta Brunson and supporting actress for Janelle James. AMC’s Better Call Saul also won four awards ahead of Monday’s series finale.
- 8/14/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer Sarah Burgess and star Sarah Paulson said they were trying to understand and depict what motivated Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story. The FX limited series depicts the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) after his affair with Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). Paulson plays Tripp, who recorded Lewinsky’s phone calls with Clinton and gave them to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr (Dan Bakkedahl).
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“Linda to me was the unanswerable question in the story,” Burgess told moderator Pete Hammond at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event. “It was obvious to me this was not a psychopath, someone who enjoyed doing this thing.”
One scene from the series shows Tripp tell her daughter the story of her own father’s affair. Paulson said the scene based on Tripp’s actual accounts of said affair, and the community that...
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“Linda to me was the unanswerable question in the story,” Burgess told moderator Pete Hammond at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event. “It was obvious to me this was not a psychopath, someone who enjoyed doing this thing.”
One scene from the series shows Tripp tell her daughter the story of her own father’s affair. Paulson said the scene based on Tripp’s actual accounts of said affair, and the community that...
- 8/7/2022
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
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- 8/4/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
One of the biggest surprises on Emmy nominations morning showed up in the Best Limited/Movie Writing category when “Impeachment: American Crime Story” got nominated, a season that many pundits were clearly underestimating, as lead actress Sarah Paulson also nabbed a bid. This category is especially stunning in that half of these six shows are not nominated in the program category, despite most of them being predicted in this race. That said, as far as potential winners, the two nomination leaders, “The White Lotus” and “Dopesick,” will be battling it out to see who comes out on top.
Here are Gold Derby’s current Best Limited/Movie Writing Emmy 2022 racetrack odds:
“The White Lotus” (Mike White) – 10/3 odds
“Dopesick” (“The People vs. Purdue Pharma” by Danny Strong) — 4/1 odds
“Station Eleven” (“Unbroken Circle” by Patrick Somerville) — 5/1 odds
“The Dropout” (“I’m In A Hurry” by Elizabeth Meriwether) — 11/2 odds
“Maid” (“Snaps” by Molly Smith Metzler...
Here are Gold Derby’s current Best Limited/Movie Writing Emmy 2022 racetrack odds:
“The White Lotus” (Mike White) – 10/3 odds
“Dopesick” (“The People vs. Purdue Pharma” by Danny Strong) — 4/1 odds
“Station Eleven” (“Unbroken Circle” by Patrick Somerville) — 5/1 odds
“The Dropout” (“I’m In A Hurry” by Elizabeth Meriwether) — 11/2 odds
“Maid” (“Snaps” by Molly Smith Metzler...
- 7/31/2022
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
More than 400 prominent female writers and showrunners sent a letter today to the heads of the major studios expressing their “grave concerns” about the companies’ “lack of specific production protocols” to protect their workers in anti-abortion states.
The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”
Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.
The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”
Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.
- 7/28/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Paulson has another “American Horror Story” to add to her filmography.
The “AHS” star and frequent Hulu collaborator is set to lead Searchlight Pictures’ horror-thriller “Dust” for the streamer. Based on co-director and “Westworld” writer Karrie Crouse’s script out of Sundance Writers’ Lab, “Dust” is set in 1930s Oklahoma where a young mother (Paulson) is haunted by the past as she encounters a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family.
Crouse and Will Joines co-direct the feature after previously collaborating on short film “Propagation.” Principal photography for “Dust” will start in late August, with Emmy winner Paulson also executive producing.
“Sarah is an extraordinary artist and we are thrilled to be working with her again,” Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a joint statement.
For Searchlight, Paulson previously starred in Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which received the Academy Award for Best Picture,...
The “AHS” star and frequent Hulu collaborator is set to lead Searchlight Pictures’ horror-thriller “Dust” for the streamer. Based on co-director and “Westworld” writer Karrie Crouse’s script out of Sundance Writers’ Lab, “Dust” is set in 1930s Oklahoma where a young mother (Paulson) is haunted by the past as she encounters a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family.
Crouse and Will Joines co-direct the feature after previously collaborating on short film “Propagation.” Principal photography for “Dust” will start in late August, with Emmy winner Paulson also executive producing.
“Sarah is an extraordinary artist and we are thrilled to be working with her again,” Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a joint statement.
For Searchlight, Paulson previously starred in Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which received the Academy Award for Best Picture,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
A number of stars doing double- and triple-duty on series have been rewarded for their off-camera work with writing or directing Emmy nominations this year, notably “Ozark’s” Jason Bateman, “Abbott Elementary’s” Quinta Brunson, “Barry’s” Bill Hader and “Only Murders in the Building’s” Steve Martin.
Meanwhile, indie film helmers are finding a warm welcome, with drama series directing noms going to Karyn Kusama for the pilot of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” Lorene Scafaria for the “Succession” episode “Too Much Birthday” and Cathy Yan for “The Disruption” installment of “Succession.”
Oscar winner Peter Jackson may add another trophy to his case. He earned a directing nomination for documentary/nonfiction program for his work on Disney+’s Beatles docuseries “Get Back.” Ben Stiller is up for Apple TV+ drama “Severance” and Bo Burnham is back with a nom for directing Jerrod Carmichael’s HBO standup special “Rothaniel.” Amy Poehler’s...
Meanwhile, indie film helmers are finding a warm welcome, with drama series directing noms going to Karyn Kusama for the pilot of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” Lorene Scafaria for the “Succession” episode “Too Much Birthday” and Cathy Yan for “The Disruption” installment of “Succession.”
Oscar winner Peter Jackson may add another trophy to his case. He earned a directing nomination for documentary/nonfiction program for his work on Disney+’s Beatles docuseries “Get Back.” Ben Stiller is up for Apple TV+ drama “Severance” and Bo Burnham is back with a nom for directing Jerrod Carmichael’s HBO standup special “Rothaniel.” Amy Poehler’s...
- 7/12/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
There are 110 submissions on the 2022 Emmys ballot for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing, resulting in six nominees. As a reminder, last year’s winner was “I May Destroy You” (Michaela Coel) and the other nominees were “The Queen’s Gambit” (Scott Frank), “Mare of Easttown” (Brad Inglesby) and three episodes from “Wandavision”.
The low number of entries in this year’s Best Limited/Movie Writing category can be attributed to the fact that all the top contenders have submitted only one or two episodes from their series when given the option. Danny Strong, a previous winner for “Game Change” in this category a decade ago, entered the “Dopesick” finale, “The People vs. Purdue Pharma.” Other programs that submitted their final episodes were “Maid” (“Snaps”) and “Station Eleven” (“Unbroken Circle”) by their respective showrunners Molly Smith Metzler and Patrick Somerville, which is not a bad method given that seven...
The low number of entries in this year’s Best Limited/Movie Writing category can be attributed to the fact that all the top contenders have submitted only one or two episodes from their series when given the option. Danny Strong, a previous winner for “Game Change” in this category a decade ago, entered the “Dopesick” finale, “The People vs. Purdue Pharma.” Other programs that submitted their final episodes were “Maid” (“Snaps”) and “Station Eleven” (“Unbroken Circle”) by their respective showrunners Molly Smith Metzler and Patrick Somerville, which is not a bad method given that seven...
- 7/10/2022
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
The Hollywood Critics Association has unveiled its 2022 TV award nominations. NBC’s This Is Us and HBO’s Succession lead the broadcast network and cable nominations, and Apple TV+s Severance and Ted Lasso top the streaming awards noms.
This Is Us received 12 nominations, followed by Succession in second place with 11. For streaming, Ted Lasso and Severance tied with 12 nominations each.
The awards will be handed out over two nights in ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton. The broadcast network and cable TV awards ceremony will be held on August 13, followed by the streaming awards ceremony on August 14.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Best Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
Jeopardy! National College Championship (ABC)
Name That Tune (Fox)
Supermarket Sweep (ABC)
The Chase (ABC)
To Tell The Truth (ABC)
Best Broadcast Network Reality Show or Competition Series
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
Holey Moley (ABC)
Lego Masters (Fox)
Next...
This Is Us received 12 nominations, followed by Succession in second place with 11. For streaming, Ted Lasso and Severance tied with 12 nominations each.
The awards will be handed out over two nights in ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton. The broadcast network and cable TV awards ceremony will be held on August 13, followed by the streaming awards ceremony on August 14.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Best Game Show
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
Jeopardy! National College Championship (ABC)
Name That Tune (Fox)
Supermarket Sweep (ABC)
The Chase (ABC)
To Tell The Truth (ABC)
Best Broadcast Network Reality Show or Competition Series
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
Holey Moley (ABC)
Lego Masters (Fox)
Next...
- 7/7/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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NBC’s This Is Us and HBO’s Succession lead the broadcast network and cable nominations for the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association (Hca)TV Awards, while Apple TV+’s Severance and Ted Lasso received the most nods for the streaming awards.
The Hca will have a two-night celebration at The Beverly Hilton, with the broadcast network and cable TV awards ceremony being held on August 13. The streaming awards ceremony will take place on August 14.
This Is Us received 12 nominations across seven categories, including best broadcast network drama series, best actress, best actor, best writing and best directing. Other NBC comedies like American Auto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mr. Mayor and Young Rock were also nominated.
Succession scored 11 nominations, including best cable drama series, six acting nominations and three directing nominations. The White Lotus, also on HBO, tied for third place with HBO’s Barry with nine nominations each.
NBC’s This Is Us and HBO’s Succession lead the broadcast network and cable nominations for the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association (Hca)TV Awards, while Apple TV+’s Severance and Ted Lasso received the most nods for the streaming awards.
The Hca will have a two-night celebration at The Beverly Hilton, with the broadcast network and cable TV awards ceremony being held on August 13. The streaming awards ceremony will take place on August 14.
This Is Us received 12 nominations across seven categories, including best broadcast network drama series, best actress, best actor, best writing and best directing. Other NBC comedies like American Auto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mr. Mayor and Young Rock were also nominated.
Succession scored 11 nominations, including best cable drama series, six acting nominations and three directing nominations. The White Lotus, also on HBO, tied for third place with HBO’s Barry with nine nominations each.
- 7/7/2022
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s “Brother’s Keeper,” which, as Berlinger says, is “one of the granddaddies of the true-crime docu movement.”
It’s true that the 1992 film about the bizarre murder trial of Delbert Ward, who was accused of the “mercy killing” of his brother in rural upstate New York, was an early entrant in our collective societal obsession with the unscripted true-crime format, which in recent years has crossed over to the scripted side.
As one of the founding fathers of the format that has piqued our interest in true crime to the point where limited series including “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” “The Staircase,” “The Dropout,” “Inventing Anna,” “Dr. Death,” “A Very British Scandal,” and several more are all competing in the same Emmys’ cycle, Berlinger has some unique insight into the nonfiction-to-dramatized evolution.
“I can think of no other...
It’s true that the 1992 film about the bizarre murder trial of Delbert Ward, who was accused of the “mercy killing” of his brother in rural upstate New York, was an early entrant in our collective societal obsession with the unscripted true-crime format, which in recent years has crossed over to the scripted side.
As one of the founding fathers of the format that has piqued our interest in true crime to the point where limited series including “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” “The Staircase,” “The Dropout,” “Inventing Anna,” “Dr. Death,” “A Very British Scandal,” and several more are all competing in the same Emmys’ cycle, Berlinger has some unique insight into the nonfiction-to-dramatized evolution.
“I can think of no other...
- 6/14/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Paulson knew she had her work cut out for her in trying to portray Linda Tripp in a compassionate light on “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” but she was not prepared for the actual response her version of the key figure from the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal got from its earliest audience.
“It was very clear from that very first TCA, or whatever we did, people didn’t like her,” said the actress, referencing the presentation the show gave in August 2021 during the Television Critics Association Press Tour. “They didn’t like her and they didn’t think that we liked her, and it seemed to be that they thought we were making a point of doing what most people expected would be the story of Linda.”
Now speaking at the show’s FYC event at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles last Friday, she added “I personally found it almost...
“It was very clear from that very first TCA, or whatever we did, people didn’t like her,” said the actress, referencing the presentation the show gave in August 2021 during the Television Critics Association Press Tour. “They didn’t like her and they didn’t think that we liked her, and it seemed to be that they thought we were making a point of doing what most people expected would be the story of Linda.”
Now speaking at the show’s FYC event at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles last Friday, she added “I personally found it almost...
- 6/14/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
“M*A*S*H,” “I Love Lucy,” “Six Feet Under,” “Beetlejuice” and “The Cosby Show.” What do these classic TV shows or films have in common? They all had a deep impact on five of today’s top TV showrunners. We discuss that and more during our “Meet the Experts” group roundtable panel with 2022 Emmy contenders.
This “Meet the Experts” panel includes showrunners and producers Melissa Joan Hart (“Christmas in Tune”), Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment”), Justin Noble (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Dustin Lance Black (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Gloria Calderon Kellett (“With Love”). Watch our full group chat above and click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“I was obsessed with ‘M*A*S*H’ growing up,” reveals Black. “And one day I hope I can write like that. Where you can take really dark, deep, challenging subjects and get people to laugh.
This “Meet the Experts” panel includes showrunners and producers Melissa Joan Hart (“Christmas in Tune”), Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment”), Justin Noble (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Dustin Lance Black (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Gloria Calderon Kellett (“With Love”). Watch our full group chat above and click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“I was obsessed with ‘M*A*S*H’ growing up,” reveals Black. “And one day I hope I can write like that. Where you can take really dark, deep, challenging subjects and get people to laugh.
- 6/6/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
“I was so mindful that I was coming into a pre-existing, incredibly successful franchise that Ryan [Murphy] built,” explains Sarah Burgess, the co-writer and showrunner for “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on FX. “Because Ryan directed episode one, I first met him through his ideas for my script that I had written. We were supposed to start shooting this show in March of 2020, so there was a very sudden stop. Finally everything came together in the Fall of 2020 and I met him at a production meeting. He mentioned one of my favorite movies without he and I ever speaking about it, ‘The Lies of Others,’ as a visual reference and tone reference for the show. As a neurotic, self-involved writer it meant so much to me that I felt that this person read and understood the anxious tension in the script.”
We talked to Burgess as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel.
We talked to Burgess as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel.
- 6/6/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Five top TV showrunners and producers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, June 1, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Denton Davidson and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Christmas in Tune (Lifetime)
Synopsis: Story of Belle, a marketing executive who is worried that she may lose her job.
Bio: Melissa Joan Hart was a Kids’ Choice Awards winner for “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Drive Me Crazy.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Christmas in Tune (Lifetime)
Synopsis: Story of Belle, a marketing executive who is worried that she may lose her job.
Bio: Melissa Joan Hart was a Kids’ Choice Awards winner for “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Drive Me Crazy.
- 5/26/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Just in time for this year’s Emmy Awards, one of 2021’s starriest limited series will finally become broadly available to streaming viewers. This week, FX announced that Ryan Murphy’s remaining catalog of FX shows is officially on the move to Hulu, including “Impeachment,” which focused on the story of Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) and Bill Clinton (Clive Owen).
In addition to “Impeachment” as well as the early cycles of “American Crime Story,” the third and final season of “Pose” will also migrate over to Hulu starting March 7. “Pose” Seasons 1 and 2 and the previous seasons of “Crime Story” were previously available on Netflix.
This new agreement with Hulu also applies to future seasons of “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story.” The newest season of “AHS” is scheduled to be released sometime in the fall, marking it the first time a new season of the series will premiere on Hulu.
In addition to “Impeachment” as well as the early cycles of “American Crime Story,” the third and final season of “Pose” will also migrate over to Hulu starting March 7. “Pose” Seasons 1 and 2 and the previous seasons of “Crime Story” were previously available on Netflix.
This new agreement with Hulu also applies to future seasons of “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story.” The newest season of “AHS” is scheduled to be released sometime in the fall, marking it the first time a new season of the series will premiere on Hulu.
- 3/4/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
Hulu is now the streaming home of all past and future seasons of Ryan Murphy’s big FX franchises, American Crime Story, American Horror Story and Pose. All three shows left Netflix at the end of February.
While previous seasons of AHS had been available on Hulu, the streaming platform for FX programming within the Disney universe, American Crime Story and Pose had been exclusive to Netflix, which shared AHS with Hulu and Prime Video for the last couple of years. American Crime Story and Pose will join Hulu’s lineup March 7.
Speculation grew over the last couple of weeks that the series may be headed to Hulu after Netflix put up notices that they would be leaving the streamer. The Ryan Murphy shows are part of a major wave of Disney-owned series that are relocating from Netflix to Disney streamers this month; the Defenders Marvel series and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D....
While previous seasons of AHS had been available on Hulu, the streaming platform for FX programming within the Disney universe, American Crime Story and Pose had been exclusive to Netflix, which shared AHS with Hulu and Prime Video for the last couple of years. American Crime Story and Pose will join Hulu’s lineup March 7.
Speculation grew over the last couple of weeks that the series may be headed to Hulu after Netflix put up notices that they would be leaving the streamer. The Ryan Murphy shows are part of a major wave of Disney-owned series that are relocating from Netflix to Disney streamers this month; the Defenders Marvel series and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D....
- 3/3/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America, East will host their annual “And the Nominees Are…” limited series contenders’ panel on March 1, with Variety hosting the livestream.
The limited series panel will take place at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt and will run for 90 minutes. It will be streamed on Variety.com via the YouTube link below. The conversation will include WGA nominees Little Marvin (“Them: Covenant”), Barry Jenkins (“The Underground Railroad”), Brad Inglesby (“Mare of Easttown”), Ian Brennan (“Halston”), Molly Smith Metzler (“Maid”) and Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment: American Crime Story”). The panel will be moderated by Thrillist senior entertainment writer Esther Zuckerman.
The Writers Guild Awards will take place on March 20. “Only Murders in the Building” led this year’s nominations list, with three nods for comedy, new series and comedy episodic. Shows with two nominations include “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Loki,” “The Morning Show,” “Succession,” “Yellowjackets,” “Hacks,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “The Simpsons.
The limited series panel will take place at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt and will run for 90 minutes. It will be streamed on Variety.com via the YouTube link below. The conversation will include WGA nominees Little Marvin (“Them: Covenant”), Barry Jenkins (“The Underground Railroad”), Brad Inglesby (“Mare of Easttown”), Ian Brennan (“Halston”), Molly Smith Metzler (“Maid”) and Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment: American Crime Story”). The panel will be moderated by Thrillist senior entertainment writer Esther Zuckerman.
The Writers Guild Awards will take place on March 20. “Only Murders in the Building” led this year’s nominations list, with three nods for comedy, new series and comedy episodic. Shows with two nominations include “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Loki,” “The Morning Show,” “Succession,” “Yellowjackets,” “Hacks,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “The Simpsons.
- 3/1/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“We were so over the moon by these nominations, just because I feel like other writers’ opinions are the ones that end up mattering the most because your peers are the people who really understand how difficult this is,” says “Yellowjackets” creator Ashley Lyle about the recognition she received from her peers in the Writers Guild of America. We talked with Lyle for our panel of 2022 WGA Award nominees along with Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment: American Crime Story”), Kerry Ehrin (“The Morning Show”), John Hoffman (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Drew Michael (“Red Blue Green”). Watch our roundtable discussion above.
Watch the exclusive group roundtable discussion above. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual interview.
Michael is ambivalent about the “pageantry of award shows in general,” and the stand-up special he’s nominated for ironically includes a six-minute riff on them, but “I’m appreciating the...
Watch the exclusive group roundtable discussion above. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual interview.
Michael is ambivalent about the “pageantry of award shows in general,” and the stand-up special he’s nominated for ironically includes a six-minute riff on them, but “I’m appreciating the...
- 2/3/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“It was terrifying. It was nerve-racking,” says Sarah Burgess, the showrunner for “Impeachment,” the third season of the anthology series “American Crime Story.” It tells the true story of Monica Lewinsky, who was subjected to shame and humiliation in the 1990s during the sex scandal that engulfed the Bill Clinton presidency. It was intimidating because Lewinsky herself was a producer of the series. But now Burgess and her writing team are nominated for Best Adapted Long Form Program at the Writers Guild Awards. She joined us for our panel of 2022 WGA nominees. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
SEEBeanie Feldstein (‘Impeachment’) finds emotional truth in Monica Lewinsky
Burgess had already started writing “Impeachment” before she met and consulted with Lewinsky for the project, so “I did have the freedom to go and create this character, this version based on the Monica that I had observed in all of the barrage of media from that time.
SEEBeanie Feldstein (‘Impeachment’) finds emotional truth in Monica Lewinsky
Burgess had already started writing “Impeachment” before she met and consulted with Lewinsky for the project, so “I did have the freedom to go and create this character, this version based on the Monica that I had observed in all of the barrage of media from that time.
- 2/3/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Watch our solo and fascinating group chat with WGA Award nominees from ‘Impeachment’ (Sarah Burgess), ‘The Morning Show’ (Kerry Ehrin), ‘Only Murders in the Building’ (John Hoffman), ‘Red Blue Green’ (Drew Michael) and ‘Yellowjackets’ (Ashley Lyle). Each contender is interviewed individually, then participates in free-for-all roundtable discussion. Beware: the group chat is ambushed by a funny guest appearance by Martin Short. Moderated by Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery.
- 2/2/2022
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Five of the top TV writers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Writers Guild Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, February 1, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 WGA television nominees:
“American Crime Story: Impeachment” Sarah Burgess
Synopsis: Examining the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 WGA television nominees:
“American Crime Story: Impeachment” Sarah Burgess
Synopsis: Examining the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century.
- 1/26/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Beanie Feldstein did not have an easy task stepping into the shoes of Monica Lewinsky. “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which recently wrapped up its 10-episode run on FX, tracks Lewinsky’s affair with President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and the very public fallout that followed, requiring the actress to run the gamut of emotions. While Feldstein isn’t quite doing an impression of Lewinsky, she does tap into a certain truth about her journey in the late ’90s, feeling powerless as she watched her life fall apart.
See ‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
At the beginning of the miniseries, we see Lewinsky as a naive White House intern, optimistic about the future and happy to share a dirty little secret with the president. She appreciates her friendship with office mate Linda Tripp (awards contender Sarah Paulson), albeit unaware that her close confidant is taping their revealing conversations.
See ‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
At the beginning of the miniseries, we see Lewinsky as a naive White House intern, optimistic about the future and happy to share a dirty little secret with the president. She appreciates her friendship with office mate Linda Tripp (awards contender Sarah Paulson), albeit unaware that her close confidant is taping their revealing conversations.
- 11/30/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Spoiler alert: The below contains details about “The Wilderness,” the final episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” promised a glimpse into a tawdry affair between an intern and a married president but in the end delivered a sharp message about scorned women and the class divide in this country.
Tuesday night’s finale on FX pulled no punches in depicting how the fates of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton hinged on their social class, with Linda Tripp, a divorced bureaucrat with an abrasive personality and ridiculed physical appearance, the recipient of the most censure by her peers. After a media flurry surrounding the release of the Starr Report, rife with sordid details about President Bill Clinton (played Clive Owen), the episode ended with cheated-upon Hillary (Edie Falco) running for Senate, Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) simultaneously hounded by the media and embraced by fans, Jones (Annaleigh Ashford...
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” promised a glimpse into a tawdry affair between an intern and a married president but in the end delivered a sharp message about scorned women and the class divide in this country.
Tuesday night’s finale on FX pulled no punches in depicting how the fates of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton hinged on their social class, with Linda Tripp, a divorced bureaucrat with an abrasive personality and ridiculed physical appearance, the recipient of the most censure by her peers. After a media flurry surrounding the release of the Starr Report, rife with sordid details about President Bill Clinton (played Clive Owen), the episode ended with cheated-upon Hillary (Edie Falco) running for Senate, Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) simultaneously hounded by the media and embraced by fans, Jones (Annaleigh Ashford...
- 11/10/2021
- by Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
FX’s limited series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” staged a star-studded FYC event for awards voters on November 8 at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. Actors Sarah Paulson (as Linda Tripp), Beanie Feldstein (as Monica Lewinsky) and Annaleigh Ashford (as Paula Jones) were joined by producers Sarah Burgess, Monica Lewinsky and Alexis Martin Woodall on the red carpet prior to a sold-out screening of the season finale, “The Wilderness,” which airs November 9 on FX. Backstage, the actresses chatted with Gold Derby on the red carpet about their infamous real-life characters.
See‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
“[Linda Tripp] was a human being who I think made a really terrible mistake and irrevocable choice,” Paulson told us about her controversial character. During the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal in the late-1990s, Tripp recorded her conversations with her friend and co-worker, Lewinsky, and later released them to authorities. “I...
See‘American Crime Story’ looks to continue Emmys winning streak with ‘Impeachment’
“[Linda Tripp] was a human being who I think made a really terrible mistake and irrevocable choice,” Paulson told us about her controversial character. During the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal in the late-1990s, Tripp recorded her conversations with her friend and co-worker, Lewinsky, and later released them to authorities. “I...
- 11/9/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Ryan Murphy‘s FX anthology series “American Crime Story” is an Emmy magnet, winning Best Limited Series for each of its first and second seasons, “The People v. O.J. Simpson” (2016) and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (2018). Now the buzzy third installment, “Impeachment,” is hoping to match the success of its predecessors and walk off with the top trophy at the 2022 Emmy Awards.
SEESarah Paulson: Double Emmy nominations (again) for ‘Impeachment’ and ‘AHS: Double Feature’?
“Impeachment,” which is based on Jeffrey Toobin‘s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” tells the story of the sex scandal and aftermath between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). The 10-episode series also follows the lives of Lewinsky confidant Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), former Clinton accuser Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton (Edie Falco).
The...
SEESarah Paulson: Double Emmy nominations (again) for ‘Impeachment’ and ‘AHS: Double Feature’?
“Impeachment,” which is based on Jeffrey Toobin‘s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” tells the story of the sex scandal and aftermath between President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) and intern Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). The 10-episode series also follows the lives of Lewinsky confidant Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), former Clinton accuser Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton (Edie Falco).
The...
- 11/5/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Hallmark Channel announced that former “Desperate Housewives” stars James Denton and Teri Hatcher are reuniting in the upcoming original film “A Kiss Before Christmas.” The film will premiere during Hallmark Channel’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” programming event. This is the first time the pair has worked together since the “Desperate Housewives” series ended in 2012.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” follows the story of Ethan Holt (Denton), a real estate development executive and married father with two teens, who learns he’s losing out on a promotion on Christmas Eve. Due to his laments paired with some Christmas magic, Holt awakes the next morning to find that his life is entirely different. He’s no longer married to his wife Joyce (Hatcher), doesn’t have his children and is CEO of his company. He has only a day to reclaim his original life.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” is from Crown Media Productions,...
“A Kiss Before Christmas” follows the story of Ethan Holt (Denton), a real estate development executive and married father with two teens, who learns he’s losing out on a promotion on Christmas Eve. Due to his laments paired with some Christmas magic, Holt awakes the next morning to find that his life is entirely different. He’s no longer married to his wife Joyce (Hatcher), doesn’t have his children and is CEO of his company. He has only a day to reclaim his original life.
“A Kiss Before Christmas” is from Crown Media Productions,...
- 10/6/2021
- by Katie Song and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
“American Crime Story: Impeachment” posed a unique challenge for Monica Lewinsky.
The activist and writer had to navigate two different roles on the FX anthology series, which chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment following allegations that he committed perjury and obstructed justice related to an affair in the Oval Office. First, Lewinsky is the subject of the dramatized series as a White House intern (played by Beanie Feldstein) who falls in love with the president, and mistakenly shares her secret with work confidante Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson).
Second, Lewinsky is also a producer on the show, working with the series’ creative team of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Sarah Burgess. It wasn’t always easy to juggle both parts for Lewinsky, who’s turned down millions of dollars, valuing her privacy above all else — especially over a quick paycheck.
“I don’t make decisions to work on things that...
The activist and writer had to navigate two different roles on the FX anthology series, which chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment following allegations that he committed perjury and obstructed justice related to an affair in the Oval Office. First, Lewinsky is the subject of the dramatized series as a White House intern (played by Beanie Feldstein) who falls in love with the president, and mistakenly shares her secret with work confidante Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson).
Second, Lewinsky is also a producer on the show, working with the series’ creative team of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Sarah Burgess. It wasn’t always easy to juggle both parts for Lewinsky, who’s turned down millions of dollars, valuing her privacy above all else — especially over a quick paycheck.
“I don’t make decisions to work on things that...
- 9/29/2021
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Burgess first encountered details of President Bill Clinton’s sex life as a preteen in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when they were pulled straight out of independent counsel Ken Starr’s report and splashed across the front page of her hometown newspaper. “My mom worked in the Pentagon, and I was waiting for her to drive me to school,” Burgess recalls. “She had a paper there in the front seat, and I remember being shocked.”
Two decades later, the scandal would shock her all over again.
Burgess grew...
Two decades later, the scandal would shock her all over again.
Burgess grew...
- 9/22/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Amidst all the discussion surrounding the recent release of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” is the universal acknowledgment that the series attempts to tell Clinton/Lewinsky scandal through the eyes of women. Within the last few years, television has taken off the nostalgia glasses to illustrate how audiences didn’t necessarily know everything as history was being made, and that’s how showrunner Sarah Burgess wanted to look at “Impeachment.”
Series creator Ryan Murphy always envisioned the series as being told through the eyes of Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford), Burgess told IndieWire. Though she was a child when the scandal originally started she always noted how adults of that era reflected back on it. “There’s this incorrect belief that Monica Lewinsky enjoyed wanting the story to become public,” Burgess said. “[In fact], she did not want this to come out. She...
Series creator Ryan Murphy always envisioned the series as being told through the eyes of Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford), Burgess told IndieWire. Though she was a child when the scandal originally started she always noted how adults of that era reflected back on it. “There’s this incorrect belief that Monica Lewinsky enjoyed wanting the story to become public,” Burgess said. “[In fact], she did not want this to come out. She...
- 9/14/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 1 of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”)
Hillary Clinton was arguably one of the people most affected by the affair between her husband President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and the subsequent scandal that broke out when the then-commander-in-chief lied under oath about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky.
But in the Tuesday premiere of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Hillary Clinton (played by Edie Falco), then the first lady of the United States, is seen only once and has just one line, “Hello,” which she says to White House employee Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) while they are both washing their hands in the West Wing’s communal ladies room in a scene that takes place during Clinton’s (Clive Owen) first term.
However, she will be saying more than that, eventually, according to Sarah Burgess, who wrote the Ryan Murphy-produced “Impeachment.
Hillary Clinton was arguably one of the people most affected by the affair between her husband President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and the subsequent scandal that broke out when the then-commander-in-chief lied under oath about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky.
But in the Tuesday premiere of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Hillary Clinton (played by Edie Falco), then the first lady of the United States, is seen only once and has just one line, “Hello,” which she says to White House employee Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) while they are both washing their hands in the West Wing’s communal ladies room in a scene that takes place during Clinton’s (Clive Owen) first term.
However, she will be saying more than that, eventually, according to Sarah Burgess, who wrote the Ryan Murphy-produced “Impeachment.
- 9/8/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s Impeachment: American Crime Story debut episode.
“Make her stay to watch,” a trapped Monica Lewinsky tells FBI agents of Linda Tripp in a January 1998 Ritz-Carlton hotel room after being snared mere hours before an unknowing Bill Clinton was scheduled to sit down before lawyers. “I want that treacherous bitch to see what she’s done to me,” the Beanie Feldstein portrayed Lewinsky adds as Sarah Paulson’s Tripp stares in something resembling shame in the real life scene depicted in the opening minutes of the opening ‘Exile’ episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story tonight on FX.
Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Brad Falchuk and Sarah Burgess, with Lewinsky herself serving as a producer too, the latest iteration of the Emmy-winning franchise returned with more of the best of the worst of the 1990s.
“Make her stay to watch,” a trapped Monica Lewinsky tells FBI agents of Linda Tripp in a January 1998 Ritz-Carlton hotel room after being snared mere hours before an unknowing Bill Clinton was scheduled to sit down before lawyers. “I want that treacherous bitch to see what she’s done to me,” the Beanie Feldstein portrayed Lewinsky adds as Sarah Paulson’s Tripp stares in something resembling shame in the real life scene depicted in the opening minutes of the opening ‘Exile’ episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story tonight on FX.
Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Brad Falchuk and Sarah Burgess, with Lewinsky herself serving as a producer too, the latest iteration of the Emmy-winning franchise returned with more of the best of the worst of the 1990s.
- 9/8/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Impeachment’ Showrunner on Making Linda Tripp More Than a ‘Cartoon Villain’ in Monica Lewinsky Saga
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”
In true “American Crime Story” form, the anthology drama’s third installment, “Impeachment,” opens a little bit in the future from the events covered by the series.
It is 1998 and Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) is preparing to leave Washington, D.C. for New York City — and a job in Revlon’s publicity department, although that detail is not made explicit in the show at the start. Before she goes, she agrees to meet up with Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), who ominously tells her she may have a solution to a problem. That problem, although not named yet, is the fact that President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) is being accused of improper conduct with other women and Monica confided some of the details of her own relationship with him to Linda.
In true “American Crime Story” form, the anthology drama’s third installment, “Impeachment,” opens a little bit in the future from the events covered by the series.
It is 1998 and Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) is preparing to leave Washington, D.C. for New York City — and a job in Revlon’s publicity department, although that detail is not made explicit in the show at the start. Before she goes, she agrees to meet up with Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), who ominously tells her she may have a solution to a problem. That problem, although not named yet, is the fact that President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) is being accused of improper conduct with other women and Monica confided some of the details of her own relationship with him to Linda.
- 9/8/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” premieres Tuesday on FX, revealing a different side of the Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton scandal than the public has ever seen before. Namely, the series offers the perspectives of the women central to the historical incident: Monica Lewinksy (played by Beanie Feldstein), Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford).
Part of the reason the show — which is the third installment in Murphy’s “American Crime Story” franchise — is able to explore this angle so fully is because Lewinsky herself was a producer on “Impeachment” and worked very closely with the season’s writer, Sarah Burgess, on making sure everything in the script was accurate. That meant giving many, many notes about her personal experiences and, according to Burgess, requesting no cuts.
“I had written three scripts when I met her,” Burgess told TheWrap. “So the process did allow me, as a writer,...
Part of the reason the show — which is the third installment in Murphy’s “American Crime Story” franchise — is able to explore this angle so fully is because Lewinsky herself was a producer on “Impeachment” and worked very closely with the season’s writer, Sarah Burgess, on making sure everything in the script was accurate. That meant giving many, many notes about her personal experiences and, according to Burgess, requesting no cuts.
“I had written three scripts when I met her,” Burgess told TheWrap. “So the process did allow me, as a writer,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Monica Lewinsky stepped out to FX’s champagne toast to “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on Wednesday night at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
Lewinsky, a producer on the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning anthology series, posed for photographers on the red, white and blue arrivals carpet for a few minutes before skipping the interview press to head inside to a makeshift cocktail lounge. Chatter on the carpet was Lewinsky became skittish about being photographed in front of the façade of the White House that was erected on the step-and-repeat or the “Impeachment” posters, which also feature images of the White House.
“Impeachment,” which premieres on Sept. 7 on FX, chronicles Lewinsky’s affair with Pres. Bill Clinton when she was a White House intern in the late 1990s as well as independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s investigation of the president.
Inside the reception area, Lewinsky sat on...
Lewinsky, a producer on the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning anthology series, posed for photographers on the red, white and blue arrivals carpet for a few minutes before skipping the interview press to head inside to a makeshift cocktail lounge. Chatter on the carpet was Lewinsky became skittish about being photographed in front of the façade of the White House that was erected on the step-and-repeat or the “Impeachment” posters, which also feature images of the White House.
“Impeachment,” which premieres on Sept. 7 on FX, chronicles Lewinsky’s affair with Pres. Bill Clinton when she was a White House intern in the late 1990s as well as independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s investigation of the president.
Inside the reception area, Lewinsky sat on...
- 9/2/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have… I know there will be ...
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have… I know there will be ...
After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have. I know there will be contrast ...
“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have. I know there will be contrast ...
It’s been so long since FX’s American Crime Story debuted (Obama was still president!) that it’s easy to forget how much trepidation surrounded that first season, The People v. O.J. Simpson. The O.J. trial was a circus at the time it unfolded. Producer Ryan Murphy’s track record seemed even more fragile in 2016 than it does now, circa the death rattle of Glee and misfires like Scream Queens. And the casting felt odd in so many places: David Schwimmer as Kim Kardashian’s dad? John Travolta...
- 9/1/2021
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
If you were anywhere near a TV in the ’90s, you probably remember the most sensationalized talking points about President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent impeachment trial. Like, her blue dress stained with his semen, the footage of her in a black beret hugging the president at his inauguration. And lest we forget, the lie heard around the world: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Thankfully, Ryan Murphy’s new FX miniseries “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” isn’t interested in retreading any of that.
Besides, “Saturday Night Live” did a thorough job on a weekly basis throughout the decade.
Instead, “Impeachment” showrunner Sarah Burgess shifts the story to the perspective of Lewinsky (sensitively portrayed by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein), the 24-year-old woman who was the subject of late-night ridicule and sexist public scrutiny amid the meteoric rise of the next Great White Man.
Besides, “Saturday Night Live” did a thorough job on a weekly basis throughout the decade.
Instead, “Impeachment” showrunner Sarah Burgess shifts the story to the perspective of Lewinsky (sensitively portrayed by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein), the 24-year-old woman who was the subject of late-night ridicule and sexist public scrutiny amid the meteoric rise of the next Great White Man.
- 9/1/2021
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This review contains details of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story which debuts on September 7.
Ultimately David Geffen said it best and worst of Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
Debuting on September 7, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is an indictment of those lies, their corresponding hypocrisies and the people often treated as cannon fodder by the ruthlessly ambitious First Couple.
Penned by playwright Sarah Burgess and based on Jeffrey Toobin’s 1999 book A Vast Conspiracy, the latest 10-episode installment of the Acs franchise executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson strives to keep the spotlight away from the Clintons. Instead, the focus is on the trials and tribulations of the once infamous Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, with the latter serving as a producer on the pandemic-delayed project.
Ultimately David Geffen said it best and worst of Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”
Debuting on September 7, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is an indictment of those lies, their corresponding hypocrisies and the people often treated as cannon fodder by the ruthlessly ambitious First Couple.
Penned by playwright Sarah Burgess and based on Jeffrey Toobin’s 1999 book A Vast Conspiracy, the latest 10-episode installment of the Acs franchise executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson strives to keep the spotlight away from the Clintons. Instead, the focus is on the trials and tribulations of the once infamous Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, with the latter serving as a producer on the pandemic-delayed project.
- 8/31/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
TV docudramas always walk a fine line between illumination and exploitation. But American Crime Story‘s first installment, The People v. O.J. Simpson, broke the mold by doing the impossible: It gave us a fresh perspective on a story we thought we already knew so well. It had depth, it had nuance, it made us rethink the legacies of infamous media pariahs… and I say all that to emphasize that Impeachment: American Crime Story does none of this.
Despite its lofty pedigree, Impeachment is a disaster: a schlocky, overheated melodrama that’s only a degree or two removed from a Saturday Night Live parody.
Despite its lofty pedigree, Impeachment is a disaster: a schlocky, overheated melodrama that’s only a degree or two removed from a Saturday Night Live parody.
- 8/31/2021
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
When a story seems too hyperbolic or prescient to be true, we call it “stranger than fiction.” We marvel that “you couldn’t script” the kind of twists that make up our wildest tales, or else that no one would believe them for embodying every cliché they possibly could. The wisdom then becomes that “seeing is believing”: that the only real way to believe a supposedly unbelievable melodrama is to watch it unfold with your own eyes and feel your skepticism calcify into an understanding. Then, maybe, the story that once seemed unfathomable evolves into something more layered and recognizably real.
Such is the mission of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which follows in the footsteps of the FX anthology series’ previous installments (“The People v. O.J.” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) by trying to recreate a national scandal by highlighting its most human elements. This chapter, steered by playwright Sarah Burgess,...
Such is the mission of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which follows in the footsteps of the FX anthology series’ previous installments (“The People v. O.J.” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) by trying to recreate a national scandal by highlighting its most human elements. This chapter, steered by playwright Sarah Burgess,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
“American Crime Story: Impeachment,” the third installment of the FX anthology series, is set to debut the first of its 10 episodes September 7, and it’s sure to create a firestorm. This season will focus on “the Clinton Affair,” the 1998 scandal in which former President Bill Clinton lied under oath about a sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky, triggering impeachment proceedings. Bill and Hillary Clinton have both addressed the scandal many times, but having these events dramatized will likely summon up a media stir they’d both prefer to avoid. So have they expressed any feelings about the show?
The new cover story of The Hollywood Reporter — all about the show, which follows previous seasons on the O.J. Simpson case and the murder of Gianni Versace — gives an answer: They haven’t. The Clintons, or anyone in their “camp,” haven’t expressed so much as a “peep” to anyone involved with the FX series,...
The new cover story of The Hollywood Reporter — all about the show, which follows previous seasons on the O.J. Simpson case and the murder of Gianni Versace — gives an answer: They haven’t. The Clintons, or anyone in their “camp,” haven’t expressed so much as a “peep” to anyone involved with the FX series,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
As the only producer on Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” with a firsthand account of what occurred during the real-life scandal the FX series is depicting, Monica Lewinsky is in a very unique, and potentially traumatizing, position when it comes to actually watching the show. That’s why Lewinsky hired a therapist to watch “Impeachment” with her over Zoom, so that she was not alone as she took down her notes on the project, which stars Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky and Clive Owen as her former lover, President Bill Clinton.
“Because it’s hard,” Lewinsky told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. “It’s really hard, especially with the dramatic license that needs to be taken.”
Lewinsky worked closely with Feldstein to create the on-screen version of Monica but was never around when the “Booksmart” star was in character on set, according “Impeachment” executive producer Nina Jacobson,...
“Because it’s hard,” Lewinsky told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. “It’s really hard, especially with the dramatic license that needs to be taken.”
Lewinsky worked closely with Feldstein to create the on-screen version of Monica but was never around when the “Booksmart” star was in character on set, according “Impeachment” executive producer Nina Jacobson,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
“No one, as far as we know, from the Clinton camp has seen this series,” Impeachment: American Crime Story executive producer Brad Simpson said today of the former First Couple who loom large in the FX limited series.
“Of course, I’m curious what they would think,” Simpson added at Friday’s virtual TCA panel of media savvy and sensitive ex-President Bill Clinton and almost Potus Hillary Clinton. “I don’t imagine she will watch, no matter how emphatic we are to her,” the EP noted of the role played by Sopranos vet Eddie Falco to Clive Owen’s 42nd Commander-in-Chief in the show debuting on September 7.
Neither of the Clintons, nor the likes of Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter, were consulted on the Simpson, Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Falchuk EP’d 10-parter, like Monica Lewinsky was, as a producer herself. However, for Simpson on Friday, the legacy...
“Of course, I’m curious what they would think,” Simpson added at Friday’s virtual TCA panel of media savvy and sensitive ex-President Bill Clinton and almost Potus Hillary Clinton. “I don’t imagine she will watch, no matter how emphatic we are to her,” the EP noted of the role played by Sopranos vet Eddie Falco to Clive Owen’s 42nd Commander-in-Chief in the show debuting on September 7.
Neither of the Clintons, nor the likes of Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter, were consulted on the Simpson, Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Falchuk EP’d 10-parter, like Monica Lewinsky was, as a producer herself. However, for Simpson on Friday, the legacy...
- 8/20/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” tells the story of the infamous affair between President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. While the upcoming FX anthology will dive into many details surrounding the scandal, it will not include depictions of sexual acts that occurred between Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) and Clinton (Clive Owen).
In fact, the most intimate interaction you’ll see the two share over the first few episodes of “Impeachment,” which premieres Sept. 7, is a kiss. The more explicit elements of the relationship are revealed during Lewinsky’s phone calls with former White House employee Linda Tripp (played by Sarah Paulson).
And the reason for that decision, according to writer Sarah Burgess, is because enough of the public already knows the “graphic sexual detail” of the 90s scandal — like the blue dress Lewinsky kept that was stained with Clinton’s semen after she performed oral sex on him.
In fact, the most intimate interaction you’ll see the two share over the first few episodes of “Impeachment,” which premieres Sept. 7, is a kiss. The more explicit elements of the relationship are revealed during Lewinsky’s phone calls with former White House employee Linda Tripp (played by Sarah Paulson).
And the reason for that decision, according to writer Sarah Burgess, is because enough of the public already knows the “graphic sexual detail” of the 90s scandal — like the blue dress Lewinsky kept that was stained with Clinton’s semen after she performed oral sex on him.
- 8/20/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Although “Impeachment: American Crime Story” has been described as being based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” the greatest source the show had, the stars and producers noted during the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for the show, was Monica Lewinsky herself.
“I had the great gift of that, when I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved by and had been to Monica first,” said actor Beanie Feldstein, who portrays Lewinsky in the limited series. She added that the producers “would go through the scripts with [Monica] and she would give all her feedback and her notes, and by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she thought was real to her life, and felt represented her.
“I had the great gift of that, when I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved by and had been to Monica first,” said actor Beanie Feldstein, who portrays Lewinsky in the limited series. She added that the producers “would go through the scripts with [Monica] and she would give all her feedback and her notes, and by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she thought was real to her life, and felt represented her.
- 8/20/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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