A handful of surprise wins and poignant moments kept the otherwise uneven 71st Primetime Emmy Awards interesting Alan Sepinwall, provided by Published 9:15 am CDT, Monday, September 23, 2019 Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Upsets and Upstarts Keep Emmys Ceremony Lively 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Much of the pre-scripted material on Sunday night’s Emmys telecast was devoted to the idea that the small screen has no limits to exactly what it can show, or be. As former Emmy winner Bryan Cranston put it, at the end of a monologue that … [Read more...] about Upsets and Upstarts Keep Emmys Ceremony Lively
Climate protests shut down streets in DC
By James Osborne Updated 9:52 am CDT, Monday, September 23, 2019 Climate activists shut down an intersection on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., as part of a global push to shift the global economy away from fossil fuels. Climate activists shut down an intersection on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., as part of a global push to shift the global economy away from fossil fuels. Photo: Photo: James Osborne Photo: Photo: James Osborne Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Climate activists shut down an intersection on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., as part of a global push to shift the global economy away from fossil fuels. Climate activists shut down an intersection on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., as part of a global push to shift the … [Read more...] about Climate protests shut down streets in DC
Breaking Bad Actor Confirms Return for El Camino
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Moviebreaking bad Movie News By Spencer Perry ON September 23, 2019 Breaking Bad actor confirms return for El Camino SPOILERS AHEAD! The cast for the upcoming El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is mostly still under wraps, though we know that Aaron Paul will return as Jesse Pinkman with his previous cohorts Matt Jones as Badger and Charles Baker as Skinny Pete also returning. The THR cover story on the film revealed that it features “more than 10 familiar characters from the show,” and one more has just been revealed in a new interview. Final warning, potential spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie! Speaking with ET Canada, Jonathan Banks confirmed that he will return as Mike Ehrmantraut for the upcoming film. The actor whispered “Yes,” when asked if he would appear, saying: “They’ll hit me in the head for saying this, but yes, why not? None of those guys hit very hard anyway.” As fans … [Read more...] about Breaking Bad Actor Confirms Return for El Camino
Bill Weld Suggests Death Penalty for Trump Over Ukraine Call
Former Massachusetts governor and 2020 Republican challenger Bill Weld said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday that the only penalty for what he says President Trump is guilty of is death. And the MSNBC hosts were fine with that. In a single segment, Weld visited the topic of the death penalty for Trump, and those two instances are joined in the clip above. First he brought it up himself without being prompted. The precipitating issue is the phone call to the President of Ukraine about investigating Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. “Talk about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election, it couldn’t be clearer. And that’s not just undermining democratic institutions, that is treason. It’s treason, pure and simple. And the penalty for treason under the U.S. code is death. That’s the only penalty,” said Weld. “The penalty under the Constitution is removal from office and that might look like a pretty good … [Read more...] about Bill Weld Suggests Death Penalty for Trump Over Ukraine Call
TV Ratings: Emmys Tumble to All-Time Low in Early Ratings
For the second year in a row, the Emmy Awards are looking at an all-time low in the ratings. Preliminary numbers for Fox's broadcast Sunday night have the awards at a 5.7 household rating in metered markets. That's off by 23 percent from the 7.4 for the 2018 Emmys, which aired on NBC on a Monday night (to avoid conflicts with the network's NFL contract). Last year's Emmys ended up with 10.21 million viewers. If the declines in the preliminary numbers carry through to the finals, the audience could end up around 8 million viewers, which would be the first time since at least 1990 that they've gone under 10 million viewers. The last time Fox aired the Emmys, in 2015, the ceremony drew what was then an all-time low of 11.87 million viewers. The slide for the Emmys is also easily the biggest decline among the major televised awards shows in 2019. The Oscars improved by more than 10 percent in both total viewers and adults 18-49, and the Golden Globes and Grammys were fairly steady year to … [Read more...] about TV Ratings: Emmys Tumble to All-Time Low in Early Ratings