English Entertainment
HBO captures eight Emmys for individual performances
GotoBavaria, Locations 2003, Dr. A Jayathilak, GotoBavaria, Oscar, The Black Forest PlagueLOS ANGELES: HBO led the way in the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards which concluded yesterday. It captured eight awards for individual performances, taking the total number of awards it has won so far during this year to 18 (including the Creative Awards announced earlier on 13 September).
At No. 2 spot was CBS with a total of seven Emmys. NBC occupied the third place along with TNT with four awards each. Comedy Central with two emmys occupied the fourth spot, while ABC, Sci-Fi and USA took home an Emmy each.
Fox the broadcast partner, ended the night with no Emmys to boast of. At least it had the Emmy show, a wag commented.
Program Individuals Totals:
| Channel |
Program
|
Individuals
|
Total
|
|||
|
HBO
|
–
|
1
|
8
|
(17)
|
8
|
(18)
|
|
CBS
|
2
|
(2)
|
5
|
(14)
|
7
|
(16)
|
|
NBC
|
2
|
(2)
|
2
|
(13)
|
4
|
(15)
|
|
ABC
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
(9)
|
1
|
(9)
|
|
FOX
|
–
|
(1)
|
–
|
(6)
|
–
|
(7)
|
|
PBS
|
–
|
(3)
|
–
|
(4)
|
–
|
(7)
|
|
TNT
|
1
|
(1)
|
3
|
(5)
|
4
|
(6)
|
|
Comedy Central
|
1
|
(1)
|
1
|
(2)
|
2
|
(3)
|
|
A&E
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(2)
|
–
|
(2)
|
|
Cartoon Network
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(2)
|
–
|
(2)
|
|
DISC
|
–
|
(1)
|
–
|
(1)
|
–
|
(2)
|
|
Sci-Fi
|
1
|
(1)
|
–
|
(1)
|
1
|
(2)
|
|
USA
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
(2)
|
1
|
(2)
|
| Bravo |
–
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(1)
|
|
SHO
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
(1)
|
–
|
(1)
|
English Entertainment
Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
