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Debra Birnbaum is a skilled multi-platform content creator, with over 20 years of experience covering news and entertainment. She's currently the executive editor, TV for Variety, overseeing all television coverage for the trade magazine's multiple platforms, including the weekly print edition and Variety.com. She also covers the Emmy Awards, producing 13 special issues highlighting the Emmy contenders. As the President/Editor-in-Chief of TV Guide Magazine, a position she held for seven years, …

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Viola Davis on Her Groundbreaking Emmy Win: 'I Felt Like I Fulfilled a Purpose'

Viola Davis on Her Groundbreaking Emmy Win: 'I Felt Like I Fulfilled a Purpose'

COVER STORY: Fellow nominee Taraji P. Henson stood and applauded. Kerry Washington cried. But of all those mo…

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Apple TV head on streamer’s record Emmy success: ‘You have to own your own lane’ Original

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By Debra Birnbaum Verified
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Pluribus and Widow's Bay No Studio? No Severance? No sweat. Apple TV scored a record 89 nominations for the streamer, thanks to the Emmy love for its dramas and comedies — three of each which scored coveted slots on the ballot. Matt Cherniss, the head of Apple TV programming, credits taking risks and trusting in his showrunners to deliver for the results. Here, he breaks down the stunning success of Widow's Bay and its 19 nominations, and when we can expect to see Season 2 of Pluribus and The Studio.
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By the numbers: 2026 Emmy nomination fun facts, from 1 (Steve Carell) to 100 (David Attenborough) Original

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By Debra Birnbaum Verified
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Alien Earth; Wicked: One Wonderful Night; DTF St. Louis The only thing consistent about the Emmy nominations is its inconsistency. Part of the fun of nomination morning is combing through the ballot to find the quirks that give the 25,000 voting membership its unique charm.
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2026 Emmys: 5 stars who scored double acting nominations Original

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By Denton Davidson Verified, Debra Birnbaum Verified
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Colman Domingo and Laurie Metcalf Five actors are seeing double this morning. Jason Bateman, Colman Domingo, Laurie Metcalf, Nick Offerman, and Matthew Rhys have all joined the elite club of performers who scored two Emmy acting nominations in a single year — just last year, Catherine O'Hara (The Studio, The Last of Us) and Julianne Nicholson (Hacks, Paradise) pulled it off. From dramatic pivots to genre-hopping performances, here's what landed each of them in two races at once.
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