New ‘Animal Kingdom’ Podcast, Making the Case for ‘Mr. Robot’ and more at ADTV

Surveying the ‘Animal Kingdom’ and Our Emmy Wishes

On this week’s Water Cooler Podcast, we’re taking a deeper / spoiler-filled look at TNT’s summer hit Animal Kingdom, which was recently renewed for Season 2. What does the character-driven action series ultimately offer after a well-received pilot episode? What works and what doesn’t work across the series? Plus, what chance does the series have next year during the 2017 Emmy season?

Monday, August 15, marked the start of the 2016 Emmy voting window. In a segment called, Emmy Wishes, we take a break from our weekly Emmy analysis and list those winners we’d most like to see on Emmy night. (Podcast)

Final Round of Emmy Voting Begins

The final round of Emmy voting began earlier this week (August 15th), and Television Academy members have two weeks (August 29th at 10PM PST) to complete their ballots online for the top series and program awards of the year as well as the awards within their own branch.

Unlike the Oscars, most Emmy categories are voted on by their peers: only actors vote in the acting categories, only directors vote in the directing categories, and writers vote in the writing categories. The series and program races are exceptions with all 20,000+ national members eligible to vote in the top awards if they wish. Find out more at AwardsDaily TV. (Emmy Voting)

Courtney B. Vance Reveals His Vision Of Johnnie Cochran

Although Sarah Paulson has gathered the lioness’ share of the plaudits for her performance in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the show is renowned for the amount of acting talent on display. Playing Johnnie Cochran, lead defense counsel for O.J. Simpson, Courtney B. Vance also stands-out and currently favors to win a Best Actor in a Limited Series at the 2016 Emmys. ADTV’s Robin Write spoke to Courtney while he was spending time in Africa what preparations he made for such a role, what he made of the success, and what in his acting background prepared him for this role. (Courtney B. Vance)

It happened to me in front of my own house. My children were with me at the time. I thought I heard something, so tried to look outside the door and when I opened the door there were five police officers. They were like “Come on out. Get on your knees.” I had watched Law & Order, and all those sort of shows. I mean, we were talking midnight in all white neighborhood. I came out, got on my knees. One officer saw it was me, and they were like “Oh boy, I am so sorry Mr Vance.” It was very humbling. I was just glad my children did not wake up and see me on my knees.

— Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)

Clark & Paulson at the ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ Emmy Event

FX hosted an Emmys event last night on the Fox lot for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. The event was a Q&A featuring Emmy-nominee Sarah Paulson and Marcia Clark with Ryan Murphy directing the episode. The show was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards, ranking second only to Game of Thrones, and it is favored to take home a number of Emmys. Sarah Paulson, who has been nominated four times before, is the overwhelming favorite to take home an Emmy for her portrayal of lead prosecutor Marcia Clark. Take a look at the highlights from the event at ADTV. (Paulson)

Making The Case For ‘Mr. Robot’

In the first of an on-going series, Robin Write makes the Emmy case for Mr. Robot to win the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy. Over the next week and a half, the writers of AwardsDaily TV will pour out their hearts and minds to try and convince Emmy voters to follow their expert opinions. (Mr. Robot)