The Emmy Nominees Who Might Surprise Us, Broadcast TV’s Ticking Strike Clock and This Week’s Ratings Winners

Could Martin Short or Jenna Ortega take home a prize? [Only Murders Wednesday Jury Duty]( [From Jenna Ortega to Martin Short, These Emmy Dark Horses Might Surprise]( By Steve Pond You can’t blame Emmy voters from being a little distracted this year. Between picket lines, stalled projects and bans on campaigning, voting will come to an end on Monday at a time when it’s anything but business as usual in Hollywood. That might make it harder for members of the Television Academy to focus on the job of considering all 207 nominated programs or all 114 nominated performances. But is it too much to hope that instead of making them lazier about the job, it’ll spur them out of usual routines? That maybe it’ll make them consider programs and people that conventional wisdom says don’t have much of a chance? [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Writers on strike]( [Broadcast TV Faces a Ticking Clock as Strike Grinds On]( By Lucas Manfredi, Jose Alejandro Bastidas, Loree Seitz, and Kayla Cobb As Hollywood chiefs lumber their way through labor negotiations, the broadcast networks under their purview face an increasingly tight deadline to get production of their scripted programming up and running in time to air in early 2024. Given the rocky restart of contract talks between the AMPTP and WGA, hope for timely resolution is quickly dwindling. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Americas-Got-Talent-Big-Brother]( [‘America’s Got Talent,’ ‘Big Brother’ Live Shows Lead This Week’s Broadcast TV Ratings]( By Loree Seitz Live shows from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and CBS’ “Big Brother” attracted the largest audience and highest ratings of this week’s broadcast TV programs. As audiences tuned in to watch “America’s Got Talent” judges evaluate live acts on the NBC reality competition series, the Tuesday and Wednesday airings were the most-watched programs across primetime from last Friday to Thursday, according to TheWrap’s weekly broadcast TV ratings breakdown of the top 10 highest-rated and most-watched programs of the week. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Picketers at Netflix AMPTP]( [AMPTP Hires Crisis PR Agency Levinson Group]( [Lola Tung and Rachel Blanchard in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Season 2 Finale]( [Why Some Shows Thrive in a 2nd Season | Charts]( [gran-turismo-david-harbour]( [‘Gran Turismo’ Races to $1.4 Million at Thursday Box Office]( [Austin, Texas]( [Award-Winning Nonprofit Texas Tribune Lays Off 11]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](