Innholdsfortegnelse for Emmy Special Issue 26B August 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

Netflix’s big-budget historical drama, which follows Queen Elizabeth II over multiple decades, is about to undergo a dramatic change. The series is swapping out its current stars — including Emmy-nominated actors Claire Foy, Matt Smith and Vanessa Kirby — for new ones who’ll portray the same characters a few years on. With the casting musical chairs, it’s the last chance for Foy, Smith and the rest of the original actors to nab trophies for their work on the Peter Morgan-created drama, which is up for a total of nine awards. Series producer Suzanne Mackie spoke with THR about the difficulty of saying goodbye to beloved actors, what gives her anxiety about future seasons of the show and the one question she wishes to never be asked about again (hint: it…

Few streaming shows have returned for a second season with as much fanfare as Stranger Things. Though Netflix famously keeps audience figures under wraps, the first season became a cultural phenomenon after it landed in July 2016, earning late-night spoofs as well as five Emmys and making social media stars out of its actors (even one whose character died in the third episode). And the second season built on its predecessor’s momentum. One analytics firm named Stranger Things 2 the most popular show in the country, while the series’ six Emmy nominations have helped make Netflix this year’s most-nominated outlet. THR spoke with executive producer and director Shawn Levy, 50, about how his team delivered on high expectations for the show and his favorite moment from its sophomore season. How…

This Is Us, NBC’s tearjerker drama that won star Sterling K. Brown the lead actor Emmy in 2017, earned eight Emmy nominations for its second season, which finally revealed how patriarch Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) died. Creator and executive producer Dan Fogelman, 49, spoke with THR about why the show continues to resonate, what he loves and hates about Emmy season and who he wants to meet at the big show (but may be too afraid to speak to). Why do you think this show continues to resonate with fans? It’s the actors. Yes, people like the warmth of the show and the storylines, but what they’re really responding to is this collective ensemble of actors and feeling like when they’re watching them, they’re watching family members — or versions of…

David Harbour was almost ready to call it quits on Hollywood when he received the Stranger Things script from creators Matt and Ross Duffer. Fast-forward a few years and he’s become one of the industry’s most in-demand actors thanks to his role as Chief Hopper on the bingeable Netflix drama. “Stranger Things has opened up a world to me. I’ve wanted to tell these stories that I love and care about and am passionate about for years,” says Harbour, 43, who received his second Emmy nomination for the role. “People haven’t been hunting me down in off-Broadway plays in New York to have me, so now the fact that they are is just a really exciting thing.” While Harbour was on set for the third season of the sci-fi drama…

After being largely ignored by the Television Academy for several years, FX’s critically adored spy thriller finally broke into the Emmys race in 2016. Since then, The Americans has landed noms in at least a few of the major categories each year. And despite being overlooked in the prestigious drama series category last year, the show managed to jump back into the competitive race this year. “Because it’s the final season, it really has a special feeling to it,” says Joe Weisberg, the onetime CIA officer who created the series and serves as a showrunner along-side Joel Fields. The duo took some time to look back on the show’s legacy, explain why they’re not at all surprised about current U.S.-Russian relations and share the most unexpected feedback they’ve received about…

During its first four years of eligibility, The Sopranos was not getting a big embrace from the TV Academy. Beginning in 1999, it was winning in some categories but lost four times — first to The Practice and then three times to The West Wing — for outstanding drama series. “We had won Emmys for acting, writing, several other categories,” recalls series creator David Chase. “But the show had never won for outstanding drama, so there was kind of a disconnect for me with all that.” The big change came in 2004, when the show won outstanding drama, making HBO the first cable network to do so. When Helen Mirren presented the evening’s last statuette to Chase, he gave an unexpected acceptance speech. He praised the cast but then went…