It's a question that's been bandied about for decades: Are "Sesame Street" dynamic duo Bert and Ernie more than just roommates? Or are they instead engaged in a lifelong love affair?

A recent interview with Mark Saltzman, a playwright and former writer for "Sesame Street," has finally offered some insight into the issue, even as Sesame Workshop...Read more

Donald Trump Jr., went on a mini-tweetstorm Tuesday morning aimed at CNN host Anderson Cooper over segment on Monday's "AC360" that called out social media posts made by President Trump's oldest son.

In the tweets, Trump Jr. was responding to a segment in which Cooper, who said he rarely responds to online conspiracy theorists, rebutted a false...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The ratings slide for the Emmy Awards that has come with the rise of streaming TV shows continued with Monday's telecast, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.

NBC's live broadcast from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles averaged a 7.4 rating in the 56 markets where Nielsen measures overnight ratings. The figure ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- It was a nail-biter until the last award was won.

HBO's "Game of Thrones" and Amazon Prime Video's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" captured the top honors in drama and comedy at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, while a tie between HBO and Netflix for most wins demonstrated just how splintered -- and wide open -- the television ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- And so we have put to bed the 70th running of the Emmy Awards, that night when the people of television go onto television to honor the people of television -- some people of television anyway.

The broadcast, hosted by "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost, and produced by "SNL" producer Lorne...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The 70th annual primetime Emmy Awards opened on what seemed to be a confident voice.

"We Solved It!" sang Kristen Bell, Sterling K. Brown, Tituss Burgess and Kenan Thompson in a satirical musical number celebrating steps the television industry has made in diversifying its very white, very male ranks. RuPaul sashayed across the ...Read more

The Emmy Awards are often derided for being predictable, but with this year's baffling ceremony, it was shocking when an expected winner actually made it to the podium.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Claire Foy, lead actress in a drama winner for "The Crown," said during her speech, summing up the evening's vibe.

Foy winning, and not ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Produced by Ryan Murphy, FX's "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" is far more than a narrative about the 1997 murder of the Italian fashion designer by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. It's also a dramatic window into what it was like to be gay in America in the '90s.

Which may be why the show, which starred ...Read more

It was a battle months in the making.

Ever since Netflix surpassed HBO in total Emmy nominations in July for the first time, all eyes were on the two networks to see which platform would come out of the 2018 Primetime Emmys victorious.

In the end, the rivals tied with 23 wins each. NBC followed with 16 wins, while FX netted 12 wins. CNN and ...Read more

BURBANK, Calif. -- The last few years have been big ones for Josh Groban, Musical Theater Nut.

In 2015, the pop-classical singer famous for his big voice (and his boyish looks) earned a Grammy nomination for his album "Stages," which featured renditions of classic Broadway tunes from the likes of "Carousel" and "Les Miserables."

The next year,...Read more

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" shined at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five awards including outstanding comedy series. (The Amazon series also won Creative Arts Emmys for casting, music supervision and picture editing earlier this month.) "Barry," "The Americans," "The Crown," "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Rachel Brosnahan's appearance backstage in the Emmys press room was short but charming. In her flowing crimson dress and bright red lipstick, she conjured a sense of 1950s glamour consistent with her show, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

"This is very, very new -- I feel like the new kid at the party," she said of her lead actress ...Read more