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Time to catch up this year's slate of Emmy nominees before awards are handed out in September.

Three seasons in, the ‘Abbott Elementary’ actress has turned Principal Ava into a fan-favorite. But James knows there’s so much more to her than her on-screen career.

LOS ANGELES — Emmy voters are creatures of habit. That's good news for "Ted Lasso" in its quest to win a third consecutive comedy series trophy and keep its perfect record intact.

LOS ANGELES — Today's top comedy series also happen to be some of the best dramas on television. Such shows as "Barry," "Shrinking" and "UnPrisoned" mine humor in the dark corners of intense subjects — PTSD, grief and incarceration. "Abbott Elementary" turns the depressing realities of a broken public school…

‘I’m doing a lot of work to bring this b**** to life,’ comedian said

On "Salon Talks," the actor discusses her stand-up comedy, playing principal Ava Coleman and toxic positivity

LOS ANGELES — Television's biggest night arrives Monday. No ... not the opening of "Monday Night Football." It's the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards! A chance to see your favorite stars, provided you have cable and can tune into NBC or have access to a streaming platform that offers NBC or…

There are certain annual rituals that signify the end of summer and beginning of fall. Football returns, pumpkin spice lattes go back on Starbucks menus and Hollywood celebrates the year in television with a glitzy awards ceremony.

Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally without laughing once through an episode ("Barry"), best comedy in which someone is killed but…