Beau Bridges and Yael Grobglas return in their recurring guest star roles as Howard “Senior” Markston and Shae Banfield on CBS’s Matlock episode 11, the first episode to air after Kathy Bates won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Directed by Hannah Michielsen from a script by Sara Rose Feinberg, episode 11 will air on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
The one-hour drama stars Kathy Bates as Madeline Matlock, Skye P. Marshall as Olympia, Jason Ritter as Julian, David Del Rio as Billy, and Leah Lewis as Sarah. Bates, Jennie Snyder Urman, Kat Coiro, Joanna Klein, and Eric Christian Olsen executive produce.
“A Traitor in Thine Own House” Plot: Tensions rise as Shae works with Olympia’s team on a case for a tech startup that’s had trade secrets stolen.
Matlock stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice, Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Ritter), the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills.
As Matty endeavors to establish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside the firm’s younger associates – the charismatic Billy (Del Rio) and the uber-ambitious Sarah (Lewis).
Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of NEON)
Hot off the film’s Critics Choice Awards Best Picture win, Anora‘s Sean Baker took home his first DGA Awards win in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category. Winners of the 77th Annual DGA Awards were announced on February 8th at a ceremony hosted by filmmaker Judd Apatow in Beverly Hills.
In addition to the competitive categories, Ang Lee was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Unit Production Manager Mary Rae Thewlis earned the Robert B. Aldrich Service Award. Unit Production Manager Thomas J. Whelan was recognized with the Frank Capra Achievement Award.
“I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational, and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special,” stated Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter when the nominees were announced.
2025 DGA Awards Nominees and Winners
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024
JACQUES AUDIARD – Emilia Pérez
EDWARD BERGER – Conclave
BRADY CORBET – The Brutalist
JAMES MANGOLD – A Complete Unknown WINNER: SEAN BAKER – Anora (This was Sean Baker’s first DGA Award nomination.)
Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
PAYAL KAPADIA – All We Imagine as Light
MEGAN PARK – My Old Ass
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – Armand
SEAN WANG – Dìdi WINNER: RAMELL ROSS – Nickel Boys (This was Ramell Ross’s second DGA Award nomination. Ross was previously nominated for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Award for Hale County This Morning, This Evening in 2018.)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Julian Brave Noisecat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane
Johan Grimonprez – Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Ibrahim Nash’at – Hollywoodgate
Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters WINNER: Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War (This was Brendan Bellomo’s first DGA Award Nomination. This was Slava Leontyev’s first DGA Award Nomination.)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Alex Graves – The Diplomat, “Dreadnought”
Hiromi Kamata – Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”
Issa López – True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6”
Jonathan Van Tulleken – Shōgun, “Anjin” WINNER: Frederick E.O. Toye – Shōgun, “Crimson Sky” (This was Frederick E.O. Toye’s first DGA Award nomination.)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear, “Napkins”
Duccio Fabbri – The Bear, “Doors”
Jeff Schaffer – Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned”
Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Tomorrow” WINNER: Lucia Aniello – Hacks, “Bulletproof” (This was Lucia Aniello’s second DGA Award nomination. Aniello previously won in this category in 2021 for Hacks, “There Is No Line.”)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
Kevin Bray – The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Alfonso Cuarón – Disclaimer
Jennifer Getzinger – The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”
Helen Shaver – The Penguin, “Cent’anni” WINNER: Steven Zaillian – Ripley (This was Steven Zaillian’s second DGA Award nomination. He previously won in this category in 2016 for The Night Of, “The Beach.”)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger”
Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy”
David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention – Plot Twist!”
Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections” WINNER: Liz Patrick – Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan” (This was Liz Patrick’s third DGA Award nomination. Patrick previously won in this same category in 2023, along with Michael Mancini, for Saturday Night Live, “Pedro Pascal/Coldplay” and in 2022 for Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow.”)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Hamish Hamilton – The 96th Annual Academy Awards
David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now
Glenn Weiss – The 77th Annual Tony Awards
Ali Wong – Ali Wong: Single Lady WINNER: Beth McCarthy-Miller – The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady (This was Beth McCarthy-Miller’s fourteenth DGA Award nomination. McCarthy-Miller won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series in 2017 for the Veep episode “Chicklet” and in 2013 for the 30 Rock episode “Hogcock!/Last Lunch.” She was also nominated that year, together with Rob Ashford, in the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category for The Sound of Music Live! She was previously nominated in the Comedy Series category for 30 Rock episodes “Live from Studio 6H” in 2012, “Live Show” in 2010, “The Reunion Episode #304” in 2008 and “Somebody to Love” in 2007.
She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety twice, in 2001 for America: A Tribute to Heroes (co-directed with Joel Gallen) and in 2000 for the “Val Kilmer and U2” episode of Saturday Night Live. She was also twice nominated in that category for Saturday Night Live episodes “Christopher Walken and The Foo Fighters” in 2003 and the 25th Anniversary episode in 1999. She was also nominated in 2019 and 2015 in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials category for Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma and Adele Live in New York City.)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Joseph Guidry – Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”
Ari Katcher – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”
Patrick McManus – American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”
Mike Sweeney – Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland” WINNER: Neil DeGroot – Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland” (This was Neil DeGroot’s fifth DGA Award nomination. DeGroot was previously nominated in this category in 2018 for Better Late Than Never, “How Do You Say Roots in German?” and in 2014 for The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1613.” He previously won in this category in 2013 for 72 Hours, “The Lost Coast” and in 2011 for The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1115)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
Kat Coiro – The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”
Michael Goi – Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”
Jim Mickle – Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”
Jennifer Phang – Descendants: The Rise of Red WINNER: Amber Sealey – Out of My Mind (This was Amber Sealey’s first DGA Award nomination.)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Lance Acord, Park Pictures – An American Love Story, Volkswagen
Kim Gehrig, Somesuch – A Life in Sound, SiriusXM, Am I A Bad Person?, Nike, Find Your Friends, Apple
Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim, Prettybird – Michael CeraVe, CeraVe
Ivan Zachariáš, Smuggler – Flock, Apple
WINNER: Andreas Nilsson, Biscuit Filmworks – Board Game, Hennessy, First Office Poo, Andrex, One More, Applem Whizzer, Virgin Media (This was Andreas Nilsson’s third DGA Award nomination. Nilsson previously won in this category in 2015 for Emily’s Oz (Comcast) and Time Upon a Once (General Electric); and was nominated in this category in 2023 for R.I.P Leon (Apple iPhone), Action Mode (Apple iPhone 14), Choose Happy (Les Mills Fitness) and Wait’ll You See This (Snapchat).)
Amy continues to try and deal with bits of memories of her personal life while helping patients on Fox’s Doc season one episode six. “Once, More With Feeling” will air on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
Molly Parker plays Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, Omar Metwally is Dr. Michael Hamda, Amirah Vann is Dr. Gina Walker, Jon Ecker is Dr. Jake Heller, and Anya Banerjee is Dr. Sonya Maitra. Season one guest stars include Scott Wolf as Dr. Richard Miller and Patrick Walker as Dr. TJ Coleman.
“Once More, with Feeling” Plot: It’s a race against time as Amy and Jake try to uncover the cause of a unique patient’s worsening condition. Gina (Vann) treats a quirky hypochondriac, and Amy makes a shocking discovery about her pre-accident love life.
After a late-night car crash results in severe head trauma, Amy wakes up from surgery with no recollection of the patients she’s treated, the colleagues she’s crossed and the tragedy that caused her to push almost everyone away. The relief that Amy gets from seeing her family post-accident is fleeting when she learns the incomprehensible – that she and her beloved husband, Dr. Michael Hamda have been divorced for four years. In fact, her entire family is not at all as she remembers them, rocking her foundation to the core.
Amy’s best friend, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Gina Walker, has little guidance to give her for this new reality since matters of the brain are, even to the experts, still a big mystery. While Gina is hopeful, she does not know if Amy will ever recover her memories. In Amy’s fragile state, Gina must choose carefully what information from the past eight years to reveal to her, scared that too much too soon could prove more harmful than good. This includes her secret romance with Dr. Jake Heller, since Amy now has no recollection of ever meeting him before, let alone being in a passionate relationship with him. Certain other memories, those close to her believe, would perhaps be too painful to relive and are best left forgotten.
In a fateful irony, that’s the fervent hope for Amy’s colleague, Dr. Richard Miller, who has now been promoted to take over as Chief of Internal Medicine after Amy’s accident. Richard is desperate for Amy’s memories to never return since she was the only person to uncover his career-ending mistake – another thing she now doesn’t recall.
And Richard isn’t alone in relishing Amy’s predicament – her previously contentious and unkind behavior left her with more than a few enemies at the hospital, including Dr. Sonya Maitra. While she does remember Dr. TJ Coleman, she does not recall that he became a doctor – nor that it was she who inspired him to do so.
Feeling completely off balance and having to piece together what happened through the prism of other people’s subjective points of view, practicing medicine remains the one constant for Amy, and she is determined to become a doctor again. While she may never get back what she’s lost, Amy knows she’s been given a second chance to do things differently and she will not take that gift for granted.
Season 18 of Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid kicks off with an episode featuring Mandy, the survival competition’s first double amputee. After losing her legs in a tragic accident, Mandy has dedicated herself to inspiring others.
“Mandy set out to motivate others and prove that there is life after the unimaginable happens. She became the first female bilateral amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and is now ready to take on the Everest of survival challenges – 21 days in the remote jungle and dense rainforest of Belize,” says the Discovery channel. “Mandy, alongside her partner, Jonny, will battle heavy rains, swarms of mosquitos, and toxic plants all in a bid to demonstrate that no challenge is too formidable to conquer.”
The new season premieres on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
Jonny and Mandy outside their shelter in Discovery Channel’s ‘Naked and Afraid’
Hour two of the season premiere features fitness competitor Amanda and Ernie, moderator of a Naked and Afraid fan page. Season 18 also features the return of fan favorites Steven Lee Hall Jr. and Laura Zerra as mentors to rookie survivalists attempting their first 21 day adventure. New episodes will also include four survivalists taking on an ancient, and potentially haunted, Mayan jungle where humans were once sacrificed to the Gods. Plus, two survival instructors find themselves re stalked by King Cobras in the Philippine jungle.
Lionsgate Alternative Television produces the series for Discovery Channel.
Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of NEON)
Wicked and Conclave went into the 2025 Critics Choice Awards with the most nominations, but voters (myself included) spread the wealth around, showering Wicked, Conclave, The Brutalist, Anora, The Substance (congrats Demi Moore!), and Emilia Perez with film awards. On the TV drama side, Shogun earned Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress awards. Hacks cleaned up in the TV comedy categories, scoring Best Comedy, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.
The Critics Choice Awards were held on February 7, 2025 with Chelsea Handler returning as host for the third time. Handler spent time during the opening of her monologue to thank first responders for their incredible work during the Los Angeles wildfires. She also thanked Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni for providing a distraction from waking up every day not knowing what news will disappoint or horrify us.
Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce in ‘The Brutalist’ (Photo Credit: A24)
2025 CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS
BEST PICTURE
A Complete Unknown WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked
BEST ACTOR WINNER: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora WINNER: Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain WINNER: Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY WINNER: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two
BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora WINNER: Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria WINNER: Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two WINNER: Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl WINNER: The Wild Robot
BEST COMEDY WINNER: Tie A Real Pain WINNER: Tie Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light WINNER: Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez
BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
BEST DRAMA SERIES The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Evil (Paramount+)
Industry (HBO | Max)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Old Man (FX) WINNER: Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock) WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz) WINNER: Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)
Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Anna Sawai – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES WINNER: Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES WINNER: Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
English Teacher (FX) WINNER: Hacks (HBO | Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max) St. Denis Medical (NBC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX) WINNER: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max) WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS) WINNER: Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu) WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)
BEST LIMITED SERIES WINNER: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
It’s What’s Inside (Netflix)
Música (Prime Video)
Out of My Mind (Disney+) WINNER: Rebel Ridge (Netflix)
V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max) WINNER:Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)
Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu) WINNER: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz) WINNER: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco (Apple TV+)
Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
La Máquina (Hulu)
The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)
Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Senna (Netflix) WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)
Bluey (Disney+)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Invincible (Prime Video)
The Simpsons (Fox) WINNER: X-Men ’97 (Disney+)
BEST TALK SHOW
Hot Ones (YouTube)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC America) WINNER: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL WINNER: Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)
Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (HBO | Max)
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO | Max)
Sean Patton as Markie Hillridge, Stephanie Koenig as Gwen Sanders, and Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez in ‘English Teacher’ (Photo CR: Steve Swisher/FX)
English Teacher, created by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez, has been renewed for season two. Season one premiered in September 2024, and the 10-episode second season is expected to premiere later this year.
“English Teacher was one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of 2024 and we are grateful to the producers, writers, cast, directors and crew for the show’s creative excellence,” stated said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment. “We look forward to the new season.”
Alvarez stars as Evan Marquez, “a high school teacher in Austin, Texas who often finds himself at the intersection of the personal, professional and political aspects of working at a high school,” says FX’s synopsis. “Over the first season, Evan navigates his relationships, his students and his fellow faculty and tries to answer the question: can you really be your full self at your job?”
Season one also starred Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, Sean Patton, and Carmen Christopher. Alvarez, Paul Simms, Jonathan Krisel, Dave King, Kathryn Dean, Jake Bender, and Zach Dunn serve as executive producers.
The comedy currently sits at 98% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season earned three Critics Choice Awards nominations, four Spirit Awards nominations, and two Writers Guild Award nominations.
The teaser for CBS’s Ghosts season four episode 12 promises fans are going to get a Flower-powered story. Directed by Rebecca Asher from a script by Kira Kalush, episode 12 – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?” – will air on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:30pm ET/PT.
Rose McIver stars as Sam, Utkarsh Ambudkar is Jay, Brandon Scott Jones is Isaac, and Richie Moriarty plays Pete. Danielle Pinnock is Alberta, Asher Grodman is Trevor, Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Rebecca Wisocky plays Hetty, Devan Chandler Long is Thorfinn, and Sheila Carrasco is Flower. Tristan D. Lalla guest stars as Mark.
“It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?” Plot: Flower interferes with the opening of Jay’s restaurant based on a prophecy from her old cult leader.
Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who threw both caution and money to the wind when they decided to convert Woodstone Mansion, which Sam inherited, into a bed & breakfast – only to find it was inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.
The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Danielle Pinnock); a pompous 18th-century militiaman (Brandon Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Sheila Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Richie Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Devon Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Asher Grodman); a sarcastic and witty native from the 16th-century (Román Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of a 19th-century robber baron who is Sam’s ancestor (Rebecca Wisocky), to name a few. The opening of the B&B has been a source of intrigue, anxiety, and curiosity among the spirits, but they will gladly put up with the commotion as long as they can continue to interact with a living inhabitant.
Hot off his Oscar win, Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) stars as a successful realtor with a violent past in the action-comedy Love Hurts.
Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan) loves his job and enjoys nothing more than finding the perfect house for wannabe homeowners. His slogan: “I Want This Home for You.” It’s a typical day at the office, going over lists of possible buyers with his assistant and looking forward to the Valentine’s Day office party, when he spots a crimson envelope. The message inside reads, “Hiding isn’t living.”
He’s just excused himself by saying he doesn’t feel so well when a hitman who goes by The Raven (Mustafa Shakir) suddenly shows up. The Raven’s looking for Rose (Ariana DeBose), an ex-associate of Marvin’s, and a fight breaks out. It becomes quite clear that Marvin hasn’t always been a realtor. In truth, he used to be an assassin for his brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), an underworld crime boss.
Escaping the office after knocking out The Raven, Marvin is forced to re-engage with the life he’d tried to leave behind. He’s dragged back into the assassin world, running from (or fighting off) more hitmen and running into Rose, the woman he secretly loves and whose death he faked to save her from Knuckles.
Rose, however, is tired of hiding and wants to get her life back by taking on Marvin’s brother. But she’ll need Marvin’s help if her plan is ever going to work. “If we’re going to stop your brother, I’m going to need the old you … not the realtor,” says Rose.
The uninspired and uneven Love Hurts is a chaotic action film with fight scenes that mimic Jackie Chan’s style and a love story that falls flat. It’s a lightweight John Wick rip-off.
The only saving grace in the film is Ke Huy Quan’s performance as Marvin Gable, whose smiling, sort of goofy realtor persona masks the trained killer he used to be. Quan delivers a funny, entertaining performance as a put-upon man forced to return to the monster he never wanted to be to save himself and the woman he loves. The film’s best moments occur within its opening 20 minutes, as Martin’s selling homes to happy couples, followed by an intense martial arts fight with The Raven, complete with an apology for the knockout.
Sadly, Quan’s performance is not enough to make the film worth sitting through, with fight scenes that quickly become tiresome and a romance that has no spark. And Quan and DeBose have zero chemistry on screen.
The tone of the movie is also a major issue, with tongue-in-cheek dialogue and comical fight scenes transitioning to over-the-top, bloody, and violent death scenes. It’s a mishmash of action, violence, and comedy that never finds its rhythm or balance.
Love Hurts is a weak take on the classic retired killer being drawn back to his old world story. In a word, it’s forgettable.
GRADE: C-
MPAA Rating: R for strong, bloody violence and language throughout
Steven Williams reprises his role as Ray Cannon Sr. on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season six episode 11. Directed by Milena Govich from a script by Wendy West and Bryce Cracknell, episode 11 – “Do You Realize??” – will air on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10pm ET/PT.
Dylan McDermott leads the cast as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott. Season six also stars Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.
“Do You Realize??” Plot: The Fugitive Task Force is sent on a hunt in Philadelphia to investigate a double homicide and the abduction of a 14-year-old girl in the foster care system. Meanwhile, Ray’s father is hospitalized after an accident while helping out around the house.
FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. The team’s charming but formidable leader is Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, who started his career in the New York FBI field office before rising through the ranks of the Bureau in Philadelphia and Las Vegas.
The team includes Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; Special Agent Ray Cannon, who is a former New Orleans cop-turned-junior detective and worked Violent Crimes in Albany after following in his retired FBI agent father’s footsteps; along with well-seasoned Special Agent Nina Chase who worked assorted cases with the FBI’s New York office and among her strengths is her undercover work.
‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (Courtesy of Felipe Orozco)
The life of talented cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ was tragically ended in a shocking on-set accident during the filming of Rust, a Joel Souza project starring Alec Baldwin. Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, a documentary by Rachel Mason (An Update on Our Family), delves deep into the devastating incident and the story behind the headlines.
“Halyna was dear to me for many reasons. Not only was she a friend, she was a collaborator. While she was alive, I could never have imagined making a film about her. My hope was to make films with her, and to support her in all the many films that she was sure to make,” stated director Mason. “In the media frenzy which followed her death, it felt as if Halyna was erased, her loss eclipsed by the surrounding controversies. Our film aims to keep her at the center, while offering a portrait of the experience of those with whom she spent her final 12 days, which hopefully, through their efforts, offers the world a very much unfinished portrait of Halyna.”
The documentary will premiere on March 11, 2025 on Hulu.
Mason serves as a producer along with Julee Metz, Kate Barry, Jon Bardin, and Will Cohen for Story Syndicate. Anonymous Content’s Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker, and Jennifer Sears also produce. Matthew Hutchins and Story Syndicate’s Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, and Tommy Coriale executive produce. Additional executive producers include Anonymous Content’s David Levine and Concordia Studio’s Lizzie Fox and Casey Meurer.
Hulu released this lengthy description of the documentary:
“In October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie Rust, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film’s director and killing its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Within hours, the catastrophic accident was enveloped by a frenzy of media attention. For months, then years, as lawsuits flew and criminal trials unfolded, the tabloid spectacle around the case overshadowed a private, personal tragedy.
In Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, Halyna’s friend, director Rachel Mason, goes beyond the public narrative to reveal the untold human story of that terrible day and all that followed — from the vantage point of the people at the center of the tragedy. The film weaves together the accounts of those who were on the set of RUST that day and of those, like Mason, who not only lost a cherished friend and colleague but who are still navigating the trauma of the aftermath.
Working with public court records, behind-the-scenes material from RUST, and unprecedented access to key individuals and materials, including Halyna’s personal archives, the film examines the official investigations into the safety protocols on set and explores the private moral reckoning of all involved. It probes for answers to the questions those closest to Halyna all carry. How could this have happened? And how do we possibly make sense of it?
Rigorously reported, emotionally raw, and deeply personal, the film seeks to redeem the core of the story that the media exploited — that of a talented cinematographer whose life story was minimized, yet in death gave her colleagues an unexpected opportunity to heal from unimaginable loss by completing the film that mattered deeply to her.”
