Ryan Seacrest and Lionel Richie had the honor of announcing the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2024 inductees during the April 21st episode of American Idol. This year’s inductees include four first-time performer nominees: Cher, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, and Peter Frampton. And the class of 2024 is one of the museum’s largest, with 16 inductees total in four distinct categories.
“Rock & Roll is an ever-evolving amalgam of sounds that impacts culture and moves generations,” said John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “This diverse group of inductees each broke down musical barriers and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.”
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Performer Category:
• Mary J. Blige
• Cher
• Dave Matthews Band
• Foreigner
• Peter Frampton
• Kool & The Gang
• Ozzy Osbourne
• A Tribe Called Quest
Musical Influencer Award:
• Alexis Korner
• Big Mama Thornton
• John Mayall
Musical Excellence Award:
• Dionne Warwick
• Jimmy Buffett
• MC5
• Norman Whitfield
Ahmet Ertegun Award:
• Suzanne de Passe
The 2024 induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 19th at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Disney+ will livestream the ceremony, and ABC will release a special later this year.
Following the announcement, Peter Frampton posted a thank you on Twitter. “This is something I never expected. I am overwhelmed that I will be inducted into the @rockhall, especially alongside so many incredible artists who have gone before me. I can’t thank everyone enough for voting for me,” tweeted Frampton. “You are the best. Somebody pinch me please!!”
Dave Matthews Band’s official Twitter account also posted their reaction to the induction announcement. “Dave Matthews Band is honored to be in the @rockhall Class Of 2024. Congrats to our fellow nominees and thanks so much to all of our fans for the support!” – Dave Matthews Band
CBS’s Tracker season one episode nine begins with the father of a missing girl called to identify a dead body. The dead teenager just pulled from a river isn’t his 16-year-old daughter, Lana. She’s his daughter’s friend, Jamie.
That opening scene was a flashback and three years later, Colter (Justin Hartley) meets with Lana’s dad, Gavin Russo (Robert Moloney). Gavin reveals that his daughter and Jamie were supposed to walk home from school and instead, Jamie was found dead and his daughter is still missing. The authorities ruled Jamie drowned. The police assumed Lana also drowned in the river, but her body never surfaced.
Their backpacks were discovered along with a note that read, “So much pain I want to die.” Gavin insists his daughter wouldn’t have killed herself. However, Jamie’s parents accepted she committed suicide. But Gavin still feels that his daughter’s out there somewhere.
Gavin just posted a $30,000 reward for information, and Colter warns him the odds aren’t good. Gavin disagrees and shows Colter a newspaper photo that was taken two weeks ago at the county fair. He believes his daughter is in the background.
Later, Colter consults with Teddi (Robin Weigert) and Velma (Abby McEnany) about the case. The newspaper photo’s too grainy to run facial recognition, and the photographer hasn’t called Colter back yet. They all wonder why Lana wouldn’t just come home if she’s alive. Colter explains that Gavin believes she’s staying away to protect him because someone’s after her. Unfortunately, Gavin doesn’t have any proof of that theory. He just saw a similar story in a documentary.
Colter’s taking the case to give this dad some closure.
Colter speaks to the detective in charge, Detective Brock (Diana Maria Riva), and she explains they did everything they could. It’s a cold case now, and they don’t have the budget to investigate. She’s sympathetic but thinks Gavin’s just grasping at straws. That said, this case has haunted her, and she’s not opposed to Colter investigating it. Brock willingly shares the evidence, including the suicide note and Lana’s journal. It features strange drawings, and Colter says Lana was into horror and the supernatural.
Detective Brock reveals Lana’s schoolmates described her and Jamie as weird. They were social outcasts and into dark things, including paranormal activity and murder podcasts. She also reveals they were obsessed with the town’s old abandoned mental hospital. They shot creepy videos about the place and posted them online.
The hospital stands less than a mile from where Jamie’s body was found. The videos show the girls believed in an urban legend about a witch haunting the hospital. She is said to be the ghost of a patient named Ada Brown who was confined to the hospital.
Brock accompanies Colter to the hospital so that he can figure out Lana’s state of mind before she disappeared. Neither is afraid of ghosts, but the detective warns the place is full of sketchy types, including drug addicts. Colter believes that if Lana came there the day she disappeared, it’s possible she ran into someone dangerous.
Brock’s called away and Colter’s left to look around on his own. However, his visit is cut short when the newspaper photographer calls and asks to meet. He shot a better, unpublished photo of the person who could be Lana next to the Aurora Blood Drive booth. Detective Brock runs it through facial recognition software. It’s a 99.98% match to Lana!
Colter meets with Gavin and confirms Lana is alive, just as he thought. The police have issued a BOLO and are speaking with vendors who were at the fair. Colter points out that the photo shows Lana looking at the photographer, which indicates she wants to be seen. It doesn’t look like she’s being held against her will, but she looks like she’s in a fugue state. (Colter suspects it could be due to witnessing a traumatic event.)
They look through Lana’s yearbook for any clues as to friends she might have reached out to. Only one person sparks Colter’s interest–Tobias Calhoun. Gavin says Toby was her biology partner and they were in the film club together. He thinks Lana thought Toby was annoying. Gavin reveals Toby dropped out of school six months after Lana disappeared.
Luckily, Toby is employed at a bakery in a neighboring town, so Colter pays him a visit. Toby (Nicco Del Rio) claims he hasn’t heard from Lana, but they were friends. He wasn’t in school when she disappeared. Toby already told the cops he didn’t think they killed themselves. He believes the note was based on what they heard on an Electronic Voice Phenomena recording.
“The page was from Lana’s notebook where she would record messages from the spirits when we were filming,” explains Toby. His best guess is that the witch at the mental hospital did something to them. Toby says he never went back after something there poked him in the side, leaving a scar. The cops think he’s crazy, but he swears he’s not making this up.
Toby provides the video they shot at the hospital the week before Lana’s disappearance. Colter and Detective Brock watch as Toby, Lana, and Jamie explore the facility. One of them points out a piece of red string, something Ada Brown always wore around her wrist. Suddenly, they hear noises as their EMF meter goes off the charts. The camera falls on the ground and Toby’s in pain from something that feels like a bite.
Colter spots something strange in the video. An unknown heat signature registers in the scene and Colter deduces someone (living) was watching them.
Detective Brock and Colter return to the hospital that night, splitting up and searching the patients’ wings. Colter arrives in the room from the video and finds a small hole in the wall. There’s bedding visible through it. He kicks open a nearby door and then chases after someone fleeing.
Colter finally catches up with the person outside. The man’s taken to the station and Detective Brock goes over his record. Police have kicked him out of the abandoned hospital multiple times over the past five years. The man doesn’t answer when she shows him photos of Lana and Jamie.
Brock agrees to let Colter join her in the interrogation. The man claims people are scared of the hospital’s ghosts, but he’s not. He saw Lana and Jamie there with their camera but did nothing to them. Brock asks him to think back to the night of the big storm three years ago, and he recalls seeing Lana there then. His bed was flooding, so he had to leave. He saw her in the woods outside the hospital by the river.
She was wearing a yellow raincoat much too big for her, walking with a man wearing a black raincoat. His description jogs a memory, and Brock has to take a minute to collect her thoughts. Finally, she confides in Colter that five years ago someone kidnapped and murdered a boy, and they buried him wrapped in a yellow raincoat. But the killer, Errol Price, has been in prison, so it must be a coincidence.
Colter and Brock watch Price’s taped confession. Price never spoke to the police about the case or talked about the significance of the yellow raincoat. Colter’s going to try to speak with him in jail by claiming he’s also remorseful about a crime.
Brock hands over Price’s file, admitting there are too many similarities to Lana’s case. She also confesses Lana’s case is the only one that would make her reconsider her belief in the supernatural.
Errol agrees to the visit and Colter convinces him to explain the meaning behind the yellow raincoat. Errol says his father used to make him wear one before sexually abusing him as a child. He also claims he killed the boy because a demon was living inside him. Errol says he worked alone (with just the demon) even though he mentions “we” in his police statement. He also drops the name Vic Pereema.
Colter’s certain Errol’s lying and that he had an accomplice. Errol didn’t ask a single question about Lana and ended the interview once Colter mentioned a partner. Colter tells Brock that Errol brought up Vic and asks her to find any info on him.
Colter’s next stop is at Errol’s sister’s place. Although she doesn’t want to talk, Maeve Price agrees when he says he’s looking for a missing girl. Being Errol’s sister hasn’t been easy for her. Colter asks if she recognizes the name Vic and she doesn’t. Also, her brother was a loner who didn’t have any friends.
When she leaves him to make tea, Colter notices an Aurora Blood Drive bag. With it is a key ring with a red string attached! He stealthily grabs the keys and takes out his gun. Colter asks to use the restroom and checks out her downstairs area. He then makes his way upstairs, gun still drawn.
Maeve notices the keys are gone. She stares up at Colter from the ground floor and asks how he knows about Vic Pereema. Colter reveals he knows Vic Pereema is an anagram for Maeve Price.
Colter chases Maeve down into the basement and discovers rooms set up for a young girl. He’s just located a locked door when Maeve gets the drop on him from behind. She attempts to strangle him but Colter breaks loose and knocks her out.
He finds Lana confined to a tiny room and informs her that her dad sent him to find her. Cops arrive and arrest Maeve, and Lana and Gavin finally reunite.
The following day, Gavin thanks Colter while Lana admits she does not know how he found her. Colter suggests she thank her dad for never giving up hope.
Toby joins them and gives Lana a hug, happy to have his friend back safe and sound.
Detective Brock confirms Maeve Price liked to visit the hospital, and wound up stalking Lana and Jamie. She lured them in with the red string bracelet, knowing they’d believe they found the witch. She killed Jamie right away and kept Lana locked up for three years. Maeve tied up Lana, put her in the back of her van, and took her to the fair because the city informed her they were inspecting her property. Lana escaped the van, and that’s when the photo was taken. Unfortunately, Lana was too weak to get far and Maeve grabbed her again.
Colter and Brock realize Lana was only kept alive to torture, the same way Maeve and Errol’s dad tortured them.
Colter’s last act before leaving town is to take down the yellow ribbon and missing flyer outside of Gavin’s home.
Michael Raymond-James (Godfather of Harlem) and Susan Misner (Jack Ryan) guest star on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season five episode 10. “Bonne Terre” will air on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT. Peter Stebbings directed from a script by David Hudgins and Wendy West.
Season five stars Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, and Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson. Edwin Hodge plays Special Agent Ray Cannon and Shantel VanSanten is Special Agent Nina Chase.
“Bonne Terre” Plot: When a federal judge and his wife are shot dead in New York, the Fugitive Task Force goes on the hunt and finds a connection to a man who is hours away from being executed in Missouri. Meanwhile, Remy and Hana both grapple with being single and living alone.
FBI: Most Wanted Season 5 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf, 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 who is raising two young children with her wife; 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.
The newest member of the Fugitive Task Force is well-seasoned Special Agent Nina Chase who, most recently, worked assorted cases with the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Originally from the Houston field office where she specialized in undercover work, Nina is a standout agent who is skilled with cars and has a penchant for driving fast. Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.
Lisa Vanderpump warns Gordon Ramsay to “buckle up, big boy” in the first teaser for Fox’s Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars season two. The first-look video confirms that the competition between #TeamLisa and #TeamGordon will be fierce.
Season two stars Ramsay and Vanderpump going head-to-head in a quest to find the next outstanding food and beverage entrepreneur. The new season kicks off on May 22, 2024, with new episodes airing on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT.
Per Fox: “Gordon Ramsay and Lisa Vanderpump each bring their expert knowledge and unique leadership styles to the second season of the competition series Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars. And in a first-of-its-kind twist, the entrepreneurs will pitch themselves and their products, services or business ideas to the moguls, who will then choose contestants to build their respective teams. The battle commences as teams are put through ‘Business Bootcamp,’ designed to test their tenacity, initiative, perseverance and ambition as business leaders. With a $250,000 prize on the line, these entrepreneurs will be challenged in all aspects of running a food or beverage enterprise, including re-marketing a food product, innovating a new product, building brand loyalty, sales pitching and management.
In addition to Ramsay and Vanderpump, the challenges will be evaluated by guest judges, curated focus groups and customer feedback, profit and loss metrics, and market and corporate feedback.”
Gordon Ramsay executive produces alongside showrunner Deborah Sargeant.
The team’s in Amsterdam trying to sort out who staged a murder scene on CBS’s FBI: International season three episode 10. “Red Light” is set to air on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT. Michael Katleman directs from a script by Rachael Joyce.
Luke Kleintank returns to lead the season three cast as Special Agent Scott Forrester. Heida Reed stars as Special Agent Jamie Kellett, Carter Redwood is Special Agent Andre Raines, Vinessa Vidotto plays Special Agent Cameron Vo, Eva-Jane Willis is Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson, and Christina Wolfe is Special Agent Amanda Tate.
“Red Light” Plot: When a wild night in Amsterdam for three ex-Navy men ends with one found dead in his hotel room, the Fly Team must dive into the red-light district to hunt down his killer. Meanwhile, Tate finds herself in a bind with her ex over custody of their daughter.
FBI: International Season 3 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf, fast-paced drama FBI: International is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel throughout Europe with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be, putting their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people.
The Fly Team’s Special Agent Scott Forrester, their accomplished and dedicated leader, puts his missions ahead of his personal life. Second in command is Special Agent Jamie Kellett, a heroic and fearless investigator – and her extensive network of informants is a powerful resource. Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises’ moving money. Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad, excels at interrogation and strategy, and Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a streetwise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background, uses her expertise to liaise with each host country they inhabit.
Newly embedded with the Fly Team is Special Agent Amanda Tate, a confident and tech savvy intel analyst, who stays quick on her feet and remains calm in the midst of chaos. Always at the scene where American interests are at risk, FBI: International is a globe-trotting depiction of law enforcement overseas.
Gina Gershon guest stars as Dr. Vanessa Holmes on CBS’s Elsbeth season one episode six, “An Ear for an Ear.” Episode six airs on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT. Nancy Hower directed from a script by Zoe Marshall.
Carrie Preston leads the season one cast in the title role. Wendell Pierce stars as Captain C.W. Wagner and Carra Patterson plays Officer Kaya Blanke. Jonathan Tolins guides the series as showrunner and also executive produces along with Liz Glotzer.
On April 18, 2024, CBS confirmed that Elsbeth has been renewed for a second season. Expect the popular primetime drama to return for the 2024-2025 season.
“An Ear for an Ear” Plot: After one of New York’s most sought-after plastic surgeons is found dead, Elsbeth has her eye on the victim’s former boss, Dr. Vanessa Holmes (Gershon), who she believes has motives that are more than skin-deep. Also, Kaya keeps tabs on Elsbeth’s whereabouts as her investigation into Captain Wagner heats up.
Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, she finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner (Pierce), a charismatic and revered leader. Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Patterson), a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways.
Recently, we posited that Sasquatch Sunset might be the weirdest movie of the year. Well, stop the presses. We have a challenger. Hundreds of Beavers has entered the chat.
Hundreds of Beavers is about a drunken frontiersman named Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) who, after losing his applejack brewing business, decides to go into trapping. He learns the trade from a mentor (Wes Tank), seeks guidance from a Native American local (Luis Rico), and as he brings beaver pelts to the trader (Doug Mancheski), he acquires more equipment that helps him grow his new venture. He even finds himself smitten with the trader’s daughter (Olivia Graves), and in order to impress her and her father, he embarks on a quest to bring in as many beaver pelts as he can. Hundreds of them.
Unfortunately for him, the beavers are not on board with this plan.
Hundreds of Beavers is the brainchild of writer/director Mike Cheslik and co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (who also stars in the lead), the guys who are also responsible for the 2018 creature comedy Lake Michigan Monster. The story is told in the form of a classic silent film, shown in black and white with all of the purposeful overacting and silly music that goes with it.
But the silent film aesthetic is not the movie’s only gimmick. Not by a long shot. All of the animals in the film, all the beavers, rabbits, raccoons, dogs, and all others, are portrayed by actors in mascot costumes. And this is what Jean Kayak is doing battle with over the course of the movie. It’s ridiculous in the very best way possible. Laugh-out-loud hysterical. It’s like a feature-length Looney Tunes cartoon.
And it only gets more and more ludicrous as the film goes on. Which makes it get more and more awesome. By the climax, it turns into a video game-inspired, stunt choreography-filled action flick, with Jean Kayak battling, well, Hundreds of Beavers, in a Kill Bill-style rumble.
At first, one wonders how the filmmakers are going to keep this concept going for close to two hours, but they do. Hundreds of Beavers does not overstay its welcome in the least. It’s a riot from start to finish.
Watching Hundreds of Beavers is sort of like experiencing a fever dream. Nothing about it is grounded in reality, and that’s what’s so entertaining about it. Both physics and biology take a massive beating at the hands of director Cheslik. Anything can (and does) happen, and watching it happen is hilarious. It is literally a live-action cartoon, full of slapstick comedy and visual gags.
Possibly the best part about Hundreds of Beavers is the fact that, despite the main human characters all being fur trappers and traders, there is no animal cruelty in it whatsoever. Of course, animals get beat up and killed, but they’re all either puppets or people in costumes. So there’s nothing for PETA to get upset about. And watching people flop around in costumes getting hurt is fun. That’s slapstick!
While Sasquatch Sunset is a nature documentary gone wild, Hundreds of Beavers is absurdist fiction at its finest. Both are wildly creative and different from anything else that will be seen this (or any) year, and both will have their detractors who just think that they are stupid. That’s okay. We don’t need those kinds of people at this party. Hundreds of Beavers is comedic gold, and nothing can take that away from it.
GRADE: A
Running Time: 108 minutes
Streaming Release Date; April 15, 2024
CBS’s FBI season six episode 10 finds the team dealing with a ruthless leader of a cult. Episode 10, “Family Affair,” will air on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT. Alex Zakrzewski directed from a script by Bryce Ahart and Stephanie McFarlane.
Season six stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, and Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine. Alana De La Garza plays Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd is Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Katherine Renee Kane stars as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
“Family Affair” Plot: After an FDIC security guard is killed while tending to a pregnant woman in distress, the team works to locate the woman and the killer who took her hostage. Meanwhile, OA and Isobel worry about Maggie as she navigates taking care of Ella.
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind the Law & Order brand, FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe.
Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. The smart and outspoken Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, who spent six years with the NYPD, is partner to Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Ryan Reynolds notes that audiences tuned into FX’s Welcome to Wrexham expecting to see a documentary about he and co-owner Rob McElhenney changing Wrexham. “But I think it’s about Wrexham changing everyone else,” says Reynolds in the official season three trailer.
Season three picks up the story of Wrexham’s Red Dragons after they’ve been promoted to the English Football League. Co-owners Reynolds and McElhenney executive produce the docuseries along with Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Humphrey Ker, Nick Frenkel, and George Dewey. Additionally, Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas serve as executive producers.
The new season premieres on May 2, 2024, with new episodes streaming on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ season 3 (Photo CR: Ben Hider/FX)
Welcome to Wrexham Synopsis, Courtesy of FX:
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the Club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice and change is afoot. After 15 painful seasons in the National League, the Club finally achieved promotion back into the English Football League. The stakes have never been higher as League Two brings a new level of intensity and the Club continues to be plagued with injury and setbacks.
Dedicated staff and supporters celebrate the city’s return to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that come with a return to the EFL. Will Wrexham AFC stand up to the challenge and rise again?
Meanwhile, Wrexham AFC’s Women’s Team, fresh off an undefeated season that saw them promoted to the Welsh Adran Premier League, continue to show why women were meant to be footballers. With new players, a new pitch, and a whole new level of competition, can they continue to dominate and make a name for themselves at the top of the League?
For the first time ever in season three, with the team taking their place in the EFL, Welcome to Wrexham’s cameras will have unprecedented access on the pitch, bringing viewers inside the locker room and alongside the players, while the action is unfolding in some of the biggest matches Wrexham AFC has ever played.
The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, and African Queens earned the most Daytime Emmy Awards nominations, topping a list that also includes multiple nominations for General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. Winners for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced on Friday, June 7, 2024 during a ceremony airing on CBS beginning at 8pm ET/PT.
“We are happy to once again honor the creative talent both in front of and behind the camera of America’s favorite Daytime programs,” said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). “We look forward to celebrating the icons who enliven the days of audiences across the country.”
And NATAS’ head of daytime Brent Stanton added, “Producing the Daytime Emmys is a labor of love for all of us at NATAS. The huge popularity of these shows continues to be must-see viewing for their fans.”
This year’s show is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI). NATAS’ Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong executive produce along with ATI’s David McKenzie.
51ST DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS NOMINEES:
DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay – Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
Days of Our Lives – Peacock
General Hospital – ABC
Neighbours – Amazon Freevee
The Young and the Restless – CBS
DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Jennifer Hudson Show – Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
Tamron Hall – Syndicated
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts – Disney+
The View – ABC
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood – Syndicated
Entertainment Tonight – Syndicated
Extra – Syndicated
CULINARY SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten – Food Network
Family Dinner – Magnolia Network
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays – Food Network
Valerie’s Home Cooking – Food Network
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel – Max
LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
Hot Bench – Syndicated
Judy Justice – Amazon Freevee
Justice for the People with Judge Milian – Syndicated
The People’s Court – Syndicated
We the People with Judge Lauren Lake – Syndicated
TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATURE PROGRAM
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory – National Geographic
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper – National Geographic
Guy’s All-American Road Trip – Food Network Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – NBC
Street Somm – Tastemade
INSTRUCTIONAL/HOW-TO PROGRAM
Fixer to Fabulous – HGTV
Fixer Upper: The Hotel – Magnolia Network
Hack My Home – Netflix
Martha Gardens – Roku
Windy City Rehab – HGTV
LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
Downey’s Dream Cars – Max
George to the Rescue – NBC
Growing Floret – Magnolia Network
Homegrown – Magnolia Network
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids – Vimeo
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch – Netflix
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter – SundanceTV
Oprah and “The Color Purple” Journey – Max
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors – PBS
Working in the Theatre – AmericanTheatreWing.org
EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Harlem Globetrotters Play It Forward – NBC
Ireland Made with Love – PBS
Leveling Lincoln – PBS
What Really Happened: America’s Wild – National Geographic
DAYTIME SPECIAL
Culture Quest: Ukraine – PBS
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – ABC
97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – NBC
Recipe for Change: Celebrating Black Men – SpringHill
Unexpected – Hulu
SHORT FORM PROGRAM
Catalyst – LinkedIn News
The Dads – Netflix
Hollywood Atelier: Rob Pickens – The Hollywood Reporter
How Una Pizza Napoletana Became the No.1 Ranked Pizza in the World – Eater
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre – Netflix
LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane – General Hospital, ABC
Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Annika Noelle as Hope Logan – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves – General Hospital, ABC
LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Eric Braeden as Victor Newman – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
John McCook as Eric Forrester – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Jennifer Gareis as Donna Logan – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Allison Lanier as Summer Newman Abbott – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Emily O’Brien as Gwen Rizczech – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford – General Hospital, ABC
Bryton James as Devon Winters – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
A Martinez as Nardo Ramos – The Bay, Popstar! TV
Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon – The Bay, Popstar! TV
GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten – The Young and the Restless, CBS
Ashley Jones as Dr. Bridget Forrester – The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Alley Mills as Heather Webber – General Hospital, ABC
Guy Pearce as Mike Young – Neighbours, Amazon Freevee
Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux – Days of Our Lives, Peacock
DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro – The View, ABC
Kelly Clarkson – The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndicated
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa – Live with Kelly and Mark, Syndicated
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood – The Talk, CBS
Tamron Hall – Tamron Hall, Syndicated
CULINARY HOST
Lidia Bastianich – 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee, PBS
Valerie Bertinelli – Valerie’s Home Cooking, Food Network
Eduardo Garcia – Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia, Magnolia Network
Emeril Lagasse – Emeril Cooks, Roku
Sophia Roe – Counter Space, Tastemade
Buddy Valastro – Legends of the Fork, A&E
DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY
Frank Caprio – Caught in Providence, Facebook Watch
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith – Entertainment Tonight, Syndicated
Deborah Norville, Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret, Les Trent – Inside Edition, Syndicated
Robert Hernandez, Star Jones – Divorce Court, FOX
Judge Judy Sheindlin, Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose – Judy Justice, Amazon Freevee
DAYTIME PERSONALITY – NON-DAILY
Samantha Brown – Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, PBS
Derrick Campana – The Wizard of Paws, BYUtv
Christian Cooper – Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper, National Geographic
Zoë François, Andrew Zimmern – Holiday Party with Andrew & Zoë, Magnolia Network
Jet Tila – Ready Jet Cook, Food Network
WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay – Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
Days of Our Lives – Peacock
General Hospital – ABC
The Young and the Restless – CBS
WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – NBC
Reconnecting Roots – PBS
Super Animals – Syndicated
Team Rubicon – Roku
DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay – Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
Days of Our Lives – Peacock
General Hospital – ABC
The Young and the Restless – CBS
DIRECTING TEAM FOR A SINGLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids – Vimeo
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – NBC
Searching for Soul Food – Hulu
TrueSouth – ESPN I ABC I SEC Network
DIRECTING TEAM FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – ABC
The Drew Barrymore Show – Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts – Disney+
The View – ABC
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – NBC
Mysteries of the Faith – Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre – Netflix
ORIGINAL SONG
“Shine” – General Hospital, ABC
“Unexpected Truth” – Unexpected, Hulu
“We’re Home” – Reconnecting Roots, PBS
LIGHTING DIRECTION
General Hospital – ABC
The Jennifer Hudson Show – Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
The View – ABC
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
Days of Our Lives – Peacock
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
CINEMATOGRAPHY
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory – National Geographic
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
Living for the Dead – Hulu
Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament – CBN
SINGLE CAMERA EDITING
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Drive with Swizz Beatz – Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
Oprah and “The Color Purple” Journey – Max
Searching for Soul Food – Hulu
MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING
Family Ingredients – PBS
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
Team Rubicon – Roku
TrueSouth – ESPN|ABC|SEC|Network
The Wizard of Paws – BYUtv
OUTSTANDING LIVE SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
The Jennifer Hudson Show – Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
The Talk – CBS
Tamron Hall – Syndicated
SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Downey’s Dream Cars – Max
Drive with Swizz Beatz – Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones – Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre – Netflix
MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Car Masters: Rust to Riches – Netflix
Searching for Soul Food – Hulu
Super Animals – Syndicated
Tex Mex Motors – Netflix
CASTING
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
Days of Our Lives – Peacock
General Hospital – ABC
Start Up – PBS
The Young and the Restless – CBS
ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show – Syndicated
General Hospital – ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show – Syndicated
The View – ABC
The Young and the Restless – CBS
COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
The Jennifer Hudson Show – Syndicated
Sherri – Syndicated
HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
African Queens: Njinga – Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show – Syndicated
Sherri – Syndicated
The View – ABC
The Young and the Restless – CBS
