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TCA16: ‘The People V. O.J. Simpson’ Grabs TCA Awards Spotlight

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 03:00:00 +0000

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FX’s limited series The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story was the big winner at Saturday’s TCA Awards event, the Television Critics Association announced.

The series won three awards to lead all television shows, including Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials and the Individual Achievement in Drama award given to Sarah Paulson for her portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark, according to the TCA.

FX’s The Americans repeated as the winner in the Outstanding Achievement in Drama category, while ABC’s Black-ish received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and USA's Mr. Robot won the best new program award, according to the TCA.

CBS’ 1970s comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show was honored with the TCA’s Heritage Award, and legendary actress Lily Tomlin was presented with a Career Achievement Award.

The 32nd Annual TCA Awards presentation, held at the Beverly Hilton, recognized the top programs and actors from the 2015-2016 television season.

“This was truly a landmark season—not just for television, but for women in television,” said Amber Dowling, TCA President. “We had an unprecedented amount of female winners this year, which is a testament to both the talented actresses who were honored tonight, as well as to the growing number of high-quality roles being created for and by women. It’s extremely encouraging to see this growing trend being embraced, accepted, and expanded upon, and I look forward to seeing even more of it in the future.”

2016 TCA Award recipients are as follows:

Individual Achievement in Drama: Sarah Paulson (THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY, FX)

Individual Achievement in Comedy: Rachel Bloom (CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, The CW)

Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE (TBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming: MAKING A MURDERER (Netflix)

Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming: DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD (PBS)

Outstanding New Program: MR. ROBOT (USA)

Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY (FX)

Outstanding Achievement in Drama: THE AMERICANS (FX)

Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: BLACK-ISH (ABC)

Career Achievement Award: Lily Tomlin

Heritage Award: THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (CBS)

Program of the Year: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY (FX)

Netflix Renews ‘Grace and Frankie’

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Wed, 27 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Netflix has renewed its original comedy series Grace and Frankie for a second season.

The series, which stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as reluctant friends who bond after their husbands leave them to get married as a gay couple, will return in 2016.

The announcement was made Tuesday night during a West Hollywood-based event that featured Fonda and Tomlin along with co-creators and executive producers Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris.

The 13-episode series, which also stars Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, launched on Netflix May 8.

5 Ways ‘Grace and Frankie’ Breaks the Mold

Ariana Romero — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:45:00 +0000

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin have teamed up again for Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie. The 9 to 5 duo portray two women whose longtime husbands -- Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston -- decide they would rather be married to each other. The entire 13-episode first season premieres on May 8 in Netflix’s traditional binge-friendly style.

Here are five ways Grace and Frankie has already separated itself from the pack.

Older women are underrepresented in television series. “[Women who are] 40 and older are actually 47 percent of [the female] population here in the U.S., yet only 26 percent of women on TV,” according to a 2013 interview with documentary director Jennifer Newsom. Grace and Frankie’s stars are 77 (Fonda) and 75 (Tomlin).
Older women are usually depicted as grandmas (think ABC’s Fresh off the Boat). The characters of Grace and Frankie are presented as they see themselves: multifaceted, independent and still vital— as Tomlin’s Frankie demonstrates in the trailer by doing a squat and yelling: “I am young. My joints are supple!”
Older gay characters are essentially nonexistent on television. GLAAD’s most recent Where We Are on TV report detailing annual statistics and trends in LGBTQ inclusion on TV mentioned only one “elderly” character, Oscar (Elliot Gould) on Fox’s failed sitcom Mulaney. Grace and Frankie’s Robert (Sheen) and Sol (Waterston) join Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) on Amazon Prime’s Transparent, broadening the field of 70-plus LGBTQ characters.
The series is not an adaptation, sequel or continuation. This month Netflix premiered Daredevil, adapting the popular comic book character’s story for television. This summer the streaming service will return book adaptation Orange Is the New Black and premiere a series based on cult film favorite Wet Hot American Summer. While the OTT programmer could’ve worked out a deal to extend the story of 9 to 5, it opted to develop an original story instead.
It’s the only TV show in which Jane Fonda has agreed to star. Although the Oscar-winning actress (Coming Home), who has been in the business since 1960, was a guest on HBO’s Newsroom, Grace and Frankie is the only television series she has taken a lead role in.