Netflix continued its awards season success Sunday, dominating SAG Awards wins in both the television and motion picture categories during a televised primetime ceremony.

The streaming service won four SAG Awards in the television category to lead all distributors, doubling the take of second place Pop TV's two award wins. 

Read also: Golden Globes: Netflix Dominates TV Categories with 'The Crown,' 'Queen's Gambit'

Netflix was once again led by The Crown, which repeated as the top choice in the outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series category. The Crown star Gillian Anderson also won a SAG Award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series. 

Read also: Netflix, 'The Crown' Lead Critics Choice Awards TV Wins 

Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek won two awards in the comedy category, including outstanding ensemble as well as best actress in a comedy series for Catherine O’Hara.

On the movie front, Netflix won three awards, including two for original movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boesman, who took home SAG Awards for outstanding lead female and male actor in a motion picture, respectively.

Read also: ABC, Netflix Among Top NAACP Image Awards Winners 

The 27th annual SAG Awards winners in the television category are as follows: 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

MARK RUFFALO / Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey – I Know This Much is True (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

ANYA TAYLOR-JOY / Beth Harmon – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

JASON BATEMAN / Marty Byrde – Ozark (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

GILLIAN ANDERSON / Margaret Thatcher – The Crown (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

JASON SUDEIKIS / Ted Lasso –  Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

CATHERINE O’HARA / Moira Rose – Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

The Crown (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

The Manalorian (Disney Plus)

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The 27th annual SAG Awards winners in the motion picture category are as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

CHADWICK BOSEMAN / Levee – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

VIOLA DAVIS / Ma Rainey – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

DANIEL KALUUYA / Fred Hampton – Judas and The Black Messiah

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

YUH-JUNG YOUN / Soonja – Minari

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Wonder Woman 1984

Netflix continued its successful 2021 awards season run, picking up the most Critics Choice Awards wins within the television category during Sunday night's virtual awards ceremony. 

Netflix took home eight Critics Choice Awards to lead all broadcast, cable and streaming services. Netflix was led by The Crown, which won four awards, including best drama series, best actor in a drama series (Josh O’Connor), best actress in a drama series categories (Emma Corrin) and best supporting actress in a drama series (Gillian Anderson). 

Netflix's performance follows its domination of the Golden Globes Awards ceremony last weekend. 

Also Read: Golden Globes: Netflix Dominates TV Categories with 'The Crown,' 'Queen's Gambit'

Apple TV Plus’s Ted Lasso won three awards, including best comedy series, topping Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, which won two awards in its final season. Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit also won two awards, including best limited series. 

Overall, streaming services took home more than half of the awards in the TV categories. 

HBO took home two awards, one each for drama series Lovecraft Country and limited series The Undoing.

Netflix also won six awards in the film category, including three for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which included a best actor nod for the late Chadwick Boseman’s performance in the film. The Trial of The Chicago 7 won two awards including best acting ensemble. 

Amazon Studios won three awards, including a best supporting actress win for Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and a best editing statuette for Sound of Metal.

The Critics Choice Winners in the television category are as follows:  

BEST DRAMA SERIES

The Crown (Netflix)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Josh O’Connor – The Crown (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Emma Corrin – The Crown (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Gillian Anderson – The Crown (Netflix)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

BEST LIMITED SERIES

The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

BEST TV MOVIE

Hamilton (Disney Plus)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE 

John Boyega – Small Axe (Amazon Studios)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Donald Sutherland – The Undoing (HBO)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America (FX)

BEST TALK SHOW

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix)

Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix)

BEST SHORT FORM SERIES

Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (AMC/Youtube)

The Critics Choice Winners in the film category are as follows: 

BEST PICTURE

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Alan Kim – Minari (A24)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix)

BEST EDITING

Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Tenet (Warner Bros.)

BEST COMEDY

Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Minari (A24)

BEST SONG

Speak Now – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

BEST SCORE

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste – Soul (Disney)

Netflix was a huge winner in the Golden Globe Awards' television category, grabbing more than half of the awards presented during Sunday night's ceremony.  

Led by its drama series The Crown -- which swept the Golden Globe awards in the TV drama category -- the streaming service garnered wins in six of the 11 television awards during the mostly virtual and often glitchy live event on NBC hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Pop TV was the only other cable, broadcast or streaming service to garner multiple awards with two for its comedy series Schitt’s Creek. 

Overall, streaming services won eight of the 11 awards in the television category, with Apple TV Plus and Amazon Prime each taking home a Golden Globes statuette. Netflix won 10 trophies overall.

Streaming companies were well represented in film categories, too--Amazon's Borat Subsequent Moviefilm took best motion picture comedy or musical prize, while the movie's star, Sacha Baron Cohen, won the comedy/musical actor trophy.

Also Read: HFPA Addresses Diversity Controversy During Golden Globes Ceremony

Along with winning best TV drama series, The Crown won for best television actor in a drama series (Josh O’Connor) and best television actress in a drama series (Emma Corrin). Series star Gillian Anderson also won for best television supporting actress. 

Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit won two Golden Globes, including best television limited series. 

Schitt’s Creek in its final year of eligibility won a Globes statuette for best comedy series, while series star Catherine O’Hara won for best television actress in a musical/comedy series. 

The streaming service also won hardware on the movie front. Netflix's Trial of the Chicago 7 won best movie screenplay, while the late Chadwick Boseman won for best actor in a motion picture for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Also, Rosamund Pike won the best actress in a motion picture comedy award for her role in Netflix's I Care A Lot.

Netflix's Mank, which led all motion pictures with six nominations, was shut out of the winner’s circle. 

Outside of Netflix, Hulu's The United States vs Billie Holiday won best actress in a motion picture for Andra Day’s lead role as the R&B singer, while Daniel Kaluuya, star of Judas and The Black Messiah -- which debuted on HBO Max -- won the Golden Globes award for best supporting actor in a motion picture. 

Also Read: Golden Globes 2021: 'Schitt's Creek' Gets Globe For Comedy, 'The Crown' Gets Top Drama

The Golden Globes winners in the television category are as follows: 

Best Drama Series 

The Crown -- Netflix

Best Television Actor -- Drama series 

Josh O’Connor, “The Crown” -- Netflix

Best Television Actress -- Drama Series 

Emma Corrin, “The Crown” -- Netflix

Best Musical/Comedy Series 

Schitt’s Creek -- Pop TV

Best Television Actor -- Musical/Comedy Series 

Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” -- Apple TV+

Best Television Actress -- Musical/Comedy Series 

Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” -- Pop TV

Best Television Motion Picture

The Queen’s Gambit -- Netflix

Best Actor -- Television Motion Picture 

Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True” -- HBO

Best Actress -- Television Motion Picture 

Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit” -- Netflix

Best Supporting Actor -- Television 

John Boyega, “Small Axe” -- Amazon Prime

Best Supporting Actress -- Television 

Gillian Anderson, “The Crown” -- Netflix

Comedy One Day at a Time won’t see another season on Pop TV, which picked up the rebooted series in 2019 after it ran for three seasons on Netflix. 

“Sadly, the news is out,” said showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett on Twitter. “I'm not sad just yet, y'all. We still have some hope for new homes. Hang tight, my loves. You know that if I go down, I will go down swinging for this show (& cast & crew) I love.”

One Day at a Time only offered part of its season four on Pop TV, part of ViacomCBS, due to COVID. The March season premiere, which had Schitt’s Creek as a lead in, was simulcast on TV Land and Logo. 

“What might not be a hit show on Netflix could very well be the biggest show on Pop,” Brad Schwartz, then the president of Pop TV, told B+C. “You’re dealing with different metrics.”

The show focuses on a Cuban-American family in Los Angeles. Justina Machado, Isabella Gomez and Rita Moreno are the cast. 

Mike Royce and Norman Lear executive produce alongside Kellett. “We're still trying for season 5,” said Royce on Twitter. “What if #ODAAT was the first show ever on 3 networks?”

Sony Pictures Television produces One Day at a Time.

The original show, starring Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, aired on CBS 1975-1984. The rebooted show has aired on CBS this fall. 

Coming off its record-setting Emmy haul of nine wins and a sweep of the comedy category, Schitt’s Creek is making its debut in broadcast syndication on Monday. The Canadian-produced show, which is sold in all-barter deals for two years, is cleared on Fox-owned stations in the country’s largest markets as well as on stations totaling 95% of the country, including on Sinclair, CBS and CW-Plus-owned stations.

“What begins as a fish-out-of-water story quickly develops into a nuanced love letter to family, delivered with warmth, humanity and perfect comedic timing,” said Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus in a statement. Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury sold the show into domestic broadcast syndication. “With a gifted cast and whip-smart writing, it’s easy to see why Schitt’s Creek appeals to Emmy voters, critics and viewers, and has built a loyal and passionate fan base.”

Over the next two weeks, Schitt’s Creek will begin airing on broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, which promises to grow its already substantial audience. On broadcast stations, the 80-episode series is airing as both a weekday strip and on weekends. Starting Friday, Oct. 2, Schitt’s Creek also has a run on ViacomCBS-owned Comedy Central, with the network stacking five episodes of the series on Friday nights from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET. And the sixth and final season of Schitt’s Creek debuts on Netflix on Wednesday, Oct. 7, so Netflix subscribers will now be able to watch the series in its entirety on that platform.

Related: ‘Schitt’s Creek’: So How Did an Obscure Canadian Sitcom Win Nine Emmys, Anyway?

With sitcoms such as Warner Bros.’ The Big Bang Theory and Disney’s Modern Family aging -- Big Bang premiered in syndication in 2011 and Modern Family in 2013 -- having a new sitcom like Schitt’s Creek promises to freshen up access and late-night line-ups. And all of the buzz surrounding the show after its history-making Emmy night doesn’t hurt. Last week, Debmar-Mercury sent stations an Emmy-focused spot around the show to lift its final week of marketing prior to premiere.

Schitt’s Creek got its start in the U.S. on ViacomCBS’ Pop TV in February 2015 where it slowly grew a following. That following exploded when the show became available on Netflix after season three. That’s also when Debmar-Mercury took it into domestic broadcast syndication to help raise money to keep the show in production.

“We found them enough money to do those extra seasons,” said Marcus, and those seasons made all the difference.

In the meantime, ITV, which owns global distribution rights to the show, had sold it to Netflix and that’s when it found a huge and dedicated audience, driving the show all the way to its Emmy sweep.

Schitt’s Creek stars Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose, a once wealthy video store magnate, with Catherine O’Hara starring as his spoiled and entitled wife, Moira. Their adult children, David (Daniel Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy), are equally entitled, thus the whole family is confused when they suddenly find themselves living in a rundown motel in a remote town they own, Schitt’s Creek.

Schitt’s Creek is produced by Not A Real Company Productions Inc., which was founded by the father-son team of Eugene and Daniel Levy and is now run by Eugene, Daniel and Fred Levy as well as Andrew Barnsley. The series is produced in association with CBC and Pop TV. It’s distributed in domestic broadcast syndication by Debmar-Mercury and internationally by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

Netflix earned a record number of 2020 Emmy Awards nominations, but it was HBO who won the most hardware during a virtual Emmy Awards telecast Sunday night that saw Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek sweep the comedy category in record fashion. 

HBO garnered 11 Emmy Awards during the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted event, including major wins in the best drama and best limited series category. The other big winner during the ceremony was Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, which set a record by winning all seven categories in the comedy genre. 

Netflix finished third for the evening with two awards. VH1, FX Networks and Apple TV Plus each won one award during the audience-less telecast. 

Emmys: Photos From Television's Biggest Night

HBO, which won 30 total Emmy Awards -- including 19 Creative Arts awards -- was paced overall by Watchmen, which took home four awards Sunday night and a total of 11 Emmy Awards, including best limited series or movie. Succession, a star of the primetime telecast, won seven Emmy Awards overall, tying it with Disney Plus’s The Mandalorian -- including outstanding drama series. 

The night included several surprise winners, including actress Zendaya, who at 24 years old became the youngest actress to win best lead actress in a drama series, for her role as troubled teenager Rue Bennett in HBO’s freshman series Euphoria. 

Also getting a surprise nod was Uzo Aduba, who won the outstanding supporting actress statuette for her role as Shirley Chisholm in FX’s Mrs. America. 

Not surprising was RuPaul’s Drag Race’s win in the Reality Competition Program category -- it's third consecutive win -- and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’s fifth consecutive win in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category. 

Actor/Director Tyler Perry was awarded the TV Academy’s Governor’s Award during the live ceremony, which aired on ABC. 

A partial list of winners from the 72nd Emmy Awards announced during the live telecast are as follows:

Outstanding Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek (Pop) 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy (Schitt’s Creek) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek)

Outstanding Drama Series

Succession (HBO) 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Zendaya (Euphoria) 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Julia Garner (Ozark) 

Outstanding Limited Series

Watchmen (HBO) 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True) 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Regina King (Watchmen)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie

Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America) 

Outstanding Reality/Competition Series

RuPaul’s Drag Race 

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

Pop TV's Schitt's Creek swept the primetime Emmy Awards comedy category, winning best series, best actor and best actress awards. 

The series -- which ended its six-season run earlier this year -- won seven overall primetime Emmy Awards including best comedy series, beating out HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Insecure, Netflix's Dead to Me and The Kominsky Method, NBC's The Good Place, Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and FX's What We Do in the Shadows. 

Catherine O’Hara won the first award of the evening, taking home the best actress in a comedy series, topping Christina Applegate (Dead to Me), Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me), Issa Rae (Insecure) and Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Emmys: Photos From Television's Biggest Night

Eugene Levy took best actor honors, topping Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Don Cheadle (Black Monday), Ted Danson (The Good Place), Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method), and Ramy Youssef (Ramy). It was his first acting Emmy.

Daniel Levy won best supporting actor in a comedy series, while Annie Murphy won best supporting actress in a comedy series. 

Schitt’s Creek, which was nominated for 15 Emmys this year, also won Emmys for best writing in a comedy series and best directing in a comedy series. Overall, the series garnered nine Emmy awards this year, including two Creative Arts Emmy awards.

Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the 72nd Emmys at an empty Staples Center, and acknowledged the elephant in the room, or at least the elephant watching from home. “Right now we need fun. My god, do we need fun,” he said of these COVID times. “This has been a miserable year.”

Kimmel spoke of the importance of television in the pandemic era, calling it “a friend who’s there for us 24 hours a day.”

Kimmel saluted Emmy winner Norman Lear, calling him a “miracle.”

“The only thing I’ll be producing when I’m 98 is phlegm,” said Kimmel. 

Related: Emmys Analysis: HBO Rolls, Pop TV Makes Some Noise

Kimmel also praised Pop TV comedy Schitt’s Creek, and spoke about how network mandates said ABC has to put the show name on the screen whenever it’s mentioned, to avoid penalties for profanity. “Just in case you were wondering why network television is almost dead,” Kimmel quipped.

Jennifer Aniston gave out the outstanding lead actress in a comedy trophy. Catherine O’Hara of Schitt’s Creek won. 

“I will forever be grateful to Eugene and Daniel Levy,” she said, for giving her a character who gets to play “her ridiculous self.”

Netflix came in with 160 nominations, while HBO had 107. NBC had 47, ABC had 36, Fox had 33, Amazon had 30, Hulu had 26 and CBS had 23. 

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy went to Eugene Levy of Schitt’s Creek. “You see, I told you I was good,” he said. 

Levy thanked his wife and the cast, including O’Hara, who “evidently can make anyone she works with look good.” 

He saluted his children Daniel and Sarah, with Daniel taking “our show that we came up with and brilliantly guiding it to this little Emmy party tonight.”

Tracee Ellis Ross gave out the prize for outstanding writing for a comedy series. Daniel Levy of Schitt’s Creek got the honors. 

He thanked his father for “giving me the reins to this show...I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.”

Levy thanked the writers for sharing their personal and often embarrassing stories, “so that the Rose family could be who they are.”

Next up was outstanding directing for a comedy series. Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy of Schitt’s Creek got the win. Cividono saluted Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy, saying “their grace, their genius and their generosity bubbles through the entire set.”

Levy added that the show’s “incredible cast made it so, so easy to direct.”

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy saw Daniel Levy once again claim the prize. “The internet’s about to turn on me,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”

He called Schitt’s Creek a “six-year master class” taught by “two brilliant comedic minds--my dad, Eugene Levy, and the magnificent Catherine O’Hara.”

Levy spoke about the show giving the cast the “safety and security to do what we wanted.”

Playing David Rose has been “the greatest experience of my life,” Levy added. 

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy went to Annie Murphy of, yes, Schitt’s Creek. “The six years that I have spent working on this show have been the best six years of my life,” she said. 

Murphy said she’s “so proud to be part of a show that stands for love and kindness and inclusivity and acceptance.”

Jason Sudeikis honored the outstanding comedy series, which had HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Insecure, Dead to Me and The Kominsky Method on Netflix, The Good Place on NBC, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon, Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek and What We Do in the Shadows on FX. 

Schitt’s Creek won. Daniel Levy said the show is about “the transformational effects of love and acceptance,” and how that’s something we desperately need today. He urged people to vote and apologized for getting political. 

Eugene Levy thanked Pop TV and Netflix, and his son Daniel, “who took our fish-out-of-water story and transformed it into a celebration of inclusivity, a castigation of homophobia and a declaration of the power of love.”

When Kimmel came back on, he noted how “The Canadians have won all the Emmys tonight,” and added how America still has the Stanley Cup.

Outstanding variety talk series was given out by David Letterman. Waiting for the “virtual applause to die down,” Letterman shared some jokes from hosting in 1986 that he said he found in the pocket of his tux. The Emmy went to HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 

Oliver thanked producers Tim Carvell and Liz Stanton and said he was happy to be working these days. “We’ve all been very fortunate to be able to do our shows and not have to stop during the pandemic,” said Oliver. 

He thanked HBO and his wife and his staff. “I miss you so much and I honestly cannot wait until we’re in the same space together,” Oliver said of the Last Week Tonight staff.  

Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie went to Regina King of HBO’s Watchmen. “This is so freakin’ weird,” she started. 

“It’s an honor to be in this category with you,” she said of her fellow nominees. “I truly love being a thespian.”

“Have a voting plan,” King added, urging viewers to “be a good human.” 

Lead actor in a limited series or movie was given to Mark Ruffalo of HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. Ruffalo thanked director Derek Cianfrance for “a great collaboration” and his fellow cast for bringing out the best in each other with their “career-defining performances.”

“I can’t be up here right now without you being there,” he added. 

Ruffalo credited the show’s crew for their “grit, determination, dignity and class.”
He said the show is about family. “We are stronger together when we love each other and respect each other’s dignity,” he said, urging viewers to “vote for love and compassion and kindness.”

Outstanding writing for a limited series or movie was given out by Randall Park. Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson won for their work on Watchmen. 

Jefferson singled out his therapist. “I am a different man than I was two years ago,” he said.

Jefferson also mentioned the African-American men and women who died in the Tulsa massacre of 1921. “I think we should never forget them,” he said. 

Outstanding directing for a limited series or movie was claimed by Maria Schrader of Netflix’s Unorthodox. “Being nominated for the Emmys already felt like a coronation,” she said. “I’m speechless.”

She credited Netflix and its execs for “accompanying it with so much knowledge and support.”

She described Unorthodox as “adventurous and powerful and at the same time a delicate story.”

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series went to Yahya Abdul-Mateen II of Watchmen. He thanked HBO and Damon Lindelof “for your words, for your creativity.”

Watchmen is “a story about trauma, about the lasting scars of white domestic terrorism and police corruption,” he said, “and a guy who came down to Earth to reciprocate to a black woman all the love she deserved.”

“I’m so proud that i was able to walk into those shoes,” Abdul-Mateen added.

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie was given to Uzo Aduba of FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America. “I love you, ladies, you are all exceptional,” she said of her castmates. 

She offered a “tremendous thank you to FX,” to former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, who she plays in the series, and “everyone who came together to tell this brilliant story.”

“Thank you beyond words,” Aduba added. 

Anthony Anderson gave out the Emmy for outstanding limited series. HBO’s Watchmen got the prize. Damon Lindelof thanked HBO and Warner Bros. “for their unblinking support.” 

He also thanked “every single person who invested nine hours of their life into Watchmen.”

Lindelof singled out the “victims and survivors in Tulsa in 1921.”

Kimmel noted Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death, calling her a “tireless champion of equality and justice.” H.E.R. sang “Nothing Compares 2 U” as the tribute to Hollywood’s deceased rolled. 

Several times throughout the night, essential workers, not Hollywood stars, announced Emmy nominees. Those included a nurse, a UPS driver and a teacher. 

Next was outstanding competition program. RuPaul’s Drag Race on VH1 won. 

“We love making television,” said RuPaul. “It is an honor to make television. All the kids get to tell their stories on our show and it’s beautiful.”

Tyler Perry got the Governor’s Award from the Television Academy board. Chris Rock and Oprah Winfrey spoke on behalf of Perry. “It takes extraordinary grit and determination to navigate the rough terrain that often life can give you,” said Winfrey. “My friend Tyler Perry has done that against all odds.”

Rock spoke about Perry living in his car before he made it. “And of course Hollywood welcomed an independent black man with open arms,” said Rock. “Wait. I misread that.”

Winfrey called Perry a maverick and an innovator. 

Perry spoke about a quilt his grandmother gave him when he was a teen. He didn’t like it much and used it for odd jobs, such as drying off a wet dog. Years later, he saw a similar quilt in an antique shop. The shopkeeper explained how it was made of patches representing stages of the maker’s life. “I didn’t even recognize the value in my grandmother’s quilt,” said Perry. 

Perry said, “We all sew our own quilts with our thoughts, our behaviors, our experience and our memories.”

Speaking of his studio headquarters in Atlanta, Perry said, “We’re all coming together to add patches to a quilt as diverse as it can be.” 

Outstanding lead actor in a drama went to Jeremy Strong of HBO’s Succession. Strong, who plays Kendall, singled out the people who have “been there for me and believed in me when something like this felt basically impossible,” including family. 

He mentioned a Stephen Dunn poem about a book so good the reader finishes it for the rest of their life. “This job is that for me,” he said. 

Outstanding lead actress in a drama went to Zendaya of HBO’s Euphoria. “This is pretty crazy,” she said. 

Of the show’s cast and crew, Zendaya said, “I’m so lucky to go to work with you every day and so inspired by what you do.”

Amid these tough times, Zendaya said “there is hope in the young people.”

Kimmel quipped, “She’s younger than Baby Yoda.”

Outstanding writing for a drama went to Jesse Armstrong of Succession. 

“I love writing for this show so very much, and for this amazing cast and crew,” he said from London.

Outstanding directing for a drama went to Andrij Parekh of Succession. “The show’s been such a professional dream,” he said. 

Parekh dedicated his Emmy to “all the kids whose names, like mine, are difficult to pronounce.” 

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama was claimed by Billy Crudup of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. He thanked “everybody at Apple for the wonderful opportunity.”

“I’m glad to have delivered something for you,” he said. 

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama went to Julia Garner of Netflix’s Ozark. 

“I’m shocked, to be honest,” she said. 

Garner made a point of showing “gratitude to all the women in this category. You are the reason why I’m acting in the first place.”

Finally, outstanding drama was given out by Sterling K. Brown. It was between Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, AMC’s Better Call Saul, Netflix’s The Crown, Stranger Things and Ozark, BBC America’s Killing Eve, Disney+’s The Mandalorian and HBO’s Succession. 

Succession got the honors. 

“This is such a very nice moment,” said Armstrong, who lamented not being able to share it with his cast and crew and fellow writers and producers. “This is a wonderful achievement for the whole group.”

Armstrong gave out a series of “un-thank you’s” to COVID, President Trump for his “crummy and uncoordinated response” to COVID, Boris Johnson for the same, “nationalist and quasi-nationalist governments” for getting in the way of combating the virus, and “the media moguls who keep them in power,” said Armstrong. 

 HBO, led by its drama series Watchmen, drew the most TCA Awards wins, the Television Critics Association announced Monday.

The TCA Awards, which are usually announced during a July live ceremony but this year was not held in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, honored HBO with six awards, topping all other cable, broadcast and streaming networks. Pop TV was the only other network to earn multiple awards, drawing two awards for its comedy series Schitt’s Creek.

HBO’s Watchmen won four awards, including an Individual Achievement In Drama honor for series star Regina King as well as an Outstanding Movie, Miniseries, Or Special; Outstanding New Program, and the Program Of The Year award, said TCA. 

CBS’ iconic series Star Trek earned the organization’s Heritage Award, while longtime Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek was honored with the Career Achievement award. 

“Entertainment and culture are intertwined and in this challenging year, never has that intersection been more crucial as both a mirror to examine tough reflections and a rabbit hole to escape the noise and scares outside our homes. The 2019-2020 television season was both a challenge and a balm,” said Sarah Rodman, TCA President and executive editor at Entertainment Weekly in a statement. “This year offered up many high-quality options appealing to a wide swath of audiences with eclectic subjects ranging from sports and superheroes, to side-splitting sitcoms, darkly fascinating dramas, insightful documentaries, kid-friendly series, and more. We are excited to see what the future of television has in store, and we look forward to celebrating in-person next year as we come together to honor this medium that means so much to all of us.”

The full list of TCA Awards winners appears below: 

Individual Achievement In Drama: Regina King (WATCHMEN, HBO)

Individual Achievement In Comedy: Catherine O’Hara (SCHITT’S CREEK, Pop TV)

Outstanding Achievement In News and Information: THE LAST DANCE (ESPN)

Outstanding Achievement In Reality Programming: CHEER (Netflix)

Outstanding Achievement In Youth Programming: MOLLY OF DENALI (PBS Kids)

Outstanding Achievement In Sketch/Variety Shows: A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW (HBO)

Outstanding New Program: WATCHMEN (HBO)

Outstanding Achievement In Movie, Miniseries, Or Special: WATCHMEN (HBO)

Outstanding Achievement In Drama: SUCCESSION (HBO)

Outstanding Achievement In Comedy: SCHITT’S CREEK (Pop TV)

Program of the Year: WATCHMEN (HBO)

Career Achievement Honoree:Alex Trebek

 Heritage Award: STAR TREK (CBS)

Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek and FX’s Pose were the big winners among television programs  during the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony.

Schitt’s Creek took home the Outstanding Comedy Series trophy, while FX’s Pose was the top choice in the Outstanding Drama Series category during the July 30 virtual ceremony of the awards, which honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

“During this era of political and cultural division, LGBTQ images in media are crucial in accelerating acceptance for the LGBTQ community and countering the dangerous rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in a prepared statement. “This year’s award recipients, including Pose and Schitt’s Creek, continue to bring necessary mainstream visibility to diverse voices within the LGBTQ community, ultimately raising the bar for LGBTQ inclusion and representation in media.”

Cable network Logo on Aug. 3 will air a taped version of the GLAAD Media Awards.

Below are 31st annual GLAAD Awards winners in the television category:

Outstanding Drama Series: Pose (FX)

Outstanding Comedy Series: Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBTQ character): "Two Doors Down" Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (Netflix)

Outstanding TV Movie:Transparent: Musicale Finale (Amazon)

Outstanding Limited Series:Tales of the City (Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary:State of Pride (YouTube Originals)

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming [TIE]: The Bravest Knight (Hulu) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)

Outstanding Reality Program: Are You the One? (MTV)

Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode: “Jonathan Van Ness: Honey, She's An Onion With All Sorts of Layers” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Am I Next? Trans and Targeted” Nightline (ABC)

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: “One-on-One with Mayor Pete Buttigieg” The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)

Special Recognition: Special (Netflix)

Outstanding Spanish-Language Scripted Television Series: El Corazón Nunca Se Equivoca (Univision)

Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism – Newsmagazine [TIE]: “Después de Stonewall” (CNN en Español) and “Orgullo” Despierta América (Univision)

Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Interview: “Cómo y Cuándo Salir del Clóset” Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo)

Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism Segment: “Amor Sin Condición” Noticiero Univision 33 (Univision)

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of March 23 to March 29 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

March 23 -- Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (movie) -- Acorn TV

March 24 -- Dark Side Of the Ring (returning series) -- Vice TV

March 24 -- One Day At A Time (returning series) -- Pop

March 25 -- Crip Camp (documentary) -- Netflix

March 26 -- Behind Her Faith (documentary) -- UMC

March 26 -- Tacoma FD (returning series) -- truTV

March 27 -- Making the Cut (reality competition) -- Prime Video

March 27 -- Ozark (drama) -- Netflix (pictured)

March 27 -- Uncorked (drama) -- Netflix

March 27 -- Vagrant Queen (sci-fi) -- Syfy

March 28 -- Danger Force (family) -- Nickelodeon

March 29 -- Beef House (comedy) -- Adult Swim

March 29 -- Three Busy Debras (comedy) -- Adult Swim

March 29 -- Vice (returning series) -- Showtime 

Pop TV will simulcast its March 24 premiere of One Day at a Time with sister ViacomCBS services TV Land and Logo, the network said Thursday.

The series, which debuts its fourth season on Pop Tv after three seasons on Netflix, follows the lives of a Cuban American family and stars Justina Machado and Rita Moreno. The series is based on producer Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the same name.

Pop TV’s One Day At A Time episodes will follow all-new episodes of the final season of Schitt’s Creek before moving to its permanent 9 pm time slot on April 14th.

Pop TV will will air a documentary around its original comedy Schitt's Creek which will premiere after the series' April 7 finale, the network said Thursday.

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell will debut immediately following the series finale and will feature never-before-seen footage from the series as well as interviews with cast, creators, journalists, and fans, said the network. 

“As we celebrate the end of Schitt's Creek, we couldn’t do it without creating a special TV moment to send this historic series out on top,“ said Brad Schwartz, President, Pop TV in a statement. “This must-watch behind the scenes doc is the perfect way to honor a series that has made an impact in so many people’s lives, with enduring characters and stories filled with heart, humor and honesty that will stand the test of time.”

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of March 9 to March 15 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

March 9 -- Temple (drama) -- Spectrumhttps://youtu.be/oGeSmSNs_lI

March 9 -- Blood (returning series) -- Acorn Tv 

March 10 -- Women of Troy (sports documentary) -- HBO

March 11 -- Dirty Money (documentary) -- Netflix

March 11 -- On My Block (returning series) -- Netflix

March 12 -- Waka & Tammy: What the Flocka (reality) -- WE

March 13 -- Flack (returning series) -- Pop

March 13 -- The Pale Horse (drama) -- Prime Video

March 13 -- Stargirl (drama) -- Disney+

March 15 -- Black Monday (returning series) -- Showtime

March 15 -- Westworld (returning series) -- HBO

Pop TV will bring back its dramedy series Flack for its second season in March, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association winter tour.

The series, which is set in the world of a celebrity crisis PR firm and stars Anna Paquin, will debut its six-episode second season on March 13, according to the network. Joining the cast for the new season is Sam Neill, Daniel Dae Kim and Martha Plimpton.

“Flack is at once gritty, in your face and laugh-out-loud funny, a testament to Anna Paquin and the rest of the amazing team – which we are thrilled now includes the powerhouse talents of acclaimed actors Sam Neill, Daniel Dae Kim and Martha Plimpton,” said Justin Rosenblatt, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development, Pop TV in a statement. “In the must-watch second season, the often-recalcitrant Robyn tries to reconcile her relationships while her family, friends and colleagues, all while her client dilemmas interfere, often by her own doing, with everyone’s lives building to an irreversible apex.”

Pop TV has released a teaser trailer for the final season of its Emmy-nominated comedy series Schitt's Creek.

The series, which stars Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy and Catherine O'Hara, will debut its sixth and final season on Jan. 7, according to Pop TV. 

The series received four 2019 Emmy Award nominations, including one for Best Comedy Series. 

When the Emmy awards nominations were announced, Pop TV comedy Schitt’s Creek had its named called four times. The nominations came in advance of the comedy’s sixth and final season, which happens in 2020.

Eugene and Daniel Levy created Schitt’s Creek.

Brad Schwartz, Pop TV president, said the gang was “over the moon, screaming-out-loud excited” when the nominations came down. He spoke with Multichannel News about the appeal of Schitt’s Creek, and which other original could break out. An edited transcript follows.

MCN: Were you surprised to get four nominations?
Brad Schwartz: I thought your question was going to be, were you surprised to get one? (Laughs.)

We certainly knew we were in the conversation. Everywhere they prognosticate these things, everyone had it in the “wouldn’t it be great if ” category. Beyond that, what we knew that I don’t think a lot of people see is the passion people have for the show, which is unlike anything on TV. When we did our Television Academy screening, there were 200 people who could not get in. When this cast did their tour, they sold out the Beacon Theatre at $150 a ticket in 48 hours. They’ve done a 30-city live tour and they sell out all their shows.

MCN: What about Schitt’s Creek appeals to people in such a way?
BS: The character development is as good, I think, as any show in history. These characters arrive in Schitt’s Creek a wealthy family who might not have really known what family is all about. Episode by episode, season by season, as they go through things and become closer, go through heartbreak and relationships and business ordeals, all those things impact who they become.

People who have gone on the ride have been able to see true growth and change in these characters.

And the show is just so joyous. We live in divisive times, in a polarized political climate. But there’s this show and this town that you can go to on a Wednesday night and just have it be happy and the way things should be.

MCN: How much of a role did Netflix play in bringing Schitt’s Creek to a wider audience?
BS: When we launched in season one, we did our best as a rebranded network, with the marketing funds we had, to tell people how fantastic this show was. In a peak TV era, when trying to get attention is hard, it’s even harder when it’s a network [people] haven’t heard of.

Being a network’s No. 1 show really benefits the show. If it were the eighth show on another network, it might not have gotten the love, support and passion the entire organization throws behind it.

Because we wanted to expose the show to as wide an audience as possible, we did a deal with Netflix. We knew we had something special and just wanted people to see it. Pop has more [U.S.] subscribers than Netflix. But the convenience of Netflix — for a show like this, Netflix really became more like a library. When people heard about the show and wanted to watch it, there were many places for them to go, be it Pop, video-on-demand, our app. There was also this platform that everybody is using called Netflix.

MCN: Why is One Day at a Time right for Pop?
BS: When we heard that One Day at a Time was going to be cancelled by Netflix, our instant reaction was, Oh my god, that is such a Pop show. It has much of the same emotional beats that made Schitt’s Creek such a hit. It can make you laugh, it can make you cry, it deals with important cultural themes, with family overcoming adversity, with acceptance and inclusion.

Although they are vastly different shows, they both felt like shows that work on Pop. We jumped at the opportunity to bring that show to Pop. We feel like that show has a lot of life left in it and it will be a huge hit.

MCN: What’s another Pop original with a chance to break out?
BS: Last year, we launched Flack with Anna Paquin. It’s a fabulous, fabulous show. [Pop ordered a season two.] We premiered Florida Girls [in July], a comedy from our former co-owners Lionsgate. That show has surprised the world. Everyone’s writing wonderful accolades about it. Much like the beginning of Schitt’s Creek, that could go on a nice season-after-season run, and just keep picking up audience.

Pop TV will bring back comedy series One Day at a Time three months after the series was canceled by Netflix.

Pop in 2020 will air a 13-episode fourth season of the Sony Pictures Television-produced series, which is based on the comedy created by Norman Lear's 1975 series of the same name. 

Netflix canceled the series in March after a three season run. One Day at a Time will also air on CBS Television Network -- which aired the original 1970s series -- following its run on Pop, according to CBS officials.

One Day at a Time stars Justina Machado as a newly single Army veteran and follows her Cuban-American family as they navigate the ups and downs of life. Rita Moreno also stars along with Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez and Marcel Ruiz. 

"How amazing it is to be involved with this brilliant and culturally significant series that deals with important themes one minute while making you laugh the next,” said Brad Schwartz, Pop TV president in a statement. “If Schitt’s Creek has taught us anything, it’s that love and kindness always wins. Pop is now the home to two of the most critically praised and fan-adored comedies in all of television, bringing even more premium content to basic cable. We couldn’t be more proud to continue telling heartwarming stories of love, inclusion, acceptance and diversity that pull on your emotions while putting a smile on your face.”

One Day at a Time creator Lear added: “Three months ago, I was heartbroken with the news of our beloved One Day At A Time’s cancellation. Today, I’m overwhelmed with joy to know the Alvarez family will live on.” 

HBO drew the most 2019 TCA Award nominations while FX’s Pose and Netflix’s Russian Doll topped nominations for individual shows, according to the Television Critics Association.

HBO picked up 15 nominations to lead all cable, broadcast and streaming services, with Netflix following close behind with 14, according to the TCA. FX finished third with eight nods, with Amazon, CBS, PBS, NBC, Showtime, BBC America and Pop TV all garnering multiple nominations.

Dramas Russian Doll and Pose (pictured) each drew four TCA Awards nominations, according to the organization.

The 35th annual TCA Awards will be held Aug. 3 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The full list of TCA nominations is as follows:

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Amy Adams, "Sharp Objects" - HBO

Patricia Arquette, "Escape at Dannemora" - Showtime

Christine Baranski, "The Good Fight" - CBS All Access

Jodie Comer, "Killing Eve" - BBC America

Billy Porter, "Pose" - FX

Michelle Williams, "Fosse/Verdon" - FX

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

Pamela Adlon, "Better Things" - FX

Bill Hader, "Barry" - HBO

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep" - HBO (2014 Winner in Category)

Natasha Lyonne, "Russian Doll" - Netflix

Catherine O'Hara, "Schitt's Creek" - Pop TV

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, "Fleabag" - Amazon

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION

"60 Minutes" - CBS 

"America To Me" - Starz

"Leaving Neverland" - HBO

"Our Planet" - Netflix

"The Rachel Maddow Show" - MSNBC

"Surviving R. Kelly" - Lifetime

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY

"The Great British Baking Show" - PBS

"Making It" - NBC

"Nailed It!" - Netflix

"Queer Eye" - Netflix

"Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" - Netflix

"Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" - Netflix

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING

"Arthur" - PBS Kids

"Carmen Sandiego" - Netflix

"Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" - PBS Kids (2016 Winner in Category)

"Muppet Babies" - Disney Junior

"Odd Squad" - PBS Kids

"Sesame Street" - HBO (2018, 2011, 2001 Winner in Category)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SKETCH/VARIETY SHOWS

"Desus & Mero" - Showtime

"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" -TBS

"I Think You Should Leave" - Netflix

"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" - HBO (2018 Winner in Category)

"Late Night with Seth Meyers" - NBC

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" - CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIE OR MINISERIES

"Chernobyl" - HBO

"Deadwood: The Movie" - HBO

"Escape at Dannemora" - Showtime

"Fosse/Verdon" - FX

"Sharp Objects" - HBO

"When They See Us" - Netflix

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM

"Dead to Me" - Netflix

"The Other Two" - Comedy Central

"Pose" - FX

"Russian Doll" - Netflix

"Succession" - HBO

"What We Do in the Shadows" - FX

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

"Better Call Saul" - AMC

"The Good Fight" - CBS All Access

"Homecoming" - Amazon

"Killing Eve" - BBC America

"Pose" - FX

"Succession" - HBO

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

"Barry" - HBO

"Fleabag" - Amazon

"The Good Place" - NBC (2018 Winner in Category)

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" - Amazon

"Russian Doll" - Netflix

"Schitt's Creek" - Pop TV

"Veep" - HBO 

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

"Chernobyl" - HBO

"Fleabag" - Amazon

"Game of Thrones" - HBO 

"Pose" - FX

"Russian Doll" - Netflix

"When They See Us" - Netflix

Debmar-Mercury has acquired the broadcast syndication rights to Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, which is created by and stars father and son Eugene and Daniel Levy. Season five of the series, which has been renewed by both Pop and Canada’s CBC, is currently in production.

The Lionsgate-owned company will shop the series to TV stations for a fall 2020 debut.

“It is not every day you can walk into a TV station with a comedy this good, with a cast this talented and be able to point to the kind of ratings growth, social buzz and critical acclaim that Schitt’s Creek has generated,” said Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Debmar-Mercury, in a statement. “We enter the off-network market as this renewed series is coming off of its highest-rated season in the U.S. and four consecutive seasons of audience growth.”

Related: Pop Renews ‘Schitt’s Creek’

According to Debmar-Mercury, Schitt’s Creek out-delivered its season-one average by 116% in adults 18-49, 76% in adults 25-54 and 81% in total viewers through March 2018. That said, the show’s ratings on Pop TV are very low, with the series averaging a .08 among adults 18-49 and 275,000 viewers in season four, which concluded on April 11.

That can be an advantage when taking a show into syndication because the show hasn’t already been seen by many viewers, so it can serve almost as original programming for TV stations.

Related: Debmar-Mercury to Shop Netflix's 'Bojack Horseman' in Off-Net Syndication

As studios back out of the business of producing first-run programs explicitly for TV stations, and the number of comedies coming off of broadcast networks continues to thin, stations need new ways to program themselves. That said, low-rated shows rarely turn into high-rated shows once they come to syndication.

Schitt’s Creek tells the story of a once-wealthy family who is forced to move to the small town they once bought as a joke. The show stars Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Chris Elliott, alongside breakout stars Annie Murphy and Emily Hampshire.

Commissioned by CBC, Schitt’s Creek is produced by Not A Real Company Productions Inc. and created by Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy. The executive producers are Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read and Ben Feigin.

Schitt’s Creek is produced in association with CBC and Pop TV, and distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.