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Awards Update

June 13, 2019

Craig Plestis and SallyAnn Salsano on Importance of Social Media in Creating Reality Hits

The producers sit down with Variety to talk about the importance of social media and co-viewing in today's time of peak TV.

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Top News and Features

Emmys 2019: How New Music Category Puts Docus on Equal Footing With Fictional Fare

"The viewer has to trust the filmmaker, and music plays a big part," says composer Miriam Cutler.

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A&E, ID, Paramount Network Execs on Recipes for Unscripted Success

“The metrics for success are very different on a slower night of the week,” Elaine Frontain Bryant says

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From 'The Masked Singer' to 'Project Runway,' Unscripted Series Pull Out All Stops to Make a Splash

"We’re not safe TV in any which way, and I think that might help us more than other traditional shows," says Craig Plestis. …

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How Revisiting History Through the Modern Docu Lens Can Lead to Change

“If we all had a greater capacity for empathy — that would be the biggest change in the world there could be," says Moira …

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Randall Park on That Ali Wong Sex Scene, Keanu Reeves and His Commercial for Chinese Liver Pills

"Fresh Off the Boat" star Randall Park on his sex scene with Ali Wong, Keanu Reeves and His Commercial For Chinese Liver Pills.

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