Emmys Chatter: Moonves, Disney / Fox, Tom Arnold vs. Mark Burnett & More

Critics for the 70th Primetime Emmys TV show on Monday night are not great, but people are still talking about the weekend. Give the television industry an extra day to celebrate the Emmys, and things get complicated.

IndieWire hit the Emmy scene (which kicked off Wednesday night with Variety's annual Showrunners dinner and IndieWire) to gauge the company's temperature – and it seemed every night was another hot topic. Our takeaway dishes:

Disney / Fox: everything will be revealed

It was Emmy's last season under The Way Things Were: with Fox, FX and 20th Century Fox TV every Monday night at the same party, under the direction of 21st Century Fox. According to several insiders, Disney will officially announce its new merged structure in the coming weeks, and that is exactly what has been reported previously: Fox Networks group president, Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox as part of Bob Iger, from Disney. and Fox Television group president Dana Walden, who oversees television production (including 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Studios, which eventually merged), as well as networks such as ABC and Freeform. The other president of the Fox television group, Gary Newman, is expected to remain at the "New Fox" to help transition to an autonomous network under the tutelage of his parent company.

The reverberations Moonves, and who could have?

Many industry leaders thought former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves could survive after Ronan Farrow published his first article alleging repeated cases of sexual misconduct by Moonves. But then came Farrow's second story – not to mention a New York Times article reporting that Moonves had misled the CBS board about the nature of the allegations. Journalist James Stewart's account suggests that it was the camouflage of the executive, rather than the (alleged) crimes, that ended the council's support.

Meanwhile, after Julie Chen signed the "Big Brother" on Thursday by using the name "Julie Chen Moonves" for the first time, she became a bit of mine in party circles. Some participants jokingly added names, or coming out of conversations with a "I'm Julie Chen Moonves."

As for who could be online for the CBS CEO position, there is still no favorite. But many industry leaders say we have not written off interim CEO Joe Ianniello yet. Although he is closely related to Moonves, he thinks he has a shot at work, and up to now, he has said and done all the right things, including a Monday memo to the staff members. in which he wrote: our culture. It is up to each of us to be part of this opportunity that we have before us. "

Tom Arnold vs. Mark Burnett: An Emmy Party Moment

Were you there? Have you seen it? One day after the celebration of the evening before the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards – a case A for the benefit of Motion Picture & Television Fund – many industry players have complained about not being up to date Mark Burnett and "The Hunt for the Trump Tapes" welcomes Tom Arnold. Or, they shared second – hand stories of others who claimed to see the fight in the first hand. But that added an extra-surreal layer to Emmy's weekend, especially after Arnold filed a police report, accusing Burnett of attacking him at the Sunday night party.

Arnold accused Burnett of hiding results at "The Apprentice," which include Donald Trump's racist and sexist language. After the clash, Burnett's wife wrote on Twitter that she received a bruise "when Tom Arnold tried to ambush my husband Mark and me at a charity event. Is your TV show worth it, Tom? If you like, stop. "

Arnold replied, "Bulls-. You lie, your crazy husband has attacked me. The star "How I met your mother," Alyson Hannigan, was among the participants who said they saw the showdown but did not really know what was going on. in! "She wrote, also on Twitter.

The Netflix / HBO battle that ended with a draw

Netflix content manager Ted Sarandos smiled at Netflix's post-night party Monday night, as the streamer reached a new milestone by linking HBO with 23 wins each. Before the start of the evening, HBO had a small lead on Netflix thanks to Creative Arts Emmys. Emmy's filmmakers and experts were looking forward to a good night for FX's "Atlanta" and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," but neither series has won awards this year, opening the door to many unpredictable choices.

In the beginning, two prizes were awarded to "Barry" of HBO. But then Amazon dominated the comedy categories with "The Marvelous Mrs." Maisel. " And when Netflix won three straight wins – two for "Godless" and one for "Black Mirror" – the race was launched.

While "The Americans", "Game of Thrones", "Westworld" and "The Crown" all won dramatic awards, the competition for the outstanding drama series suddenly seemed to be winning. The leaders of FX, disappointed by the bleaching "Atlanta", still have good reasons to rejoice, because "The Americans" and "Versace" have won several important awards.

In the end, it seemed that Netflix could win, but then "Game of Thrones", which won only one Emmy all night (for Peter Dinklage), and won the Best Movie Award, Netflix and HBO. for 2018 Emmy supremacy. (Amazon actually won the most Monday night with five.)

"We are honored to share this night with our friends at HBO, who have paved the way for years by setting the highest possible standard," said Cindy Holland, vice president of Netflix for the original series.

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