Emmys

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) on Sunday swept the 73rd Emmy Awards with a total of 44 wins, marking the first time a streaming video-on-demand service achieves such a feat. What Happened: Netflix grabbed a total of 44 awards, including 11 for drama series "The Crown" alone,...

HBO has been dethroned. After a 17-year reign as content king, the premium producer has surrendered its leadership in total Emmy nods to Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). What Happened Netflix scored 112 Emmy nominations on Thursday to beat out HBO (108), NBC (78) and FX (50). The next-best streaming...

The Emmys have made it clear: If you want quality entertainment, you’re going to have to pay for it. Streaming services and premium channels secured a disproportionate share of the main award nominations Thursday, well beyond that of basic cable competitors. Of the 180 submissions for Best...

Stephen McGee and his wife are from California, but his two children are Detroit born and raised. “As we say, ‘made in Detroit,’” McGee said with a smile. McGee is an Emmy-winning filmmaker who has lived in Detroit for the past 12 years. McGee moved to Detroit in 2005 when...

The 2017 Academy Awards show will go down in history as the year of the screw up. Incomprehensibly, an envelope mishap lead to presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announcing the best picture winner as “La La Land” rather than the true winner, “Moonlight.”...

It is that time of the year again where the networks reboot themselves with a brand new schedule and a brand new crop of rookie series. For investors it is an important period as it can give them a snapshot of how the network will do over the next season and in many cases how that will impact the...

In a true sign of the times, it was a cable and streaming sweep on Thursday as Emmy voters again largely snubbed the broadcast networks. Leading the pack, as usual, was Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s cable darling HBO, which scored 94 nominations. Even though that's 32 fewer than it earned last year...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) surprised investors last year when the streaming service's stock shot up more than 100 percent. The company has been the driving force behind Americans' shift toward TV subscription services and away from traditional cable and has been credited with creating...

Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) continue to struggle trading above the $100 per share mark. Youssef Squali of Cantor Fitzgerald maintained a Buy rating and $125 price target on Netflix. Squali cited Netflix's "notable" four Emmys win and price hike in Europe as catalysts. In a report...

Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have surged 110.55 percent year-to-date. Mizuho’s Neil A. Doshi has reiterated a Neutral rating and price target of $115 on the company. Following two Emmy Awards for Netflix, Doshi expects the stock to see “modest selling pressure....

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) set a new record when it obtained 34 Emmy nominations -- nearly three times as many as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Consumers will be watching to see how Netflix performs when the awards are handed out in just a few weeks. Will the results help the streaming video...

He is America. And so can you? CBS (NYSE: CBS) announced that satirical political pundit and comedian Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman as host of Late Show. Letterman announced in early April that he will be retiring from hosting the show when his contract ends sometime in 2015. "I...

Halloween will bring one of television's most sadistic characters to the online video giant. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) announced a deal that will make the first four seasons of Showtime's Dexter available beginning on October 31, with the final four seasons coming on January 1,...