The move to suspend political communications is common following a significant event like what happened at the Republican candidate’s event, where he was apparently grazed by a bullet.

The president shared both a statement and made public remarks Saturday evening. He and numerous other members of both parties have spoken out to wish Trump the best and to decry political violence.

One member of the crowd was killed, as was the shooter. Another audience member remains in critical condition.

“It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country,” Trump said on Truth Social in his first statement on the incident. “Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”

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Moynihan boards the “NCIS” prequel series as Woodrow “Woody” Browne, head of the NIS Forensic Lab, while Petty plays Dr. Lenora Friedman, an assistant medical examiner. North and Monreal announced the news during the Television Critics’ Association’s summer press tour.

North promised Moynihan would bring some comedy to the CBS procedural, saying “we’ve done one scene with Bobby so far and hysterical is an understatement.”

“NCIS: Origins,” which is currently a week into production, stars Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Taking place beginning in 1991, the show follows Gibbs as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, according to the official logline.

The show’s ensemble cast also includes Mariel Molino as Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez, Kyle Schmid as Mike Franks, Tyla Abercrumbie as Mary Jo Hayes, Diany Rodriguez as Vera Strickland and Caleb Foote as Bernard “Randy” Randolf.

Mark Harmon will narrate and executive produce the series alongside his son, Sean Harmon, alongside North and Monreal. North and Monreal cowrote the premiere episode and serve as coshowrunners, reuniting after serving as writers on “NCIS” for 10 years. 

In addition to “SNL,” Moynihan is largely known for his voice acting, with roles in “Inside Out 2,” “IF,” “Monsters at Work,” “Nature Cat” and “Krapopolis.” He can also be seen in “Unfrosted,” “Party Down” and “Blockbuster.”

Petty is best known for her roles in “Tank Girl,” “Free Willy,” “A League of Their Own” and “Point Break,” and has also appeared in “Station Eleven,” “Obliterated” and “Orange Is the New Black.”

“NCIS: Origins” will debut Monday, Oct. 14 from 9-11 p.m. on CBS before moving to its regular 10-11 p.m. timeslot on Monday, Oct. 21.

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“Black America Votes: The Biden Special” will premiere on the network at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT. Biden will be interviewed by the award-winning journalist Ed Gordon, marking his first on-camera interview on the channel.

“The conversation will focus on critical issues impacting our community and discuss why Black Americans should continue to support his candidacy amidst growing public concerns and calls for him to withdraw,” the network said in a statement.

The half-our interview also promises to address “the growing concern over President Biden’s fitness for office, the state of the economy for Black families, the Project 2025 conservative policy agenda, and the fight to engage Black voters.”

“Black America Votes: The Biden Special” is produced by Jason Samuels and is a complement to BET’s “We V.O.T.E.” campaign.

The special will land two days after Biden’s on-camera interview with NBC on Monday, which itself followed his sit-down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on July 5. Following Biden’s performance in that interview, Stephanopoulos told an inquirer on the streets of New York City that he doesn’t think the president can serve another four years.

The string of television engagements — including a high-profile press conference at NATO on Thursday — all came in the aftermath of the president’s dismal turn against former President Donald Trump in CNN’s live debate last month. Calls for Biden to step down from the Democratic ticket have mounted as concerns over his age and fitness for office escalates to an all-time high.

The Black vote helped push Biden over the finish line in 2020 against Trump, and his exclusive interview with BET is certainly the campaign’s latest effort to drum up support from those same voters once again.

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After the CBS procedural series introduced the “Supernatural” star during the inaugural season, Ackles is set to return for Season 2 for more than one episode, star and EP Justin Hartley and showrunner Elwood Reid revealed during the Television Critics’ Association’s summer press tour.

“We got him, he’s coming back,” Hartley told journalists on Saturday during the CBS drama’s presentation. “We’re having fun with that, it’s a great story.”

The news comes after fan speculation that Ackles, who plays the estranged brother of Hartley’s Colter Shaw, might not be able to return for another installment of “Tracker” amid his casting in Prime Video’s thriller series “Countdown.”

Elwood, who also serves as an EP on the series, confirmed Ackles would appear in more than one episode. While the producers are keeping the upcoming storyline under wraps until the Season 2 premiere this fall, Elwood said he was “particularly excited” about the plot to come.

“I’ve worked with Jensen previously and Justin’s friends with him,” Elwood said, referencing his time as showrunner on ABC’s “Big Sky.” “It’s like family — when we text him [he says], ‘tell me where and tell me when,’ and he shows up. He’s just that kind of guy.”

Ahead of the Season 2 debut of “Tracker” on Sunday, Oct. 27, Elwood teased the forthcoming installment will include some “surprises.”

“This season is going to be … even better [and] more fun,” Elwood said. “We’ve got some big surprises coming up this season, I know everyone says that but we truly do.”

In Prime Video’s “Countdown,” Ackles stars as LAPD officer Mark Meachum, who is recruited to join a secret task force of undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement to investigate a suspicious murder committed in broad daylight.

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“Something went horribly wrong here,” prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson said, interviewed by NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Friday night. “My ethical obligations were that I advocate for dismissal.” 

Baldwin’s trial for manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed Friday after it emerged that police and prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence of live bullets from the defense team.

Johnson said she learned for the first time during defense testimony on Thursday that there were live bullets that had not been turned over to the defense. She had previously been prepared to prosecute Baldwin, because she believed there had been “some recklessness” with guns on the set. 

She said that Baldwin engaged in “horseplay” on the set, pointing a gun at a person on set to shoot blanks, adding that should not have happened. Nonetheless, that did not explain the presence of live ammunition, normally prohibited by strict production rules. 

On Friday morning, Johnson saw the live bullets when they were brought into court for the judge to examine — “three rounds that looked very similar to live rounds found on the set of ‘Rust,'” Johnson said. She was shocked.

“Those three rounds do become potentially exculpatory,” she said, underlining that they should have been provided to the defense.

Over the lunch break post-testimony, she said, Johnson argued to the prosecution team to drop the case. Her argument was rejected by the lead prosecutor, Kari Morrissey. Morrissey had already argued in court that she and the prosecutors had made a determination that the bullets didn’t match the live round that killed Hutchins and therefore had “no evidentiary value.”

Johnson disagreed, choosing to resign from the prosecution. Shortly after, the judge dismissed the case: “The state’s discovery violation has injected a needless incurable delay into the jury trial. Dismissal with prejudice is warranted to ensure the integrity of the judicial system and the efficient administration of justice,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said.

The central mystery to the case remains, which is: how did live bullets get on to the set?

In defense testimony on Thursday, it emerged that investigators had been provided in March with several live bullets by Troy Teske, a retired Arizona police officer. Teske told them they matched the bullet that killed Hutchins. Teske was a longtime friend of the father of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was sentenced to 18 months for involuntary manslaughter.

That mystery remains unsolved, but with the judge dismissing the case with prejudice, Baldwin cannot be retried. However, he could still face the dismissal being appealed.

Sharon Waxman contributed to this story.

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The network kicks off its fall schedule with the “Survivor” Season 47 premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 18, giving fans a taste of their favorite unscripted programming as “The Amazing Race” is held until the spring.

Ahead of its premiere week in mid-October, CBS will give viewers a sneak peek of its fall lineup with the “Matlock” series premiere on Sunday, Sept. 22, which will eventually move to Thursdays from 9-10 p.m., as well as “The Summit,” which sirs its first episode on Sunday, Sept. 29 before transitioning to air Wednesdays from 9:30-11 p.m.

It won’t be until Monday, Oct. 14 that the “NCIS” Season 22 premiere and “NCIS: Origins,” starring Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, will debut. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, “FBI,” “FBI: International” and “FBI: Most Wanted” return for their respective seasons.

“Matlock” will pick up with its second episode on Thursday, Oct. 17. That night also hosts the debuts of “Young Sheldon” spin-off series “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” “Ghosts” Season 4 and “Elsbeth” Season 2.

New series “Poppa’s House” and “NCIS: Origins” debut on Monday, Oct. 21 alongside “The Neighborhood” Season 7 and “NCIS,” while “Tracker” Season 2 and “The Equalizer” Season 5 return on Sunday, Oct. 27.

Read the full CBS premiere schedule below:

Wednesday, Sept. 18

• 8-10 p.m. – “Survivor” Season 47 premiere (regular 8-9:30 p.m. timeslot begins Wednesday, Sept. 25)

Saturday, Sept. 21

• 9-11 p.m. – “48 Hours” Season 37 premiere (regular 10-11 p.m. timeslot begins Saturday, Sept. 28.)

Sunday, Sept. 22

• 7-8 p.m. – “60 Minutes” Season 57 premiere
• 8-9 p.m. – “Matlock” (regular 9-10 p.m. Thursday timeslot begins Oct. 17)

Sunday, Sept. 29

• 7-7:30 p.m. ET – NFL on CBS doubleheader
• 7:30-9 p.m.ET/7-8:30 p.m. PT – “60 Minutes” (90-minute episode)
• 9-10:30 p.m. ET/8:30-10 p.m. PT – “The Summit” (Regular 9:30-11 p.m. Wednesday timeslot begins Oct. 16)
• 10:30-11:30 p.m. ET/10-11 p.m. PT – “Big Brother”

Sunday, Oct. 6

• 7-8 p.m. – NFL on CBS doubleheader
• 8-10 p.m. – American Music Awards (AMAs)
• 10-11 p.m. – “Big Brother”

Wednesday, Oct. 9

• 8-9:30 p.m. – “Survivor”
• 9:30-11 p.m. – “The Summit” (Encore of premiere)

Thursday, Oct. 10

• 8-9 p.m. – “Big Brother”
• 9-10 p.m. – “Matlock” (Encore of premiere)
• 10-11 p.m. – “Elsbeth” (Rerun)

Sunday, Oct. 13

• 7-8:30 p.m. PT – “60 Minutes” (90-minute episode)
• 8:30-10 p.m. – “Big Brother” season finale

CBS Premiere Week

Monday, Oct. 14

• 8-9 p.m. – “NCIS” Season 22 premiere (regular 9-10 p.m. timeslot begins Monday, Oct. 21.)
• 9-11 p.m. “NCIS: Origins” premiere (regular 10-11 p.m. timeslot begins Monday, Oct. 21.)

Tuesday, Oct. 15

• 8-9 p.m. – “FBI” Season 7 premire
• 9-10 p.m. – “FBI: International” Season 4 premiere
• 10-11 p.m. – “FBI: Most Wanted” Season 6 premiere

Wednesday, Oct. 16

• 8-9:30 p.m. – “Survivor”
• 9:30-11 p.m. – “The Summit” Episode 2

Thursday, Oct. 17

• 8-8:30 p.m. – “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” premiere
• 8:30-9 p.m. “Ghosts” Season 4 premiere
• 9-10 p.m. – “Matlock” Episode 2
• 10-11 p.m. “Elsbeth” Season 2 premiere

Friday, Oct. 18

• 8-9 p.m. – “S.W.A.T.” Season 8 premire
• 9-10 p.m. – “Fire Country” Season 3 premiere
• 10-11 p.m. – “Blue Bloods” Season 14 return

Monday, Oct. 21

• 8-8:30 p.m. – “The Neighborhood” Season 7 premiere
• 8:30-9 p.m. “Poppa’s House” premiere
• 9-10 p.m. – “NCIS”
• 10-11 p.m. “NCIS: Origins”

Sunday, Oct. 27

• 7-7:30 p.m. ET – NFL on CBS doubleheader
• 7:30-8:30 p.m. ET/7-8 p.m. PT – “60 Minutes”
• 8:30-9:30 p.m. ET/8-9 p.m. PT – “Tracker” Season 2 premiere (Regular 8-9 p.m. timeslot begins Sunday, Nov. 3)
• 9:30-10:30 p.m. ET/9-10 p.m. PT – “The Equalizer” Season 5 premiere (Regular 9-10 p.m. timeslot begins Sunday, Nov. 3)

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HBO announced Friday that the series will kick off production for the new season in January 2025, and all main cast members are expected to return. The Emmy Award-winning series delayed production in March, giving the series’ stars opportunity to pursue other projects.

Many of the show’s regulars have blossomed into Hollywood’s young elite. Zendaya has already had a huge year with “Dune: Part Two” and “Challengers” premiering just a few weeks apart. Sydney Sweeney has skyrocketed as a producer and actress with her box office hit “Anyone But You” horror flick “Immaculate.” And Jacob Elordi has transitioned from teenage heartthrob to leading man in his recent projects “Saltburn” and “Priscilla.”

Not all of the cast will return, though. Barbie Ferreira announced in 2022 that she would be exiting the show, and singer Dominc Fike said he was unsure if his character, Elliot, would return for a new season. Fezco’s storyline will also come to a sudden close, following actor Angus Cloud’s unexpected death last year.

For more on what the “Euphoria” stars have been up to since Season 2, keep reading.

Zendaya as Rue Bennett

Zendaya’s star turn as Rue in the HBO drama skyrocketed her career to new heights. Since her Emmy-winning performance as the teenage drug addict, Zendaya has gone on to lead many film projects, including two blockbusters just this year with “Challengers” and “Dune: Part Two.” She executive produced the second season of the series in 2020 and is expected to return to that role with Season 3.

Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs

Elordi plays Nate Jacobs, the star high school football player with a complicated life back home. The star’s overbearing presence is captivating to watch on screen and his character plays a pivotal role in a love triangle in Season 2. Elordi transfixed audiences in “Saltburn” and took the reins from Austin Butler as Elvis in “Priscilla.” 

Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard

After booking “White Lotus” following her first season on “Euphoria,” Sweeney has only continued to tie herself to buzzy screen projects. She executive produced and starred in “Anyone But You” last fall, breaking box-office records with the rom-com grossing over $200 million. Sweeney also starred in the not-so-successful “Madame Web” and her divine thriller “Immaculate.” Sweeney will reprise her Emmy-nominated role as Cassie Howard.

Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn

Schafer made her acting debut as Jules in the HBO drama series. Jules has long been a personal role for the actress, who is also a transgender woman — so much so that she wrote a Jules-centric episode. Since her success on the show, Schafer has gone on to star and critical and commercial successes like “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness.”

Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez

Demie plays the feisty Maddy Perez, best friend of Cassie and on-and-off girlfriend of Nate, in “Euphoria.” Her other film credits prior to her role in “Euphoria” include the coming-of-age film “Mid90s” and the drama “Waves.” Since the show, Demie has not been as active in Hollywood, other than a short cameo in “The Idol.” 

Colman Domingo as Ali

Domingo received an Emmy Award for his performance as Ali in the second season of the HBO series. His role as Rue’s sponsor reveals a special bond between the pair and highlights the tumultuous nature of recovery. Domingo has worked consistently since Season 2 wrapped, even receiving an Academy Award nomination for his role in “Rustin” earlier this year. His new movie “Sing Sing,” which he executive produced and stars in, has a limited theatrical release Friday. 

Angus Cloud as Fezco

Cloud played Fezco, the drug dealer with a big heart. The production team plucked Cloud off the streets to make his acting debut in the show about addiction, trauma and loss. After a heart-wrenching performance in Season 2, featuring a love connection between him and Maude Apatow’s character and the death of his on-screen brother, fans were excited to see the return of Fez, but real-life tragedy intervened. 

In Sept. 2023 it was confirmed that Cloud died due to an accidental overdose, with the coroner’s report indicating several narcotics in his system. Many “Euphoria” cast mates came forward to express their condolences last fall. His final films, “The Garfield Movie” and “Abigail,” both arrived in theaters in 2024.

Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard

Apatow made her debut as a series regular in the HBO series, where she plays Lexi, the younger, more level-headed sister of Cassie. Since joining the cast of “Euphoria,” Apatow has been featured in “The King of Staten Island.” She also made her off-broadway debut as Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors.” The daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann started her acting career playing her mother’s daughter in several movies, including “This is 40” and “Knocked Up.”

Storm Reid as Gia Bennett

Reid plays Rue’s younger sister, Gia, in the HBO series. In Season 2, Gia saw Rue’s withdrawals firsthand. The young actress is known for her role as Meg in “A Wrinkle in Time.” Since wrapping “Euphoria” Season 2, the actress featured in the films “The Suicide Squad” and “The Nun II,” TV series “Last of Us” and started studying acting at USC.

Barbie Ferreira as Kat Hernandez

Ferreira played Kat Hernandez, a girl struggling with self-confidence and body positivity. After rumors of on-set clashes with director Sam Levinson, Ferreira announced in August 2022 that she would be exiting the show after the second season. She clarified on an episode of “Armchair Expert” that she never felt like a victim on the show but felt she couldn’t leave without publicly addressing it – “don’t believe everything you read,” she stressed on the podcast. 

Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs

Cal Jacobs is the father of football star Nate. In the first episode of the series, Cal meets up with the trans teenager Jules for an affair at a motel. Throughout the series, his issues become reflected in his son. Dane, known for his role as McSteamy in “Grey’s Anatomy,” has starred in “Redeeming Love” and the recently released “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” since the show last wrapped. 

Dominic Fike as Elliot

Fike joined the cast in Season 2, playing Elliot, the love interest of both Jules and Rue. He has opened up in the past about the difficulties of joining the drug-centered show as a drug addict himself. He told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that Levinson got him a sober coach to be on standby while shooting, but he said it “did not work.” The “3 Nights” singer has continued his music career since wrapping the show. His music has been included in “Barbie” and Sweeney’s “Anyone But You.”

Nika King as Leslie Bennett

King plays Rue and Gia’s mother, Leslie, in the drama series. Leslie struggles to take care of a version of her daughter she hardly knows, leaning on Ali (Domingo) for strength and guidance. The actress recently executive produced and starred in “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.” 

Javon “Wanna” Walton as Ashtray

Walton played Ashtray, the younger brother of loveable drug dealer Fez (Cloud). In the finale of Season 2, Ashtray opens fire as a SWAT team storms the drug den, accidentally shooting his brother. The cops then kill Ashtray in the crossfire, leaving the show on a major cliffhanger. It is unclear whether Walton may return to the show in another capacity. Walton has gone on to star in the film “Samaritan,” the Hulu miniseries “Under the Bridge” and Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy.” He also voiced Pugsley Addams in “The Addams Family 2.”  

Austin Abrams as Ethan Lewis

Abrams plays Ethan, Kat’s internet boyfriend and the lead of Lexi’s play in Season 2. The actor is known for his roles in “Dash & Lily” and “This Is Us.” Since the release of the second season, Abrams has starred in Netflix’s “Do Revenge,” among other projects. The trajectory of his character is unclear after Ferreira’s exit from the show. 

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Maher picked four of the younger Democrats waiting on the bench for the elderly party leaders to retire — Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

All of them had strengths and weaknesses, though Maher clearly favored two of them — but the main thing, he argued, is that whatever is going to happen needs to happen fast. Or, as he put it when he kicked off the segment, “new rule: Stop f—ing around.”

Marher argued that the issue isn’t who will replace Biden, “because he is not going to be the Democrats candidate for president in 2024, all due respect.” The issue, Maher said, is that “the one thing I know for sure about America is this: It’s run by mean girls” who will keep picking Biden apart until the campaign is destroyed, and so he’s “toast.”

But the HBO host asserted that the spectacle of Biden stepping down as the Democratic Party’s nominee and being replaced on the ticket this close to the election isn’t necessarily as scary as it sounds. “Replacing a president as his party’s candidate this late will seem like a big deal for about three days, and then we’ll all be over it. It’ll be like when a coworker gets her tits done.”

“At first, it’s oh my god, and a week later, they’re just her tits. America is going to do this. We’re going to get new tits,” Maher declared, teeing up his evaluation of the possible replacements.

“Kamala Harris, Vice President, will get all of Biden’s campaign money and on the Democrats’ best issue, abortion, she’s a walking reminder to women that Republicans are coming for the abortion pill. She won’t just protect Plan B. She is Plan B,” Maher joked.

He also argued that as a former prosecutor, she has massive strengths in the current climate, and that’s on top of the fact that if elected, she “would be the first woman president, first black woman president, and first Asian president.”

“But,” he cautioned, “I don’t vote for who will be the first. I vote for who will win, and for whatever reason, Harris has never been popular. You can count the number of delegates she won in the 2020 primaries on one hand, as long as that hand has no fingers. In three years as Vice President, she’s been quieter than an electric car, and like an electric car, your MAGA uncle can’t explain why she fills him with homicidal rage. She just does.”

“Sometimes life isn’t fair. It’s not fair that she’s not popular. She’s intelligent and accomplished,” he added, before joking about how the one thing she was put in charge of — the border — hasn’t worked out.

Then he turned his attention to Newsom, who he called “The only governor, with the possible exception of Kristi Noem, who looks like they could do porn.”

Listing Newsom’s conventional, physically attractive attributes, Maher also dinged him for his apparent ambitions. “I don’t want to say he really, really wants to be the guy who steps in if the current nominee goes down, but he gets an alert on his phone every time Biden can’t think of a word.”

Maher also noted that being the governor of California comes with some negatives, including the risk he’d be blamed for the homelessness problem, but he had a solution. “There’s a response to that: ‘The homeless can live anywhere but they choose California. Nine out of ten machete wielding meth addicts say they wouldn’t be unhoused anywhere else.”

But Maher praised Newsom as “the best communicator in the party, with a history of standing up to bullies, and his name lends itself to the best slogan since “I like Ike: ‘I’m having Gavin.'”

Next up, Whitmer, who Maher joked “is a very attractive choice: High profile female governor who owns dogs but doesn’t shoot them,” a dig at Noem. Maher had pretty much nothing but positive things to say about her as a politician and as a leader, noting her various victories and concluding, “voters who don’t yet know her will say she already was president because of all the TV shows where the President was played by an actress who looks just like Gretchen Whitmer.”

Finally he reached Buttigieg, who he also considered “impressive” for his military record, his political successes and academic and professional achievements. “And he’s only 10 years old,” Maher joked. “He’s perfect for the moment, because, as our transportation secretary, Pete has experience cleaning up train wrecks, and he has the balls to come on Fox News, although it’s no secret that he brings something that makes Fox conservatives very uncomfortable: Facts.”

Ultimately, Maher argued, “we need some new characters on this sitcom we call the country. Americans like new and these guys, all you need to know is they’re moderates. They’re under 100 years old and they have a D next to their name.”

“Sure, it would be fun and probably a winner if Michelle Obama ran, but she’s off living her best life. We’re not going to get a superstar. We’re not going to get a superstar in this draft. We’re at the airport, and at this point, we just need to be sure we get the last rental car. Something reasonably safe, relatively clean and not Trump. If there isn’t a dead Girl Scout in the trunk, we’re good to go,” Maher concluded.

Watch the whole clip above.

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“The Hollywood Basic Crafts have just concluded their 4th week of negotiations with the AMPTP. After (4) weeks, we still remain far apart on our core priorities prior to entering our final week of negotiations to take place next week,” the memo reads. “We have been extremely clear on the reasonableness of what we have brought to the table. Many of our proposals would cost the employers very little, and in some cases no money, but would be huge wins for our members.”

Negotiations with the studios for Hollywood Basic Crafts, Local 399 Black Book, and Location Manager Agreement are scheduled to end a week from today on July 19th. In the Friday night update, the groups said they’re open to continuing negotiations beyond that date if necessary. However, the memo made clear, there will be no extension beyond July 31m when the current agreement expires.

In addition, on Sunday Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien will participate in a member call with Motion Picture Division Lindsay Dougherty.

“This call will provide an important state of our negotiations and how Teamsters remain united from coast-to-coast throughout our division,” the memo said. “Our commitment to fight on behalf of the core priorities our members have provided should not be underestimated. Our members are some of the lowest paid in production. If the employers want to talk about how much the Teamsters cost, we will continue to remind them how much Teamsters and the Hollywood Basic Crafts are worth.”

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Altogether, the series from Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo took home the awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, Outstanding New Program and Program of the Year, the top honor awarded by the organization. Anna Sawai also won the award for Individual Achievement in Drama for her portrayal of Toda Mariko. Thanks to the breakout hit, FX scored the most wins of the evening.

The network was then followed by HBO and Max, Disney+ and Netflix, which each scored two wins. Both of HBO and Max’s wins were for “Hacks,” which took home Outstanding Achievement in Comedy as well as Individual Achievement in Comedy for Jean Smart, who plays series lead Deborah Vance. Fittingly, Disney+ dominated the children’s entertainment space with “Bluey” winning Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming and “Doctor Who” winning Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming. Finally, Netflix won for Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch for “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA” and Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries or Specials for “Baby Reindeer.”

Other notable winners include ID’s explosive docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” That won for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information. Peacock also scored an Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming win for “The Traitors.”

“It was a year of brilliant television, from an epic historical drama to a harrowing documentary,” said Jacqueline Cutler, TCA president, in a statement to press. “We’re thrilled to honor all who created these shows, often against great odds, as many were worked on during the pandemic and stopped for the strikes. Congratulations to all of the winners.”

Additionally, the organization named the late Andre Braugher as this year’s Career Achievement recipient and “Twin Peaks” as the recipient of the Heritage Award. The Career Achievement Honoree is bestowed on the actors, directors and creatives who have made a lasting impact both on Hollywood and the TV industry. As for the Heritage Award, it recognizes remarkable series that have had an enduring significance and impact. The winners were selected by the TCA’s membership of more than 230 professional television journalists from across the United States and Canada.

Read the full list of winners below:

• Individual Achievement in Drama: Anna Sawai (“Shōgun,” FX)
• Individual Achievement in Comedy: Jean Smart (“Hacks,” HBO | Max, 2021 Winner)
• Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” (ID)
• Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming: “The Traitors” (Peacock)
• Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Programming: “Bluey” (Disney+, 2023 Winner)
• Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming: “Doctor Who” (Disney+)
• Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch: “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA” (Netflix)
• Outstanding New Program: “Shōgun” (FX)
• Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, or Specials: “Baby Reindeer” (Netflix)
• Outstanding Achievement in Drama: “Shōgun” (FX)
• Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: “Hacks” (HBO | Max)
• Program of the Year: “Shōgun” (FX)
• Career Achievement Honoree: Andre Braugher
• Heritage Award: “Twin Peaks”

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