We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

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The State of the Race

Right off the back, it is newsworthy that Netflix has found its way back into the good graces of the Outstanding Television Movie category after spending a few years recalibrating in wake of the rule change that prevented feature-length TV episodes being eligible.

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 15 to June 26, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 12. Afterward, final voting commences August 17 and ends the night of August 28. The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will now take place Monday, January 15, live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

See our previous thoughts on what to expect at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards here.

The State of the Race

Last Emmys season definitely felt like a turning point for the Outstanding Television Movie category, with voters coming to more of a consensus on what makes a film a made-for-tv movie in a post-streaming world. Disney TV pulled off a history-making win with “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers,...

This year, for the first time since 2018, multiple Best TV Movie Emmy nominees have also earned recognition for their writing or directing, seemingly indicating a return to form for the time-honored program format. The current race for the main telefilm prize is also one of the most compelling in recent memory, as every one of the five contenders has a unique set of advantages that could put it over the top.

After winning the Critics Choice and PGA Awards for Best TV Movie earlier this year, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is the natural frontrunner in the corresponding Emmy contest. The vast majority of Gold Derby’s participating users concur, but they also erroneously expected last year’s award to go to “The Survivor” rather than “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers.” With that in mind, it’s important to pay attention to what makes “Weird” vulnerable against its challengers and...

Scroll through our photo gallery to see our official 2023 Emmy predictions for Best TV Movie. Disney+ has a chance to achieve a second consecutive Best TV Movie victory for “Hocus Pocus 2” after its “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” won last year’s race. It is now involved in a rematch with the Roku Channel and faces its first challenges from Hulu and NBC.

Roku’s current bid for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” serves as a follow-up to its first in this category for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” (2022). “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” is the 49th NBC movie ever nominated here and the first since “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love” (2017). Another film starring and produced by Dolly Parton – Netflix’s “Christmas on the Square” – won this award in 2021.

Rounding out this lineup are “Fire Island” and “Prey,” which are the first Hulu movies to ever compete for this honor.

Scroll through our photo gallery to see our official 2023 Emmy predictions for Best TV Movie. Disney+ has a chance to achieve a second consecutive Best TV Movie victory for “Hocus Pocus 2” after its “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” won last year’s race. It is now involved in a rematch with the Roku Channel and faces its first challenges from Hulu and NBC.

Roku’s current bid for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” serves as a follow-up to its first in this category for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” (2022). “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” is the 49th NBC movie ever nominated here and the first since “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love” (2017). Another film starring and produced by Dolly Parton – Netflix’s “Christmas on the Square” – won this award in 2021.

Rounding out this lineup are “Fire Island” and “Prey,” which are the first Hulu movies to ever compete for this honor.

“Succession” led all programs when the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Wednesday, July 12. It received 27 nominations including Best Drama Series. But that’s not the only noteworthy program achievement from the list of nominations.

SEE2023 Emmy nominations: Complete list of nominees “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” do better than ever in their farewell (?) seasons

That question mark is because “Ted Lasso” has been coy about whether its third season actually was its farewell, but assuming it was, that was one big goodbye hug the show got from Emmy voters. After 20 nominations in season one and 20 nominations in season two, the show managed to do even better in season three with 21 bids including Best Comedy Series. Less surprisingly, “Succession” outdid itself too. Its swan song earned it 27 nominations, two better than it received last year. These are looking like your front-runners for Best Comedy and Best Drama.

“Succession...

It’s a good thing that the Television Academy never scrapped the Television Movie Emmy category because original streaming movies stepped up in a major way this morning in the Primetime noms.

Streaming movies notched four of the five Outstanding Movie Primetime Emmy nomination slots including Disney+’s most watched movie ever Hocus Pocus 2, Disney’s Hulu movies Prey and Fire Island, as well as Roku’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. In recent years, there’s been chatter that the Television Academy was pondering a nix of the movie category, but they’ve held on to it, and obviously streamers are delivering product to it.

Even more amazing, streaming movies grabbed three out of the six writing noms in the limited-anthology series/movie slot: Prey, Fire Island (Joel Kim Booster) and Weird: Al the Yankovic Story (Weird Al and Eric Appel).

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Can Daniel Radcliffe earn an Emmy nomination for the comedy film “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”? Or even win? The Roku film, a parody of music biopics, is an unconventional awards contender — after all, it satirizes a certain kind of awards bait movie project. But it could also be noteworthy by bringing awards attention to the underappreciated telefilm format.

As limited series and anthologies have taken precedence in the industry, TV movies have mostly been pushed aside at the Emmys. Consider that last year’s five nominees for Best TV Movie — “Ray Donovan: The Movie.” “Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon ,” “The Survivor,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” and ultimate winner “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” — had no other nominations in any other categories.

That’s a far cry from just a few years ago. Consider that just in 2013 “Behind the Candelabra” swept the Emmys with 11 wins including Best Miniseries or Movie.

Last year, four out of the five nominees for the Best TV Movie Emmy had their only nomination in that one category including the eventual winner, “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers.” The only nominee to get recognized in another category was “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” which scored a bid for Best Choreography for a Scripted Series. Hulu’s raunchy gay rom-com “Fire Island” will be looking to see if it can get into more than one category this year and there’s a solid chance it will nab multiple Emmy nominations.

A promising sign the film could get into the Best TV Movie category was its recent nomination at the Producer’s Guild of America Awards for Best Streamed or Televised Movie. There is much overlap between the voting memberships of the PGA and the TV academy, with two of last year’s guild nominees — “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia” and “Oslo...

Exclusive: Paul McCartney’s incredible creative output in the decade after he left The Beatles will come into focus in Man on the Run (working title), a documentary to be directed by Oscar and Grammy winner Morgan Neville.

Mpl and Polygram Entertainment – the film and television unit of Universal Music Group – announced the project today, a day before the 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The feature film will explore “Paul McCartney’s extraordinary life following the breakup of The Beatles and how the love he shared with Linda McCartney influenced a journey that would lead to the formation of Wings and more of the greatest music ever created.”

Paul and Linda McCartney, circa 1970.

Neville, whose directing credits include 20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, and Roadrunner: An Anthony Bourdain Movie, has been granted access to never-before-seen home videos and photos from the archives...

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The 2022 Emmy Awards have come to an end in Los Angeles, and television's top talent were honored. This year's stacked pool of winners includes the cast members of fan-favorite shows like "Euphoria," "Succession," "Ted Lasso," and "Squid Game."

Heading into the big night, standout nominees included "Euphoria," which earned 17 total nominations, including for outstanding drama series and for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for Zendaya's performance, which she won for the second time. In total, the series won six of those categories. "Squid Game" made history as the first non-English series to score a nomination in the main drama category, and though it didn't win, the show did take home six awards. "Succession" earned a record of 25 total nominations and delivered, winning three, including outstanding drama series.

The 74th annual primetime Emmy Awards aired live on NBC on Sept. 12. Ahead, check out the full list of winners.

Emmy’s Outstanding TV Movie category this year featured one traditional awards film, Barry Levinson’s harrowing WWII tale The Survivor for HBO, joined by four followups to canceled series, Disney+’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Showtime’s Ray Donovan: the Movie, Paramount+’s Reno 911!: the Hunt for QAnon and Roku’ Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas.

In the end, it was the movie sequel to the oldest series in the bunch, the 1989-90 Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, that took the trophy. The film, which mixes CGI and classic animation with live-action, became the first animated flick to win the storied TV movie category in its 56-year history. It also handed Disney+ its first Emmy in a top program category. The streamer previously won the Pre-recorded Special Emmy for Hamilton and Documentary or Non-fiction Series for Secrets Of the Whales last year.

Fellow streamer Netflix also first broke into the...

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Disney+’s Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers has won the 2022 Emmy for outstanding television movie, which was handed out at the second Creative Arts Emmys presentation Sunday night.

“This is not the place I thought we would be, but we don’t get here without many, many people,” said producer Todd Lieberman, who noted that the idea couldn’t have happened “without [the] bizarre and brilliant minds of our writers.” He also noted director Akiva Schaffer.

The hybrid live-action/computer-animated comedy took home the top prize in a category that was likely the biggest wild card of the season, which saw four feature spinoffs of television series — Chip ‘n’ Dale, Ray Donovan: The Movie, Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon and Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas — face off against HBO’s somber Holocaust drama The Survivor, which the cabler acquired following its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.

“Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers” won outstanding television movie at the creative arts Emmy’s this Sunday.

The film is a surprise win at this year’s Emmys, marking the first time that an animated movie has won the category, which tends to be somewhat confusing. This year, nominees included a variety of TV show reunions billed as one-time “movies,” from “Ray Donovan: The Movie,” “Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas.” HBO’s “The Survivor,” which was originally theatrical-minded and premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, was also nominated for the category.

“Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers,” which stars Andy Samberg and John Mulaney as the classic chipmunks from the animated series of the same name, premiered on Disney+ on May 16, 2022. Directed by Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island, the film is a live-action/animation hybrid that follows Chip and Dale as middle-aged chipmunk actors. Chip is an insurance salesman,...

The second night of the Creative Arts Emmys will take place on Sunday night, where hot races such as guest acting, music and stunts will be revealed.

History could be made with “Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers” from Disney+ could be the first animated movie to win for outstanding television movie, after becoming the first ever to be nominated.

However, we could see if HBO will be in line to make history if it takes the category for Barry Levinson’s “The Survivor.” HBO is able to win all the top series categories for drama (“Succession”), comedy (“Barry” or “Hacks”) and limited (“The White Lotus”). It would be the first network in history to win all four if achieved.

The guest categories are going to give some hints to the Primetime ceremony taking place on Monday, Sept. 12. We could see Nathan Lane win his long overdue Emmy for his role...

The Creative Arts Emmys will be handed out the weekend of September 3 and September 4, but who will win in some of the most highly anticipated categories? Scroll down for our official odds in 27 races covering animation, nonfiction, reality, variety, documentaries, and more. These odds are based on the combined predictions of well over 1,000 registered Gold Derby users. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

See‘The Survivor’ vs. ‘Chip ‘n’ Dale’: Which will win the strangest Emmy battle of the year?

While NBC’s Primetime Emmy telecast on September 12 will likely get the most attention from the media and TV fans, it’s the Creative Arts Awards where the vast majority of trophies are handed out. They include some marquee races like Best TV Movie, Best Reality Host, and guest acting categories for dramas and comedies, but this is also where the industry’s best cinematographers, composers, production designers,...

Think this year’s outstanding TV movie category is a bit weird? It’s always been a category with an identity problem. Flash back for a moment to 1972, the year that the ABC TV movie “Brian’s Song” won five Emmys. “Brian’s Song” is considered one of the seminal TV movies of all time, a tear-jerker starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams about Chicago Bears player Brian Piccolo (Caan), who discovered he had cancer soon after turning pro.

Nominated for 11 Emmys overall, “Brian’s Song” was so popular, and so successful, that it helped put the ABC “Movie of the Week,” as the franchise was called, front and center — cementing the TV movie as a network staple. The “movie of the week” idea was so groundbreaking that the entire industry continued to call TV movies “MOWs” long after ABC had ditched the name.

But there was no TV movie category then,...

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Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and publicity campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Order of Finish

Succession (HBO/HBO Max)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Ozark (Netflix)

Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Order of Finish

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)

Barry (HBO/HBO Max)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/HBO...

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As more and more media conglomerates shift their business models to subscription streaming platforms, the borderlines between “film” and “television” continue to dissolve. Methods of distribution are no longer concretely disparate as studio-made feature-length films now often debut exclusively on streaming sites and many TV creators describe their shows as “10-hour-long movies.” These newly permeable boundaries are rendering the taxonomies of awards season just plain weirder than ever.

Case in point: the utter grab bag that is the Emmy category for this year’s outstanding television movie, which has washed-up cartoon chipmunks competing against Auschwitz survivors. I suppose Emmy voters took the term “television” seriously, as most of the nominations center around cult-favorite TV wrap-ups and reboots. The lineup, quite frankly, is a bit bonkers.

First, there’s Disney+’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, an omnisatirical family comedy mystery based on a...

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Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and publicity campaigns, results of awards that precede the Emmys and the history of the Emmys itself.

*Best Drama Series*

Projected Order of Finish

Succession (HBO/HBO Max)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Ozark (Netflix)

Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max)

*Best Comedy Series*

Projected Order of Finish

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Hacks (HBO/HBO Max)

Barry (HBO/HBO Max)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/HBO...

Last Year’s Winner: “Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: Technically the only chance for a streak is if Netflix wins again this year, after scoring an upset last year with “Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square.” For the last decade, the only major Outstanding TV Movie competition the streamer has received has been HBO, which has collected 14 Emmys in the category since 2000.

Notable Ineligible Series: “Rosaline” (the film will not premiere in time to be eligible); “Rise” (the film will not premiere in time to be eligible)

This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2022 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting took place from June 16 to June 27, with the official Emmy nominations announced on Tuesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be given out...

The Roku Channel got its first three Emmy nominations this morning — two for Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas and another for Bill Burr’s Immoral Compass.

2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline’s Complete Coverage

Zoey’s was commissioned as an original by the streaming outlet last year and streamed during the holiday season, along with past seasons of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, which was canceled by NBC. The high-spirited musical drama, which features elaborate song-and-dance sequences, was nominated for Outstanding Television Movie and also for choreography by Mandy Moore and Jillian Meyers. (Moore partisans had been disappointed earlier in the day when the star missed out on an acting nom for the final season of This Is Us.) Along with Lionsgate, the nominations cite Universal Music Group, FeigCo and The Tannenbaum Company as stakeholders in the movie.

Like a lot of Roku Originals, Immoral Compass was initially set up as a show for Quibi,...

Since the 1960s, Emmy voters have honored made-for-television films with the Best TV Movie award. Unlike the continuing program categories, this one is not bound to genre restrictions. This typically leads to diverse lineups of films, and it appears this year’s will be no different.

HBO is the most prolific network in the category’s history, having produced 22 winners from 76 nominations. The most recent of these victories came in 2020 for “Bad Education.” After losing with “Oslo” last year, they are back in the hunt again with the HBO Max films “The Fallout” and “The Survivor.”

Since the academy gave the 2021 prize to “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square,” they may feel compelled to award “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” “Christmas in Tune,” or “The Waltons: Homecoming” this time. The former is a continuation of NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” while the latter is a remake of the 1971 holiday film that led to CBS’s “The Waltons.

One year into its original programming push, Roku is debuting its first major international title.

This week, the company will launch “Children Ruin Everything,” an already popular Canadian series, on its free streaming service. Created by “Schitt’s Creek” and “Kim’s Convenience” alum Kurt Smeaton and produced by New Metric Media, the half-hour comedy revolves around young parents Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) as they struggle to define their lives outside their roles as mom and dad.

Roku snapped up the U.S. streaming rights for “Children Ruin Everything” last October, ahead of its January debut in the Great White North. The show was CTV’s No. 1 new comedy of the season and had the biggest debut for a Canadian comedy among the 25-54 demo since 2019.

“We were so pleased with what we saw in Season 1, and it made us eager to jump quickly into production on a supersized second season,...

Roku and Apollo Global Management have teamed up to bid for a minority stake in Starz, Deadline has confirmed.

A person familiar with the situation said a first round of bids was several weeks ago and interested parties were just starting to get access to Starz data. Others are in the mix as well, with interested parties said to include DirecTV, and the process is going rather slowly.

Lionsgate announced last fall it was exploring strategic options for the cable network and streamer, effectively putting it on the block. The company run by Jon Feltheimer acquired Starz for 4.4 billion in 2016. But the combined company now has a market cap of just over 3 billion. Selling all or a part of the asset could unlock value.

That’s been especially true given the big multiples paid for content, including Amazon’s 8.45 billion acquisition of MGM.

Roku launched its first original programming slate...

Rut-roh, Roku. The streaming-device manufacturer and gatekeeper, and home to the Roku Channel, is in a spot of trouble.

An April 13 report from the media analysts at MoffettNathanson doesn’t mince words: “Roku: Three Key Things to Worry About.” Since it’s a major technology equity research firm that came to the conclusion, we might suggest the report itself represents a fourth.

First concern: The creation of Warner Bros. Discovery is poised to take a major chunk out of Roku’s bottom line. People signing up for streaming services through Roku make for a very attractive revenue stream (aka “high-margin content distribution revenue growth”). Per Roku’s developer terms, it generally takes a 20 percent share of monthly subscription revenue for users who sign up through its platform.

However, analysts say the combined platform of HBO Max and Discovery+ will give Wbd leverage at deal-renewal time, which is particularly problematic when you consider that “HBO Max,...

Skylar Astin, coming off his starring role on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, has been tapped as the male lead opposite Geena Davis in CBS’ mother-and-son legal drama pilot from writer/executive producer Scott Prendergast and executive producer Phil McGraw.

The untitled drama follows Todd (Astin), ia a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family. Despite their opposing personalities, he agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, Joan (Davis), a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.

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Todd’s life is currently in shambles. He is the “problem child” of his family and a disappointment to his super-achieving mom. A former private detective, he lost his license after some messy misunderstandings. Quick on his feet – and a little too quick to resort to lying in order to get what he needs – Todd may be unorthodox,...

Tonight was the 27th Critics Choice Awards, and we're running down all of the TV winners!

Find out if your favorites walked away with an award.

Here we go!

Best Drama Series

Evil (Paramount+)

For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Pose (FX)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Succession (HBO) - Winner

This Is Us (NBC)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Best Actor In A Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

Mike Colter – Evil (Paramount+)

Brian Cox – Succession (HBO)

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix) - Winner

Billy Porter – Pose (FX)

Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)

Best Actress In A Drama Series

Uzo Aduba – In Treatment (HBO)

Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer (Freeform)

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

Katja Herbers – Evil (Paramount+)

Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime) - Winner

Mj Rodriguez – Pose (FX)

Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Nicholas Braun – Succession (HBO)

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Kieran Culkin...

Updates earlier exclusive, with quotes:: It’s official. David Eilenberg is returning to being a buyer.

The Chief Creative Officer of ITV America is joining Roku as its Head of Originals.

ilenberg will join in April and report to Rob Holmes, VP Programming at Roku.

It comes as the streaming service has been ramping up the amount of exclusive and original content that it develops and commissions.

Last year, Roku acquired Quibi’s library of original content and launched dozens of short-form shows on The Roku Channel, including a number that never launched on the Jeffrey Katzenberg-led service. In addition, it renewed a number of shows for second seasons.

But outside of the Quibi deal, the service, which essentially began as a streaming aggregator, has plans to bolster its pipeline of original series and films even further with plans to order around 50 series and films over the next two years.

“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” only won a handful of awards over the course of its two-season run on NBC, but it may be adding a few more trophies to the mantle with its new TV movie. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” which was released by The Roku Channel on Dec. 1, is nominated at the Critics Choice Awards for Best TV Movie, where it has emerged as an odds-on favorite to win.

“Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” picks up where the Season 2 finale left off while also functioning as a joyful Christmas special unto itself. The film centers on Zoey (Jane Levy) as she must face the first holiday season without her father, Mitch (Peter Gallagher), and sets out to recapture the magic of Christmas past as a tribute to him. At the same time, Max (Skylar Astin) is learning what it means to have the same musical powers as Zoey, as teased in the final minutes of the finale.

“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” alum Kapil Talwalkar has joined the “Charmed” reboot’s fourth season on The CW. The Indian American actor, who played Tobin in the NBC musical dramedy and its follow-up special “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” for Roku, has been cast in a recurring role as Dev. The character is described as a handsome, intense and charming “Gandharva,” a magical creature with the power to influence people with his voice.

Showrunners Jeffrey Lieber, Joey Falco and Nicki Renna, all of whom have been involved with the show since its sophomore season, return for the new season. The cast includes returning cast members Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Rupert Evans and Jordan Donica. In addition, Lucy Barrett was recently cast as the new “Charmed One.”

Talwalker’s character is based on a mythical and celestial being in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Male Gandharvas are divine singers and females are divine dancers from the Gandhara region.