2025 Emmys: Our First Look At This Year’s Drama Series Race
With the Oscars behind us, it's time to turn our focus to the 2025 Emmy Awards. We kick things off...
NATAS Announces Host, Presenters, Performers For 3rd Annual Children’s and Family Emmy® Awards
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the host, presenters, performers and guests for the 3rd...
‘Guilty:’ Welcome Martha Huber, Gone Too Soon
The Contending welcomes Christine Estabrook, Desperate Housewives' very own Martha Huber, as we look at her final episode, "Guilty." Desperate...
‘The White Lotus:’ Did That Trump Scene Seal White’s Emmy?
A key The White Lotus sequence about politics and religion written in 2022 feels incredibly of the moment. It will...
Emmys 2025: 77th Emmy Awards Airdate Announced
CBS and the Television Academy announced today that the 77th EMMY AWARDS will broadcast LIVE coast to coast from the...
Oscars 2025: Our Annual Oscars Show Post Mortem
Members of The Contending gather to say goodbye to Oscars 2025 and react to the Oscars show: the winners, the...
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Oscars 2025: ‘Anora’ Takes Best Picture, Baker Has Historic Night
Neon’s Anora took home five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress at the 97th Annual Academy Awards. Baker...
Oscars 2025: The Contending Consensus In All 23 Categories
The 97th Annual Academy Awards will be revealed Sunday night. Thank God. Don't get me wrong: talking about the Oscars...
‘I Hate Myself and Want To Die’ Star Mike Castle Delicately Balances Life and Death
I Hate Myself and Want To Die star Mike Castle talks to The Contending about relating to his troubled character...
2025 Oscars: Our Final (?) Predix for the 97th Academy Awards
On this week's podcast, Jalal Haddad joins us as we make our final (we think) predictions for the 2025 Oscars....
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