Emmy Magazine Features

They met at the taping of an HBO sketch show. Now, some 20 years later, Scott Aukerman and Kulap Vilaysack — husband and wife as well as comrades in comedy — pursue multiplatform projects from their perch on a Hollywood hillside.

Tempted by Divorce, Thomas Haden Church left his ranch for a spell in the city.

Building a western town from the ground up, teaching actors to gallop and shoot, creating period garb only to coat it in dust… Netflix’s Godless called for round-the-clock commitment by an array of craftspeople and artists.

In Netflix’s elbow-throwing, butt-kicking, lacquer-haired GLOW — set in the women’s professional wrestling circuit of the 1980s —Alison Brie gets to flex way more than muscle.

For the avid fans of writer-producer Dan Harmon, Rick and Morty is the holy grail of humor and absurdity.

As Dale Cooper, Kyle MacLachlan is much more than a fed who fancied cherry pie and “a damn good cup of coffee.” He is the narrative and moral center of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.

“It felt like i was in a relationship that wasn’t working.” so says Amy Adams about her rocky past in TV. But her colleague on HBO’s Sharp Objects, Marti Noxon, has a theory: “Amy is a layered, complex actress. Back then, young, beautiful women were supposed to be a type.”

It’s a wrap for Channing Dungey’s first full development of slate at ABC, where Roseanne shot to number one, thanks in part to its bipartisan approach. But Dungey wasted no time announcing the show’s cancellation May 29, after star Roseanne Barr published a racist tweet. Inclusion remains an imperative at the network, where Dungey herself broke barriers as an African-American executive.

With two very different series on NBC — the reality competition World of Dance and the cop drama Shades of Blue — Jennifer Lopez is bolstering her rep as a powerhouse performer-producer.

While police face increased scrutiny over training and practices, departments are hoping to get booked for Live PD. The A&E show — which sends live feeds from the streets to the studio — lets viewers witness police work firsthand.

The cross-country murder spree of Andrew Cunanan — leading to the 1997 killing of designer Gianni Versace — is "a very American story," says Ryan Murphy, executive producer–director of the FX anthology series that brought the real-life tale to television.

Whirlwind production — on two continents — for Amazon’s Philip K. Dick anthology series was challenging, but worth it