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Weekly Roundup: Emmy Fever & a New ‘View’

It. Is. Emmy. Season! The full list of female nominees—plus, snubs and surprises.

Amanda de Cadenet announces her new talk show Undone on Lifetime.

It’s official: Everything at The View is coming up Rosie (O’Donnell) and they’re looking for new producers.

Love or hate ‘em, script notes are invaluable for screenwriting success.

New Oscar rulings will disqualify some documentaries from nomination.

Producer Marti Noxon is set to bring author Gillian Flynn’s first novel to TV.

Goodbye, Eileen Ford.

— KELLY GLOVER

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