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2023 Emmy Predictions:

Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction (Series) “Harry & Meghan” was directed by Liz Garbus.

Weekly Commentary: A tight race ensues for acclaimed documentaries. Ken Burns’ powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust” which premiered at Telluride 2022 before hitting television screens, is a favorite in the category.

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Exclusive: HBO is renewing 100 Foot Wave for a third season, the network’s critically acclaimed documentary series built around famed big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.

The news comes as season 2 of the show directed and executive produced by Chris Smith competes for six Emmys, the most earned by any documentary series this year. Among its nominations are Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program. Season 1 of the show won an Emmy for its cinematography, which captured McNamara and other elite surfers testing their skills on titanic walls of water off the coast of Portugal.

Crowds gather at Nazaré, Portugal to watch surfers take on immense waves.

“100 Foot Wave chronicles the adventures of big wave surfing legend Garrett McNamara, his wife, Nicole, and their nucleus of friends and fellow surfers in Nazaré, Portugal as they push the boundaries of their sport and the limits of their minds and bodies,...

The second season of the Emmy®-winning HBO Original six-part docuseries 100 Foot Wave, directed and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (HBO’s “Branson”) and executive produced by Emmy®, Golden Globe®, and Tony® winner Joe Lewis (“Fleabag”), debuts Sunday, April 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et/Pt) with new episodes premiering subsequent Sundays at the same time on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max. Ryan Heller, Michael Bloom and Maria Zuckerman also serve as executive producers for Topic Studios.

Synopsis: 100 Foot Wave returnsto Nazaré, Portugal — with stops in Hawaii and California — for a heart-pounding and adrenaline-filled second season following big wave legend Garrett McNamara, his world-class surfing peers, and some surprising newcomers as they continue to push the boundaries of their sport and the limits of their minds and bodies. As much a story of personal relationships, longing, fear, and love, the series spans the...

Chris Smith's four-part documentary series Branson takes a look at the life of eccentric billionaire Richard Branson and his various successful and unsuccessful business ventures. Although Branson has largely been a prosperous businessman, making several billion dollars over the years, he has also had his failures, like anyone else. This was bound to happen naturally given how many companies he has launched over the decades. Branson is currently attached to over 40 companies, and they each, in turn, have several smaller subsidiaries.

Branson's most successful venture so far has been a result of various services offered by his Virgin Group umbrella of companies. Virgin has been most lucrative in the travel industry, with its Virgin Atlantic airline contributing to a large portion of Branson's net worth. In addition to this, he is also in charge of Virgin Galactic, a spaceflight company that is competing with SpaceX and Blue Origin. Of course,...