{
  "id": 695897,
  "title": "Salli Richardson-Whitfield on Making Emmy History With ‘Task’ and ‘The Gilded Age’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/salli-richardson-whitfield-on-making-emmy-history-with-task-and-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/focus/salli-richardson-whitfield-task-gilded-age-1236831760/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An hour into Salli Richardson-Whitfield’s directorial debut, she was left to sink or swim. This was 2011, and Richardson-Whitefield was standing behind the camera on the set of Syfy’s quirky small-town comedy “Eureka” talking to series creator Matt Hastings. She had been asking to try her hand at directing and finally got the shot in […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}