Live Blog: The Emmys 2009

5:50 Going for a quick cigarette outside before awards begin.
6:00 Opening spiel, then NPH singing in a white dinner jacket. Yummy.
6:04 ” I grew up on television.”
6:05 Shaiman and Whitman wrote the song. Knew it.
6:07 Tour of the Emmy set.
6:09 Funny Emmy clip reel.
6:11 Jon Hamm ( sigh) and Tina Fey ( sigh). Supporting Actress [...]

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My Emmy Winner picks

Best Drama
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
I know Mad Men  is the mega buzz show right now, I know Lost fans think that it is THE GREATEST SHOW EVER ( they’re wrong). House  and Dexter both buckled under their previous genius this past season, Big Love is pretty bland for something that’s supposed to be so controversial [...]

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Emmy Nominees Announced!

Below are the nominees for the major categories of the Emmys nominations released earlier today. I will post my thoughts and picks in the near future, but needless to say, the Emmy voters got more right than usual, but why do people who hate television so much get to select what is the best of [...]

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Best And Worst of the 2008-2009 TV Season

First, the good news.
Best Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Years of Devotion to How I Met Your Mother and Scrubs has been painful at times, as both of these hilarious but criminally under watched shows suffered from time slot shifts and near cancellation more than once. But HIMYM’s fifth season was all but assured this [...]

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FIVE SHOWS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING BUT YOU AREN’T. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE???????

The recent cancellation of ABC’s great remake of BBC’s ” Life On Mars” annoyed me a great deal. Good shows aren’t given chances anymore ( Seinfeld would be cancelled now if it got the type of ratings the first season got). Bad shows aren’t given chances, either, but beggars, choosers, never the twain shall meet. [...]

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WGA Winners

The Writer’s Guild Of America handed out their awards last night. Simon Beaufoy won again for Slumdog Millionaire, Dustin Lance Black picked up the Original Screenplay honor for Milk,  and 30 Rock and Mad Men won for television. Other winner include In Treatment as best new series, Recount and John Adams for television movies/mini series, [...]

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EMMY NEWS

After years of being crushed by no noms for The Gilmore Girls and Buffy, the Emmy decided to boost my spirits ( and Jim Parsons and The Big Bang Theory’ s chances) by expanding major categories like acting and best series to six nominee slots instead of five. This rule has been broken so many [...]

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Question of the day

Is anyone else giddy over Jon Hamm’s upcoming three episode arc on 30 Rock? Jon Hamm. Tina Fey. Come on, people, this is gold!

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Mini Reviews and Recaps and other crap on my mind

The Big Bang Theory- a bit of a let down considering the glorioski ending of the Christmas/Saturnalia episode, but still, nothing better than Sheldon running down the hallway shreiking ” Don’t hurt us! Don’t hurt us! DON’T HURT US!”. BTW, the guy who plays Kripke- yes, I know people who are pissed about the ” [...]

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More Joyous News!

Tina Fey and company will be back as 30 Rock has been renewed. Thank you, president of the Tina Fey Fan Club Ben Silverman!

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In Defense Of The Sitcom

As 2008 draws to a close, I am again dealing with a cacophony of voices proclaiming that the sitcom is dead. Now, television is a cyclical business, and this news comes every time a long running show leaves the television landscape and no one steps up the following year with some zeitgeist consuming hit. The [...]

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