The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards
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Could the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards be another year for firsts?
Around this same time last September, the execs of basic cable were thrilled to see one of their own finally win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (Mad Men). Meanwhile, producers of reality fare saw an award given to one of their hosts (Jeff Probst). So which other category could be covered during this round? Animation.
For the first time since 1961 (when The Flintstones were still on air), an animated program has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. So will Family Guy finally go where The Simpsons has never gone before? Not if the six other contenders have anything to say about it!
So who won? Who lost? Which funnyman took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor since Jeremy Piven wasn’t even nominated? Read our West Coast play-by-play account of this evening’s telecast and find out!
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Video Previews: Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS: LA, FlashForward and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Spoilers, Video,
The workout you gave your TiVo last week was merely just a warm-up. Starting tomorrow, over 30 additional network shows will battle for space on your DVRs.
Still not sure what to watch? Then start making your early judgments now. You can find clips for 6 different programs here including the first 18 minutes of FlashForward (which debuts Thursday @ 8:00 on ABC), the 5-minute intro for Grey’s Anatomy (tearjerker alert!) and a 90-second scene from NCIS: Los Angeles.
Clips for Cougar Town, The Cleveland Show and Smallville can also be found after the jump.
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This Week on TV (9/21-9/27)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, Showtime, The CW, Amazing Race, The, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Medium,
(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)
MONDAY (9/21)
Season premieres: Accidentally on Purpose, The Big Bang Theory, Castle, CSI: Miami, Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men
- House (FOX, 8pm): “Season 6 begins with House as a detoxing patient at a mental hospital. He concocts an escape plan aided by his roommate and a visitor named Lydia (Franka Potente).” Run House Run!
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm): “The friends discover that Robin and Barney are secretly a couple.” He couldn’t stop talking aboot the girl he hooked up with last night.
- Dancing with the Stars 9 (ABC, 8pm): The opener begins with 16 celebrities including Lindsay Lohan’s ex (Aaron Carter), Shannen Doherty’s ex (Ashley Hamilton) and the ex-House Majority Leader (Tom DeLay). At least one of these guys has been disgraced.
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TV on DVD: September 15, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, NBC, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- The Big Bang Theory (Season 2)
- Bonanza (Season 1, Vol. 1 & 2)
- Crash (Season 1)
- CSI: Miami (Season 7)
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special)
- Dragon Ball (Season 1)
- Fame (Season 1 & 2)
- Fear Itself (Season 1)
- Grey’s Anatomy (Season 5)
- Heartland (Season 1, Part 1)
- The IT Crowd (Season 3)
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 4)
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This Week on TV (9/14-9/20)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, Bravo, Cable, FOX, HBO, NBC, Syndication, The CW, Family Guy, Oprah Winfrey Show, The Office,
(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)
MONDAY (9/14)
Season premieres: Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke, Gossip Girl, The Jay Leno Show, The Jerry Springer Show, Maury, One Tree Hill, Oprah, Lincoln Heights, The Steve Wilkos Show
- Oprah (Syndicated, check local listings): Season premiere. “Whitney Houston talks to Oprah—and no topic is off-limits. The back-to-back, two-day event begins Monday, September 14.” Explaining the “doodie bubble” incident with Bobby could actually take a lifetime.
- One Tree Hill (CW, 8pm): Season premiere. “Nathan faces a career-threatening accusation with the help of his new sports agent.” A few kinds acts with PETA later, and he’s back in the game.
- Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke (VH1, 10pm): Series premiere. “This reality series about comic Eddie Griffin’s financial foibles opens with his accountant explaining that he’s spending far more than he’s bringing in because of the many people he supports.” By the end of Season 1, one family member will have to pack up their knives while another will have their torch snuffed.
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TV on DVD: September 1, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- America (Television Movie)
- Ben 10: Alien Force (Volume 4)
- Brothers & Sisters (Season 3)
- Clatterford (Season 2)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Season 9)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 8)
- Desperate Housewives (Season 5)
- Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
- Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
- The Game (Season 1)
- Heroes (Season 3)
- People Like Us (Complete Series)
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (8/18)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, FOX, MTV, TNT-HD, Hell’s Kitchen, Cancellations, Renewals,
Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:
EXTENSIONS
- Leverage (TNT) - Summer season extended by two episodes
RENEWALS
- Hawthorne (TNT) - Season 2
- Hell’s Kitchen (FOX) - Season 8
- Is She Really Going Out With Him? (MTV) - Season 2
- Silent Library (MTV) - Season 2
- Teen Cribs (MTV) - Season 2
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Family Guy Campaigns for the Emmy
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Family Guy, Gossip, Video,
Family Guy’s Emmy clip, which dubs in new sound over footage from an episode, is already a classic. This is truly a great award campaign, though the animated comedy hardly lacks for accolades. Family Guy has been nominated in several different Emmy categories ten times, winning three.
The 2009 nomination marks the first time the series has been up for Outstanding Comedy Series, a significant achievement. The last animated series to receive the same recognition was The Flintstones.
The above video uses violence to make it’s case for why Family Guy should win, and I find it pretty effective.
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TV on DVD: August 18, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- The Beast (Season 1)
- Cracker (Complete Series)
- Dexter (Season 3)
- Dirty Sexy Money (Season 2)
- Eli Stone (Season 2)
- Everybody Hates Chris (Final Season)
- Ghost Adventures (Season 1)
- Gossip Girl (Season 2)
- Greek (Chapter 3)
- iCarly (Season 2, Vol. 1)
- Man vs. Wild (Season 3)
- Simon & Simon (Season 3)
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Family Guy’s Stewie Outed
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Family Guy, Gossip,
Creator and voice talent for Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane sat down recently to do an interview with Playboy. During the discussion, he mentioned that youngest member of the household Stewie (the diabolical baby with matricidal tendencies) is homosexual.
“We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out,” he revealed. Apparently, the episode revolved around Stewie’s problem with kids in school, resulting in a time-travel excursion to the writing of the Bible. MacFarlane says Stewie’s sexual preference explained “why he’s so hellbent on killing [Lois Griffin] and taking over the world. He has a lot of aggression, which comes from confusion and uncertainty about his orientation.”
I never knew so much thought and character development went into Family Guy, myself. The episode MacFarlane describes never made it to air, as it was decided to keep the matter ambiguous.
Not anymore!
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