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Emmys
September 17, 2007: The Emmys 2007: Many surprises, not all of them pleasant “The Sopranos” won the top honor at Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards, but little else was preordained -- or, apparently, rehearsed -- during a sloppy three-hour-plus Emmycast on Fox. Despite taking three Emmys for best drama, writing and directing, “The... August 29, 2006: He who laughs last.... Link: Dateline Hollywood - NBC SORRY THAT CONAN WAS FUNNY AT EMMYS. I think the Onion style has been done to death (by the Onion, for starters) ... and for that reason I almost didn't click on this. By the... August 28, 2006: KNX: Emmys wrap You give us four minutes, we'll give you a partial rundown of the winners. I need to learn to talk faster on news radio. Download 0828_seg_emmys.mp3 (4:30) August 28, 2006: WBAL: The Emmys-plane crash flap, "The Wire" Chip Franklin and I this morning on WBAL Radio. Download WBAL_20060828.mp3 (about 14 minutes) And here's the other shoe dropping: NBC Apologizes For Emmy Opening. August 28, 2006: '24' and 'The Office' clock in with Emmy wins Two fitting winners emerged from Sunday’s 58th prime-time Emmy Awards: Serial thriller “24” took home top honors on the eve of a new season littered with “24” knockoffs, while “The Office,” which has helped revive the long-dormant TV sitcom, won... August 26, 2006: Emmys: Who should win, who can't miss The prime-time Emmys are coming Sunday, and to help me sort out the nominees, I called on Jay Bobbin, the hard-working entertainment writer for Zap2It.com and Tribune Media, who has forgotten more about this past television season than I’ll remember.... August 26, 2006: Audio: Jay Bobbin on Emmys I talked with the Zap2It entertainment writer about the Emmys. Also see my preview in print. Download JayBobbin.mp3 August 25, 2006: KCUR: Walt Bodine Show, 8/24/06 Here's a 25-minute cutdown of my hour with Walt (full version's at KCUR.org), in which I take your questions about: Deadwood, media convergence, Thief, The Shield, Rome, The Book of Daniel, the Dish Network-TiVo mess, naughty late-night cable shows, Chuck... August 21, 2006: Next up: The Non-Creative Emmys The "South Park" episode featuring Tom Cruise lost out to "The Simpsons" at this weekend's Creative Arts Emmys, the precursor to next Sunday's Prime Time Emmy Awards. In accepting the Emmy, "Simpsons" producer Al Jean said, "This is what happens... July 22, 2006: Emmys, aka the awards you don't care about Normally Conan O'Brien has no problem making himself the center of attention — I mean that in a good way! — but this afternoon's session with the press to promote the upcoming Emmy Awards telecast found him uncharacteristically sitting on... July 18, 2006: News and docu Emmy nominees PBS has 33 entries on this year's News and Documentary Emmy Awards, nominees for which were announced today. NBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina was prominent. July 7, 2006: Finally, an actual use for TXT Cool news from the UK (where they are just thrilled about the Emmy nominations). Users of the Sky+ satellite service can set their DVRs from the road by texting a message on their cell phones. Gee, too bad Sky+ owner... July 6, 2006: Emmys ..... fzzzzzp. Well, no love for the "Gilmore Girls." Not that it would have been vindication of the academy's revamped nominations process, but it certainly would have supplied easy proof. Right now, though, there's more evidence that things are exactly as they... July 3, 2006: Will rule changes reboot Emmys? When the Emmy nominations are announced Thursday morning, expect to hear some names that haven’t been within shouting distance of television’s highest honor. Names like Lauren Graham, who plays the feisty single mom on WB’s “Gilmore Girls,” Kristen Bell (pictured),... June 30, 2006: Is it Lauren's year? This may finally be the year that the WB's "Gilmore Girls" breaks through with an Emmy nomiation, according to Tom O'Neil, who lives the trophy life on his Gold Derby website. As you may know, the nomination process for Emmys... |