How about this for anti-climatic: As expected, both Mad Men and 30 Rock took home Emmys for best drama and comedy, respectively (really, do you think Two and a Half Men was going to win? Ha!) And the idea for five people to host the Emmys… don’t let it happen ever again. The opening was absolutely atrocious. They said they […]
As you’ve heard by now, Chicago comedian Bernie Mac passed away early Saturday Morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital due to complications of pneumonia. He was 50. He has had some health problems over the years, including a bout with sarcoidosis, which went into remission in 2005. Born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on Oct 5, 1957, Bernie Mac broke into comedy in […]
Cable cleaned up in the 2008 Emmy nominations, with 85 nominations for HBO (but none for Best drama series) and nominations for Best Drama landing in Mad Men’s and Damages‘ lap — marking the first time two basic cable series competed in the category. Despite ABC nabbing 76 nominations – the most of any of the broadcast nets – its […]
Cable continues its ride through the press tour, with an emphasis on going green: Discovery Networks (Discovery, Animal Planet, TLC.) -Discovery: The Discovery Channel had a panel at the tour discussing a film titled Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy, which chronicles the find of Leonardo, a extinct dinosaur found in Montana – which still stands with 90 percent of its […]
The big-screen adaption of the popular TV show was the box-office champ over the weekend with a haul of $56 million, defeating last week’s champ Indiana Jones and exceeding expectations from studio Warner Bros. However, it fell short of the $72 million earned by The Simpsons Movie last July – the last adaption of a TV show that hit movie […]
HBO dumped its ratings and critically challenged drama series John From Cincinnati, effectively sending John back to the land of Oinco Cinco, where Jerry Springer was once mayor, Pete Rose was once a hero, and Les Nessman gave hog reports.
Aside from the Amy Jacobson junk going on, there is something else of note going on in the television industry: The critics press tour. Here is a detailed analysis of what’s on tap this fall from HBO, Hallmark, and Lifetime.
That’s what Sorpranos creator David Chase basically said to its fans last night’s series finale as the screen went to black – in the middle of the final scene. Well, at least no one went to jail (Seinfeld), it wasn’t a figment of someone’s imagination (St. Elsewhere), and nobody woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette (Newhart – still the best […]
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