2008 Emmy Awards Announced

Spotlight-on WM — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:26:57 +0000

Paul Giamatti as John Adams (HBO)

With 23 nominations, including Paul Giamatti’s nod as Lead Actor in a Mini-Series, HBO’s JOHN ADAMS mini-series was the overall frontrunner in 2008’s Emmy Awards announcements.

In a new twist, 2 basic cable shows, MAD MEN and DAMAGES, also managed to achieve Best Series nominations, something basic cable programs had never managed to do until now.

Here are just some of the 2008 nominees (with the ones I’d like to see win in red):

Outstanding Comedy Series
	30 Rock • NBC
	Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
	Entourage • HBO
	The Office • NBC
	Two And A Half Men • CBS

Outstanding Drama Series
	Boston Legal • ABC
	Damages • FX Networks
	Dexter • Showtime
	House • FOX
	Lost • ABC
	Mad Men • AMC

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
	30 Rock • NBC Rip Torn as Don Geiss
	30 Rock • NBC Will Arnett as Devin Banks
	30 Rock • NBC Steve Buscemi as Len
	30 Rock • NBC Tim Conway as Bucky Bright
	Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO Shelley Berman as Nat David

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
	ER • NBC Stanley Tucci as Dr. Kevin Moretti
	In Treatment • HBO Glynn Turman as Alex Sr.
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC Robin Williams as Merritt Rook
	Mad Men • AMC Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper
	Nip/Tuck • FX Networks Oliver Platt as Freddie Prune
	Rescue Me • FX Networks Charles Durning as John Gavin, Sr.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
	30 Rock • NBC Carrie Fisher as Rosemary Howard
	30 Rock • NBC Edie Falco as Celeste ‘C.C.’ Cunningham
	30 Rock • NBC Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy
	Desperate Housewives • ABC Polly Bergen as Stella Wingfield
	Desperate Housewives • ABC Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey
	Monk • USA • Sarah Silverman as Marci Maven

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
	Big Love • HBO Ellen Burstyn as Nancy Dutton
	Grey’s Anatomy • ABC Diahann Carroll as Jane Burke
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC Cynthia Nixon as Janis Donovan
	Medium • NBC Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener
	Nip/Tuck • FX Networks Sharon Gless as Colleen Rose

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
	30 Rock • NBC Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
	Monk • USA Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
	Pushing Daisies • ABC Lee Pace as Ned
	The Office • NBC Steve Carell as Michael Scott
	Two And A Half Men • CBS Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
	Boston Legal • ABC James Spader as Alan Shore
	Breaking Bad • AMC Bryan Cranston as Walt White
	Dexter • Showtime Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
	House • FOX Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
	In Treatment • HBO Gabriel Byrne as Paul
	Mad Men • AMC Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
	Bernard And Doris • HBO Ralph Fiennes as Bernard Lafferty
	Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • HBO Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
	John Adams • HBO Paul Giamatti as John Adams
	Recount • HBO Kevin Spacey as Ron Klain
	Recount • HBO Tom Wilkinson as James Baker

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
	30 Rock • NBC Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
	Samantha Who? • ABC Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
	The New Adventures Of Old Christine • CBS Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
	Ugly Betty • ABC America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
	Weeds • Showtime Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
	Brothers & Sisters • ABC Sally Field as Nora Holden-Walker
	Damages • FX Networks Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
	Saving Grace • TNT Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko
	The Closer • TNT Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
	A Raisin In The Sun • ABC Phylicia Rashad as Lena Younger
	An American Crime • Showtime Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski
	Bernard And Doris • HBO Susan Sarandon as Doris Duke
	Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
	John Adams • HBO Laura Linney as Abigail Adams

Outstanding Miniseries
	Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS
	John Adams • HBO
	The Andromeda Strain • A&E
	Tin Man • Sci Fi Channel

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
	American Idol • FOX
	Dancing With The Stars • ABC
	Project Runway • Bravo
	The Amazing Race • CBS
	Top Chef • Bravo

Outstanding Reality Program
	Antiques Roadshow • PBS
	Dirty Jobs • Discovery Channel
	Extreme Makeover Home Edition • ABC
	Intervention • A&E
	Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List • Bravo

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
	Entourage • HBO Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
	Entourage • HBO Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
	How I Met Your Mother • CBS Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
	The Office • NBC Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
	Two And A Half Men • CBS Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
	Boston Legal • ABC William Shatner as Denny Crane
	Damages • FX Networks Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
	Damages • FX Networks Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
	Lost • ABC Michael Emerson as Ben
	Mad Men • AMC John Slattery as Roger Sterling

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
	John Adams • HBO David Morse as George Washington
	John Adams • HBO Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson
	John Adams • HBO Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin
	Recount • HBO Denis Leary as Michael Whouley
	Recount • HBO Bob Balaban as Ben Ginsberg
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
	Pushing Daisies • ABC Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
	Samantha Who? • ABC Jean Smart as Regina Newly
	Saturday Night Live • NBC Amy Poehler, Performer
	Two And A Half Men • CBS Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
	Ugly Betty • ABC Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
	Boston Legal • ABC Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
	Brothers & Sisters • ABC Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon
	Grey’s Anatomy • ABC Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
	Grey’s Anatomy • ABC Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
	In Treatment • HBO Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
	A Raisin In The Sun • ABC Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
	Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns
	Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • HBO Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
	Pictures Of Hollis Woods (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation) • CBS Alfre Woodard as Edna Reilly
	Recount • HBO Laura Dern as Katherine Harris

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – 8 1/2 Minutes Is All You Need

Spotlight-on WM — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:59:21 +0000

Taking a page from LOST, Sci Fi Channel has created an 8 1/2 minute ’summary’ of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA that tells you all you need to know about the last couple of seasons in order to get you ready for what is supposed to be the last season…

(The voice on the summary sounds suspiciously a lot like the one from LOST, too…)

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – They’ve Finally Set a Date!

Spotlight-on WM — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:11:32 +0000

I was watching the latest STARGATE ATLANTIS tonight when I caught the newest BATTLESTAR GALACTICA commercial. This time, instead of just having the usual sound bites by a few of the characters plus a note about “coming in March” they finally added the premiere date (at least for SCI FI Channel on Dish Network): April 4th! The official website is still saying “coming in March”. Hmmmm… Someone at the website isn’t keeping up with the advertisers!

Guess I’m going to have to add it to all the calendars in the house so I can make sure I don’t miss the first episode of the final season. (I HATE falling behind, especially when I’ve been waiting this long for the new stuff!)

I just hope they’re not going to split the ’season’ into 2 chunks as has been rumored, with only 10 episodes in 2008 and then dragging out the last half of 10 into 2009. That would really bite. It’s not like Sci Fi Channel’s ‘original’ movies make up for the delay! (I mean, really, how many fake snakes and bats can one person take?)

Maybe they expect us to order the Battlestar Galactica Series 2 Dolls and make up our own adventures for the duration, eh? LOL

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