Emmy Awards

2009 Emmy Awards Live Thoughts

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:17:13 GMT

It's my favorite night of the year, Emmy night! Some people wait for the Oscars or the Super Bowl, but for me, there's nothing better than seeing if my favorite shows and actors take home the Emmy.

Making tonight's Emmy Award celebration even better is the fact that it's hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and there are rumors that he'll do a Dr. Horrible-inspired musical number. So stick with me as I'll be posting updates all night along about the winners and the major events that everyone will be talking about tomorrow. Let's just hope no one invited Kanye.

2009 Emmy Awards: Comedy Predictions

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:06:37 GMT

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards are this Sunday at 8pm on CBS. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, it looks like two shows will have a stranglehold on the night: Mad Men for Drama and 30 Rock for Comedy, both coming in with an overwhelming lead in total nominations.

But will they really prevail. Check out the nominees for the major Emmy Drama categories below and who I think will win, then make your own picks and watch along with me Sunday night.

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2009 Emmy Awards: Drama Predictions

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:27:56 GMT

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards are this Sunday at 8pm on CBS. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, it looks like two shows will have a stranglehold on the night: Mad Men for Drama and 30 Rock for Comedy, both coming in with an overwhelming lead in total nominations.

But will they really prevail. Check out the nominees for the major Emmy Drama categories below and who I think will win, then make your own picks and watch along with me Sunday night.

Read More: Comedy Category Predictions>>

Timberlake, Palin and Dr. Horrible Win at Creative Arts Emmys

editor@buddytv.com — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:17:53 GMT

The Creative Arts Emmys were held Saturday night, and some big names one the major awards. The Guest Acting awards are usually the big draw, and this year was no exception. On the Drama side, Ellen Burstyn won for Law and Order: SVU while Michael J. Fox won for his recurring role on Rescue Me.

CBS Adds "Breakthrough Performance" to Emmys Telecast

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:51:09 GMT

The Emmys are getting a viral, user-generated component this year as CBS is teaming up with Vaseline to sponsor "Breakthrough Performance of the Year," a category which allows viewers to vote for their favorite TV moments of the year, with the top three and winner being revealed on the primetime Emmy Awards telecast Sunday, September 20 on CBS.

The number of things that are unbelievably stupid and wrong with this decision is astounding. Even if you don't like the Emmys, you have to admit that this decision is actively killing what little credibility the Emmys hoped to maintain.

2009 Emmy Nominees: '30 Rock' Rules, 'Family Guy' and Simon Baker Shake Things Up

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:12:44 GMT

The Emmy nominations were announced this morning, and there were some truly out-of-the-box nominees. Sarah Silverman for Lead Actress in a Comedy for her Comedy Central show? Flight of the Conchords for Comedy Series and Jemaine Clement for Lead Actor? Simon Baker from The Mentalist? And Family Guy for Outstanding Comedy Series? Yeah, these aren't your daddy's Emmys.

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2009 Emmy Fun Facts

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:32:27 GMT

If you want to impress your friends with weird, arcane bits of Emmy trivia based on today's announcement of the nominees, here are some things you might bring up.

2009 Emmy Nominees>>

-If you add up the total number of nominations for Comedy Series nominees Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother and Weeds, it would equal the total nominations of fellow nominee 30 Rock.

2009 Emmy Awards: Complete List of Nominees

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:01:48 GMT

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2009 Emmy Nominations Preview: What to Expect

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:31:24 GMT

It's Emmy nomination eve as TV fans are looking forward to tomorrow morning's Emmy nominations, announced at 8:35am ET by Grey';s Anatomy's Chandra Wilson and The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons.

This year there are plenty of interesting changes and storylines going into the announcement. As always, Grey's Anatomy has plenty of drama, with Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight's behind-the-scenes decisions and Patrick Dempsey's choice to submit himself as a supporting actor for the first time. Expanding the major acting and series categories to six nominees each should also add some extra spice into the morning.

The Emmys Report: Drama Lead Actor and Actress Races

editor@buddytv.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:50:47 GMT

A lot is made of the overwhelming number of great leading roles for women on cable, but if the official Emmy ballots are any indication, women are still a minority when it comes to starring TV roles. On the official ballot sent to Emmy voters, there are 70 contenders for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but only 48 for the Lead Actress category.

But the numbers don't help the major networks. Despite the fact that more than 60 percent of the potential nominees come from the five major networks, it's the cable guys and gals who take the lead at the Emmys.

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The Emmys Report: The Drama Series Race

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:35:04 GMT

The ballots are out, the race is on, and soon we will know which lucky shows and actors will be nominated for this year's Emmy Awards. This year the main categories have been expanded to six nominees due to the increasing volume of shows produced. The official Emmy ballot for Outstanding Drama Series lists 76 eligible shows, but that includes everything from last year's winner, Mad Men, to "no chance in Hell: submissions like The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

So who is actually in the hunt? Last year proved that cable networks have finally broken through as it was the first time a cable network other than HBO scored a nomination in this category.

The Emmys Report: McDreamy and 'Big Love' Ladies Change Categories

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:22:23 GMT

The end of May means it's time to start campaigning for the Emmy Awards. Many shows have already started hitting voters with giant For Your Consideration DVD sets to get the coveted nominations. This season, however, there's a lot of gamesmanship going on for category placements as actors are moving from Lead to Supporting or vice versa in order to improve their chances at a nomination.

The biggest change is coming from Grey's Anatomy, where McDreamy himself Patrick Dempsey is dropping down to the Supporting Actor race after failing to get nominated as a Lead Actor for four years. While some might criticize the move as blatantly mislabeling himself in order to score a nomination, it's actually a bigger indictment on the show itself.

John vs. Oscar: 2008 Emmys Wrap-Up Podcast

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:41:46 GMT

BuddyTV writers John Kubicek and Oscar Dahl discuss the 2008 Emmys.

Ah...sweet, undeserved victory. The 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place on ABC last night, and I destroyed my colleague John Kubicek in our Emmy prediction competition. Perhaps “destroyed” isn't the right word, considering I only beat him by one category, but the victory is there nonetheless. Kubicek purports himself to be something of an awards' show savant, a master predictor, though he didn't really show it last night. This morning, Kubicek and I decided to sit down and discuss the events of the previous night. How did our Emmy predictions go, what were our biggest surprises, what were the hits, what were the misses, are among the topics discussed below.

Below, you can find the full mp3 of our extended 2008 Emmys discussion.

2008 Emmy Awards: Complete Winners List

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:42:09 GMT

The 60th Annual Emmy Awards were held tonight. Below you will find a complete list of all the winners from tonight's ceremony. The Drama side was dominated by first-year shows like Mad Men and Damages, each picking up two Emmys. Comedy was ruled by 30 Rock, winning four Emmys, including ones for Series and its two leads, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. The night also had quite a few surprises early on, like Jean Smart for Samantha Who?, Diane Wiest for In Treatment and Zeljko Ivanek winning for Damages, as well as Bryan Cranston winning for Breaking Bad.

In other categories, HBO dominated with its TV movie Recount and miniseries John Adams, The Colbert Report won its first-ever Emmy, and Jeff Probst took home the inaugural Emmy for Reality Host.

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2008 Emmy Awards: Live Thoughts

editor@buddytv.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:07:39 GMT

I’ve got Emmy fever, and the only prescription is three hours of TV awards show excellence. Not as catchy as Christopher Walken, but today is the 60th Annual Emmy Awards, and I’ll be here throughout the ceremony providing updates on the winners, losers, fashions, and attempts at comedy.

Tom O’Neil at TheEnvelope.com is hosting an Emmy competition that pits journalists against fans, and I participated as a journalist, so you can check it out to see my official predictions in the major categories airing tonight. Sadly, this means my reputation is at stake, so I might lose all Emmy credibility if I don’t win.

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Complete List of Emmy Winners

BuddyTV 2008 Emmys Preview: Best Variety/Comedy Series and Best Reality-Competition Series

editor@buddytv.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:21:55 GMT

Is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart the most important news show in America? That may sound like a cynical question, but think about it. There's so much competing noise these days in the cable news world that The Daily Show probably is, at least on cable, as formidable in the news world as Bill O'Reilly or Keith Olberman. The Daily Show has won the Emmy for Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series for five straight years. There's no reason it won't happen again, but the competition isn't anything to sneeze at either. The Emmys are only two days away, folks. Below we'll take a look at the Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series category, as well as the Best Reality-Competition Series category.

BuddyTV 2008 Emmys Preview: Best Comedy

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:33:59 GMT

I love TV comedy. For me, there's nothing better. Good comedy is always, always hard to come by. It's forever hit and miss, the bad comedy consistently overwhelming the good comedy. The success rate for a comedy of any kind is abysmally low. More fail than succeed. This is nowhere more apparent than on television. But, even so, today's crop TV comedy is very, very good. The Best Comedy category of the Emmys is, as a result, quite hard to predict this year. The nominees are diverse, both in tone and quality – Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, 30 Rock, Entourage and Two and a Half Men. One of these shows will take home a cute little statue this Sunday. Let's take a gander at who the favorites might be.

BuddyTV 2008 Emmys Preview: Best Drama

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:00:57 GMT

The Primetime Emmy Awards air this Sunday night. It has kind of snuck up on you, hasn't it? The biggest award of the night is probably the one for Best Drama. The Sopranos, Lost, 24 – all recent winners of the Best Drama. This year's batch of nominees is diverse and highly-acclaimed – Damages, Dexter, Lost, Boston Legal, House and Mad Men. Who will win? We take a look at which of the series have the best chance to win, and which don't, in our preview of the Emmys Best Drama category below.

Neil Patrick Harris and Sarah Chalke to Host Creative Arts Emmys, Plus Emmy Presenters Announced

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:12:59 GMT

Barney Stinson and Stella, finally together.

OK, maybe not, but the actors who play those two characters on How I Met Your Mother have been tapped to host the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards. Neil Patrick Harris and Sarah Chalke (best know for her work on Scrubs) will co-host the ceremonies, which will take place on September 13 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The event will air a week later, September 20, on the E! Channel. The Creative Arts Emmys recognize those less celebrated, yet incredibly important, behind-the-scenes TV workers, like set designers, cinematographers and editors. In addition to this announcement, ABC (who will carry the Primetime Emmys broadcast this year on Sunday, September 21) also unveiled the first batch of scheduled presenters.

Emmys 2008: Survivor, Phil Keoghan and Reality Show Snubs

editor@buddytv.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:59:07 GMT

We've had a few days now to discuss and digest the 2008 Emmy nominations. Much vitriol has been spewed towards the always-wrong Emmy voters (by nature, they can never totally be “right”), and it mostly revolves around lack of respect for The Wire or whichever critically acclaimed series you may think was snubbed. Yes, The Wire's lack of nominations is a damn shame, but we knew it was going to happen. It's not a happy show, it requires a five-season commitment to appreciate and no one watched it. So, while most snub talk has focused on the scripted shows, I'd like to shift focus to the reality categories. In my mind there were two major snubs; one unsurprising and frustrating, the other surprising, yet just. Phil Keoghan was left off the list for Best Reality Host, and Survivor was absent from Best Reality Series – Competition.

2008 Emmy Nominations: Cable Dominates, 'Lost' In, 'Grey's' Out

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:29:48 GMT

This morning the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards.

On the Drama side, the big story is the dominance of cable, picking up the majority of the acting and series nominees with shows from TNT, FX, AMC, Showtime and HBO. Equally surprising is the absence of Grey's Anatomy in the Drama Series race, while Lost makes its triumphant return. For comedies, many old favorites are back with all five nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series having been nominated before. However, several new actors from Pushing Daisies and Samantha Who? were able to make it in. And if you're a fan of smaller categories, Amy Poehler makes a shocking appearance in the Comedy Supporting Actress race for Saturday Night Live while "I'm F***ing Matt Damon" is up for Best Original Song.

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Emmys 2008: The Ineptitude of Emmy Voters and Other Musings

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:16:34 GMT

Who are these Emmy voters? Why are we entrusting them to make reasonable decisions regarding America's most beloved TV shows? Often, it's as if they don't watch TV at all. Two and a Half Men is a series that doesn't deserve the audience it receives (it's the highest rated comedy on TV), let alone awards recognition. Yet, there it is again, perched atop the comedy world, a nominee for Best Comedy Series, while more worthy candidates like How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Pushing Daisies, South Park, Flight of the Conchords and My Name is Earl sit on the sidelines. It's frustrating; ask any fan of television comedy whether Two and a Half Men is one of the five funniest shows this country has to offer and you'll be met with a resounding “Hell No!”

2008 Emmy Nominations: Additional Nominee List

editor@buddytv.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:24:52 GMT

Sometimes the smaller categories at the Emmy Awards are just as interesting as the major nominees. This year, 30 Rock absolutely dominates the guest acting categories, picking up an astonishing seven nominations for those two categories. Additionally, The Wire picks up its second Emmy nomination in the same category as the first in what I think is the strongest category: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series. It competes with Mad Men, Damages and Battlestar Galactica.

Other nominees of interest include the domination of John Adams and Recount in the Miniseries and TV Movie categories (plus the welcome addition of the Extras finale), the fact that Tina Fey was nominated for hosting Saturday Night Live and the Original Song and Lyrics category, which pitd light of the Conchords against Sarah Silverman, who was "f***ing Matt Damon."

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BuddyTV Emmy Nominations Podcast - Drama and Comedy Series

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:19:19 GMT

The Emmy nominees are just hours away from being announced and, as always, the two biggest awards are Best Drama and Best Comedy. With The Sopranos gone and the comedy landscape filled to the brim with quality shows, there are no sure-fire favorites to win either award. HBO has had one of their dramas nominated for Best Drama every year since 1999 – this is the year the streak may be broken. The Best Comedy award is always a contentious one. 30 Rock won last year after its solid freshman season; does it have the juice to win again, or will a newcomer like Pushing Daisies steal its thunder? In our final Emmy Nominations Podcast, fellow writer John Kubicek and I discuss our nomination predictions for both of the major categories, as well as give our lists of ideal candidates and winners. You can find whole mp3 of our discussion below.

BuddyTV Emmy Nominations Podcast - Comedy Acting

editor@buddytv.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:42:47 GMT

You can make the argument that comedy is completely and utterly subjective. This is more or less true. After all, if something males you laugh, then it makes you laugh. That's the overwhelming goal of comedy. The best comedies can do more than make you laugh, however: have a coherent story, contain real human drama and a literate sense of humor. While the intended results of all comedies are similar, and there's nothing wrong with enjoying the lowbrow, can't we agree that some shows are slight and worse than others? Two and a Half Men, despite its mediocrity, has been an Emmy stalwart for years. Why? The voters seem to have a peculiar fascination with the Charlie Sheen-led series, and it might have something to do with its designation as the highest rated comedy on television. Are the voters appeasing the common man, or do they truly think Two and a Half Men is one of the five best comedies on television? In our second batch of Emmy podcasts, fellow writer John Kubicek and I discussed this issue and many others as we went through each acting category for the Comedy series.

BuddyTV Emmy Nominations Podcast - Drama Acting

editor@buddytv.com — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:37:01 GMT

It's two days until the official Emmy Nominations are announced, and for most people this is a trifling thing. Most people don't particularly care about the Emmys, even people who are intense television fans. I understand that. Awards shows are generally meaningless, and it's hard to convince a cynic that you should care about something so arbitrary and often unjust. But, that's why you don't argue with a cynic, and that's why it's hard to rationalize a personal love for the Emmys. I am a huge fan of Awards shows, and I'm not ashamed of it – they're fun. It's a competition, there's suspense, there's real drama, and it makes for good television. In anticipation of Thursday's nominations, my fellow BuddyTV writer John Kubicek and I recorded a series of podcasts discussing all the major Emmy categories. You can find our discussions about the Drama acting categories below.