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18th Annual SAG Award nominees (Television categories)

December 14, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were announced this morning. The ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS Jan. 29 at 8pm ET (5pm PT). Here are the nominees in certain Television categories: OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES LAURENCE FISHBURNE/Thurgood Marshall — Thurgood (HBO) PAUL GIAMATTI/Ben Bernanke — Too Big to Fail (HBO) GREG KINNEAR/Jack Kennedy — The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) GUY PEARCE/Monty Beragon — Mildred Pierce (HBO) JAMES WOODS/Richard Fuld — Too Big to Fail (HBO)

Oscar fallout: Did Brett Ratner really mean to slam gays?

November 10, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Words hurt. I don’t think anybody can dispute that sentiment, and we are constantly reminded of it through PSAs by the cast of Glee. But sometimes I wonder if we have become too politically correct for the sake of doing so, and one need look no further than what is going on with the 2012 telecast of the Academy Awards as evidence of that. For those not following along, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided many months ago that it wanted its next Oscars telecast to be cutting-edge and energetic. They hired […]

Power to the pooches: Hero Dog Awards air Friday on Hallmark Channel

November 10, 2011 Ryan Berenz

By Jacqueline Cutler Follow @TMSJackCut When an earthquake leaves shards of buildings in its path, or a wildfire tears through a neighborhood and only hulks of dryers and chimneys still stand, or when a blind or deaf person needs to be steered toward safety, dogs come to the rescue. Please, cat fanciers, don’t start the usual protest. Dogs are heroes. Not all dogs, just like not all humans, qualify as heroic. But the dogs celebrated on Hallmark Channel’s American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards (Friday, Nov. 11, at 8pm ET) at are magnificent examples. The 90-minute special, hosted by Carson […]

How the stars reacted to the Emmys on Twitter

September 19, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Follow @ChannelGuideJP Here is a selection of some of what the stars — nominees and observers — had to say, and a few of their pics, about last night’s Emmy Awards presentation via Twitter. All tweets are presented [sic]. Jane Lynch (@jamemarielynch), nominated for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as Sue Sylvester in “Glee,” and a first-time Emmy host — “EMMY RED CARPET all poised for the show! Mama is nervous!” Rainn Wilson (@RainnWilson), star of “The Office”; not nominated — “The world of TV should be ashamed of itself that Steve Carell never won an […]

Best Emmy Award speeches and comments include Jon Hamm, Jane Lynch, Julianna Margulies, Charlie Sheen & More

September 19, 2011 Tom Comi

I so wanted Jane Lynch to be a great host on last night’s 63rd Emmy Awards on Fox. She seemed to have all of the right ingredients going in: a great sense of humor, infinite spunk and a likability with stars and fans alike. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. From a very lame opening song medley to a boring Jersey Shore sketch to hit-or-miss jokes (more on the hits later), Lynch was sadly miscast. Throw in some really bad ideas (including a very weak celebrity singing group) and a lot of predictability with the winners — Jon Stewart again, really? — […]

Who should win at the 2011 Emmys

September 18, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Channel Guide Staff Follow @ChannelGuide The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards air live tonight at 8pm ET/5pm PT on FOX, hosted by Jane Lynch, with a countdown special airing at 7pm ET/4pm PT. To prepare for the big event, we took an informal poll among our editorial staff to see who we think should (not necessarily will) win the big award in several notable categories (listed below, with our pick for the winner bolded as the last entry in each list of nominees). How do your picks compare with ours? LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Laura Linney, The Big […]

Jane Lynch talks about hosting the Emmys

September 16, 2011 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH Whatever opinions people may have about the field of Emmy Award nominees (Hugh Laurie, again?), just about everyone is happy that Jane Lynch is hosting the ceremony, which airs live on FOX Sunday at 8pm. Lynch, who is also nominated for supporting actress in a comedy, spoke with reporters recently to talk about what surprises she has in store for the telecast (don’t be surprised to see some of her Glee costars show up), and how her Glee alter ego Sue Sylvester might handle the gig: On her biggest worry as host: “What I’m concerned […]

Will Eddie Murphy make a good Oscar host?

September 7, 2011 Tom Comi

There is rarely a day when I am with my friends on the golf course that at least one of us doesn’t quote a line from one of Eddie Murphy’s stand-up routines or classic movies. So why then am I not more excited that my favorite comedian ever has been chosen to host the Oscars in February? I guess there are a couple of reasons, the first being that I can’t remember the last time he was funny outside of voicing the donkey in the Shrek movies. After brilliant performances in films like 48 Hrs., Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, […]

TCA Summer Press Tour: “Friday Night Lights” named Program of the Year at TCA Awards

August 7, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Follow @ChannelGuideJP The Television Critics Association (TCA) honored top programs and actors from the 2010-11 TV season at its annual awards ceremony Saturday night in Beverly Hills, its 27th such event, held during its summer press tour. Program of the Year was given to Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC), honoring the show’s final season and its overall five-year run of excellence. There was a standing ovation from the crowd as the show’s cast gathered on stage, with executive producer Jason Katims accepting the award. Katims related stories of fans who have told him they did not want to […]

Emmy analysis: why the Academy can never get it exactly right

July 14, 2011 Lori Acken

By Lori Acken And so another round of Emmy nominations has been unveiled … and with it, the usual flurry of cheers and jeers and outright outrage that summarily blankets the blogosphere and other media outlets. I’m tasked with adding a few thought-flakes to the pile. This is pretty funny to me because out of the entire editorial staff, I am probably least likely to get myself worked up about who’s in and who’s out — except for the strange scheduling decisions that led to no Breaking Bad nor anyone in it being nominated for anything. That right there makes […]