For television, there seem to be more questions than answers as 2008 comes to a close: How many industry pros will lose their jobs? How long will the recession last? How badly will the advertising market that is TV’s lifeblood falter? Wave after wave of anxiety-provoking headlines don’t help matters...
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TVWeek's Emmy Central 2008, full Emmys coverage here. Familiar faces took home awards during the opening moments of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles this evening. Jeremy Piven hugged it out with his third consecutive supporting actor Emmy for his performance as Ari Gold on "Entourage...
AMC has decided to preempt the next new episode of “Mad Men,” which was slated to air opposite the Primetime Emmy Awards this Sunday. The episode, “Sixth Month Leave,” will instead air Sept. 28, with a repeat of this season’s fourth episode filling in the Sept. 21 slot. The season finale of “Mad Men...
The Envelope’s Gold Derby blog has posted a list of predictions for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Participants were asked to predict the winners and the results were divided into two groups, Team TV Journos and Team The Envelope. Both groups favored “Mad Men” for drama series, “30 Rock” for comedy series...
“How I Met Your Mother’s” Neil Patrick Harris and “Scrubs’” Sarah Chalke, who had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom last season, will reunite to host the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 13. The ceremony, to be held at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles, will be broadcast Sept. 20...
Imaginary friends, talking animals and war are some of the topics behind the juried Emmy Award winners announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Character designer Ben Balistreri from Cartoon Network’s “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” and animator Teresa Drilling from CBS...
If Emmy voters had a message for the broadcast networks this year, it was this: No more excuses. The breakthroughs by basic cable’s AMC and FX—along with strong showings by ad-supported networks such as TNT, USA, Bravo, Sci Fi and A&E—demonstrated that you can make a creative splash even...
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AMC, not so long ago a humble cable channel running classic movies, racked up the most Emmy nominations of any ad-supported cable network with 20. The nominations came not only for the already widely acclaimed “Mad Men,” but for Bryan Cranston and “Breaking Bad” as well, making the network two for two...
Basic cable made its mark in the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, with AMC's "Mad Men" and FX's "Damages" both nominated in the drama category. Also in the race for the drama prize are ABC's "Lost" and "Boston Legal," Showtime's "Dexter"...