It was a jam-packed ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria for the 68th annual Peabody Awards today. Host Brian Williams joked he was "in the tank" for three of the esteemed awards—for colleague Richard Engel, "Saturday Night Live" and NBC Sports. Winner Doug Ellin of "Entourage"...
ABC’s “Lost,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and HBO’s “Entourage” and “John Adams” are among the television programs being honored with a 2008 Peabody Award. AMC’s critical darling “Breaking Bad” will also receive a Peabody Award, as will Nick’s “Avator: The Last Air Bender.” Several of HBO’s documentary...
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Paris Barclay earned nominations for both drama and comedy series today when the Directors Guild of America announced its nominees for directorial achievement in television. In the dramatic series category, the nominees are Dan Attias for “The Wire,” Mr. Barclay for “In Treatment,” Jack Bender for “Lost...
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The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its annual awards in the television, news, radio, graphic animation and promotional writing categories. Nominees in the dramatic series category include the writing teams for Showtime’s “Dexter,” NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” ABC’s “Lost,” AMC...
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In the latest podcast with "Entourage" creator and showrunner Doug Ellin we catch up on the last three episodes. In the installment that debuted on Sunday, Oct. 12th, "The ReDOMption," Doug talks about how it came to pass that champion golfer Phil Mickelson agreed to appear on the...
In this week's Backlot Talk podcast with Doug Ellin, creator and showrunner of "Entourage," Mr. Ellin talks about Jeremy Piven winning his third Emmy last Sunday. He also talks about the famous movie that was the basis for the wild car chase Piven's character Ari was involved in during...
In this week's Backlot Talk for the HBO series "Entourage," series creator and showrunner Doug Ellin talks about the importance of a scene in episode two between Ari (Jeremy Piven) and Mark Wahlberg. Ellin also tells why a quiet confrontation between Ari and Vince (Adrian Grenier) was not...
TelevisionWeek’s Backlot Talk is back with its first effort of the fall season. As he did last season, Doug Ellin, the creator, showrunner and principal writer of “Entourage,” will share his insights about each episode of the series. Last Sunday was the premiere episode of season five, and we recently...
HBO is releasing the first four seasons of its Emmy Award-winning series “Entourage” through Apple’s iTunes store over the next few weeks in anticipation of the show’s fifth-season premiere. Seasons one and two are available for download now for $1.99 per episode. Season three will hit the digital store...