Final Thoughts on the Emmys: Mad Men As a Successor to the Sopranos (1)
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Some final thoughts on the Emmys: The AP proclaimed Mad Men a "worthy successor to The Sopranos for its rich, textured drama," and Multichannel News said AMC "thundered out front like a horse out of nowhere" to win the best-drama award. At the ceremony, Elisabeth Moss met two stars from The Office and told TV Guide, "The Office is one of my all-time favorite shows, and, coincidentally, they're huge fans of Mad Men."
Even 3 Emmys Can't Protect Tina Fey From an Onslaught of Sarah Palin Questions [This Is Your Future, Liz Lemon] (1)
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Breaking news (must credit Defamer): Sarah Palin resembles Tina Fey! In fact, the Comparison That Wouldn't Die has proved so strong that even though a game Fey sated fan expectations by playing Palin in Saturday Night Live's season opener, she still can't escape interrogation about what she really thinks of the vice presidential candidate. At the Emmys last night, the multiple winner was quizzed by both Ryan Seacrest and backstage journalists about Palin, and Fey ...
Wow. TV just died a little for me. (2)
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I confess: I stopped watching the Emmys. It was shortly after Tina Fey won (yay!) and some idiot announced that I should “love TV and fear the Internet.” But honestly, I’d been offended for quite a while before Sonnenfeld’s crack. And my other confession is that I love television, particularly the crappy reality type, and the shows that are constantly overlooked and undervalued by the Emmys and the ratings types, like “Buffy” and “Arrested Development” ...
TNT plotting spinoff to The Closer (1)
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Filed under: The Closer, Reality-FreeSpinoffs are nothing new in TV. Some of the biggest hits of all time were spinoffs -- Frasier, Boston Legal, Private Practice, The Jeffersons, The Andy Griffith Show, Rhoda, Maude, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI...the list goes on and on. The news today that TNT is backing a spinoff from The Closer is no surprise. It makes sense.The Closer is the top drama ...
The Top 12+ Snubs of the Emmy Top 10s (1)
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The Top 12 Snubs of the Emmy Top 10s This post has been delayed a bit after getting captured between my new and old computers, but I think it’s for the best. When the Emmy Nominations are announced in just over a week’s time, more names will be added to this list, but what this list allows us to do is spread out the disappointment. That these contenders won’t even have a chance in front ...
