Posted on April 2, 2008 by Mikaela
The Peabody Awards–given each year for excellence in electronic media–have a great track record for honoring quality TV that sometimes isn’t the most visible. Previous honorees include fare as diverse as The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Good Eats, and Viva Blackpool (leading, sadly, to the debacle that was Viva Laughlin). This year’s winners include 30 Rock, [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2008 by Susannah
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 34th annual Saturn Awards, with ABC’s Lost garnering seven nods in the television categories. Showtime’s Dexter scored five noms and NBC’s Heroes received four.
The Academy, founded in 1972 by film historian Donald A. Reed, is a nonprofit organization devoted to [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2008 by Susannah
The Producers Guild of America unveiled its television production award nominations on Tuesday. The winners will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 2, at–you guessed it–the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
A complete list of television nominees is behind the cut…
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Posted on January 11, 2008 by Susannah
The American Cinema Editors have announced the nominees for their annual Eddie Awards, including, for the first time, a category for reality television programs. Winners will be announced at a nontelevised ceremony Feb. 16 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The Eddies are interesting because they separate the one-hour television nominees into separate categories for [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by Susannah
Ugly Betty, The Sopranos and 30 Rock lead the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the television categories with three nominations each. The winners will be announced on Jan. 27 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles at a ceremony broadcast by TNT and TBS
Unlike the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, SAG has already [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2007 by Susannah
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globes this morning and the biggest surprise among the television nominees was the head-scratching exclusion of The Office from the comedy series category.
The awards will be presented Jan. 13 and televised on NBC, although the ongoing writers strike could impact the telecast. [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2007 by Susannah
The best writing on television seems to be happening on cable, at least according to the Writers Guild of America, which on Wednesday announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, and promotional writing during the 2007 season.
HBO led the networks this year, earning multiple nominations for The Sopranos, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2007 by Susannah
CBS president Leslie Moonves told reporters at UBS’ Global Media & Communications Conference in New York that the network is planning to re-broadcast some series that air on its Showtime cable unit. “Dexter is probably the first one to go on–with some edits,” Moonves said. “It fits with our crime shows.” The blood-spattered series has [...]
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