There’s No Place Like the LOST Finale Tonight

Even though it seems like this season of Lost just started the other day, somehow it’s time for the season finale already. I could point you to any of the dozens of preview clips out there, but I’m not going to do that. Nor am I going to link to any of the recent cast [...]

LOST Leads Saturn Noms

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 [...]

Picking Up the Pieces: What’s Left of the TV Season?

Assuming the outcome of today’s WGA vote is positive, we’re only hours away from an end to the strike. So, in the immortal words of President Josiah Bartlet, “What’s next?”
A number of showrunners have already gone back work, making plans for the remainder of the season and scrambling to figure out how many episodes they [...]

LOST Finale to Re-Air with Enhancements

ABC will air an enhanced version of “Through the Looking Glass,” the two-hour third season finale of Lost, on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. eastern–the night before the show’s fourth season is set to premiere. Newly added text at the bottom of the screen will provide clues and special information for viewers. It’s [...]

2007 PGA Television Nominees

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…

Guide to Upcoming Season Premieres

You’d pretty much have to be living under a rock (or, you know, be my dad) not to know that the new season of Lost is starting on January 31. But what about all the other shows that are due to return this winter/spring? It’s a lot to keep track of, we know, so to [...]

2007 ADG Production Design Nominees

The Art Directors Guild today announced the nominees for its 12th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for both television and feature films. These are the folks who make the sets of our favorite shows look so fantastic and we congratulate them all! Winners will be announced Feb. 16 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in [...]

2007 ACE Eddies Nominations

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 [...]

2007 DGA Television Nominees

The Directors Guild of America today announced its nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television for the year 2007. The winners will be named at the DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The list of nominees can be found under the cut…

The 10 Best Musical Moments in Television of 2007

I am apparently extra-susceptible to being emotionally bludgeoned by well-placed music in my TV. Seeing me get a little teary-eyed over a musical montage, Susannah’s munchkin recently asked her mother in disbelief, “You’re not crying over this, are you?” as if to confirm only a crazy person would get misty over music. Maybe she’s right, [...]