Posted on July 25, 2008 by Susannah
- Harvey Keitel has signed on to play Gene Hunt in ABC’s revamped remake of Life on Mars, replacing Colm Meaney. Um, Meaney was kind of the only thing that looked good about the project in the first place.
- Lee Pace and Anna Friel have all the scoop on the second season of Pushing Daisies.
- [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2008 by Mikaela
We here at TV Bacon have some issues with the Emmy nominations. This is…not unusual. We remember with something less than glee 2002, when the Academy saw fit to honor Ray Romano for acting. Still, nominees tend to be bifurcated between glorious and ghastly–after all, 2002 was the same year they recognized John Spencer. Below we outline [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2008 by Susannah
This morning at the Television Critics Assn.’s press tour ABC unveiled the premiere dates for its fall schedule:
Friday, Sept. 19
10-11 p.m. “20/20″
Monday, Sept. 22
8-10 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars” (special two-hour performance show premiere)
10-11 p.m. “Boston Legal”
Tuesday, Sept. 23
8-9 p.m. “Opportunity Knocks” (new series debut)
9-11 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars” (special performance show)
Wednesday, Sept. 24
8-9 [...]
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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 February 19, 2008 by Susannah
The Oscars are just around the corner and that can only mean one thing… guild awards. Lots and lots of guild awards.
First up this weekend were the ACE EDDIE Awards, handed out for excellence in motion picture and television editing…
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Tatiana S. Riegel A.C.E. and Leo Trombetta, [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by Susannah
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 [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2008 by Susannah
Mad Men director Alan Taylor beat out double nominees from The Sopranos and Lost, winning the DGA award for outstanding directorial achievement in a dramatic series. The guild prizes were handed out at non-televised ceremony Saturday night.
Variety reports that the guild’s swift contract resolution with the AMPTP was a running theme throughout the evening, which [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2008 by Susannah
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 [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2008 by Susannah
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…
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Posted on December 31, 2007 by Mikaela
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, [...]
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