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And the nominees are…

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The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards nominees were announced at a traditionally early-morning ceremony today in L.A. And if there’s one message that the 62nd Emmy Award nominations sent, it’s that it’s good to be Glee.

The freshman musical/dramedy racked up more nods than any other ongoing television series, scoring a whopping 19 nominations — including best comedy series, best comedy actor for Matthew Morrison, best comedy actress for Lea Michele, supporting comedy actor for Chris Colfer, and supporting comedy actress for Jane Lynch. Three of its guest stars even got a nod each, and there were any number of hair, makeup, directing nominations as well.

The most total nominations went to the HBO miniseries The Pacific, which nabbed an incredible 24 nods. Other big winners include Mad Men, with 17 nominations; 15 noms each for Temple Grandin, 30 Rock, and You Don’t Know Jack; and 14 nominations for ABC’s freshman comedy series Modern Family. [Read more…]

61st Emmy Award Winners

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emmy-trophyAnd the 61st Emmy Award Winners are….

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Toni Collette, as Tara Gregson (United States Of Tara)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, as Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, as Patty Hewes (Damages)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a MiniSeries or Movie
Brendan Gleeson, as Winston Churchill (Into The Storm)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a MiniSeries or Movie
Jessica Lange, as Big Edie (Grey Gardens)

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock – NBC

Outstanding Drama Series
Mad Men – AMC

Outstanding MiniSeries
Little Dorrit – PBS

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race – CBS

Outstanding Reality Program
Intervention – A&E

Outstanding Made for TV Movie
Grey Gardens – HBO

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
American Masters – PBS

Outstanding Nonfiction Special
102 Minutes That Changed America – HISTORY

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than 1 hour)
South Park – Margaritaville
Comedy Central

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming 1 hour or more)
Destination Imagination (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends)
Cartoon Network

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
The Memory Loss Tapes – HBO

Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction Program
Nick News With Linda Ellerbee Coming Home: When Parents Return from War – Nickelodeon

Outstanding Children’s Program
Wizards Of Waverly Place – Disney Channel

For the complete list of winners go to http://www.emmys.com/

10 Best TV Shows Of 2008

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Here it is again – another one of those lists which eventually crop up at the end of each year. This time, this is a list of the best TV shows that we had in the past year. This list was compiled by the people at The Connecticut Post and I do have to disagree with some items so I am merely noting down the ones I think should really be part of anyone’s list. Call me biased but here they are.

“Lost,” ABC: The wildest, most daring drama on broadcast TV continued to go for broke in its fourth season, bringing us time travel, the relocation of the island and a bunch of other nutty stuff. I don’t always know what’s going on on “Lost,” but the writing is so consistently smart and surprising that I always want more. Bonus: Michael Emerson’s pitch-perfect work as Ben Linus, TV’s best villain.

This only made number 5 on their list. Not a bad choice, don’t you think?

“30 Rock,” NBC: Though this was the year of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” her NBC sitcom about the nutty goings on at a sketch comedy show was also worthy of praise. The series struggled a bit after returning from the strike hiatus, but last season’s finale was great, as were several of this season’s episodes. My favorite was “Reunion,” in which we find out that Fey’s character, Liz, was evil in high school. The episode also gave us the line “I want to go to there,” now in competition with “I can see Russia from my house” for the best Fey line of the year.

30 Rock at number 7? Whoa…there’s something wrong here. I thought it should be at a higher place!

“Dexter,” Showtime: A lot of people disliked the third season of this drama about lovable serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), and I agree that this season wasn’t as good as the past two. But I’m putting it on the list for Hall’s always excellent work as Dexter, and Jimmy Smits’ fantastic performance as an assistant district attorney with a dark streak.

This was their last choice. Bad choice. Dexter should have been in the top 3 in my book.

What’s your opinion?