Tina Fey, Jim Parsons
An extra slot in this year's Primetime Emmy categories meant fresh, new nominees as Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, Jim Parsons, Simon Baker and more newcomers joined Emmy stalwarts like 30 Rock, House and The Office on the ballot.
NBC's 30 Rock was the most-nominated show with 22 nods, and HBO had the most nominations of any network with 99.
See the full list of Emmy nominees
Parsons, who announced the nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmys Thursday with Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson, benefited ...
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The Big Bang Theory
Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute:
• Might music man Dave Matthews crash with the Big Bang Theory brainiacs and play pop to his sitcom doppelganger, Sheldon? Series cocreator Bill Prady fields that question from the Mega mailbag.
• TNT's The Closer has found another fun way to keep it in the family, by guest-casting Kyra Sedgwick's 17-year-old daughter. Get the scoop on who Sosie Bacon will be playing and her character's connection to Brenda, how many episodes she's around for, and how dad Kevin will figure into this family reunion.
Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump!
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Chandra Wilson, Jim Parsons
Dr. Bailey and Dr. Cooper are teaming up for the Emmys. Grey's Anatomy star Chandra Wilson and The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons will announce the nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
The duo will be joined by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman-CEO John Shaffner for the 8:30 am/ET reveal on July 16.
Wilson has received ...
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Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy), Joshua Jackson (Fringe) and Jensen Ackles (Supernatural)
Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Any scoop to get us Mer-Der fans through the dog days of summer? Perhaps some "baby talk" about Grey's writing in Ellen Pompeo's pregnancy? — Hillary
MATT: Both Chyler Leigh and I are of the mind that Grey's Anatomy would be hard-pressed to accommodate Pompeo's pregnancy, if only because of the timing. "As far as I know they are not [writing it in]," Leigh told me, pointing out that by the time the ABC serial resumes production, "Ellen will be, like, seven months [along]." The only way I see it happening — and at least one source allows, "It could go either way" — is if Season 6 picks up five or six months after the recent finale. Such a jump would also allow poor George time to heal and look like recast Eddie Cibrian. (I kid!)
If Fox is serious about Fringe (and aren't we all), why is it forcing it to compete against CSI, Grey's Anatomy and The Office on Thursdays? — Anita
MICKEY: At first blush, moving Fringe to such a powerhouse night would appear to be a suicide mission. But Fox entertainment prez Kevin Reilly ...
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TVGuide.com's Matt Mitovich (third from left) "geeks out" with the Big Bang cast.
Talk about your miracles of modern science. Just last week, the TVGuide.com video crew paid a visit to the set of CBS' increasingly popular The Big Bang Theory — and the episode we saw them taping airs tonight! It's a great one, too, as Sheldon's new "friendship" with robot war rival Kripke forces him to "vote out" a member of his existing (anti)social circle. Jim Parsons shares a look at the episode in the video after the jump!
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CBS' The Big Bang Theory has been making a big bang indeed, notching some of its largest audiences ever. Has geek become chic? "I think it's really just word-of-mouth," Johnny Galecki (aka Leonard) says in this 2-on-1 video Q&A. "The show struck a chord." Adds "roommate" Jim Parsons (Sheldon), "People got to find it on their own."
Galecki goes on to discuss Leonard's new romance with guest-star Sara Rue's Stephanie. Parsons jumps in to say, "This is a very important relationship for [Sheldon]", as well! But might it elicit a jealous reaction from ...
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Jim Parsons by Monty Brinton/CBS
Leonard and Penny embarking on their first date may have been the big cliffhanger but make no mistake Sheldons not-exactly-peripheral role in the unlikely romance plays a big part in The Big Bang Theorys Season 2 premiere Monday at 8 pmET on CBS Jim Parsons shares a non-scientific peek at whats ahead including possibly an incendiary hook-up for Sheldon himself Matt Mitovich TVGuidecom Before we get going I want to say that Im sorry you didnt get an Emmy nomination A lot of us here were pulling for youJim Parsons Well thats very sweet Thank you very much But frankly Im just happy we got to come back for Season 2 [Laughs]TVGuidecom Whats different about this seasonParsons Id say that from a working standpoint its been easy to get back into it It was a relief and felt like coming home again Another thing that changed and you see it when youre [on the set] versus watching on TV is the studio audience that comes in
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Jon Hamm courtesy AMC
If you heard someone momentarily flatlining in the audience at the reading of the Emmy nominations Thursday morning, that was me. They were announcing the best drama series candidates and I was mostly on board as I checked my list in the back of the TV Academy theater. Damages. Yay! House. OK. Boston Legal. I don’t approve, but I’m no longer surprised. Lost. OMG! Dexter. OM-Freaking-G! Wait. That’s five. Surely they didn’t leave out . . . And they didn’t. AMC’s dazzling Mad Men, the last to be announced, not only made the cut, it made history. With 16, it’s the most nominated drama of the year, and with FX’s Damages (seven nominations total), represents basic cable’s first-ever breakthrough into the top tier of Emmy accolades for best series. Mad Men also has to be seen as the odds-on favorite for best drama at this point.While we’re on this category—and let’s face it, this is the golden age of TV drama, so this really is t...
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Question: Looking at the CBS schedule for the next few weeks, I am glad The Big Bang Theory is getting an extra showing at 9:30 pm/ET after Two and a Half Men in addition to its regular Monday at 8 slot. It is simply the funniest show in quite some time, and it seems like lots of people who could enjoy it have missed it. Hopefully, these extra airings later in the night, after the highly rated Two and a Half Men, will bring it some extra viewers. Do you think Jim Parsons has any chance of getting an Emmy nomination? He is the funniest and brightest new star to hit TV in a long time. I would love to see him get the recognition he deserves.
Answer: I'm not sure if a definitive Top 10 list of best comedy actor finalists was leaked, so am not sure if Jim Parsons made the initial cut. (We'll find out for sure Thursday morning.) But I wouldn't be surprised if it takes more than one season for such a total newcomer, however deserving, to get his due. I'd love for it to happen. Hard to imagin ...
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Howard is teaching Sheldon Chinese (actually, Mandarin to be exact.) It seems Sheldon wants to confront the nearby Chinese place about secretly replacing Tangerine Chicken with Orange Chicken. Watching Jim Parsons deliver Mandarin lines is great comedy.In walks Leonard, whom Sheldon addresses with Mei du lui zi. Sadly, he's accidentally called his roommate a syphilitic donkey.Now a peeved Penny arrives, who's been wronged by the bozo she's been dating. The guy apparently posted details of "driving his point home" with her on his blog. She hurls his iPod at him.Cut to the best opening titles/animation in all of television. Even better than Angie.Leonard's got her right where he wants her. She's emotional, hurt and vulnerable. But he's loudly rebuffed.He's goin' in again. This time, he gets the Hi sign from Penny. She wants to talk. But while perusing bozo's stories on his blog, Leonard somehow convinces her that it's all just an odd yet endearing way that he's expressed his feelings ...
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