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Ryan Seacrest hosts from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. Performing: Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera (“Steppin' Out With My Baby”); Stewie and Brian (“Family Guy”), with a song-and-dance tribute to the year in TV; and cast members from Broadway's “Jersey Boys,” saluting “The Sopranos.” Scheduled presenters include Steve Carell, Kyle Chandler, the cast of “Entourage,” Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Katherine Heigl, Hayden Panettiere, Jimmy Smits, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Walsh.
  • Ken Ehrlich Back for Emmys' 60th Anniversary | Today's News: Our Take | 3/18/2008
    Awards-show guru Ken Ehrlich is returning to executive-produce the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards. The 60th-annual event will be broadcast Sept. 21 (8 pm/ET) on ABC. Ehrlich is a master of the genre who, it seems, will add a little spice to proceedings. Among his many credits, he produced several of the recent Emmys — including the 50th anniversary show — and 28 Grammy Award shows, plus he created and produced the MTV movie awards.The show is moving venues this year from the Shrine to... read more
  • Strike Could Give Cable Shows Edge at '08 Emmys | Today's News: Our Take | 11/12/2007
    It's of course too early to really say, but a prolonged strike could shake up next year's Primetime Emmy Awards in some ways, in other ways not. To be eligible, a show needs to have telecast six episodes, a benchmark nearly all of the broadcast network offerings will meet. But cable programs that aired earlier this year and cranked out full, 13-episode seasons will have more content to choose from when compiling their reels. Also, Variety notes, network shows typically submit their season... read more
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  • Heigl: Mom Said Sopranos Would Snuff Me at Emmys | Today's News: Our Take | 9/18/2007
    As indicated in her Sunday-night acceptance speech, Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl's own mother didn't think she'd walk away with a win in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series race. Rather, Mom had either of the two Sopranos nominees to get the nod. Pops wasn't much more positive. As Heigl said calling into Tuesday's Ellen, "Even my dad was like in shock and said, 'I really didn't think you'd win.' Nobody thought I was going to win." All of which made it extra sweet when her name was... read more
  • Emmy Ratings... Out! Smallest Audience Since 1990 | Today's News: Our Take | 9/17/2007
    Matt here, operating on perhaps four hours of sleep. And you all have me doing math on top of it? Oh, it's all good. My 30 Rockers got their due.Anywho... the Nielsen overnights indicate that Sunday's Emmy Awards telecast averaged 13.06 million total viewers. That skinny sample represents not only an 18 percent drop from last year's pre-Labor Day installment but, much more dubiously, the show's smallest audience since 1990 (when about 12.3 mil people watched as L.A. Law and Murphy Brown won for... read more
  • Sopranos Goes Out with a "Fitting" Bang at Emmys | Today's News: Our Take | 9/17/2007
    Heroes as best drama series? Fuhgettaboutit said Emmy voters, who on Sunday bestowed HBO's defunct The Sopranos with the high honor. Speaking to the press, series creator David Chase said he still doesn't have an answer as to why the mob show resonated with viewers and critics alike. "I have to assume it's because people deeply identify with the characters," he said. While Chase calls the big win "really, really fantastic," the highlight of the night "was the huge standing ovation our cast got"... read more
  • No Round of Applause for "Emmys-in-the-round" | Today's News: Our Take | 9/17/2007
    It kinda looked cool when first unveiled, but the "theater in the round" approach to this year's Emmy Awards telecast drew decidedly mixed reactions from those who partook in the festivities. "It was very disconcerting... the way they had the theater set up," James Spader (Boston Legal) said after grabbing gold for Lead Actor in a Drama Series. "So many people you wanted to be addressing were behind you. Literally all of my bosses were sitting behind me, and so were the other nominees."Conan... read more
  • Tina Fey, 30 Rock (Outstanding Comedy Series) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    "Hopefully this will help us a little," Fey said, holding her Emmy and looking rather fabulous. And maybe it will make that red-headed-stepchild feeling go away. "Because we shoot in New York and we're not the highest-rated show, I feel a lot of the time we're not actually on TV," she laments. "[The Emmy win] legitimizes us a little bit. I myself am going to celebrate by overeating." As for Alec Baldwin coming up empty in the lead-actor race, Fey frowns, "I really thought he'd win." And for The... read more
  • Conan O'Brien (Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Finally, a good answer to the "Where will you keep your Emmy?" roundup question: "I had a giant Emmy shelf built years ago, capable of holding 500 Emmys," says Conan, fielding questions backstage with headwriter Mike Sweeney.When a reporter flubs his verb tense and asks for Conan's take on how Ryan Seacrest is doing (the telecast had ended), O'Brien quipped, "If he's still doing it in the parking lot, that’s very, very sad. I think he's lost his mind, he's on TV way too much. It's not good... read more
  • Sally Field Shrugs Off Bleepin' Emmy Controversy | Today's News: Our Take | 9/17/2007
    Look at Sally Field giving the Emmys a little last-minute sizzle, delivering a message to war mothers like Brothers & Sisters' Nora that, at the very least because of the phrase "g-ddamned," made censors hit the bleep button. (Watch video here.) "That’s too bad," the Lead Actress in a Drama winner said afterward (and matter of factly) of the uproar. "I wanted to say something about the mothers who wait for their children to come home. I wanted to acknowlege them and what they do. I... read more
  • Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (Lead Actress/Drama) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Look at little Sally Field giving the Emmys a little last-minute sizzle, delivering a message to war mothers that, because of the phrase "g--damned," made the censors slap the bleep button. "That’s too bad," Field said matter of factly of the uproar. "I wanted to say something about the mothers who wait for their children to come home. I wanted to acknowlege them and what they do. I said at the end there is no question that if mothers ruled the world, there would be no war."Pressed to... read more
  • Emmy Spreads the Love to Sopranos, 30 Rock | Today's News: Our Take | 9/17/2007
    I pity the fool who wagered on a send-off Sopranos landslide in their office Emmy pool. Although the HBO hit walked away with best-drama, writing and directing statuettes, Boston Legal barrister James Spader beat James Gandolfini for best actor, while Brothers & Sisters mom Sally Field won best actress over Edie Falco.On the lighter side, 30 Rock took best comedy, Ugly Betty star America Ferrera won best actress, and Extras mastermind Ricky Gervais was awarded best actor. (OK, Steve Carell... read more
  • The Amazing Race (Reality-competition Program) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer offers no apologies for monopolizing the category since its inception — "We just want to keep winning!" — nor for boxing out American Idol in doing so. "They beat us in [the number of] viewers every week, so I don’t feel bad for them," he says. "They have the No. 1 television show, so god bless them."The secret to the Race's success, says exec producer Bert Van Munster, is that it's "very relatable." Van Munster also reveals that the... read more
  • Al Gore, Current.tv (Creative Achievement in Interactive Television) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Gotta give props to the first question. Positing the former vice president as someone who has weathered firestorms, the reporter asks what Britney Spears might learn from Gore. "I kinda figured the first question would be about Britney Spears," he played along, before eluding the topic like a seasoned politico. "My partner Joel Hyatt and I are just incredibly grateful to the Academy for this Emmy."If you thought Current.tv had swept the country like wildfire, you ain't seen nothing yet. "We... read more
  • Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect (Lead Actress/Mini or Movie) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Speaking to her embarrassment of riches — from the Oscars to the Emmys — Mirren notes, "I [also] have had a few losses, so I am very familiar with that feeling as well. It's always down to the writing, and, of course, the direction. The writing is where the role springs from and I was lucky to have some beautifully written roles."Updating us on the matter of ever meeting up with the queen, whom she portrayed to Academy Award-winning perfection, Mirren says, "The queen and I... read more
  • Academy Exec Answers Burning Emmycast Questions! | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    On Ryan Seacrest saying he was not one of the top choices to host the show: "We never really asked anybody else formally. He was in the top three. So far he's doing great. He has a lot of energy and he doesn’t put himself in a situation he's not comfortable with."On the possible writers' strike: "Everybody's hoping there won't be a strike. At the end of the day a strike is bad for the industry, it's bad for the writers, it's bad for the audience.... There are several steps… before we... read more
  • Thomas Haden Church, Broken Trail (Supporting Actor/Mini or Movie) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Asked why the Western continues to resonate in the assorted entertainment media, Church says, "It's uniquely American. The English have Shakespeare, the Japanese have the great Samurai melodramatic romances. It's actually a very narrow sliver of American history that has been deservedly canonized. It's a unique period like no other."The "guiding light" lady asks, "Where do you get your inner strength?" Church goes, "Uh… fiber?" Room fills with laughter. Get what you ask for. Reflecting on... read more
  • Jeremy Piven, Entourage (Supporting Actor/Comedy) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Piven starts off by talking about the fine line between playing tough and playing an a--hole. "If you play monster without making him human, I don't think it's interesting," he says. "We all have our demons, we all have our shadow.... I don't think it's me winning this, it's this character, this aggressive type-A wrecking ball." If Ari were to win an Emmy, Piven says, "He'd make a bad joke, like I did."Not that anyone, anyone who reads Page Six questions it, Piven, in recalling how many times... read more
  • Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl (Supporting Actress/Comedy) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Pressly is anxiously awaiting the backstage arrival of her representation, whom she has been with since Day 1. "It wasn’t just me who was loyal.... They never took no for an answer and did everything they could to get me in the door. I can't wait to see them right now. We're like family."8:47 pm: A reporter starts a question saying, "You told me this before and I want you to tell me again...," then asks about Joy being pregnant just as Jaime has dropped her real-life baby weight. "You came... read more
  • Terry O'Quinn, Lost (Supporting Actor in a Drama) | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
    Terry gets off to a fun start, holding his Emmy and saying, "Did you see how many of these are back there? It's going to be a long night."8:38 pm/ET: It's starting. Terry is asked to check the designer tag on his necktie.Terry's thinking as the category was announced? "I thought, 'As soon as this award is done, I get to go to the bathroom.'" As for winning, "It's a little frosting on being nominated. Beyond that I don’t have expectations." 8:39: On the monitor, did Katherine Heigl just... read more
  • Inside the Emmys: All the Dish from TV Guide's After-party! | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/17/2007
    The TV Guide after-Emmy party at Hollywood hot spot Les Deux was somewhat of a "surprise" party. While guests were excited to be entertained by Grammy winner John Legend, no one (save for an in-the-know few) was prepared for Kanye West to then take the stage. When the rap superstar's voice boomed over the sound system, partygoers literally flooded inside the tent to grab a glimpse. But the quick sprint was well worth it, especially when Legend returned to the stage to perform "Gold Digger" ... read more
  • Who's Gonna Be Trouble Here? Plus, Exclusive Scoop! | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/16/2007
    As those who read last year's backstage blog may recall, every year there are one (or two) "troublemakers," those reporters who hog precious time and, quite frankly, affront many a serious thesp with the same ol' roundup question along the lines of "Who are you wearing?" Looking around the press room now, I can't nail down exactly who that pesky one will be, though I have a suspect or two. It will become painfully clear, though, once that first bedazzled actress enters the room to talk about... read more
  • The Buzz Is Building Backstage | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/16/2007
    Getting a bit more crowded here in the press area. The initial group is misleading, as a lot of the empty chairs belong to people (e.g., TV Guide's Ali Gazan) who are working the red carpet, then retreat here later (hopefully minus b.o.). Poor Ali — she broke her foot a few weeks ago, and has to clomp around the glam red carpet in one of those boot thingies. She thought about toughing it out and going without the boot, but ultimately decided against putting all her weight on one foot for... read more
  • Newlywed Kate Walsh Is "Positively Incandescent" | TV Guide News Report | 9/16/2007
    Private Practice star Kate Walsh was "always very self-assured, glowing," says a friend, but the newlywed "is positively incandescent now." Walsh, who wed Alex Young on Sept. 1 in Ojai, California, and whose new series bows Sept. 26, is keeping mum about when they'll start a family, even though it seems like everyone is asking the 39-year-old actress if she's pregnant or trying. "She absolutely wants a family, that's not a secret, but she's not talking about getting pregnant just now, at least... read more
  • Is It Showtime Yet? | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/16/2007
    No, not quite?Yeah, same deal as every year. The press check-in for the Emmys is 1 pm/PT, many hours before the telecast begins. So here am I, laptop all set up, Red Bull No. 1 half empty, and... and I wait.While Nina and Ben will be blogging live about the preshow and the Emmycast, respectively, I will be here sharing the reactions and choice sound bites of the winners as they come backstage, gold in hand.I must say, it's rather pretty in the "tent" this year. (See photo.) Purple "crystal"... read more
  • At the Emmys: Debra Messing, Grey's Stars Get Ready | TV Guide News Report | 9/16/2007
    Debra Messing took a break from her prepping for Sunday night's Emmy Awards to toast the opening of Frederic Fekkai's new salon and celebrate The Starter Wife's 10 nominations. She came straight to the Gersh Agency party from Kate Somerville's Emmy Gifting Suite where she had received an "Ultimate Kate facial." In honor of her nomination she wore a dress from The Starter Wife. For the Will & Grace alumna, Emmy prepping is almost like a second job. "Oh my goodness, it's head-to-toe prepping.... read more
  • At the 2007 Emmys: Part 2 | TV Matt'rs | 9/15/2007
    Saturday, Sept. 15, 12:56 pm/PTJust got back from chilling at the pool and get a bit of color to offset the harshness of the black tux tomorrow night. Speaking of the penguin suit, as first and exclusively reported via my Facebook status bar, I picked up a new cummerbund and necktie at the Beverly Center yesterday evening. I actually left my old cummerbund in the hotel room here a year ago when checking out, and the tie, well, I always look for a new "tweak" to the tux when I wear it. As long... read more
  • At the 2007 Emmys: Part 1 | TV Matt'rs | 9/14/2007
    Friday, Sept. 14, 8:21 am/ETAs you may have surmised by Ben Katner's byline on Friday's Today's News blog, I am en route to the Emmys in the Los Angeles of the California. Seat 23F, two nice nonsmelly ladies sitting next to me, waiting for the plane to pull away from the gate. Window seat. No dents in the wing — always a good sign in my book. The flight attendant is giving that spiel about, "If you are not headed to Los Angeles...," where I always expect (but never get) some poor sap... read more
  • Simon: Ryan as "Not Funny" Emmys Host Is a Problem | Today's News: Our Take | 9/13/2007
    Simon says... he's concerned by reports that Ryan Seacrest, in his capacity as host of Sunday night's Emmys ceremony, might himself sing. "The worst thing that can happen, which I've said to him, is publicly humiliating yourself in front of all of America," Cowell tells TV's Extra. (See: Malakar, Sanjaya.) And warbling, Cowell laughs, is not his Idol chum's only handicap going into the awards show: "The fact that most years it's hosted by comedians, and Ryan's not funny, is a small issue."This... read more
  • Emmys 2007: Jersey Boys Sing Sopranos, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 9/12/2007
    Sunday's Emmys telecast will pay tribute to The Sopranos' celebrated and now ended run with a musical salute featuring the cast of Broadway's Jersey Boys and using songs from the show's score.Emmys host Fox has also finalized its plan to "go green" by installing a solar panel canopy over the red carpet, to power this and that. Fox's original plan to make the actual red carpet green in color did not fly with the Academy, which was all, "Um, the red carpet is red. Now scamper off and bring back... read more
  • Giants-Cowboys Score Big, and Other Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 9/11/2007
    This season's inaugural telecast of NBC's Sunday Night Football — in which Dallas bested the New York Giants 45-35 — averaged a 13.6 in household ratings, down 10 percent from last year's series opener but more than doubling the audience of any network rival.... Joan Rivers is at it again, serving up fact- and insight-challenged commentary on Sunday's red-carpet Emmy arrivals via a blog at VH1EyeCandy.com.... Speaking of kudos-casts, Gil Cates will for a 14th time helm the Oscars,... read more
  • Kathy Griffin's "Vulgar" Emmy Speech Gets D-leted | Today's News: Our Take | 9/11/2007
    The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has said "no thanks" to Kathy Griffin's Jesus-mocking Emmy thank-you speech — My Life on the D-List won best reality program at Saturday's Creative Arts ceremony — and will excise it when the event is aired this weekend on E! In a spiel deemed "offensive" by ATAS and smote by the Catholic League for being "vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech," Griffin said that while "a lot of people... thank Jesus for this award... I want you to... read more
  • Inside the Emmys: Where the Stars Hang Before Shining on Stage! | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/10/2007
    A green room made out of high school bleachers? It may be hard to believe, but designer Timothy Corrigan swears it's true. "We literally had to scrape the bubble gum off the bottom of the bleachers before we could even start to work on it." As the 59th annual Primetime Emmys go "green," so does the area where stars can relax before going on stage, and it's Corrigan's job to make the most exclusive and luxurious area of the Shrine Auditorium eco-friendly. This year the Architectural Digest ... read more
  • At the Emmys: Filthy Mouths Win Big, Idol Avoids Biggest Loser Title | Today's News: Our Take | 9/9/2007
    Gold mixed with blue at Saturday night's Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony. Though HBO's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee took home the most kudos — five statues in all — several major wins either were born of or unexpectedly led to salty language.Where to start? Kathy Griffin, whose Life on the D-List won best (non-competition) reality program, mock-scoffed at those who thank J.C. for their good fortune by saying (and I apologize for sharing this on a Sunday morning), "Suck it, Jesus,... read more
  • Family Guy 'Toons into the Emmys, Star Wars | Today's News: Our Take | 9/7/2007
    Family Guy's Brian and Stewie Griffin will pay musical tribute to the year in television with an original onstage performance at this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 16 on Fox. In a statement, Stewie says, "I'm going to get me a nice big whiff of some Ryan Seacrest." Why do I get the feeling it will smell exactly like "too much Axe"?Fox has also released a promotional poster for Family Guy's Sept. 23 premiere, where the Griffin gang gets reimagined as Star Wars characters. Check out... read more
  • Inside the Emmys: How to Eat (and Drink!) Like a Star | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/6/2007
    The awards ceremony may be the main attraction on Emmy night, but the real festivities begin after the show at the Governors Ball, a lavish fete hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. This year's party pays homage to old Hollywood with a black-and-white Art Deco theme reminiscent of the era. Here's what chefs are whipping up: First course: Tower of mango and Dungeness crab with avocado, cucumber, tomato, crisp lotus root and sweet ginger-soy reduction Entree: Beef filet mignon... read more
  • Hugh Downer: Why Emmys Didn't Make a House Call | Today's News: Our Take | 9/4/2007
    Hugh Laurie as Emmys host? Pinch me. Alas, it wasn't meant to be, though TV's crankiest doc made the short list. A source tells the awards-show mecca GoldDerby.com that Laurie actually was several Fox execs' early No. 1 choice to emcee the kudos-cast, and that a standoff between the House star's supporters and those who instead wanted Ryan Seacrest is what delayed the reveal of the host choice. In the end, the powers-that-be believed A) Idol's frontman would bring in a larger audience, and B)... read more
  • List of Emmy Presenters Begins to Rock | Today's News: Our Take | 8/30/2007
    30 Rockers Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick are among the latest adds to the list of presenters for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 16 on Fox. Per the Reporter, other newly announced presenters include Marcia Cross, Ellen DeGeneres and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Related: Emmy Presenters Include Office Boss and Jack Bauer read more
  • Christina Aguilera's Emmys Gig and Other Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 8/28/2007
    Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera will reprise their duet performance of "Steppin' Out (With My Baby)" at the Sept. 16 Primetime Emmy Awards. But will Xtina step out with a baby belly?.... Carlos Mencia will host the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 8.... ESPN2's telecast of the "Super Classico" contest between David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy and Chivas USA set a new record as the cabler's most-watched MLS game ever.... Oliver Hudson (Rules of Engagement) and wife Erinn Bartlett (How I Met Your... read more
  • Emmy Presenters Include Office Boss and Jack Bauer | Today's News: Our Take | 8/22/2007
    Steve Carell, Kyle Chandler, the cast of Entourage, Back to You's Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, Katherine Heigl, Hayden Panettiere, Jimmy Smits (Cane), Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Walsh have been confirmed as presenters for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 16 on Fox. Yes, Ryan Seacrest is still scheduled to host. read more
  • And the Emmys Hosting Gig Goes to... Ryan Seacrest? | Today's News: Our Take | 8/20/2007
    Fresh from Fox:Ryan Seacrest will host the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards airing live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Sunday, Sept. 16, on Fox."Ryan Seacrest appeals to a broad audience, including the highly desirable young-adult demographic," adds Dick Askin, Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy. Adds Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Emmycast: "This year's show will be different in a number of ways; the freshness, enthusiasm and professionalism that Ryan brings to everything... read more
  • Emmy Nominations: Sopranos Out with a Bang, Betty Sits Pretty | Today's News: Our Take | 7/19/2007
    Nominations for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and HBO's The Sopranos (15 nods) along with ABC's Ugly Betty (11) came away as the most-recognized drama and comedy series, respectively. HBO's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, though, heads into the "eco-friendly and carbon-neutral" (Fox boasts) Sept. 16 ceremony with the most noms of anyone (17), trailed closely by AMC's Broken Trail (16). Let's first recap the outstanding-series races: Outstanding Drama... read more
  • Emmy Nominations: The Drama Kings and Queens | Today's News: Our Take | 7/19/2007
    Nominations for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be broadcast Sept. 16 on Fox, were announced Thursday morning. Here are the major races in the drama-series field.Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Patricia Arquette (Medium)Minnie Driver (The Riches)Edie Falco (The Sopranos)Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters)Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)Lead Actor in a Drama Series: James Gandolfini (The Sopranos)Hugh Laurie (House)Denis Leary (Rescue Me)James Spader... read more
  • Emmy Nominations: Who Showed Us the Funny? | Today's News: Our Take | 7/19/2007
    Nominations for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be broadcast Sept. 16 on Fox, were announced Thursday morning. Here are the major races in the comedy-series field.Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)Tina Fey (30 Rock)*Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)* Reacting to her nod, Fey said in a statement, "This is an outrage." It's like my love for her keeps reaching new... read more
  • Emmy Nominations: TV-Movies and Miniseries Races | Today's News: Our Take | 7/19/2007
    Nominations for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be broadcast Sept. 16 on Fox, were announced Thursday morning. Here are the major races in the miniseries or TV-movie field.Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV-movie:Queen Latifah (Life Support)Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act)Mary-Louise Parker (The Robber Bride)Debra Messing (The Starter Wife)Gena Rowlands (What If God Were the Sun)Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV-movie:Robert Duvall (Broken Trail)Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Sea... read more
  • Primetime Emmys, Alec Baldwin and More Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 6/29/2007
    Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick will announce the nominees for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on July 19 at 8:40 am/ET. The kudoscast airs Sept. 16 on Fox.... Alec Baldwin has declined to be roasted by the Friars Club on Oct. 19. In his stead, says the New York Post, Pat Cooper will take merciless hits.... Emmy-winning writer-producer Alex Reid (Malcolm in the Middle) has inked a two-year deal with ABC Studios, where Reid will coexec-produce Samantha Who? and develop new projects....... read more
  • Idol Execs Give Back... Emmys Gig; Plus, Tour Details! | Today's News: Our Take | 5/6/2007
    Apparently having exhausted themselves exhuming Elvis, American Idol bosses Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick have elected not to helm this year's Primetime Emmys. The ceremony's 59th edition will now be exec-produced by Ken Ehrlich, who has 27 Grammycasts and three Emmy shows (including last year's) under his belt. "After we wrapped the enormous effort of 'Idol Gives Back,' we looked at our upcoming slate of projects, including the American Idol finale and the additional shows we will be involved... read more

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Premise: Ryan Seacrest hosts from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. Performing: Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera (“Steppin' Out With My Baby”); Stewie and Brian (“Family Guy”), with a song-and-dance tribute to the year in TV; and cast members from Broadway's “Jersey Boys,” saluting “The Sopranos.” Scheduled presenters include Steve Carell, Kyle Chandler, the cast of “Entourage,” Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Katherine Heigl, Hayden Panettiere, Jimmy Smits, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Walsh.

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