Monthly Archives: July 2009
2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Lead Actor in a Drama Series Predictions This is not a good time to be a lead actor in a drama series. All of last year’s six nominees are back this year, and almost all of them are likely to … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Predictions Like the Lead Actor race, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category isn’t particularly deep, although it’s got a bit more room for surprise. Not too much will be different from last year, … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Predictions There is no category at the Emmys that will be less contentious in terms of deciding the nominees than this one, where a number of current favourites, a few old favourites, and one … Continue reading
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Weeds – “A Modest Proposal”
“A Modest Proposal” July 13th, 2009 Weeds is often a show that tends to drag things out, so I think there were more than a few collective jaw drops at the sight of a “Six Months Later” chyron early in … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Predictions There are some years where you expect a lot of turnaround in categories, and this is a fine example of that: Kristin Chenoweth is unlikely to make it back for canceled Pushing Daisies, … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Predictions There is no tougher category to predict than this one, where it is actually possible that all six nominees could come from only two shows, and chances are that no one could really … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Predictions In the Comedy supporting categories, I actually feel as if there’s some trends that you can follow, shows that are dominating the main nominations and therefore are clearly catching voters’ attention. However, I … Continue reading
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Predictions Right now, Emmy’s comedy landscape is at its strongest in the supporting categories, where a number of contenders are in position to break out. The problem, however, in the Supporting Actor category is … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Entourage – “Drive”
“Drive” July 12th, 2009 This review is going to be hugely hypocritical for anyone who’s followed my…less than friendly relationship with Entourage. See, I’ve always been of the mind that the show is at its best when it engages with … Continue reading
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The 2009 Emmy Awards: The Problem with Predicting the Popular
The Problem with Predicting the Popular July 12th, 2009 There are a lot of reasons why my Emmy coverage has been less extensive than previous years leading up to this year’s nominations on Thursday. I’ve been a bit busier with … Continue reading
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