The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, FX, HBO, Entourage, Editorial, Features

Even though the previous television season was marred by the annoying writers’ strike, I find myself really excited for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. Not only will this ceremony give us a chance to start anew, it’ll be the academy’s chance to celebrate what’s new.

Tonight, two basic cable shows (Damages, Mad Men) will get a chance to win for Outstanding Drama Series. (That would be an Emmy first.) Meanwhile, nominees in several categories will have an opportunity to compete in a Sopranos-less environment. An added bonus? A new category. This year, reality show hosts will finally be acknowledged for their programming contributions as well.

So who won? Who lost? Who ran up and grabbed the award even though they didn’t win? Read our West Coast play-by-play account of this evening’s telecast and find out!

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Fall 2008 Television Programming Schedule

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Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, America's Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, ER, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, My Name Is Earl, Prison Break, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Office

With the writers’ strike officially over, it’s now time for us to start anew. Let’s try to forget the repeats we’ve had to endure and focus on something else: the new Fall TV schedule!

There are many questions we all need to get answered. When will your favorite shows start?  What days are they now on?  Which DVR programming ‘conflicts’ will you have to resolve?  Will you need to buy another television???

Hopefully our detailed guide can assist you in the weeks to come.  We have compiled information from the five major networks and included the days, times and premiere dates for this season’s programs.

(NOTE: This schedule has been updated as of October 9. Don’t be surprised to see changes in the weeks to come.)

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American Idol Adds Fourth Judge

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Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, News

Could Paula Abdul be fighting more than just Simon Cowell next year?

Just hours after reporting that changes would be coming, it’s been announced that American Idol will be add a fourth judge next year. Someone who will be there permanently.

For the singing competition’s eighth season, fans will be introduced to Kara DioGuardi, a highly-respected songwriter/producer. As it turns out, DioGuardi already has a history with the reality show having written tunes for former contestants. Kara - whose songs have appeared on more than 100 million records - was behind such tracks as “Walk Away” (Kelly Clarkson) and “Love Story” (Katharine McPhee). Her name is also attached to hits by a number of other musicians including Christina Aguilera ("Ain’t No Other Man"), Gwen Stefani ("Rich Girl"), Ashlee Simpson ("Pieces of Me") and Enrique Iglesias ("Escape").

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Contestants Announced for Dancing with the Stars 7

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The official lineup for Dancing With the Stars was announced earlier today by Tom Bergeron.

And while history has seen rumors proven horribly wrong, parts of this season’s list were accurately predicted long before.

For the show’s seventh installment, we’ll actually start off with an uneven 13 contestants. This will lead to a double-elimination in the reality hit’s very first week. We’ll also see the oldest and youngest performers in the program’s history.

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2008 Primetime Emmy Nominations

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Bright and early this morning, Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris announced the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.

This year, we saw many first-timers named, a long list of cable acknowledgements (for pay and basic channels) and several 6-way races.

Topping the noms for drama programs was newcomer Mad Men; NBC’s 30 Rock lead all comedy programs. In total, HBO was the most-nominated network while ABC came in second.

This year’s ceremony will be held on Sept. 21 on ABC.

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American Idol 8: Audition Dates Announced

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Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, News

We may have just crowned David Cook only month ago, but it’s already time to start thinking about our television future. In just three weeks from now, the producers of American Idol will begin their search for the winner of Season 8.

Are you between 16-28 years old? Well, here are the locations you should start buying tickets for now.

• July 17: San Francisco
• July 21: Louisville, KY
• July 25: Phoenix, AZ
• July 29: Salt Lake City, UT
• August 2: San Juan, Puerto Rico
• August 8: Kansas City, MO
• August 13: Jacksonville, FL
• August 19: East Rutherford, NJ

Click right here for more information.

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Lost’s Alternate Finale Endings

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Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Lost, Spoilers, Video

WARNING: Spoilers ahead!

Still recovering from last night’s whopper of a finale?

Well, if you’re still wondering how that crazy ending will affect the rest of the series...know that there were two other ways this season could have ended. The Lost producers - realizing there might be a leak - shot alternate reveals for that last scene.

You can see those two clips after the jump.

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Review Lost’s Future in Chronological Order

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Have you been struggling to piece together Lost’s flash-forwards this season? Are you still trying to remember what happened just two weeks ago? Well, then you’re in luck.

Some kind person out there has nicely compiled all of this year’s off-island segments into a comprehensible piece. This brisk 8.5 minute clip might save you hours of needless frustration before Thursday’s two-hour finale.

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2008 Summer Television Programming Schedule

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Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, House, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office

A new season calls for a new schedule.

If you’re without anything to do this summer, this updated programming schedule may help keep you occupied.  Over the next few months, networks will be introducing a crop of reality shows (Celebrity Circus, Greatest American Dog), some experimental dramas (Swingtown, Fear Itself) and the usual horde of repeats.

This list is a compilation of the calendars for the five major networks.

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Project Runway Leaves Bravo

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I guess we won’t be tuning into Bravo to ‘watch what happens’ on Project Runway anymore.

While everyone has been busy wondering whether Scrubs would jump ship to ABC, another big deal was being brokered over in cable-land.  Come this fall, we will have to program in a new channel on our DVRs: the Lifetime channel.

In a surprise move, The Weinstein Co. has made a five-year deal with the female-oriented network to start airing the hit reality show come this November.  Needless to say, NBC (Bravo’s parent company) is not pleased with this decision.  The company has filed suit in a desperate attempt to keep their ratings cash cow in place.

The program about fashion designers - hosted by Heidi Klum - will be heading into its sixth season at the end of this year.

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