2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (TV)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, TNT-HD, 30 Rock, House, Medium, The Office, News

Squeezed in between the Golden Globes broadcast and the Oscar nominations is an awards ceremony voted on solely by the actors. (So unlike the People’s Choice Awards, this actually has meaning.)

For the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, we’ll see a lot of the old and just a little bit of the new. Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of television nominees:

• The Closer, Dexter and 30 Rock lead this year’s pack with three nominations each.
• Despite no individual mentions, freshman comedies Modern Family and Glee were both honored in the Best Ensemble category.
• Samantha Who‘s Christina Applegate received a nomination despite starring in a canceled show.
• True Blood received its first nom—but just for its cast, not for any single actor.

The SAG Awards will air Saturday, Jan. 23 on both TNT and TBS.

(You can find the full list of TV nominees after the jump. Click here for the film nominations.)

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2010 Golden Globe Nominations (TV)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, Showtime, 30 Rock, Entourage, House, Lost, The Office

The 2009-10 awards season kicked into high gear this morning with the official announcement of the Golden Globe nominations.

Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of TV nominees:

• Freshman drama Glee leads all TV nominations with a total of four - including mentions for Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch. Damages, Dexter, 30 Rock and Big Love all got three noms.
• Although cable television dominated the Best Drama category, the major networks had a tight hold of the Best Comedy category.
• Newbies recognized this year include Courteney Cox (Cougar Town), Thomas Jane (Hung), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) and Modern Family.
• Despite big buzz around Emmy time, Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons did not get any love this time around. Meanwhile, Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) was snubbed as well.
• HBO, once again, leads all channels with 17 nominations. FOX and Showtime both had six each.

The 67th Golden Globe Awards with host Ricky Gervais airs Jan. 17 on NBC.

(You can find the full list of television nominees after the jump. Click here for the film nominations.)

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Miss Dr. Ross’ ER Return? Watch Him Now

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, NBC, ER, Video

Love George Clooney but grown tired of ER? If so, here’s your chance to simply watch last night’s highlights.

In the vet-filled episode, Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) and Doug Ross try to convince a grieving grandmother (Susan Sarandon) to let her dying grandson go. Coincidentally, there are two patients back in Chicago (one being Dr. John Carter) who are in need of organs from the 16-year-old boy.

After watching the clips, let us know what you think. Will Dr. Ross always be Seattle’s resident McSteamy?

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Preview Next Week’s Big ER Visits

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, NBC, ER, Video

Wondering how NBC will coincidentally bring their seasoned ER vets back into the fold? Trying to figure out what role Susan Sarandon will play in the departing series?

Although it appears NBC will be keeping George Clooney‘s cameo close to the vest, the network has allowed us sneak peeks of two other cast faves: Julianna Margulies and Eriq La Salle.

Make sure to set your DVRs. Julianna, Eriq, Susan and George are all scheduled for the March 12 episode of ER.

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TV on DVD: February 24, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, FOX, NBC, The CW, TNT-HD, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Breaking Bad (Season 1)
• Canterbury’s Law (Complete Series)
• Cities of the Underworld (Season 2)
• Dirty Jobs (Collection 4)
• Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
• Girlfriends (Season 6)
• Just Shoot Me! (Season 3)
• The Lair (Season 2)
• The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
• My Wife & Kids (Season 1)
• Samurai 7 (Complete Series)
• Summer Heights High

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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NBC Returns: George Clooney, Amy Ryan

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, NBC, ER, The Office, Gossip

UPDATE: Entertainment Tonight now says Margulies will be returning with Clooney.

After months and months of speculation, several sources are now claiming that George Clooney will be reporting for ER duty after all. The news comes despite denials last year from the Academy Award winner himself.

It’s not known when Doug Ross will resurface on the show, but the network recently extended the series’ 15th - and final - season by three episodes. (The hospital will now officially close its doors on April 2.) It’s also unclear whether Julianna Margulies will be checking in as well. Although we’ve already seen appearances from Shane West, Anthony Edwards and Alex Kingston (Noah Wyle and Eriq La Salle will arrive later), Margulies said back in November that she had no intentions of returning. “I feel like I left Carol Hathaway in the best scenario possible,” Julianna told the AP.

Clooney, who was last seen in a 2000 episode, will film his scenes later this week.

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FOX Moves Canterbury’s Law

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, FOX, House, News, Ratings

Even though I predicted ER would outlast Canterbury’s Law, I didn’t the latter’s demise would come so soon.

To be fair, the FOX show hasn’t yet been cancelled—but it’s really just a matter of time.  After a few disappointing turns in it’s regular time slot, the network has already chosen to make a few adjustments.

Come this Monday, repeats of House will immediately fill the 8pm time slot once filled by Canterbury’s Law.  The Julianna Margulies program will then be relegated to the TV wasteland (otherwise known as Fridays @ 9pm) effective March 28. 

Unfortunately, Canterbury‘s new time slot will only guarantee the show a slow death.  It’s lead-in, The Return of Jezebel James, has also proven to be a ratings dud.

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This Week on TV (3/10-3/16)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, The Bachelor, Top Chef

(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)

MONDAY (3/10)

• The Bachelor: Where Are They Now? (ABC, 8pm):  “Highlights from past seasons include segments catching up with past bachelors (Andrew Firestone and Aaron Buerge) and former contestants.”  So the whole point of the show is to say there is no point to this show.  Look at how successful it’s been!
• Canterbury’s Law (FOX, 8pm):  Series premiere.  “Julianna Margulies stars as a maverick defense lawyer who plays by her own rules to help the falsely accused.”  I’m guessing ER will still be on long after this program goes off the air.
• New Amsterdam (FOX, 9pm):  Regular day and time.  If you didn’t watch last Tuesday or Thursday, I’m sure you won’t tonight either.
• October Road (ABC, 9pm):  Special time.  In the season (series?) finale, “Eddie’s ex-girlfriend shows up to reconnect with him, causing problems in his relationship with Janet.”  Since we may never get a satisfactory resolution from this ratings-starved show, let’s just pretend Janet kicks her ass.

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