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TV REVIEW

 Harris Makes Emmys Watchable 

Neil Patrick Harris' show 'should serve as a playbook for all award shows to come'

Sep 21, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Neil Patrick Harris, TV critic Mary McNamara “might wind up looking forward to award season again,” she writes in the Los Angeles Times. Emcee Harris, along with the writers and producers, reminded “us that an award show does not have to be a drag.... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • award show • Emmy Awards • Neil Patrick Harris

SLIDESHOW

 Emmys' Fashion 
 Winners, Losers 




Drew Barrymore 'luminous,' Tina Fey dowdy on the red carpet

Sep 21, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Emmy winners and losers weren’t just singled out onstage—sartorial successes and failures stalked the red carpet as well. Elizabeth Snead offers a wrap-up in the Los Angeles Times. The Winners:
  • Drew Barrymore: “Luminous in Monique Lhuillier’s blush-hued tulle strapless gown.
... More »

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entertainment • fashion • Tina Fey • celebrity • Heidi Klum • Emmy Awards • red carpet • Sarah Silverman • Vanessa Williams • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Love Hewitt • Kristin Chenoweth

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 Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up 

Close, Cranston snag back-to-back drama awards for leading roles; Collette, Baldwin top comedy winners

Sep 20, 09 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Emmy Awards ended with a spell of deja vu as Mad Men won its second consecutive best drama trophy and 30 Rock captured its third straight best comedy award tonight in Los Angeles. Glenn Close of Damages and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, last year's winners for lead roles... More »

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Saturday Night Live • 24 • Alec Baldwin • The Office • Tina Fey • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men • Pushing Daisies • Toni Collette • United States of Tara • Kristin Chenoweth • Jon Cryer • Two and a Half Men

Harris, Other New Faces Rule Emmys Tonight

First-time nominees Family Guy, Hamm, Morgan could win big

Sep 20, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh faces are all the rage at tonight’s Emmys, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting and a host of first-time nominees up for top awards, People reports. Family Guy is the first cartoon to be nominated for best comedy series in nearly 50 years, and Jeremy Piven’s snub for... More »

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entertainment • television • Tracy Morgan • Entourage • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Family Guy • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss • Jack McBrayer • Jon Hamm • Jeremy Piven • Emmy nomination



 Enter Doogie: 
 Can He Save 
 the Emmys? 

Slipping awards show hopes Neil Patrick Harris can fend off football

Sep 19, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last year's Emmys rated the worst in the show's 60-year history—so executive producer Don Mischer is working under a little, ah, pressure to turn things around. "All awards shows have been sliding in the ratings," he tells the Christian Science Monitor, and adds that on-set control room,... More »

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television • awards • Emmy Awards • TV ratings • Neil Patrick Harris

(Newser) - Tina Fey took home an Emmy tonight for her dead-on impersonation of Sarah Palin during the campaign, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Fey's work on Saturday Night Live won a Creative Arts Emmy—these honor guest spots and technical achievements, preceding next week's main ceremony—for best guest actress in a... More »

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Saturday Night Live • impersonation • Tina Fey • Justin Timberlake • Emmy Awards • Sarah Palin

 Mad Men Gets 4th Season 


Sep 1, 09 8:23 PM CDT
(AP) - AMC television is advertising the good news for Mad Men—the 1960s Madison Avenue drama will return for a fourth season. The series debuted as a low-rated, critical darling but has seen its audience grow at the start of its third season. The early renewal lets viewers know the retro... More »

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entertainment • advertising • AMC • Emmy Awards • Madison Avenue • Mad Men • drama

Sesame Street, View Among Daytime Emmy Winners

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

Aug 31, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ladies of The View unseated Ellen Degeneres as Best Talk Show Host at yesterday's Daytime Emmy Awards, though they weren't at the ceremony, E! reports. Other big winners included Rachael Ray for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Tyra Banks for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, while The Bold ... More »

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entertainment • The View • Tyra Banks • celebrity • soap operas • Emmy Awards • talk show • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • The Bold and the Beautiful • Rachael Ray • Sesame Street • game shows

(Newser) - As if its record 22 Emmy nominations weren’t enough, 30 Rock also recently landed a syndication deal. Tina Fey talks success—and Sarah Palin—with Broadcasting & Cable:
  • On possibly hosting the Emmys: "No, I think it's a hard job and a thankless one. I think
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entertainment • NBC • NBC Universal • comedy • Tina Fey • celebrity • Comedy Central • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Jay Leno • sitcom • Sarah Palin • syndication • The Jay Leno Show

 Emmy Nod 
 Would Make 
 Fawcett Proud 

Fawcett got three acting nominations, but documentary nod would have meant the most

Jul 17, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s Emmy nomination came 3 weeks after her death at 62, but it would have made her proud, pal Alana Stewart tells the Los Angeles Times. “This would have meant so much to Farrah,” says Stewart of the outstanding nonfiction special nod for Farrah’s Story,... More »

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cancer • entertainment • celebrity • nomination • Emmy Awards • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • anal cancer • Farrah's Story • celebrity death • Alana Stewart

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 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

 Emmys Line Up Harris to Host 

Mother star moves to TV after hosting Tonys

Jul 2, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris is likely to be the host of the next Emmy Awards ceremony, sources tell Variety. The How I Met Your Mother star is in negotiations with CBS and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to front the broadcast Sept. 20. Harris was a hit hosting the... More »

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television • Tony Awards • Emmy Awards • host • How I Met Your Mother • live broadcasts • Neil Patrick Harris

OBITUARY

Karl Malden, Oscar-Winner and AmEx Face, Dead at 97

'Don't leave home without it,' he reminded

Jul 1, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Malden—the Oscar-winner who later famously reminded travelers not to leave home without their American Express traveler’s checks—died today at 97 of natural causes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The former steel worker played supporting roles in 50 films during the 1950s and ‘60s, winning an... More »

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obituary • American Express • Emmy Awards • actor • Oscars • Karl Malden

 Monk Will Go Out on Top 

USA says quirky detective show will end after upcoming season

Nov 17, 08 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The news that the upcoming eighth season of Monk will be its last has fans in mourning, but the USA Network staple leaves a rich legacy, Media Life reports. Monk ushered in the era of original cable programming and has consistently scored top ratings in key demographics. Tony... More »

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television • cable TV • comedy • Emmy Awards • USA • Tony Shalhoub • Monk • cancelled

 Jimmy, Sarah May Be on Again 

Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman dating again

Oct 8, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Funny couple Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are back together, People reports. The pair, who ended their 5-year relationship in July, have been going on touchy-feely dates, leaving an LA restaurant holding hands and getting cozy during pal Howard Stern’s wedding last week.  "They're taking it slow,... More »

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celebrity • Jimmy Kimmel • Emmy Awards • Sarah Silverman • comedian

 Cable's Mad Men, 
 Adams Sweep Emmys 

Broadcast hangs tough in comedy with big wins for 30 Rock

Sep 22, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable shows trumped network TV in last night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards as HBO’s John Adams grabbed 13 awards, a record for a miniseries, the Los Angeles Times reports. AMC’s Mad Men, which led in nominations, took home six trophies, including one for best drama. Glenn Close... More »

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television • cable TV • Los Angeles • Emmy Awards • network television

Mad Men Aims for
Emmy History


Sep 21, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Should AMC's Mad Men snag tonight's Best Drama Emmy, it'll be the first basic cable show to walk away with the honor, reports Susan King in the LA Times—but the set-in-the-'60s show isn't a shoe-in, even with its 16 noms. "Emmy votors are notorious for shying away from... More »

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television • Hollywood • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men

Mad Men, Damages Make History With Emmy Nods

Best-series noms are first for basic cable

Jul 17, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(AP) - Mad Men, AMC's sleek 1950s advertising drama, and FX's legal thriller Damages made Emmy nominations history today as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods. HBO's John Adams, meanwhile,  was the overall frontrunner with 23 bids, including a lead-actor nomination for Paul Giamatti's turn as Adams. More »

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television • cable TV • Lost • Emmy Awards • The Wire • network television • Mad Men

 Ellen,
 Rachael
 Score
 Emmys 

Regis Philbin earns Lifetime Achievement Award

Jun 21, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres took home her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for best talk show host yesterday—but the award for the top show itself went to foodie Rachael Ray, E! Online reports. Meanwhile, Tyra Banks scored in the new category of Informative Talk Show. “I never take this for granted,... More »

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entertainment • television • Tyra Banks • Emmy Awards • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Regis Philbin • Rachael Ray

New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike

'Quarterlife' created by the pair behind 'My So-Called Life'

Nov 6, 07 12:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Just as Hollywood writers go on strike, the Emmy-winning creators of "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching their new show, which will air not on TV but online, in eight-minute weekly webisodes. "Quarterlife" will focus on six twentysomething artist friends living in a big city, and... More »

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television • MySpace • Emmy Awards • Hollywood writers' strike • quarterlife • Marshall Herskovitz • Ed Zwick • Bitsie Tulloch • Internet advertising

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