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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Precursor to Emmys: TV critics announce award nominees
The Television Critics Association just announced the nominees for its 2009 Awards, honoring the finest work of the 2008-09 television season as selected by the association’s 200-plus member critics and journalists. The winners will be announced August 1. Chelsea Handler, host of E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” will open the ceremony.
NBC, fresh off of ribbing from its new “The Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien about being the network that nobody watches, leads the pack with 11 nominations, including comedies “30 Rock,” “The Office” and “Saturday Night Live,” which garnered 7 nominations total. “Friday Night Lights,” which initially aired on DirecTV, got a nomination along with long-time series “ER.” NBC also received a nomination for its coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
“Battlestar Galactica,” “Lost,” “Mad Men,” Saturday Night Live” and “The Shield” are up for program of the year.
Check out a complete list of TCA Award nominations after the jump.
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Battlestar Galactica” (SciFi Channel)
“Lost” (ABC)
“Mad Men” (AMC)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Shield” (FX)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
“The Office” (NBC)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
“Breaking Bad” (AMC)
“Friday Night Lights” (NBC/DirecTV)
“Lost” (ABC)
“Mad Men” (AMC)
“The Shield” (FX)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MOVIES, MINI-SERIES AND SPECIALS
2008 Summer Olympic Coverage (NBC)
“24: Redemption” (Fox)
“Generation Kill” (HBO)
“Grey Gardens” (HBO)
“Taking Chance” (HBO)
OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Fringe” (Fox)
“The Mentalist” (CBS)
“No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)
“True Blood” (HBO)
“United States of Tara” (Showtime)
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)
Steve Carell (“The Office”)
Tina Fey (“30 Rock”)
Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”)
Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”)
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Glenn Close (“Damages”)
Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”)
Walton Goggins (“The Shield”)
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”)
Hugh Laurie (“House”)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
“Camp Rock” (The Disney Channel)
“The Electric Company” (PBS)
“Nick News” (Nickelodeon)
“Sid the Science Kid” (PBS)
“Yo Gabba Gabba” (Nickelodeon)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS & INFORMATION
“60 Minutes” (CBS)
“The Alzheimer’s Project” (HBO)
“Frontline” (PBS)
“The Rachel Maddow Show” (MSNBC)
“We Shall Remain” (PBS)
HERITAGE AWARD
“ER” (NBC)
“MAS*H” (CBS)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Shield” (FX)
“Star Trek” (NBC)
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Dallas auditions announced for ‘American Idol’
Have you wiped all the season 8 episodes of “American Idol” off of your DVR yet? Better make room. We’re only weeks into Kris Allen’s reign and Adam Lambert hasn’t even officially come out yet, but season 9 is already rocking and rolling.
The show’s Web site has announced audition dates and Texas is representin’: Dallas registration dates are June 24-25 and auditions are on Friday, June 26, the site says, with “more information coming soon.” We’ll keep you posted
Are you planning on making the drive and becoming the next American Idol? Let us know; we might want to follow you up to D-town.
