Watching an Awards show on Fast Forward is the best thing on Earth! No more hideously boring speeches from Actors you’ve seen win 1000x. No more tributes to people you don’t care about. No more homages to dead people. No more witless banter from presenters. Brilliance is what Tivo or DVR is! Brilliance.

I just watched the Screen Actors Guild Awards in about 37 minutes and I’m very pleased I didn’t waste my time on watching all 2 hours. I saw enough to know that everyone in the audience wets themselves over the cast of Mad Men because every time the show was mentioned the place went insane. I also watched enough to once again be thankful for the end of The Sopranos. I’m not a fan and I’m so over them winning everything every year. I also watched enough to know that people adore 30 Rock as much as I do and that Tina Fey is a golden goddess. And lastly I watched enough to know that my love for the rise of Josh Brolin is appreciated by all and not just me and my friends. Congrats to No Country For Old Men on their ensemble win because there is NO other film this year that can top the overall acting achievement made by the combo of Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin! Kudos.

Last night the 60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were handed out and my personal favorites MAD MEN, PUSHING DAISIES, and THE AMAZING RACE kicked some directing ass. Congratulations to Barry Sonnenfeld and Alan Taylor for making incredible pilot episodes. Not to mention over on the film side, my boys The Coen Brothers scored for my favorite film of 2007, No Country For Old Men.

DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“No Country for Old Men”
(Miramax Films and Paramount Vantage)

The Coens’ Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Robert J. Graf
First Assistant Director: Betsy Magruder
Second Assistant Director: Bac DeLorme
Second Second Assistant Director: Jai James

This is Mr. Joel Coen’s and Mr. Ethan Coen’s first DGA Award. Joel Coen was previously nominated for Fargo (1996).

DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
Yves Simoneau
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
(HBO)

Mr. Simoneau’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager * US: Chrisann Verges
First Assistant Director * US: Cas Donovan
Second Assistant Director * US: Adam Martin

This is Mr. Simoneau’s first DGA Award.

DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES NIGHT
Alan Taylor
“Mad Men” — “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pilot)”
(AMC)

Mr. Taylor’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Scott Hornbacher
First Assistant Director: Mark McGann
Second Assistant Director: Maggie Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director: John Silvestri
Second Assistant Director/Location Manager: April Taylor

This is Mr. Taylor’s first DGA Award.

DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Barry Sonnenfeld
“Pushing Daisies” — “Pie-lette”
(ABC)

Mr. Sonnenfeld’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez
First Assistant Director: Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet

This is Mr. Sonnenfeld’s first DGA Award.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL VARIETY
Glenn P. Weiss
“The 61st Annual Tony Awards”
(CBS)

Mr. Weiss’ Directorial Team:
Associate Directors: Gregg M. Gelfand, Robin Mishkin Abrams, Ken Diego, Ricky Kirshner
Stage Managers: Garry W. Hood, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Lynn Finkel, Doug Fogel, Jeffrey Gitter, Dean Gordon, Arthur Lewis, Tony Mirante, Jeff Pearl, Rose Riggins, Lauren Class Schneider

This is Mr. Weiss’ first DGA Award. He was previously nominated in 2006 for The 60th Annual Tony Awards, in 2005 for The 59th Annual Tony Awards, in 2002 for The 56th Annual Tony Awards, and in 2001 for The 55th Annual Tony Awards.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS
Bertram Van Munster
“The Amazing Race” (Episode No. 1110)
(CBS)

Mr. Van Munster’s Directorial Team:
Segment Director: Evan Weinstein

This is Mr. Van Munster’s first DGA Award. He was previously nominated for The Amazing Race Episode No. 102″ in 2006 and for “Episode No. 805″ in 2005.
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I totes forgot that the Academy Award Nominations were being announced this morning so I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon them a couple minutes ago. Huge “Shit Yes” to JUNO scoring in all the major categories. Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay! Loves it!

I still need to see some of these films but the ones I want to win so far are in BOLD below. I have to say that I’m disappointed in not seeing Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones alongside Javier Bardem for No Country. While Bardem’s is the showy performance, both Brolin and Jones give incredibly subtle yet amazing performances that I feel are more powerful and should have been recognized.

Regardless, here are the nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards:

Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Lead Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James….
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkisnon, Michael Clayton

Best Directing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
Juno (Jason Reitman)
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen)
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Original Screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)

Best Documentary Feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Short Film (Live Action)
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpoctets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Short Film (Animated)
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
My Love
Peter & The Wolf

Big Big News for all of you Degrassi fans — Adamo Ruggiero has finally come out of the closet as a gay man! Ruggiero has played gay teen Marco del Rossi on Degrassi: The Next Generation for six seasons so it shocks me a little that it’s taken him this long to go public with his own sexuality.

A couple years back I saw that Degrassi Unscripted where we caught a glimpse of Adamo’s personal life (including his bedroom and friends) which was full of tell tale signs of total gayness (from all female BFFs to wardrobe to music choices) so this has been years in the making folks. Kudos to Adamo Ruggiero you little cutie patootie.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles may be fairly new but they’re enrolling in Beverly Hills High for a little while. Check out the first picture of 90210’s Brian Austin Green in Terminator.

The WGA War rages on and this time the Screen Actors Guild Awards are being punished for aligning with the dark side. Some networks have decided not to financially back their stars’ attendance at the January 27th telecast. That means hair, makeup, and transportation will have to be paid for by the celebrities themselves. Oh how sad! You mean these millionaires won’t get more free stuff? I’m crying on the inside.

Want to know what the gays are watching this winter? Check out my Gay Guide to Winter TV 2008!

The 65th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS winners were announced tonight during a hideous hour long “news special” instead of the normal glitz and glam. Our hosts? The impossibly fake and totally douchey Billy Bush (seriously what was with his hair) and Nancy O’Dell. You couldn’t have picked two worse and unqualified talking heads to host this borefest. Their “banter” over the merits of winners or losers was insipid at best and NBC could have done themselves a favor by just doing a minute long rundown of the winners between episodes of American Gladiators.

Regardless, the once prestigious crystal ball to the Oscars and Emmy’s was squashed thanks to the WGA Strike so bully to them. Chalk one up for the little guys (in the industry’s eyes, not mine. The writers are gods to me)!

And if I have to hear about how sad it was that the nominees didn’t get their moment in the spotlight (as if their bloated paychecks aren’t enough gratification considering its not like they’re curing AIDS or stopping the war in Iraq) I’m going to rip my eyelids off. Hollywood’s back-patting is a little much even on their worst day so really we could do without the fanfare and idolatry for a bit if it means giving the writers their due. Just remember everyone, without the writer’s these “great” actors would have nothing to do. Believe me, left to their own devices many of these folks would be dribbling baffoons so give the writer’s their fair share!

*jumps off soapbox*

And The Winners Are…

Best Series, Drama
Big Love
Damages
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Mad Men
The Tudors

Best Actor, Drama Series
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors
Bill Paxton, Big Love

Best Actress, Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Glenn Close, Damages
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Series, Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
Extras
Pushing Daisies

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Best Actor, Comedy or Musical Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies

Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Rose Byrne, Damages
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy
Samantha Morton, Longford
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl

Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie
Ted Danson, Damages
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Andy Serkis, Longford
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Donald Sutherland, Dirty Sexy Money

Best Miniseries or TV Movie
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Company
Five Days
Longford
The State Within

Best Actress, Miniseries or TV Movie
Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like It
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Queen Latifah, Life Support
Sissy Spacek, Pictures of Hollis Woods
Ruth Wilson, Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)

Best Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie
Adam Beach, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Ernest Borgnine, A Grandpa for Christmas
Jim Broadbent, Longford
Jason Isaacs, The State Within
James Nesbitt, Jekyll

Congratulations to MAD MEN, one of the summer’s most compelling and unique dramas, and JON HAMM for their well deserved wins. GLENN CLOSE, hells yes she rocked my socks with Damages. Summer is sweeping! EXTRAS? Kudos Ricky Gervais and crew. Same goes for TINA FEY she totally nails Liz Lemon week in and week out.

I’m not going to lie, I’m sad that Pushing Daisies didn’t win and the same tears are shed for my man Lee Pace. Next year.

Before I sign off, could Supporting Roles get screwed more? I hate that they are all limped together (comedies, dramas, tv movies, miniseries) because you cannot compare the work of someone in Boston Legal with some sweeping historical miniseries, it just doesn’t gel.

Wow, I’m trying to watch the People’s Choice Awards but I’m finding it damn near impossible. The WGA Strike has rendered the already pretty bad awards show to a mere shell of itself. Queen Latifah is doing her best up there all by her lonesome but you can only do so much with some really cheesy dialogue and a lot (and I mean an over bloated ton) of “Winning Moments” featuring stars from former years all suited up accepting awards in front of a huge auditorium full of people.

Every time a winner is announced they go to a video clip of the winner talking in a glamor shot lit room. Luckily some of them have mentioned the WGA Strike and how important the writer’s are to the creative process, so some education and WGA visibility is coming from this.

Damn, would they just announce if PUSHING DAISIES won Best New Comedy already? I ain’t got all night!

*UPDATE: Apparently Samantha Who? who Best New Comedy. That’s crap.

UPDATED: The Golden Globes as we know them are dead (this year at least). According to Variety.com…

NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. are trying to work out a deal to present Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards as an hourlong NBC News special featuring award winners reacting from parties or a press room at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

As of Monday afternoon, HFPA was in talks with the Writers Guild of America to determine whether the guild would still picket the event, thus deterring top celebs from appearing. NBC News scribes are covered under a separate NABET contract from the entertainment division and are not on strike against the net.

Sources cautioned that the sides are still discussing the particulars of the deal, and it could quickly fall apart if the WGA refuses to hold back its pickets. The HFPA’s hope is to still have a red carpet procession and the traditional Globes parties. Notion is that stars would go down the red carpet and then proceed to the various parties. At a set time an HFPA official would read will off the film and TV winners on the live telecast. Cameras would then cut to star reactions from the various party sites, or winners would have the option of heading to a press room to give reaction statements.

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I have to admit it, if NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press decide to cancel this Sunday’s Golden Globes I’ll be a little sad. I traditionally love watching the Golden Globes because the celebrities are loose lipped from all the booze stock piled at each table, this year I was looking forward to seeing those same celebrities be loose lipped… on the picket lines just outside!

With SAG vowing that no member will attend, what would NBC come up with for a telecast? Would one of the Attorney’s from Price Waterhouse or better yet L.A. Law’s McKenzie & Brackman get up there and wing it in the absence of a celebrity host? Maybe NBC should get creative and face the picket lines head on.

Can you imagine the always outspoken Katherine Heigl accepting an award from the picket lines? That’s what I want to see! I’d kill to have mutt-faced Rumor Willis (this year’s Ms. Golden Globes) walk the line in some ridiculous Flashdance like oversized sweatshirt and a beret handing out the gold statue to each and every winner as they scream “Fair Is Fair” for all the world to see. Why not take it to the streets NBC?

I guarantee that they’ll have the highest ratings in years if that was the case! Something to ponder.

Time to rally Pie Makers!! Word from deep inside the PUSHING DAISIES camp tells ThePieMaker.com that votes for the Favorite New Comedy category at the Tuesday’s Peoples Choice Awards are VERY close. It’s anyone’s category to take but it’s a must win for PUSHING DAISIES.

Stop what you are doing and vote right now - you can vote once a day so please set a reminder to remember to vote daily until Tuesday. If you have more than one email address, then see if you can’t register and vote more than once.

This is an important award for PUSHING DAISIES as it will really help to bring attention to the show.
VOTE FOR PUSHING DAISIES AS FAVORITE NEW COMEDY

USA Today is reporting that NBC won’t let threats from the WGA and Actors spoil their planned festivities for the January 13th telecast of the Golden Globes.

NBC said Sunday that it would air the Golden Globes Awards as scheduled Jan. 13, despite plans by striking Writers Guild of America members to picket the Los Angeles ceremony. The planned pickets sparked fears that nominees would boycott the ceremony and hurt ratings and led to early discussions about canceling the broadcast of the annual movie and TV awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Actors also have been leery about appearing on late-night talk shows affected by the strike.

Question though, how fun can the awards be if half the actors nominated don’t show up?

This is quite the oddity. Yesterday it looked as if the People’s Choice Awards had been canceled for this year. Now CBS is claiming that “The show will go on. The People’s Choice tradition on CBS will continue and we plan to introduce some new ideas in the process.”

What the frak does that mean? Revamped? Web only? Winners announced with no fanfare? So confusing.

The Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations are out and listed below. I have to say that while I’m excited for Mad Men, Michael C. Hall, Glenn Close, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, and The Office Cast nod — I’m pissed that Friday Night Lights is once again being shut out. Connie Britton is acting her ass off out there in Texas and noone seems to be taking notice. This is hands down my biggest problem at the moment, give the girl some respect. The show also should have been nominated for Ensemble. That’s bullshit.

Also, seriously no How I Met Your Mother for Ensemble Comedy? Come on… Lost? Matthew Fox? Someone’s huffing some strong stuff over there in LaLaLand.

Male Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

Female Actor in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / 30 Rock
STEVE CARELL / The Office
RICKY GERVAIS / Extras
JEREMY PIVEN / Entourage
TONY SHALHOUB / Monk

Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Who?
AMERICA FERRERA / Ugly Betty
TINA FEY / 30 Rock
MARY-LOUISE PARKER / Weeds
VANESSA WILLIAMS / Ugly Betty

Male Actor in a TV-Movie or Miniseries
MICHAEL KEATON / The Company
KEVIN KLINE / As You Like It
OLIVER PLATT / The Bronx is Burning
SAM SHEPARD / Ruffian
JOHN TURTURRO / The Bronx is Burning

Female Actor in a TV-Movie or Miniseries
ELLEN BURSTYN / Mitch Albom’s For One More Day
DEBRA MESSING / The Starter Wife
ANNA PAQUIN / Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
QUEEN LATIFAH / Life Support
VANESSA REDGRAVE / The Fever
GENA ROWLANDS / What If God Were the Sun?

Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey’s Anatomy
Mad Men
The Sopranos

Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty

Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
24
Heroes
Lost
Rome
The Unit

The SAG Awards are supposed to be held January 27th but who knows what will happen with the whole WGA Strike issue.

These guys might be on strike but that’s not stopping the WGA from nominating the best in their field this year! Here are the Writers Guild of America Awards Nominees.

DRAMATIC SERIES
DEXTER, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, MAD MEN, THE SOPRANOS, THE WIRE

COMEDY SERIES
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, ENTOURAGE, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK,

NEW SERIES
DAMAGES, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, MAD MEN, PUSHING DAISIES, THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM

EPISODIC DRAMA
Final Grades (The Wire), The Second Coming (The Sopranos), The Round File (The Closer), Flashes Before Your Eyes (Lost), The Hobo Code (Mad Men), The Dark Defender (Dexter)

EPISODIC COMEDY
Pie-Lette (Pushing Daisies), The Job (The Office), Negotiation (30 Rock), Local Ad (The Office), Phyllis’s Wedding (The Office), Sally Returns (Flight of the Conchords)

LONG FORM - ORIGINAL
Pandemic, The Lost Room

LONG FORM - ADAPTATION
The Company: A Story of the CIA, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, The Starter Wife

ANIMATION
The Haw-Hawed Couple (The Simpsons), The Homer of Seville (The Simpsons), Kill Gil Volumes 1&2 (The Simpsons), Stop or My Dog Will Shoot! (The Simpsons), The Passion of the Dauterive (King of the Hill), Lucky’s Wedding Suit (King of the Hill)

COMEDY/VARIETY
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, THE COLBERT REPORT, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT!, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

The Golden Globe Nominations were announced this morning and there are some squee worthy nods and sadly some of my faves that are missing. *cough* Friday Night Lights *cough*

DRAMATIC TV SERIES
“Big Love”
“Damages”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“Mad Men”
“The Tudors”

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
John Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “The Tudors”
Bill Paxton, “Big Love”

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, “Medium”
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Minnie Driver, “The Riches”
Edie Falco, “The Sopranos”
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“Californication”
“Entourage”
“Extras”
“30 Rock”
“Pushing Daisies”

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Ricky Gervais, “Extras”
Lee Pace, “Pushing Daisies”

BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Rose Byrne, “Damages”
Rachel Griffith, “Brothers & Sisters”
Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Samantha Morton, “Longford”
Anna Paquin, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ”
Jamie Pressly, “My Name is Earl”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ted Danson, “Damages”
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”
Andy Serkis, “Longford”
William Shatner, “Boston Legal”
Donald Sutherland, “Dirty Sexy Money”

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
“The Company”
“5 Days”
“The State Within”
“Longford”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bryce Dallas Howard, “As You Like It”
Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”
Queen Latifah, “Life Support”
Sissy Spacek, “Pictures of Hollis Woods”
Ruth Wilson, “Jane Eyre”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adam Beach, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Ernest Borgnine, “A Grandpa For Christmas”
Jim Broadbent, “Longford”
James Isaacs, “The State Within”
James Nesbitt, “Jekyll”

I’m super psyched for a good chunk of nominations. Pushing Daisies, Lee Pace, and Anna Friel have to be my biggest joy this morning! You know I love me some PD and this really gives me hope that the show can be bigger and better post-strike. Kick ass for summer shows like Damages and Mad Men! They kept television in a higher class all summer long so they are much deserved of this honor. Kudos to John Hamm and Rose Byrne for being the summer newbies! Also huge props to 30 Rock, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin because there is pretty much not a funnier duo on television at the moment.

Sadly Friday Night Lights is shut out, as is Battlestar. It’s hard to believe that The Office got shat upon as well. I thought for sure there was a nomination in there for Jenna Fischer. She killed it at the end of last season and the beginning of this short season. Lost’s Matthew Fox and Elizabeth Mitchell were robbed. What about Barney? Oh god, Neil Patrick Harris didn’t get a nom, kinda sucks.

The 65th Annual Golden Globes will be awarded on January 13th (NBC).

January 8, 2008 the People’s Choice Awards will be held and for the first time in like, forever (possibly) the “people” are getting things right. Favorite New Comedy nominees are Samantha Who, Chuck, Pushing Daisies. Favorite New Drama’s are Private Practice, Moonlight, Gossip Girl.

This one’s tough but I think I have to vote for Pushing Daisies and Gossip Girl! Who will you vote for?

VOTE FOR PUSHING DAISIES AS BEST COMEDY

The lamest of awards, The People’s Choice Award nominees were announced this morning and I’m happy to report that in the NEW categories, some of my faves are for once represented. The list is actually not too bad this year.

Here are the 2007 People’s Choice Award Nominees

Favorite TV Drama: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation;” “House;” “Law and Order: SVU”

Favorite TV Comedy: “The King of Queens;” “My Name is Earl;” “Two and a Half Men”

Favorite Animated TV Comedy: “Family Guy;” “King of the Hill;” “The Simpsons”

Favorite Sci-Fi Show: “Battlestar Galactica;” “Doctor Who;” “Stargate Atlantis”

Favorite Competition/Reality Show: “American Idol;” “Dancing with the Stars;” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”

Favorite Game Show: “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?;” “Deal or No Deal;” “Jeopardy”

Favorite Female TV Star: Sally Field; Katherine Heigl; Jennifer Love Hewitt

Favorite Male TV Star: Patrick Dempsey; Charlie Sheen; Kiefer Sutherland

Favorite Scene Stealing Star: Richard Belzer from “Law & Order: SVU;” Neil Patrick Harris from “How I Met Your Mother;” Chandra Wilson from “Grey’s Anatomy”

Favorite New TV Comedy: Aliens in America; Back to You; The Big Bang Theory; Carpoolers; Cavemen; Chuck; Reaper; Samantha Who?

Favorite New TV Drama: Big Shots; Bionic Woman; Cane; Dirty Sexy Money; Gossip Girl; Journeyman; K-Ville; Life; Life Is Wild; Moonlight; Private Practice; Pushing Daisies; Women’s Murder Club

Wait, it looks like every new show is up for an award. I told you these awards were lame. Go Barney, Pushing Daisies, Battlestar, Doctor Who, KHeigl, Chandra, Big Bang Theory, Chuck, Gossip Girl, and Dirty Sexy Money!