Emmy Award

Things are looking up for Ugly Betty... perhaps

source: TV Squad

If you're an Ugly Betty fan, you might be wondering why ABC has been treating the show like a stepchild lately. I know I've wondered why the Peabody-award winning, Emmy-winning, universally hailed, feel-good show was getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Instead of a big, splashy Season 4...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Patricia Heaton takes 'The Middle' to the top

source: The Envelope

Patricia Heaton returns to the type of role that won her two Emmy Awards during the nine-year run of "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- a sassy suburban mom -- in the new ABC sitcom "The Middle." And TV reviewers are heaping loads of praise on her for this new twist on an old format.

Published Wed, Sep 30

Emmy TV ratings up 8%

source: The Envelope

9/16/07 - FOX - 8.4 /14 (12.9 million) 9/18/05 - CBS - 12.5/20 (13.7 million) 9/19/04 - ABC - 9.4/15 (13.7 million) 9/21/03 - FOX - 11.8/19 (17.9 million) 9/22/02 - NBC - 13.5/21 (19.9 million) 11/4/01 - CBS - 11.4/16 (17.1 million) 9/10/00 - ABC - 14.2/23 (21.7 million) 9/12/99 - FOX - 11.7/19 (17.4 million)

Published Mon, Sep 21

Bill Maher is Emmy's biggest loser — bigger than ever

source: The Envelope

Bill Maher's Emmy snubs date back to a 1995 nod for "Politically Incorrect" as outstanding variety, music or comedy series. ("The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" won that year for the only time.) Maher's ABC show brought him 11 nominations in total – producing (eight), writing (two) and hostin...

Published Sun, Sep 20

Thank you, Kanye West: Jay Leno wins ratings (if not Emmys)

source: The Envelope

During Leno's 17 years at the helm, the NBC late-night staple won just one Emmy for best variety comedy series. That was back in 1995 and the last of the show's nine nods in that race was in 2003. Add in three technical wins and "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" managed to take home just four Emmys...

Published Tue, Sep 15

Leno: Just say no

source: carlaspeaks (WordPress)

NBC is trumpeting the stripping of ‘The Jay Leno Show’ across prime time as a ‘new era in television.’   I can’t argue with them.  Never before in the history of television has a network so publicly rolled over and played dead. And thanks to a myriad of choices in prime time, we don’t have to watc...

Published Mon, Sep 14

ABC UNVEILS 2009-10 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

source: KCAU

 IA The series has been awarded the Golden Globe, Peabody, NAACP, ALMA, GLAAD and Imagen awards and earned 3 Emmy awards and 17 nominations. Executive producers are Silvio Horta ("Urban Legend"), Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award winner Salma Hayek, ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

David Letterman beats Conan O'Brien in ratings race

source: The Envelope

New York Times Blogs  CA Though Griffin is unabashed in her desire to win another Emmy, Letterman lies low with his own ambitions about awards. While Jay Leno usually beat him in the ratings, it was Letterman who ruled the Emmys roost. Over Leno's first 16 years of hosting the ...

Published Wed, Jun 10