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Lost’s Michael Emerson prison training video
Lost’s Michael Emerson sure has come a long way.
It’s unlikely he could have ever conceived of landing an Emmy Award when he was shooting this 1992 training video for prison staff.
Dustin Hoffman for HBO drama
Dustin Hoffman will follow a growing parade of film stars who appear in television series as a crooked horseracing shark in HBO’s upcoming drama, Luck.
It is his first major television role in 40 years.
The series by Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Crime Story) and David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood) centres on the worlds of horseracing and gambling told through a diverse group of characters surrounding a racetrack.
Hoffman’s character is described as “an intelligent, intuitive tough man who always has been involved with gambling, from bookmaking and money laundering to casino …
United States of Tara: Season 2 trailer
And here is a look at Season Two of United States of Tara which returns in the US in March.
All the alters, “T”, “Alice” and “Buck” are here… but where is “Gimme?”
Toni Collette won both the Emmy and Golden Globe for this series, but was pipped by Tina Fey at the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards.
Jeff Probst back for more Survivor
Immunity is back up for grabs on Survivor as Jeff Probst signs on for two more seasons of the hit CBS reality show.
Probst confirmed via his Twitter feed, “I’ll be back snuffing torches for two more seasons.”
He will also continue to serve as an executive producer on the show.
CBS recently renewed the series for two more cycles, but Probst was yet to be confirmed.
The Emmy winning host has previously renewed contract extensions for only one year instead of two.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains premieres on Thursday in the US. After the brand …
Vale: Frances Reid
Frances Reid, best known for her long-running role as ‘Alice Horton’ on Days of our Lives has die in Los Angeles, aged 95.
Reid played the role of the martriarch over four decades, from the first episode in 1965 until her final appearance in 2007.
NBC said in a statement the network “is deeply saddened by the passing of Frances Reid. She was a true icon of the daytime genre and while we mourn her passing, we also celebrate her long life and the tremendous talent she shared with her generations of fans. …
Airdate: Breaking Bad
The critically acclaimed US cable drama Breaking Bad will have its Free to Air premiere at 9:30pm Friday January 22nd on ABC2.
It will follow the third episode of Torchwood: Children of Earth.
Created and produced by Vince Gilligan (The X Files) the series has already aired on Pay TV but is certainly worth a look if only for the performance of Bryan Cranston who has two Emmy Awards for his performance as the dysfunctional father given just two years to live. He has beaten such competition as Hugh Laurie, Michael C. Hall, …
September 09: Patrick Swayze, Kanye West, Hey Hey, Glee visit
September:
ABC most reliable network, Nine worst -readers
Supernatural creator eyes 2010 finale (kinda…)
Popular characters banned from children’s ads
New boss for FremantleMedia
Freeview wants streaming video
Audience anger: “Finish my show or tell me where it’s gone!”
NBC to remake Prime Suspect
TimeShifting Viewing in 2010 ratings
Seinfeld: Reunion “a miracle”
WIN Television general manager exits
Adam Brand wins Dancing trophy
Call to flick SBS ad breaks
Tila Tequila ‘choked’ by boyfriend
Deputy PM “not smarter than a Fifth Grader.”
Poh lands ABC cooking series
Melrose remake: …
Airdate: John Adams
SBS will screen the acclaimed HBO miniseries John Adams next month.
The series on the second US President stars Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson and Rufus Sewell.
It has already screened on Pay Television but now it gets its first Free to Air broadcast in Australia. The lavish 7 part drama had garnered a slew of awards including 13 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes and 3 SAGs.
In an emotionally charged trial John Adams defends the British sentries involved in the Boston Massacre who contend they were provoked into firing on the assembled crowd. …
Vale: Edward Woodward
British actor Edward Woodward, known for his TV series Callan and The Equalizer and film roles including The Wicker Man and Breaker Morant, has died. He was 79.
He died in a hospital in Cornwall after an illness, said his agent.
His most recent roles were in East Enders and The Bill.
Callan was screened by ITV from 1967 to 1972 as a small screen answer to James Bond. He won a BAFTA Award for best actor for his role and returned to an ongoing role in The Equalizer from 1986 to 1989 as …
Big Bird-day at Sesame Street
You’ve seen it on Google themes -Sesame Street turns the big 4-0 this week.
Today, it’s seen in 140 countries. Not bad for a bit of foam and some basic arithmetic. But the show is of course, so much more.
Kermit has become an international star. Big Bird has made the cover of Time magazine. Bert and Ernie and the Cookie Monster are household names. Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, and Count Von Count are institutions.
In 1966, the Carnegie Institute hired Joan Ganz Cooney to study how the media could be used to help …
TEN drama exec wins scriptwriting award
Channel TEN drama executive Claire Tonkin has won the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award for an original script written by a non-US citizen younger than 30.
She will will be presented with the Award at the International Emmy World Television Festival in New York City in November.
Entrants for this contest were asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour English-language television drama script for a family audience.
Her unpublished screenplay Me and Mine, a drama about the ramifications of adoption and finding a place in the family, will be read by actors …
Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globes
It was at the Golden Globes in 2004 that most of America sat up and said “Who?” when The Office swept aside its traditional comedies. Now Ricky Gervais is set to give back some love as the host of the 67th Annual Golden Globes Awards.
Set to take place on January 17th, the Globes hasn’t had a host since 1995.
And let’s face it, he was one of the funniest things about the Emmy Awards too, and that was just as presenter.
He has reportedly been offered ‘free reign’ as host. Yay.
“I have resisted …