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Writer’s Guild of America winners
The Writer’s Guild of America has handed out its annual awards, with wins going to Mad Men, 30 Rock, Modern Family and House.
There were also a couple of ties.
And Grey Gardens didn’t win….
Here is the list with winners in bold.
TELEVISION
Drama Series
Mad Men: Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Kater Gordon, Cathryn Humphris, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Frank Pierson, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner Breaking Bad: Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, George Mastras, J. Roberts, John Shiban, Moira Walley-Beckett
Dexter: Scott Buck, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, …
Matthew Weiner keeps them madly guessing
Matthew Weiner admits he is a fortunate man. As the creator, writer and producer of Mad Men, the darling of the US critics, he has worked hard for his success.
He talked to TV Tonight on the eve of the drama’s third series in Australia, explaining that working in television instead of film has allowed him to see his dreams realised.
“Being a screenwriter, particularly in television, I am one of the few who has written a lot of things that get produced and I know that my stuff is going to get …
Movie Extra channels free for 2 weeks
Foxtel subscribers are in for a treat at the moment with the Movie Networks suite of channels currently available to all subscribers until March 8th.
Last night Movie Extra aired Tropfest 2010, which will also be repeated this Saturday arvo at 1pm.
On Thursday Movie Extra premieres Season 3 of Mad Men.
And on March 8 it airs the Academy Awards live.
The channels on offer include Movie One, Movie Two, FMC Family, Starpics 1, Starpics 2, Movie Extra, Movie Greats, TCM and World Movies.
However the offer doesn’t extend to HD Channels.
Producers Guild of America Awards: Winners
Awards, awards, awards….this time it was the Producers’ Guild of America which dished out its prizes in film and television.
The TV winners were:
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television – Comedy:
30 Rock beat Californication, Entourage, The Office and Weeds.
The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television – Drama:
Mad Men beat Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost and True Blood.
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Non – Fiction Television:
60 Minutes beat Deadliest Catch, Intervention, Kathy Griffin: My Live on the ‘D’ List …
Returning: Mad Men
The third season of Mad Men finally arrives to Australian screens at 8:30pm Thursday February 25th on Movie Extra (SBS has Season 2 mid year).
To get you in the mood here are some thoughts from creator Matthew Weiner from a Q&A that was supplied to TV Tonight.
Q: Why do you think this show has been such a success?
MW: I think that the success of the show is related to a couple of things. One of which, I think it takes you to another place. It is beautifully done and it is …
2010: SBS looks beyond Top Gear
Next Monday night SBS bids farewell to Top Gear for the final time.
The show drives off to Nine after a ferocious acquisition battle last year that SBS lost due to being outbid.
But the network is keen to remind us it was just one hour of television a week, and that it still has plenty to bring its “six billion stories” theme to life.
This year SBS has the World Cup exclusive, a third series of East West 101, Eurovision in Oslo, more Mad Men, Skins, Inspector Rex, Entourage and Shameless.
Over summer, the …
TV Tonight Awards 2009: The year of Shaun Micallef
The votes are in.
Readers have spoken on their best and worst television for 2009 in the third annual TV Tonight Awards.
The winners: Shaun Micallef, MasterChef and Packed to the Rafters.
Over 1000 surveys were completed this year, and there were some definite trends. Some choices were clear decisions, others were tight races.
Several “winners” were also “losers” elsewhere, showing a divided audience, and a number of populist shows proved their mettle by staying ahead of underdogs.
Shaun Micallef won both Favourite Male and Most Underrated Performer, while Talkin’ ‘Bout Your …
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: …
The Greatest TV Shows Of The Noughties?
Lists, lists and more lists emerging as the year and the decade draw to a close.
There are many opinions about which shows have shaped the last ten years of television.
The Sunday Age on the weekend noted: The Sopranos, The Office, Australian Idol, Big Brother and Lost.
“Big Brother debuted in the Netherlands in 1999. By 2001 we had our own version, and we could not believe our eyes. For the first time we were seeing not just real people on television, but real people like us. Despite furious denial in some …
SAG Awards 2009: Nominees
Awards season rolls on as the Screen Actors Guild Awards announce their best picks for 2009 with Glee, Mad Men, 30 Rock, Dexter, True Blood and The Good Wife among the top nominees.
Once again Simon Baker and Toni Collette have landed lead acting nods.
In the unique best ensemble category for comedy, the fight is between 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Glee and Modern Family. In drama the teams from The Closer, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men and True Blood are recognised.
Betty White will also receive a Lifetime Achievement …
67th Golden Globes: nominees
Rose Byrne, Simon Baker and Toni Collette were all nominated today in the Golden Globe Awards.
Their three television performances in Damages, The Mentalist and United States of Tara were the only Australian nominations in the film and television accolades chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Baker and Collette are both up for Lead Actor / Actress trophies while Byrne is recognised in the Supporting Actress category.
Leading the TV nominations this year is newcomer Glee on four nods. 30 Rock, Big Love, Damages, Dexter, Mad Men, Grey Gardens, Into the Storm and …
WGA Awards 2009 / AFI Most Outstanding
Awards season is certainly hotting up in the US.
The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the best of the bunch in television writing for 2009.
Mad Men, 30 Rock and The Office are multiple nominees while Modern Family and Glee are both up for Comedy and New Series awards.
Amongst the other New Series contenders are Nurse Jackie, Hung and The Good Wife –totalling four of five shows to air in Australia on TEN.
In Animation it is a five horse race between writers of The Simpsons.
Amongst the television nominees are:
DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad – …