WGA Awards 2009 / AFI Most Outstanding

December 16, 2009  Filed Under News, 3 Comments » 

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 – …

Bumped: Real Time with Bill Maher

September 3, 2008  Filed Under Pay TV, 4 Comments » 

The Comedy Channel has amended its premiere episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, originally slated for 10pm Monday September 15.

It will now air from 9:30pm Thursday September 18, replacing The Power of One.

The weekly HBO series features a panel of guests that discuss current events in politics and the media, with Maher’s own biting delivery. It adds to the Comedy Channel’s impressive US talk shows including Leno, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Press Release:

The COMEDY CHANNEL is excited to welcome Bill Maher, one of the most politically astute comedians in America, …