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Renewed: The Office, 30 Rock, Community
Two popular comedies, and one new series have been renewed by NBC.
The Office, 30 Rock and Community all got the good news from the US network.
That’s good news for TEN, Seven and Nine respectively. Community stars Joel McHale and Chevy Chase.
They follow on from Parks & Recreation getting an early pick-up from NBC.
Source: EOnline
Nine uncovers new Sherlock series
Channel Nine has picked up Sherlock, the new British miniseries being developed by Doctor Who writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (pictured, Hawking, The Last Enemy, Tipping the Velvet) in the title role of Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (The Office, Love, Actually) as Doctor John Watson, the 3 x 90 series is a re-imagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes tale set in modern day London. It also features Rupert Graves (Wallander, Waking the Dead, Ashes to Ashes).
A Press Release indicates, the character of Sherlock is “an analytical deduction …
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 …
Toni Collette wins Golden Globe
Toni Collette has won a Golden Globe award as Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical for United States of Tara.
“The first time I came here 15 years ago I was on the loo and missed my whole category!” she said.
Collette was the sole Aussie to win, with both Simon Baker and Rose Byrne missing out.
Ricky Gervais opened the show by reminding everyone he created The Office, not Steve Carrell and chose to plug it.
“I’m …
The Office takes a holiday
Malcolm in the Middle is really wearing out the welcome mat on TEN.
A few amendments have come through for the week of January 24 which sees The Office out of schedule and a whole lot more of Malcolm. It also has a celebrity special, I Get That a Lot, which was first scheduled last March but never surfaced.
Tue 26
7:30pm I Get That A Lot (1 Hr Special)
“A one-hour special featuring stars that play practical jokes on unsuspecting fans in a case of mistaken celebrity. Working everyday jobs, our celebs confuse …
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 …
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 …
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 – …
Gone: Law and Order, Bondi Vet, The Hothouse.
TEN will hold over Accidentally on Purpose and The Office tonight to run an Oprah episode “Christmas At The White House.”
“In this hour-long special, Oprah will usher in the holidays at the White House, visiting President Obama & the First Lady as they prepare for their family’s first Christmas there. Oprah will also sit down with the First Couple, for an exclusive interview.”
Both US sitcoms remain in schedule on Thursday as well as returning next Tuesday.
Meanwhile it can’t score big on Fridays and is removing Bondi Vet repeats, plus Law and …
Where’s my favourite show?
It’s a sign of the times.
Networks are taking new steps to respond to viewers who are confused, irate or have seemingly better scheduling ideas than Programmers do.
Last week GO! started a blog on its website to inform and appease viewers who were angry about the disappearance of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds and South Park.
“Don’t fret, all you South Park, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Weeds fans; they will all return November 29th,” it declared.
It makes sense for networks to use the web to communicate with viewers. After all, that’s where many …
“You Blogged. We Listened.”
TEN’s on air advertisements for The Office say it all.
“You Blogged. We Listened” it says.
TEN has acknowledged the growing importance of social networking and new media in advertisements for The Office, which responded to ongoing requests to give the US sitcom an earlier timeslot.
The ad for the upcoming episodes, which will air Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8pm in December, said:
“I need my office fix” jenniferm
“Very unfriendly timeslot” -holly go-lightly
“why is the office on so late?” -nathans1
“I wish they would air more of …