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May 11 2011 10:25 AM ET

'General Hospital' generates most nods among soaps at Daytime Emmys; not much love for Oprah

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General Hospital earned 21 Daytime Emmy nominations while The Young and the Restless grabbed 20 today from the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. Even canceled soaps All My Children and One Life to Live made a respectable showing, each generating 13 and 12 nods, respectively, for the awards fest that’ll air June 19 on CBS from Las Vegas.

As for talk shows, The Ellen DeGeneres Show topped the genre with 12, followed by six for Today Show, six for The View and five for The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ends this month. Overall, ABC lead with 46 nominations, followed by 42 for CBS  and 15 for NBC.  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 29 2011 04:12 PM ET

Rejoice 'Mad Men' fans! Star Rich Sommer is here to give you a massive fix

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 With Season 5 of Mad Men still months away from going into production, these are dark times for fans of the show. Rich Sommer, who plays good-guy-occasional-bonehead Harry Crane, SCDP&C’s reigning Head of Media, to the rescue! In a recent interview with EW, Sommer proved that he is as big a geek for the show as the most passionate of fans: He defends the honor of Betty, sings the praises of Pete and Trudy, and picks the one line of dialogue that best captures Don Draper’s brokenness. And he addresses his infamous tweet that got everyone riled up about the possibility of no Season 5 in the first place. “I have no idea if there will be a season 5 of MM,” Sommer tweeted back in November. “I am operating under the assumption that there won’t be, until I hear otherwise.” Oops. That didn’t go over very well with his bosses. Enjoy, Mad Men fans. Then dive deep into your DVD box set of Season 4. (And lest he inadvertently start another uproar, let’s just be clear up front that he’s kidding about Harry going to jail in Season 5.) Warning for those not all caught up with the show: SPOILERS follow. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 10 2011 07:28 PM ET

The Comedy Awards: Jon Stewart talks 'vestigial' ceremony, Anne Hathaway and James Franco's Oscar-hosting gig

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What happens when you fill a ballroom with comedians in black tie? The Comedy Awards, of course! Comedy Central’s first annual celebration of funny people by funny people rolls out tonight across the Viacom-verse, simulcast at 9 p.m. EST on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, TV Land, and VH1.

Considering how little awards recognition comedy gets — you can count on one hand the number of (non-musical) comedies that have won the Oscar for Best Picture — it’s exciting to see comic artists honored by their peers. And lest you think this is some meaningless, self-congratulatory, People’s Choice-style ceremony, check out some of the names on the board that determined the nominees: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Seth MacFarlane, Conan O’Brien, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Chris Rock, and Ray Romano.

To get you psyched for the show, EW talked to Jon Stewart on the red carpet about what these awards mean to comedians and, well, if he thinks they’re even necessary. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 24 2011 03:48 PM ET

Emmys merge best movie and miniseries into one dull category

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Emmy-HBOImage Credit: Van Redin/HBO; David James/HBOThe Academy of TV Arts & Sciences won another victory in the battle to keep audiences awake during the Emmys. The best TV movie category and the best miniseries category will now be merged into a single category (somewhere, an HBO executive makes a mental note that he’ll need one less shelf in his office). The merged category will also be increased from five to six nomination slots. The decision means one less longform category in the primetime telecast. The number of entries in these categories have steadily declined in recent years as networks moved away from producing longform titles (except, of course, Syfy’s beloved Saturday night creature features; for some reason titles like Sharktopus keep being denied their rightful Emmy honors).

Aug 31 2010 05:49 PM ET

'True Blood' scoop: Pam's ready for a witch hunt

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true-bloodImage Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO Making a rare appearance in daylight at the Emmys, True Blood-sucker Kristin Bauer told me that she’s more than ready for what I’ve already dubbed “the season of the witch.” In fact, though her iceberg-lettuce-cool character spent much of this season being tortured and crying type-O-neg tears, she promises that before the finale, we’ll get to see Pam… Well, she describes it better than I could. Or at least less profanely. See for yourself in the video after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 31 2010 03:14 PM ET

Emmy Video: 'Glee' kids on Kurt's BF and Artie's GF!

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chord-overstreetImage Credit: Patrick Ecclesine/Fox; Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNo two ways about it: For whippersnappers, Glee clubbers Chris Colfer and Kevin McHale are cagey. On the red carpet before the Emmys, they played dumb as best they could, but you don’t need a diploma from McKinley High to get what they were (trying so hard not to be) saying. Colfer’s suggestion that Puck actually might be Kurt’s new BF spoke volumes about the likelihood that the jock Chord Overstreet will be playing will be making the passes. And then, the future of Artie and Tina was written all over McHale’s face, pretty much in bold letters. See for yourself when you watch the videos after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 30 2010 07:42 PM ET

Shock Video: Watch Aubrey Plaza flip me off and shout [expletive]!

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It all went down Friday night at the 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Women in Film pre-Emmy party in West Hollywood. Parental guidance is strongly advised.

Aug 30 2010 06:09 PM ET

Emmy Video: 'Parenthood' star Lauren Graham is torn between two lovers

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lauren-grahamLife doesn’t suck these days for Parenthood‘s Lauren Graham. Not only is she gainfully employed on NBC’s second best drama series (after Friday Night Lights, natch), but this season she’ll have two men—Billy Baldwin and True Blood‘s Kevin Alejandro—fighting over her on said drama series. And wait, there’s more: She just learned (via me) that she’s returning to the Emmys next year as a nominee. Hurry up and watch the video after the jump before someone else spoils it for you! READ FULL STORY »

Aug 30 2010 02:18 PM ET

Emmys watched by 13.5 million people

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NBC’s telecast of the 62nd Annual Emmys was watched by 13.5 million viewers, the largest audience for any non-sports telecast this year since American Idol season finale on May 26, according to early estimates from NBC.  The show also earned the highest adults 18-49 rating (4.1) for any telecast since the Glee season finale on June 8.

But the show hosted by Jimmy Fallon didn’t necessarily break any records: Though it was the most-watched Emmy telecast in four years, it only ticked up 0.2 percent versus last year in viewers and was largely flat in the key demographic. The show aired live in all time zones from 8-11:01 p.m. ET.

Aug 30 2010 02:02 PM ET

Emmy Video: 'Community' star Joel McHale tries (and fails) to contain his actor envy

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joel-mchaleIt was supposed to be just another fun, spoiler-filled pre-Emmy interview. But by the time I was done talking with Community player Joel McHale, I not only had gotten him to spill the deets on the NBC laffer’s Halloween episode, I had nabbed myself a speaking role. (I think I did, anyway.) Plus, I turned him green with envy by vividly recalling a hands-on experience I’d had with… Oh, right. I remember how this works. You watch the video after the jump, and that’s where you find out the answer. See ya there! READ FULL STORY »

Aug 30 2010 12:57 PM ET

Emmy Video: Neil Patrick Harris weighs in on the 'Mother' of all weddings

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neil-patrick-harrisLet’s play a game. Try and guess what questions/comments elicited the following responses from Neil Patrick Harris on the Emmy red carpet yesterday:

* “I actually had nothing to do with that. I [found out] when I read it on the Interweb.”

* “You were the first person to ask me that question.”

* “That sounds gross.”

Scribble your theories on a piece of paper and then press play after the jump to see how smart you are. Fun, right? READ FULL STORY »

Aug 30 2010 12:18 PM ET

Emmy Video: 'FNL' stars Chandler and Britton on 'satisfying' fifth season and a possible sixth!

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fnlI rarely let my emotions get the best of me, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a little verklempt by the sight of Friday Night Lights‘ long overdue Emmy contenders Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton walking the red carpet yesterday as full-fledged nominees. So they didn’t win. Big deal. The positive buzz surrounding FNL‘s fifth and final season all but ensures they’ll be in the running again next year. But back to this year’s event, watch what went down on the red carpet with Britton and Chandler before the ceremony (hint: lots of silliness, an impromptu purse search, and talk of a possible—make that impossible—sixth season). READ FULL STORY »

Aug 30 2010 11:10 AM ET

Emmy Video: 'SVU' duo Hargitay and Meloni get hot and bothered on red carpet

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meloni-hargitayWhen I asked Law & Order: SVU superstars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni if they thought their characters should hook up during the show’s upcoming 12th and possibly final season, I did not expect the randy pair to actually preview said hookup—and on the Emmy red carpet, no less. Not that I was complaining, mind you. My follow-up question provoked an even more shocking reaction, but not from them, from their publicist, who was so incensed with my line of questioning that he ripped them away from me mid-Q&A. And just like that, a legendary interview was born. Enjoy! READ FULL STORY »

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