SATC Movie

So as I'm sure you've heard by now, the new "Sex and the City" movie begins filming this week in NY. While my anticipation for this has been a long time coming, I have to say recent reveals have made me a little uneasy about the whole thing. If they're gonna do, they sure as hell better do it right. This show holds such a place in women's hearts having had such a lasting impact on how female television is made. This movie better live up to the same standards and innovations that its precursor did and that's all I've got to say about that. So what sparked this rant? Everyone's favorite shoe-obsessed waif Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) has a personal assistant...and she will be played by the lovely and talented Jennifer Hudson. This has commercialization written all over it...

A Virtual Documentary

A few things: I adore documentaries. In general, I am completely freaked out by the whole phenomenon that is "Virtual Worlds." Now, some brilliant film-maker named Douglas Gayeton has actually combined the two! And I'm not talking about your usual documentary about people who are engaged in virtual worlds looking from the outside...oh no, Gayeton takes us INTO the virtual world of Second Life, working to create an entire documentary in the world itself through his virtual avatar. Absolutely amazing. The documentary, entitled "Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey" follows Gayeton's avatar Molotov Alva as he traverses through the Second Life world. This will be like watching an animated film, but will show "real" human interactions happening through online avatars. So much more than just chatting goes into these virtual worlds. Second Life, started in 2003, is already home to over 9 million users, many of whom make a real life business off of their virtual retail stores and real estate. The whole process is genuinely fascinating, slightly terrifying, and should really be a joy to watch. HBO has picked up the 35-minute documentary to air sometime next year. I'm definitely intrigued.

The Fall's Hottest New TV Stars

So after viewing nearly all of this Fall's hottest new network shows, I've decided to assess which aspiring stars seem to have the most breakout potential. The following actors are those that I feel really captured my attention throughout this whole pilot season. It was hard this year b/c you have so many "name" actors in the starring roles. Still, these relative unknowns really pulled out an awesome performance and really brought something new, fresh, and exciting to the screen. Could there be the next Hayden Panettiere or Adam Brody among them? I think so. These young hopefuls could easily become a household name by the end of the Fall Season if they play their cards right, so take note now:

The Girls
Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)--Anna is just lovely, she has a real every girl quality about her and a true sweetness that makes her likeable all around.
Yvonne Strzechowski (Chuck)--Definitely the bombshell of the bunch, I was pleasantly surprised by Yvonne's acting talents as well. With such a sexy secret agent type role, she's sure to make waves.
Taylor Momsen (Gossip Girl)--I just adore this girl, and watching the pilot she certainly pops right off the screen. While much younger than the other girls, I certainly think she captures your attention the most, much like Hayden Panettiere on "HEROES."
Michelle Ryan (The Bionic Woman)--While Michelle is already a bit of an established name, I really think this role could help to push her career to that next level. There's definitely an exposed vulnerability and yet strength to her character that works much like Evangeline Lilly on "LOST."

The Boys
Seth Gabel (Dirty Sexy Money)--So sexy with flowing charisma, this young man was by far my favorite this pilot season. I mean it caught me off guard how immediately taken by him I was. He has the weight and sense of danger that Josh Holloway had when he burst on the scene with "LOST."
Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles)--So young, innocent, and just plain adorable, Dekker's sweet romance with Hayden on "HEROES" definitely made waves. I hope he can grab as much attention on his own as well.
Tyler Labine (Reaper)--Everyone's all "ooh...Bret Harrison" (who I do love and respect), but I have to say, Tyler Labine really steals the scenes. I mean the guy is just so darn funny, and with a higher profile show the the previous "Invasion" I really think he can make a name for himself here.
Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl)--The next Adam Brody if he plays his cards right, Penn really caught my attention with his striking good looks and goofy charm. Hopefully he can maintain it throughout the series.

There's also the obvious picks: Bret Harrison on "REAPER," Lee Pace on "Pushing Daisies," Zachary Levi on "Chuck," Blake Lively and Leighton Meester on "Gossip Girl," the cast of "Private Practice," etc. Instead, I purposely picked a few people whose characters are a bit more under the radar, but who definitely popped right off the screen.

It's Always Funny in Philadelphia...

I'm loving all the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" Season 3 teasers going around. Aside from the myspace preview, this little beauty just cropped up on the popular humor site FunnyorDie.com. Definitely NSFW... this little gem made me laugh out loud (as I watched it at work...haha). Enjoy!

*UPDATE* I love them so much!! Awesome new commercial :)

Heroes Hiring Frenzy

Man, "Heroes" is hiring like crazy these days, tapping into all kinds of talent for upcoming arcs on the popular NBC Series. The biggest addition lately is the lovely and talented Kristen Bell of "Veronica Mars" fame. Since the cancellation of the cult series, its been a tv feeding frenzy for Miss Bell...its even been rumored that LOST producers were seeking her out for an arc as well. She'll join the cast of "Heroes" as a young, mysterious woman named Elle who is very actively involved in a lot of the character's lives even though her true intentions remain unclear. According to Michael Ausiello at TVguide.com, she'll be doing a whopping 13 episodes. Should be interesting. Bell is also rumored to be in the works to star as another Elle--Elle Woods, that is--in the broadway musical version of "Legally Blond," replacing current lead Laura Bell Bundy in the Spring.

Other cast additions are:
Janel Parrish (Bratz: The Movie)--the head cheerleader in Claire's new high school

Dana Davis ("The Nine")--a new humble hero and series regular

Dania Ramirez (X-Men: The Last Stand/"Sopranos")--a series regular hero with unknown powers

Nick D'Agnosto (Rocket Science)--Claire's new boyfriend with a "very cool superpower"

Barry Shabaka Henley (The Terminal)--Detective working for the NYPD

Holt McCallany ("CSI: Miami")--ring-leader to a group of Irish thugs

David Anders ("Alias")--ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei, Hiro's hero

Eriko Tamura ("The Nine")--Japanese Princess

Lyndsey Fonseca ("The Young and the Restless")--nice cheerleader

Dianna Agron ("Veronica Mars")--mean cheerleader

How are all of these people going to recur on one series that is already known for its prolific ensemble cast? Mighty ambitious, Tim Kring...mighty ambitious indeed. Check out what's in store for the new season, starting Sept. 24th on NBC.

HSM2 Mania!

Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2" broke all kinds of records over the weekend with the highest cable premiere of ALL TIME. It just goes to show you that the tween audience is a force that cannot be denied.

A whopping 17.2 million people tuned in to see what Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and the rest of the gang had to offer. Simply amazing. It was the most watched Friday night telecast in more than 5 years, not to mention the most watched basic cable movie ever, pulling in almost 38% MORE viewers that the previous record holder.

It hit Disney Channel's key demographic perfectly, proving itself to be an incredible marketing machine (most watched TV telecast ever in kids 6-11, and 2nd most watched in tweens 9-14). Now I've been expecting this, having seen firsthand the crazy popularity "High School Musical" garnered. I mean the soundtrack alone last year was the NUMBER ONE SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR. This auspicious debut really should come as no surprise to anyone. I'm awaiting the numbers on the encore premieres on Saturday and Sunday night, assuming that it too was capable of breaking all kinds of records.

Congratulations, my friends!! You deserve it!!!

**UPDATE** I was right, the rebroadcasts of "High School Musical 2" (A Sing-A-Long) on Saturday and Sunday averaged a whopping 8.44 and 7.54 million viewers respectively, making Saturday's broadcast the 4th most watched telecast ever and Sunday's the 9th. That's a grand total of 33.22 million viewers in ONE WEEKEND for the made-for-TV movie. Think about that...if this had been a theatrical release with ticket sales averaging around $8, it could have grossed over $265 MILLION. That's significantly bigger than the opening for Spiderman 3, which had the highest opening to date with $151 million. Craziness. Needless to say, this movie bumped cable channel Disney Channel into the No.3 network spot for the week, averaging more viewers than basic cable networks NBC, ABC, or the CW.

"Sunny" Returns...on Myspace!

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is an amazingly under-rated sitcom on the FX network. Since FX is known for its dark and edgy programming, it might seem a little odd that it would have a comedy thrown in the mix, but believe me, "Sunny" is no ordinary sitcom. Its a brilliant social satire that presents some pretty controversial subject matter in a way that is just scandalous and hilarious all at the same time. Its tagline "Its Seinfeld...on crack" says it all really. You wouldn't believe some of the escapades this "gang" of egocentric and judgemental young twenty-somethings and their father who own a bar in Philadelphia get into. With titles like "Dennis and Dee go on Welfare" and "Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom," you've just gotta love it. The cast is amazingly talented, not only starring in the series itself but working to create, produce, and write it as well. Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney (the shows male stars) really do an amazing job of capturing an American attitude of comedy, selfishness, passion, and political correctness that really characterizes our generation. Kaitlin Olsen's character "Dee" is nothing like the typical leading female character you see on TV, and its so refreshing to see. She's one of the guys yet still a strong female character who's storylines never revolve around a latest love fling (This isn't TBS's "My Boys"). The edition of Danny Devitto to the cast as Dee and Dennis's crass father who is anything but paternal is really fun too. "Sunny" is so great because it has a sense of raw realism to it that it just so relateable even though it is so over-the-top. I mean the pilot was supposedly made for less that $100 dollars by the boys, and the entire first season with a meager budget of only $400,000. That's amazing! I just can't say enough great things about this show.

So what sparked this rave? Well, "Sunny" is set to premiere on September 13th, and the creators decided that that was just too long to make the viewers wait (I couldn't agree more). Therefore, they have decided to stream the newest episode "Mac is a Serial Killer" on MYSPACE Aug. 16th-23rd. You've gotta love a network that goes out of its way to appease it fans. I'm so excited. Check it out at www.myspace.com/sunnyfx starting tomorrow!!

PS, I love Mac...like woah. :) This scene is beyond amazing also:

**UPDATE** "Mac Is A Serial Killer" is my favorite episode yet!! Its amazing!! Please check it out on their myspace above and watch all 4 parts. The PepperJack scene is awesome...I mean "PepperJack love Fraggle Rock." Genius. If you haven't seen this show, you're missing out big.

Dirty Sexy Money Gossip Ads

I'm all about advertising creativity, and being an entertainment blog junkie (Perez/Pink/TMZ), I have been loving the way ABC has been advertising my favorite of their fall dramas: "Dirty Sexy Money." Since the show revolves around New York's most affluent and powerful family The Darlings, the marketers have chosen to put faux gossip posts alongside real ones on some of our favorite blogs. You can learn about Juliet Darling's latest petulant slant while reading about Britney's most recent disgrace or Amy Winehouses last cancelled concert. Its all so very Allegra Coleman (for those of you who don't get the reference, I'll post on it later)! Check out one of the ads I pulled from Perez Hilton featuring my favorite of the Darling clan....don't get mad ABC, its free advertising!

OneRepublic Rock.

Okay, so I don't normally do music posts, but I had to write this up for our company newsletter (!Nerd Alert!) because our usual music guy is chilling on the beach in Hawaii (Side Note, music guy is actually the real Douchbag McGee featured here in this entertaining and popular blog post by Sunny of SillyPipeDreams). Anyhow, I think this band is worth a mention.
OneRepublic
Music Spotlight on... OneRepublic, a pop-rock band from Colorado consisting of Ryan Tedder (lead vocals/guitar/piano), Zach Filkins (guitar/vocals), Eddie Fischer (drums), Brent Kutzle (Bass/Cello/Vocals), and Drew Brown (guitar). Tedder is a grammy-nominated song-writer and producer, responsible for many popular tracks on the albums of superstars like Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Lopez, Bubba Sparxxx. OneRepublic is the perfect product of the online age: despite never having released an album, they have gained tremendous notoriety and popularity through the MYSPACE online community. They have been ranked in Myspace Music's Top Artists since summer 2006, and are currently the #1 ranked unsigned band. Myspace users aren't the only ones taking notice of this band, Timbaland featured a remix of their most popular song "Apologize" on his 2007 album Timbaland Presents: Shock Value. Most recently, they performed live on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance? after "Apologize" was featured in one of the dances (contemporary routine w/ Danny and Anya). Their self-titled album OneRepublic is set to release this fall.

Here is the video for the remix version of "Apologize" featuring OneRepublic and Timbaland:

Chyler Goes "Grey"

I just confirmed that actress Chyler Leigh (mentioned here) has been filming episodes for the upcoming fourth season of "Grey's Anatomy." She was added to the cast earlier this month as a series regular, reprising her role as LEXIE GREY, Meredith's half-sister, who sparks a little Mc-chemistry in the finale episodes of last season. Chyler's character Lexie will be joining the staff at Seattle Grace Hospital as their newest intern and is expected to bring with her some spicy storylines. Similarly, they are planning on adding a little Mc-Mystery Man to the cast as well to throw another wrench into the ever-evolving relationship that is Meredith and McDreamy. Chyler on the cast might just be enough to bring me back over to the dark side and start fresh as a regular Grey's Mc-viewer. Okay, I'll stop "mc-ing" everything... it was fun for a Mc-second. Mc-ha.

Indian-Americans Hit Their Prime!

Primetime, that is. Looking over the cast lists for the upcoming series, I couldn't help but notice an increase of Indian-American actors in starring and major supporting roles in Primetime Network Television Shows. I think this is a huge step in moving away from token diverse characters and really acknowledging the abilities and depth a diverse actor can bring to a character. Ethnicity aside, its about the creation of a person who the audience can relate to and be entertained by during their time on the screen. Indian-American actors have been making huge strides on American television shows, showing up all over in a wide variety of important roles. While Indian culture is known for being rich in Entertainment (Bollywood), I'm excited that American culture is finally about to integrate their ever-present talents in the mainstream. Those Indian-American talents that are at the forefront of this transformation are listed below:

Parminder Nagra
Parminder stole the hearts of American movie-goers in 2002 with the indie hit Bend It Like Beckham, which was the first major movie to put Indian culture at the forefront of a western film. Her next big starring role was saving lives as Dr. Rasgotra on NBC's hit series "ER."

Sendhil Ramamurthy
Sendhil proved that Indian-American actors can be totally sexy as the smart professor Mohinder Suresh in NBC's latest hit "HEROES." While the role was originally written as a 60-year-old man, once the casting directors saw Sendhil, he popped so much that they reworked the part just for him.

Mindy Kaling
One of the geniuses behind NBC's "The Office," Mindy is phenomenal as ditzy, talkative, and romance-obsessed Kelly. While Indian-Americans are often stereotyped as either nerdy doctor/scientist types or convenience store owners, Mindy proves that they are no different from the rest of us; afterall, a true valley girl can come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

Padma Lakshmi
Padma is the face of Bravo's hit series "Top Chef." Aside from the host spot on this popular series, the gorgeous model and actress has also written a popular cookbook entitled "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World."

Maulik Pancholy
Maulik plays the obedient assistant of Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) on NBC's critically acclaimed series "30 Rock." It appears as though his character might have a man-crush on his boss, which adds some depth and comedy. Maulik has a whole slew of film projects coming up soon also.

Navi Rawat
Of both Indian and German descent, Navi is best recognized as the pregnant home-wrecking ex-girlfriend of Ryan Atwood on Fox's "The OC." These days she's landed herself a starring role on CBS's "Numb3rs" as brilliant mathematician and FBI Consultant Amita, proving that you can be young, sexy, and a genius all at once.

Kal Penn
Kal is perhaps one of the most recognizable Indian-American comedic actors, starring in feature hits Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and Van Wilder. He's now hitting the primetime tv circuit as a series regular on Fox's hit "House," where he plays a young doctor under Hugh Laurie's title character.

Sunkrish Bala
Sunkrish stars as one of the title characters on ABC's midseason sitcom "Notes from the Underbelly," which was recently renewed for a second season. He plays the dutiful young husband to his pregnant wife.

Ravi Kapoor
Ravi plays Dr. Bug on NBC's series "Crossing Jordan." He began his role as the brilliant but shy forensic entomologist and has developed the role into a full blown love interest for another title character, showing the more human relationship sides to his scientific character.

Indira Varma
Indira played devoted Niobe on HBO's hit series "ROME" until her suicide at the end of the first season. She also starred in the short-lived CBS drama "3 lbs" until its premature cancellation.

Dilshad Vadsaria
Dilshad plays the cold priviledged freshman sorority pledge in ABC Family series "Greek." A senator's daughter, her character makes a nice rival to the sorority princess Casey.



The New Class:

Adhir Kalyan as title role of Pakistani Muslim exchange student Raja Musharaff in the CW's half-hour sitcom "Aliens in America"


Kunal Nayyar as Koothrappali, one of the pack of science geeks that befriend the gorgeous young woman living next door in CBS's comedy "The Big Bang Theory"


Vik Sahay as Victor, one of the major supporting roles in NBC's upcoming series from Josh Schwartz "Chuck"



And some other up-and-comers to keep your eye out for in the feature and television worlds:

Noureen DeWulf, Samrat Chakrabarti, Kavi Ladnier, Sheetal Sheth

Fall 2007 New Series

So in case you were all interested, below is a list of the networks new shows for the fall, when they're airing, and who the stars are. I've taken the liberty of highlighting the shows I have any interesting in watching based on my opinion of the pilots and what their scheduling is. Some are shows that I think I'm gonna love to hate like "Gossip Girl" and "Chuck." We'll have to wait and see once everything airs b/c that an awful lot of tv on top of my current faves "Lost," "Heroes," "The Office," "30 Rock," "Cold Case," etc.

NETWORK NEW ORIGINAL SERIES—FALL 2007

ABC
Big Shots—Thurs/10 (Michael Vartan, DylanMcDermott, Christopher Titus, Joshua Molina, Nia Long, Paige Turco, Peyton List, Wendy Moniz, Jessica Collins, Amy Sloan)

Carpoolers—Tues/8:30 (Jerry O’Connell, Fred Goss, Jerry Minor, Time Peper, Faith Ford, Allison Munn, T.J. Miller)

Cavemen—Tues/8 (Nick Kroll, Bill English, Sam Huntington, Kaitlin Doubleday, John Heard, Stephanie Lemelin)

Dirty Sexy Money—Wed/10 (Peter Krause, Seth Gabel, Glenn Fitzgerald, Samaire Armstrong, Zoe McLennan, Natalie Zea, Billy Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Jill Clayburgh, Laz Alonso)

Eli Stone—MS (Johnny Lee Miller, Natasha Henstridge, Victor Garber, Loretta Devine, Sam Jaeger, Laura Benanti, James Saito)

Miss/Guided—MS (Judy Greer, Brooke Burns, Krostoffer Polaha, Jonathan Sadowski, Earl Billings)

Private Practice—Wed/9 (Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Amy Brenneman, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Audra McDonald, Chris Lowell)

Samantha Who?—Mon/9:30 (Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Melissa McCarthey, Tim Russ, Kevin Dunn)

Cashmere Mafia—MS Tues/9 (Frances O’Connor, Miranda Otto, Lucy Liu, Bonnie Somerville, Peter Hermann, Julian Ovenden)

Women’s Murder Club—Fri/9 (Angie Harmon, Paula Newsome, Laura Harris, Aubrey Dollar)

Pushing Daisies—Wed/8 (Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristen Chenowith, Jim Dale)

NBC
The Bionic Woman—Wed/9 (Michelle Ryan, Chris Bowers, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Will Yun Lee, Lucy Hale)

The IT Crowd—MS (Joel McHale, Richard Ayoade, Rocky Carroll, girl TBD)

Life—Wed/10 (Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Melissa Sagemiller, Robin Weigert)

Lipstick Jungle—MS (Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price)

Journeyman—Mon/10 (Kevin McKidd, Moon Bloodgood, Gretchen Egolf, Reed Diamond, Charles Henry Wyson)

Chuck—Mon/8 (Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strzechowski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster)

FOX
Canterbury’s Law—MS Thurs/9 (Julianna Margulies, Linus Roache, Ben Shenkman, Trieste Dunn, Jocko Sims)

Back to You—Wed/8 (Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard, Josh Gad, Ty Burrell, Laura Moreno)

K-Ville—Mon/9 (Anthony Anderson, Cole Hauser, Maximiliano Hernandez, Blake Shields, Tawny Cypress, John Carroll Lynch)

New Amsterdam—Tues/8 (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zuleikha Robinson, Alexie Gilmore, Stephen Henderson)

The Return of Jezebel James—MS Wed/8:30 (Parker Posey, Lauren Ambrose, Scott Cohen, Michael Arden, Ron McLarty)

Unhitched—MS (Craig Bierko, Rashida Jones, Johnny Sneed, Shaun Majumder)

The Sarah Connor Chronicles—MS Sun/9 (Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones)

The CW
Aliens in America—Mon/8:30 (Dan Byrd, Adhir Kalyan, Amy Pietz, Scott Patterson, Lindsey Shaw)

Life is Wild—Sun/8 (Leah Pipes, K’Sun Ray, Andrew St. John, Mary Matilyn Mouser, David Butler, Calvin Goldpink, Tiffany Mulheron, Atandwa Kani, Jeremy Sheffield, D.W. Moffett, Stephanie Niznik)

Reaper—Tues/9 (Bret Harrison, Allison Hossack, Andrew Airlie, Kyle Switzer, Missy Peregrym, Ray Wise, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, Valarie Rae Miller)

Gossip Girl—Wed/9 (Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgeley, Taylor Momsen, Connor Paolo, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Kelly Rutherford, Sam Robards, Matthew Settle)

CBS
Cane—Tues/10 (Jimmy Smits, Hector Elizondo, Nestor Carbonell, Paola Turbay, Rita Moreno, Eddie Matos, Polly Walker, Lee Tergesen)

Swingtown—MS (Molly Parker, Jack Davenport, Grant Show, Lana Parrilla, Miriam Shor, Josh Hopkins, Shanna Collins, Aaron Howles, Brittany Robertson)

Viva Laughlin—Sun/8 (Lloyd Owen, Madchen Amick, Hugh Jackman, D.B. Woodside, Eric Winter, P.J. Byrne, Ellen Woglom, Carter Jenkins)

Moonlight—Fri/9 (Alex O’Loughlin, Shannyn Sossamon, Jason Dohring, Sophia Myles)

Big Bang Theory—Mon/8:30 (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar)

Pilot Re-Cast Alert

Oh, the inevitable re-cast. Once pilots are picked up and its stars excited at the prospect of network tv stardom looming around the corner, the networks jump in and rip the magic carpet out from underneath them. Oh, its not all tragedy... sometimes its the stars themselves that want out and other times the actor just wasn't right for the role or the role is being reworked so its best for the rest of us if someone new takes their place. Still, you can't help but feel sorry for the ones that don't make the cut. I mean, they are just people afterall. Now that my sympathies are expressed, I'm gonna be completely hypocritical and judge them. Yes, judge them against their shiny new replacements. See below:

"The Bionic Woman" (NBC)
Mae Whitman replaced by
Lucy Hale
I already talked about this below. I love love Mae and thought she was great, but I'm happy for Lucy to have the opportunity. I'm hearing rumors that the character is being completely reworked to be no longer deaf and have amazing computer hacking abilities. Hopefully it was Mae walking away from the series herself to go on to do bigger and better things.

"Private Practice" (Grey's Anatomy Spinoff)(ABC)
Merrin Dungey replaced by
Audra McDonald
I like Merrin, but I have to agree with ABC here that she brought a disconnect to the budding series. I just didn't buy her and Kate Walsh as bff's. The chemistry just wasn't there. Besides, Audra has won like 4 Tony Awards...clearly the better choice :)

"Reaper" (The CW)
Nikki Reed replaced by
Missy Peregrym
So I wasn't in love with Nikki at all in the pilot, and I definitely felt like she was the weak link. That being said, I've never been all that sold on Missy either. I felt like her character in "Heroes" this past season fell kinda flat. I guess she's the prettier choice. Hopefully she can pull it out for this Kevin Smith series.

"Aliens in America" (The CW)
Patrick Breen replaced by
Scott Patterson
Boo. I don't really support this decision. I think Patrick is a solid comedic actor and was happy with the dynamic he brought to the series. While I am a fan of Scott's, I am not pleased at the prospect of sexy-ing the dad up, which places more of a focus on him and away from the kids. Changes the series completely. Oh well.

"8 Days a Week" (The CW)
Johnny Lewis replaced by
Justin Hartley
I still can't believe this series got picked up...I mean Mario Lopez is a series regular. Anyway, they definitely sexed the role up like 5 notches with Justin. Yes please, I'll take 2. Johnny was sweet, but not really star material. Still, I've heard Justin a pretty horrific actor. I guess we'll see how it all comes to together. I love how the CW's solution to everything is "More Sexy." Fabulous.

"Cavemen" (ABC)
Dash Mihok replaced by
Sam Huntington
Perhaps Dash realized this show was career suicide, I'm not sure, but he's out and adorable Sam is in. As long as fellow caveman Nick Kroll sticks with it, I'll give this show a few more episodes...he's hilarious. Hopefully Sam can add some more depth to his caveman...what am I saying here? I mean, this show is based on a Geiko commercial for crying out loud...its gonna die a fiery death.

"Moonlight" (CBS)--PILOT OVERHAUL
Rade Serbedzija replaced by Jason Dohring, Amber Valletta replaced by Shannyn Sossamon, Shannon Lucio replaced by Sophia Myles
Clearly they're going in a different direction since they dropped about 50 years off of the character Josef b/w Rade and Jason. Both Amber and Shannon are cute, but that's about where their talents ended here. I'm a huge Shannyn fan, so I'm stoked to see her as an ass-kicking vampire, I think. I'm not familiar with Sophia at all, but she has a strong vampire movie background, so I'm sure she had a kickass reel for this. The real question is, why didn't they recast Alex O'Loughlin in the title role...wasn't a big fan.

Other recastings include the parents on The CW's "Life is Wild" (Brett Cullen and Judith Hoag) being replaced by D.W. Moffet and Stephanie Niznik. Jessica St. Clair's character on NBC's comedy "The IT Crowd" is also rumored to have a replacement in the works.

Also, Victoria Pratt (the lip-purser who I hated from Dirty Sexy Money) is being left out of announcements for the show...I hope this means there's a re-cast in her future...

Guest Star Stand-Outs

Marshall Allman
So I thought it'd be nice to recognize those actors that perform small but essential roles on popular tv shows and that really catch my attention in the role. I noticed Allman as the murdered victim on a episode of "Cold Case" entitled 'Knuckle Up.' He did a really good job of capturing his character, an over-achieving high school student that found his passion in his prep school's fight club. Really touching portrayal. His imdb notes a recurring spot on Fox's "Prison Break" (a show I've never seen, so if he's a huge character, I apologize for my ignorance). He's also starring in the feature film "The Immaculate Conception of Lizzie Dizzie" alongside Natasha Lyonne.

And the Emmy Nominees are...

Its that time of year again...The EMMY NOMINEES for 2007 were announced today! Naturally, I'm excited to make my predictions. However, I should let ya'll know that I'm not the best at predicting the accolades of television b/c there's just so much of it, its hard to soak it all in. This year I feel particularly out of the loop; I guess the tv I watch isn't quite "award-winning" if you know what I mean. There were a few exciting surprises though. I'll get to my specific thoughts later, but for now here are my mostly uninformed guesses and personal preferences. The stars indicate ones that I am really serious about :)

EMMY NOMINEES

**COMEDY SERIES**
"Entourage," HBO
"The Office," NBC
30 Rock," NBC
"Two And A Half Men," CBS
"Ugly Betty," ABC

**DRAMA SERIES**
"Boston Legal,"
"Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Heroes," NBC
"House," Fox
"The Sopranos," HBO

MINISERIES
“Broken Trail,” AMC
”The Starter Wife,” USA

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee,” HBO
“Inside The Twin Towers,” Discovery Channel
“Longford,” HBO
“The Ron Clark Story,” TNT
“Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy,” Lifetime

**REALITY**
"Antiques Roadshow," PBS
"Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan," National Geographic
"Extreme Makeover Home Edition," ABC, Endemol USA
"Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List," Bravo
"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!," Showtime

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
"The Amazing Race," CBS
"American Idol," Fox
"Dancing With The Stars," ABC
"Project Runway," Bravo
"Top Chef," Bravo

**ACTOR IN A COMEDY**
Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman, "Extras," HBO
Steve Carell as Michael Scott, "The Office," NBC
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, "30 Rock," NBC
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, "Two And A Half Men," CBS

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
James Spader as Alan Shore, "Boston Legal," ABC
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House, "House," Fox
Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin, "Rescue Me," FX
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano, "The Sopranos," HBO
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, "24," Fox

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Robert Duvall as Prentice "Print" Ritter, "Broken Trail," AMC
Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone, "Jesse Stone: Sea Change," CBS
Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford, "Longford," HBO
William H. Macy as Clyde Umney & Sam Landry, "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King - Umney’s Last Case," TNT
Matthew Perry as Ron Clark, "The Ron Clark Story," TNT

**ACTRESS IN A COMEDY**
Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, "Desperate Housewives," ABC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell, "The New Adventures Of Old Christine," CBS
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, "30 Rock," NBC
America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, "Ugly Betty," ABC
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin, "Weeds," Showtime

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sally Field as Nora Walker, "Brothers & Sisters," ABC
Kyra Sedgwick as Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, "The Closer: Slippin’," TNT
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC
Patricia Arquette as Allison Dubois, "Medium," NBC
Minnie Driver as Dahlia Malloy, "The Riches," FX
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano, "The Sopranos," HBO

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Queen Latifah as Ana, "Life Support," HBO
Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, "Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)," PBS
Mary-Louise Parker as Zenia Arden, "The Robber Bride," Oxygen
Debra Messing as Molly Kagan, "The Starter Wife," USA
Gena Rowlands as Melissa Eisenbloom, "What If God Were The Sun," Lifetime

**SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY**
Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama, "Entourage," HBO
Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold, "Entourage," HBO
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson, "How I Met Your Mother," CBS
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, "The Office," NBC
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, "Two And A Half Men," CBS

**SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA**
William Shatner as Denny Crane, "Boston Legal," ABC
T.R. Knight as George, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, "Heroes," NBC
Michael Emerson as Ben, "Lost," ABC
Terry O’Quinn as John Locke, "Lost," ABC

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Thomas Haden Church as Tom Harte, "Broken Trail," AMC
August Schellenberg as Sitting Bull, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
Aidan Quinn as Senator Dawes, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
Edward Asner as Luke Spelman, "The Christmas Card," HallmarkProductions
Joe Mantegna as Lou Manahan, "The Starter Wife," USA

**SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY**
Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner. "My Name Is Earl," NBC
Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly. "The Office," NBC
Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper. "Two And A Half Men," CBS
Conchata Ferrell as Berta. "Two And A Half Men," CBS
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater. "Ugly Betty," ABC
Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes, "Weeds," Showtime

**SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA**
Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Whedon, "Brothers & Sisters," ABC
Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano, "The Sopranos," HBO
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi, "The Sopranos," HBO

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Greta Scacchi as Nola Johns, "Broken Trail," AMC
Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
Samantha Morton as Myra Hindley, "Longford," HBO
Judy Davis as Joan McAllister, "The Starter Wife," USA
Toni Collette as Kathy Graham, "Tsunami, The Aftermath," HBO

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Martin Landau as Bob Ryan, "Entourage," HBO
Sir Ian McKellen as Himself, "Extras, HBO
Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin, "Monk, "USA
Giovanni Ribisi as Ralph Mariano, "My Name Is Earl," NBC
Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey, "My Name is Earl," NBC

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Christian Clemenson as Jerry “Hands” Espenson, "Boston Legal," ABC
Forest Whitaker as Curtis Ames, "ER," NBC
David Morse as Michael Tritter, "House, Fox
Tim Daly as J.T. Dolan, "The Sopranos, HBO
John Goodman as Judge Robert Bebe, "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, NBC
Eli Wallach as Eli Weintraub, "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, NBC

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Dixie Carter as Gloria Hodge, "Desperate Housewives," ABC
Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn Bigsby, "Desperate Housewives," ABC
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy, "30 Rock," NBC
Judith Light as Claire Meade , "Ugly Betty," ABC
Salma Hayek as Sofia Reyes, "Ugly Betty," ABC

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Kate Burton as Ellis Grey, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Elizabeth Reaser as Jane Doe, "Grey’s Anatomy," ABC
Marcia Gay Harden as Star Morrison, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC
Leslie Caron as Lorraine Chalmers, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC
Jean Smart as Martha Logan, "24," Fox

**INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM**
Ellen Degeneres, "79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
Stephen Colbert, "The Colbert Report," Comedy Central
Jon Stewart, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Comedy Central
David Letterman, "Late Show With David Letterman," CBS
Tony Bennett, "Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
Julian Farino, "Entourage: One Day In The Valley," HBO
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, "Extras: Orlando Bloom," HBO
Ken Kwapis, "The Office: Gay Witch Hunt," NBC
Will Mackenzie, "Scrubs: My Musical," NBC
Scott Ellis, "30 Rock: The Breakup," NBC
Richard Shepard, "Ugly Betty: Pilot," ABC

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
Felix Alcala, Director "Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part 2," Sci Fi Channel
Bill D’Elia, "Boston Legal: Son of the Defender," ABC
Peter Berg, "Friday Night Lights: Pilot", NBC
David Semel, "Heroes: Genesis," NBC
Jack Bender, "Lost: Through the Looking Glass," ABC
Alan Taylor, "The Sopranos: Kennedy And Heidi," HBO
Thomas Schlamme, "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip: Pilot," NBC

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Bruce Gowers, "American Idol: The Finale, Fox
Jim Hoskinson, "The Colbert Report: Show #2161, Comedy Central
Chuck O’Neil, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Show #12061, Comedy Central
Don Roy King, "Saturday Night Live: Host: Alec Baldwin, NBC
Rob Marshall, "Tony Bennett: An American Classic, NBC

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Walter Hill, "Broken Trail: Part 1 & Part 2, AMC
Yves Simoneau, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, HBO
Susanna White, "Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS
Philip Martin, "Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS
Bharat Nalluri, "Tsunami, The Aftermath: Part 1 & Part 2, HBO

DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Rory Kennedy, "Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib," HBO
Kevin Burns, "Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed," The History Channel
Lauren Greenfield, "Thin," HBO
Christopher Wilcha, "This American Life: God’s Close-Up," Showtime
Spike Lee, "When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

ANIMATED PROGRAM (less than one hour)
Avatar: The Last Airbender: City Of Walls And Secrets," Nickelodeon
Robot Chicken: Lust For Puppets," Cartoon Network
The Simpsons: The Haw-Hawed Couple," Fox
South Park: Make Love, Not Warcraft," Comedy Central
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bummer Vacation / Wig Struck," Nickelodeon

ANIMATED PROGRAM (one hour or more)
Good Wilt Hunting (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends)," Cartoon Network
Hellboy Animated: Sword Of Storms," Starz
Secrets Of The Deep," Discovery Channel
Where’s Lazlo? (Camp Lazlo)," Cartoon Network

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
"The Colbert Report," Comedy Central
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,”Comedy Central
“Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC
“Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS
"Real Time With Bill Maher," HBO

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
"The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner," Comedy Central
"The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration Of The Performing Arts," CBS
"Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed," HBO
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC
"A Tribute To James Taylor (Great Performances)," PBS
"Wanda Sykes: Sick And Tired," HBO

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"The 64th Golden Globe Awards," NBC
"Jerry Seinfeld - The Comedy Award," HBO
"Prince Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show," CBS
"The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)," CBS

**CHILDREN'S PROGRAM**
"Hannah Montana, Disney Channel," Disney Channel
"Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Private Worlds: Kids And Autism," Nickelodeon
"The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody," Disney Channel
"That’s So Raven," Disney Channel
"When Parents Are Deployed," PBS

NONFICTION SPECIAL
"AFI’s 100 Years....100 Cheers: America’s Most Inspiring Movies," CBS
"Blood Diamonds," The History Channel
"Brando," TCM
"Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib," HBO
"Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed," The History Channel

**NONFICTION SERIES**
"American Masters," PBS
"Biography," A&E
"Deadliest Catch," Discovery Channel
"Inside The Actors Studio," Bravo
"Planet Earth" Discovery Channel

**WRITING FOR A COMEDY**
"Extras: Daniel Radcliffe," Ricky Gervais, HBO
"The Office: Gay Witch Hunt," Greg Daniels, NBC
"The Office: The Negotiation," Michael Shur, NBC
"30 Rock: Tracy Does Conan," Tina Fey, NBC
"30 Rock: Jack-Tor," Robert Carlock, NBC

**WRITING FOR A DRAMA**
"Battlestar Galactica: Occupation/Precipice," Ronald D. Moore, Sci Fi Channel
"Lost: Through The Looking Glass," Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, ABC
"The Sopranos: Kennedy And Heidi," Matthew Weiner, David Chase, HBO
"The Sopranos: The Second Coming," Terence Winter, HBO
"The Sopranos: Made In America," David Chase, HBO

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
"The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser; Comedy Central
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, David Javerbaum, Ben Karlin, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
"Late Night With Conan O’Brien," Mike Sweeney, Head Writer; Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Tim Harrod, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O’Brien, Andrew Weinberg; NBC
"Late Show With David Letterman," Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, head writers; Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, Steve Young, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Meredith Scardino, Bill Scheft, Aaron Blitzstein, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman; CBS
"Real Time With Bill Maher," Billy Martin, Head Writer; David Feldman, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Jonathan Schmock, Danny Vermont, Scott Carter; HBO

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
"Broken Trail" Alan Geoffrion, AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," Daniel Giat HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre): Parts 1 & 2," adapted by Sandy Welch, PBS
"Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)," Frank Deasy, PBS
"The Starter Wife," Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott, USA

**WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING**
"American Masters - Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film," James Sanders, Ric Burns; PBS
"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Wal-Mart," Penn Jillette, Teller, Sheryl Zohn, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Star Price, Cliff Schoenberg, David Weiss; Showtime
"Planet Earth: Mountains," Gary Parker, Discovery Channel
"Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed," Steven Smith, David Comtois, Kevin Burns; The History Channel
"This American Life: God’s Close-Up," Nancy Updike; Showtime

ART DIRECTION FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
"The Class: Pilot," CBS
"How I Met Your Mother," CBS

**ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES**
"Deadwood," HBO
"Heroes: Genesis," NBC
"Rome," HBO
"Shark: Teacher’s Pet," CBS
"The Tudors: Episode 101," Showtime
"Ugly Betty: The Box And The Bunny," ABC

ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
"Broken Trail," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)," PBS
"Return To Halloweentown," Disney Channel
"The Starter Wife," USA

ART DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC PROGRAM OR SPECIAL
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo," Bravo
"Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story Of The Mayflower, The History Channel
"Engineering An Empire," Egypt, The History Channel
"Hell’s Kitchen: Episode 210," Fox
"MADtv: Episode 1209," Fox
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC

**CASTING FOR A COMEDY**
"Desperate Housewives," ABC, Johnson/Genkinger Casting
"Entourage," HBO, Sheila Jaffe/Walken Casting
"30 Rock," NBC, Jennifer McNamara Casting
"Ugly Betty," ABC, Junie Lowry Johnsonn Casting
"Weeds," Showtime, Britt/Colloff Casting

**CASTING FOR A DRAMA**
"Brothers & Sisters," ABC, Bacharach/O’Neill Casting
"Friday Night Lights," NBC, Lowy/Brace/Sepko Casting
"Grey’s Anatomy," ABC, Lowy/Brace Casting
"Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip," NBC, Barnes/Maisler Casting, Liberman/Patton Casting
"The Tudors," Showtime, Moiselle Casting, Slater/Brooksbank (US Casting Consultant)

CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
"Broken Trail," AMC, Wendy Weidman Casting, Coreen Mayrs (Canadian Casting), Fiorentino/ Mangieri/ Weidman Casting
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO, Haynes Casting, Fisekci/Elizinga (Canadian Casting)
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)," PBS, Di Carling Casting
"The Path To 9/11," ABC, Liberman/Patton, Cook/Hilliard-Forde (Canadian Casting), Smith (UK Casting)
"The Ron Clark Story," TNT, Zuckerbrod/Finnegan, Fisecki/Elzinga (Canadian Casting)
"The Starter Wife," USA, Slater/Brooksbank Casting; Tom McSweeney (Australian Casting)

**CHOREOGRAPHY**
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 303A," ABC, Louis Van Amstel
"So You Think You Can Dance: Ramalama (Bang Bang)," Fox, Wade Robson
"So You Think You Can Dance: Calling You," Fox, Mia Michaels, Choreographer
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic, NBC," Rob Marshall, John DeLuca

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
"According To Jim: Hoosier Daddy," ABC
"Rules Of Engagement: Jeff’s Wooby," CBS
"Two And A Half Men: Release The Dogs," CBS

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Built To Kill," CBS
"Deadwood: Catbird Seat," HBO
"Rome: Passover," HBO
"The Sopranos: Soprano Home Movies," HBO
"Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip: Pilot," NBC

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
"Broken Trail: Part 1," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre): Part 1," PBS
"The Path To 9/11: Night 2," ABC
"The Valley Of Light (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation)," CBS

**CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING** (Single-Camera)
"Deadliest Catch: The Unforgiving Sea," Discovery Channel
"Meerkat Manor:Family Affair," Animal Planet
"Planet Earth: Pole To Pole," Discovery Channel
"This American Life: God’s Close-Up," Showtime
"When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (Multi-Camera)
"The Amazing Race: I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing," CBS
"Dirty Jobs: Mule Logger," Discovery Channel
"Intervention: Sylvia," A&E
"Project Runway: Iconic Statement," Bravo
"Top Chef: Episode 209," Bravo

COMMERCIAL
"Animals - American Express,"
"Battle - Cingular,"
"Happiness Factory - Coca Cola,"
"Jar - GE,"
"Pinball - Pepsi,"
"Singing Cowboy - Truth,"
"Snowball - Travelers,"

COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
"Deadwood: Amateur Night," HBO
"Desperate Housewives: Getting Married Today," ABC
"Rome: De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)," HBO
"The Tudors: Episode 103," Showtime
"Ugly Betty: I’m Coming Out," ABC

COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
"Broken Trail: Part 2," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre): Part 1," PBS
"Longford," HBO
"The Starter Wife: Part 1," USA

SINGLE CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA
"Dexter: Dexter," Showtime
"Heroes: Genesis," NBC
"Lost: Through The Looking Glass," ABC
"The Sopranos: The Second Coming," HBO
"The Sopranos: Soprano Home Movies," HBO

SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY
"My Name Is Earl: The Trial," NBC
"My Name Is Earl: Guess Who’s Coming Out Of Joy," NBC
"The Office: The Job," NBC
"Weeds: Mrs. Botwin’s Neighborhood," Showtime
"Weeds: Crush Girl Love Panic," Showtime

SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
"Broken Trail: Part 2," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre): Part 1," PBS
"Life Support," HBO
"The Path To 9/11: Night 2," ABC
"The Starter Wife: Part 3" USA

MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A SERIES
"American Idol: Idol Gives Back," Fox
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: # 12043," Comedy Central
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 304," ABC
"How I Met Your Mother: Robin Sparkles," CBS
"Two And A Half Men: Release The Dogs," CBS

PICTURE EDITING FOR A SPECIAL (Single or Multi-Camera)
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo," Bravo
"Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed," HBO
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC
"A Tribute To James Taylor (Great Performances)," PBS

PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
"AFI’s 100 Years....100 Cheers: America’s Most Inspiring Movies," CBS
"Deadliest Catch: The Unforgiving Sea," Discovery Channel
"Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib," HBO
"Meerkat Manor: Family Affair," Animal Planet
"Planet Earth; Mountains," Discovery Channel
"When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

PICTURE EDITING FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING
"The Amazing Race: I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing" CBS
"American Idol: Memphis Auditions" Fox
"Extreme Makeover Home Edition: The Thomas Family" ABC
"Project Runway: Iconic Statement" Bravo
"Survivor: An Evil Thought" CBS

HAIRSTYLING FOR A SERIES
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 303," ABC
"Deadwood: A Constant Throb," HBO
"Desperate Housewives: It Takes Two," ABC
"Rome • De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)," HBO
"Ugly Betty: I’m Coming Out," ABC

HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"Broken Trail," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre)," PBS

LIGHTING DIRECTION (Electronic, Multi-Camera for VMC programming)
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"American Idol: The Finale," Fox
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 308," ABC
"49th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS
"Late Night With Conan O’Brien: # 2408," NBC

MAIN TITLE DESIGN
"Dexter," Showtime
"Hu$tle," AMC
"The Lost Room," Sci Fi
"The Path To 9/11," ABC
"Standoff," Fox
"Ugly Betty, ABC

MAKEUP FOR A SERIES (Non-Prosthetic)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Fannysmackin’," CBS
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 303," ABC
"Deadwood: I Am Not The Man You Take Me For," HBO
"MADtv: Episode 1210," Fox
"Rome: De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)," HBO

MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (Non-Prosthetic)
"Broken Trail," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story Of The Mayflower," The History Channel
"Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King," TNT
"The Starter Wife," USA

PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Living Legend," CBS
"Grey’s Anatomy: My Favorite Mistake," ABC
"House: Que Sera Sera," Fox
"MADtv: Episode 1203," Fox
"Nip/Tuck: Conor McNamara," FX

**MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES** (Dramatic Underscore)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Law Of Gravity," CBS
"Ghost Whisperer: Love Never Dies," CBS
"Kidnapped: Pilot," NBC
"Planet Earth: Pole To Pole," Discovery Channel
"Rome: Philippi," HBO
"24," Fox

MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (Dramatic Underscore)
"Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs And Blockbusters," HBO
"Broken Trail," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"The Librarian: Return To King Solomon’s Mines,"TNT
"Longford," HBO
"Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King: Battleground," TNT
"The Path To 9/11," ABC

MUSIC DIRECTION
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 310," ABC
"Scrubs: My Musical," NBC
"The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)," CBS

**MUSIC AND LYRICS**
"Family Guy: Peter’s Two Dads," Song title: "My Drunken Irish Dad," Fox
"MADtv: Episode 1209," Song title: "Merry Ex-Mas," Fox
"Saturday Night Live: Host: Justin Timberlake," Song title: "Dick In A Box," NBC
"Scrubs: My Musical," Song Title: "Everything Comes Down to Poo," NBC
"Scrubs: My Musical, " Song Title: "Guy Love", NBC

MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
"Dexter," Showtime
"Hu$tle: 401, AMC
"On The Lot: 102A," Fox
"30 Rock: Hard Ball," NBC
"The Tudors: Episode 5," Showtime

SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
"Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part 2," Sci Fi
"CSI: Miami: No Man’s Land," CBS
"ER: Bloodline," NBC
"Lost: A Tale Of Two Cities," ABC
"Smallville: Zod," CW
"24: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM," Fox

SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
"Broken Trail: Night 2," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"The Librarian: Return To King Solomon’s Mines," TNT
"The Path To 9/11: Night 1," ABC
"Tsunami, The Aftermath: Part 1," HBO

SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (Single Or Multi-Camera)
"The Amazing Race: I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing," CBS
"American Masters: Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built," PBS
"Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib," HBO
"When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

SINGLE-CAMERA SOUND MIXING FOR A SERIES
"Boston Legal: Lincoln," ABC
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Living Doll," CBS
"Deadwood: A Two-Headed Beast," HBO
"Heroes: Genesis," NBC
"The Sopranos: Stage 5," HBO
"24: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM," Fox

SINGLE-CAMERA SOUND MIXING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
"Broken Trail: Night 2," AMC
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee," HBO
"Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre): Part 1," PBS
"Krakatoa: Volcano Of Destruction," Discovery Channel
"The Lost Room: The Key And The Clock (Night 1)," Sci Fi

MULTI-CAMERA SOUND MIXING FOR A SERIES OR SPECIAL
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Episode # 12061," Comedy Central
"49th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS
"The Magic Flute (Great Performances At The Met)," PBS
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC

SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR SPECIAL OR ANIMATION
"Entourage: One Day In The Valley," HBO
"My Name Is Earl: Our Cops Is On!," NBC
"The Office: The Coup," NBC
"Scrubs: My Musical," NBC
"30 Rock: Corporate Crush," NBC

SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (Single Or Multi-Camera)
"The Amazing Race: I Know Phil, Little Ol’ Gorgeous Thing," CBS
"American Masters: Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built," PBS
"Deadliest Catch: The Unforgiving Sea," Discovery Channel
"Planet Earth: Pole To Pole," Discovery Channel
"When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

**SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES**
"Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part 2," Sci Fi
"Eureka: Pilot," Sci Fi
"Grey’s Anatomy: Walk On Water," ABC
"Heroes: Five Years Gone," NBC
"Rome: Philippi," HBO

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" HBO
"Drive: The Starting Line" Fox.com
"Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Battleground" TNT
"Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King: The End Of The Whole Mess" TNT
"The Path To 9/11: Night 2" ABC
"Secrets Of The Deep" Discovery Channel

STUNT COORDINATION
"CSI: Miami: Rush," CBS
"CSI: NY: Sleight Out Of Hand," CBS
"ER: Bloodline," NBC
"Heroes: Genesis," NBC
"24: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM," Fox

TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO FOR A SERIES
"American Idol: Bon Jovi," Fox
"Dancing With The Stars: Episode 310," ABC
"Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jay Z Show," ABC
"Late Night With Conan O’Brien: # 2424," NBC
"Saturday Night Live: Host: Alec Baldwin and Musical Guest: Christina Aguilera," NBC

TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
"79th Annual Academy Awards," ABC
"American Idol: Idol Gives Back," Fox
"Comic Relief 2006, HBO,"
"Dane Cook Vicious Circle," HBO
"49th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS
"Prince Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show," CBS
"Tony Bennett: An American Classic," NBC

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN NONFICTION FILMMAKING
"Jonestown: The Life And Death Of Peoples Temple (American Experience)," PBS
"A Lion In The House (Independent Lens)," PBS
"When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts," HBO

Rebuilding HOUSE

Boo. I am very disappointed at a recent major revelation regarding the upcoming season of Fox's "HOUSE," starring Hugh Laurie. They've traded in my favorite team of young doctors with some younger models. Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Foreman (Omar Epps), and the gorgeous Chase (Jesse Spencer) are being replaced with Kal Penn ("Harold and Kumar"), Olivia Wilde ("The OC"/"The Black Donnellys"), and Anne Dudek (White Chicks). Peter Jacobson ("Starter Wife"/Transformers)has joined the cast also. As you all hopefully know, Chase was fired at the end of Season 3, followed by resignations shortly after from both Foreman and Cameron, leaving Dr. House all alone. Now, I just naturally assumed that this would all be resolved in the start of Season 4. Not so, it seems, at least not right away. They've brought in this new team of recurring characters, probably hoping to breathe new life into the series that has run its course with the current cast of characters. I understand. Plus, its Hugh Laurie that really makes the show. It's pretty smart on Fox's part to experiment with new characters in hopes of extending the show's successes. Moreover Chase, Cameron, and Foreman aren't gone forever. They'll still be popping back in from time to time in the upcoming season...I hope, anyway. Until then, they will be missed.

Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison, Omar Epps

Olivia Wilde, Kal Penn, Anne Dudek

**FUN FACT** Australian hearthrob Jesse Spencer (Chase) also starred in the aussie soap "Neighbors" that previously mentioned Michelle Ang was on. Additionally, he is engaged in real life to recent on camera sweetie Jennifer Morrison (Cameron).

You don't know who DAVE ANNABLE is??

So, I was under the false impression that everyone knew of the talented and muy caliente Dave Annable, but apparently I was wrong. After fighting with my boss for a few days over his "name value" (somehow I lost), I've decided to express my affections for him publicly. He has a sweet and goofy charm that is just adorable, plus he comes off with a certain air of intelligence and honesty, which I admire. I think he's a very respectable actor who is certainly gaining a following due to the success of ABC's "Brothers & Sisters," and even a little in part to the not-so-successful Fox show "Reunion." In a few years, hopefully he'll have so much "name value" that he's passing on MOW offers from our little cable network. Until then, best of luck!

Hear all about him on and off the set from himself and his "Reunion" cast members below:

Flight of the Conchords: A Rockin' Review

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

Okay, so the few reviews I've read of this show have been pretty negative. One writer for the Hollywood Reporter cited one of the biggest problems of the show as being "Our slacker-nerd heroes are always sweating." Well, I don't know about all that, but I'm gonna stand up for these boys. I really really liked this show. I had very low expectations going in, but following an epic episode of Entourage, I was in a particularly good mood. I found the duo of Kiwis Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement to be especially likeable in fact. Sure, they're doofy, but its in a very self-aware and satiric kind of way. As I had hoped, the best part of the series is the spontaneous breaks into song.
I mean with lyrics like "You could be a part-time model...but you'll probably still have to keep your normal job," what could possibly go wrong? I don't know how this show will fair against a judgemental and often oblivious American audience, but we'll soon find out.

"Affirmative. I poked one it was dead."