Nominations for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the verdicts are clear. AMC is latest cable-network darling to catch the eye of the voters, with "Mad Men" getting more than twice as many nominations as any other drama series, and with "Breaking Bad" being noticed, too...

2008

Jul

UPDATE: EVIL TRIUMPHS, "DR. HORRIBLE" BACK UP AND RUNNING By David Bianculli

Yesterday I raved about Joss Whedon's new online musical serial comedy, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," and urged people to check it out. Boy, am I influential. An hour later, because of a flood of interest overwhelming the site's servers, the website crashed...

2008

Jul

JOSS WHEDON'S "DR. HORRIBLE" IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED By David Bianculli

After a day devoted to Fox -- where we saw what's likely to be the best new show for fall from the broadcast networks (Fringe), sat through a surprisingly civil Fox News press conference (featuring Karl Rove) and tried to pry plot points out of largely reluctant representatives for "24" and "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- an entertaining jolt arrived from outside the TV press tour umbrella...

2008

Jul

TCA PRESS TOUR: 'THE SHIELD' FINALE ROCKS THE HOUSE; 'SONS OF ANARCHY' PLAYS THE ENCORE By Diane Werts

FX' newest drama is called Sons of Anarchy, but it might as well be called Son of The Shield. And if you look at the entirety of TV today, you're seeing Sons of The Shield...

2008

Jul

"FRINGE" IS FABULOUS: J. J. ABRAMS AND COMPANY DO IT AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR FOX By David Bianculli

"Fringe," the new paranormal Fox drama series from J.J. Abrams and company, finally was screened for TV critics, long after an incomplete rough cut surfaced on the Internet. After seeing the finished pilot and interviewing the show's creators and cast, I can report the good news that Fringe is off to a fabulous start, and seems to know precisely where it's headed. The bad news? There is no bad news...

2008

Jul

REOPENING "THE CLOSER," TRYING TO SAVE "GRACE," DIVING INTO TCA PRESS TOUR By David Bianculli

Before lunch in Los Angeles today, Fox is holding a press conference tied to the most anticipated series of the fall: "Fringe," the new series co-created by J.J. Abrams of "Lost." So check back around 3 p.m. ET, and I'll provide breaking coverage of what I expect will be the biggest hit of the opening half of the 2008-09 TV season.

2008

Jul

TCA: DENNIS HOPPER GOES 'CRASH' By Diane Werts

Here's how to make people pay attention to your ho-hum cable channel: Give them quality programming. FX did it with The Shield. TNT did it with The Closer. Now Starz has a series inspired by 2005's Oscar-winning best picture Crash...

2008

Jul

TCA PRESS TOUR: HBO'S 'TRUE BLOOD' By Diane Werts

So now we've had our first true network presentation here at this summer's Television Critics Association press tour. Oh, wait -- the presenter was HBO..

2008

Jul

HBO'S "GENERATION KILL" CAUGHT BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE By David Bianculli

"Generation Kill," the new HBO miniseries beginning Sunday night at 9 ET, aims to do for the current war in Iraq what the same network's "Band of Brothers" miniseries did for WWII: dramatize it from the ground up, from grunt level, to approximate the confusion, boredom, bravery, fear, humor, tension, ineptitude, trust, triumph and tragedy of war.

2008

Jul

TCA PRESS TOUR: CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE, WITH NOTE PADS?... AND AN UPDATE! By David Bianculli

Since I'm not joining the Television Critics Association press tour until Monday, I've been relying on phone calls, press accounts and dispatches from TV WORTH WATCHING's own Diane Werts to learn about the Big Buzz this year. And so far, by all accounts, the Big Buzz appears to be generating around... wait for it... the TCA Press Tour itself...

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