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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>American Music Awards: J.Lo falls, Adam Lambert freaks out parents</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/american-idol/" rel="tag">American Idol</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/american-idol-alumni/" rel="tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="216" border="0" align="right" alt="adam lambert" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/adam-lambert.jpg" />I had the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/AmericanMusicAwards/"><em>American Music Awards</em></a> on last night in the background, and for the most part it looked like a pretty standard awards show: People wore pretty dresses, played pianos suspended by wires, wore more makeup than their wives (I'm looking at you, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/KeithUrban/">Keith Urban</a>), and simulated oral sex. Wait-- what?<br />
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Yeah, so for once, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/LadyGaga/">Lady Gaga</a>'s performance, which involved smashing a plate-glass window and setting a piano on fire wasn't the most interesting performance of the night. Instead, everyone is talking about two people: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/JenniferLopez/">Jennifer Lopez</a> and Adam Lambert. Lopez's unfortunate fall during her performance of "Louboutins" probably mortified her, but it wasn't the most awkward thing to happen during the ceremony. That distinction goes to <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/American-Idol/"><em>American Idol</em></a> runner-up <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/AdamLambert/">Adam Lambert</a>'s decidedly non-family-friendly performance.<br />
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You can check out both videos after the jump.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>American Music Awards: J.Lo falls, Adam Lambert freaks out parents</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19250480/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/23/american-music-awards-j-lo-falls-adam-lambert-freaks-out-paren/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>adam lambert</category><category>AdamLambert</category><category>amas</category><category>american music awards</category><category>AmericanMusicAwards</category><category>for your entertainment</category><category>ForYourEntertainment</category><category>jennifer lopez</category><category>JenniferLopez</category><category>keith urban</category><category>KeithUrban</category><category>lady gaga</category><category>LadyGaga</category><category>louboutins</category><dc:creator>Kona Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Emmys are coming, the Emmys are coming ... in August</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="317" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/nph.jpg" alt="neil_patrick_harris_Emmy" />There's something a little unnerving about the fact that the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/">Primetime Emmys</a> float. Not the award statuette itself. No, that would be like an anchor in the water. I'm talking about the date for the Emmys. <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/389723-NBC_Moving_Primetime_Emmys_Back_To_August.php">The 2010 Primetime Emmys will be on Sunday, August 29, on NBC</a>. The 2009 Primetime Emmys, lest you forgot already, were September 20. The date of the Emmys floats around depending on which network is broadcasting the show. <br />
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NBC has a steady date with the NFL on Sunday nights during football season. NBC <em>Football Night in America</em> in the network's top-rated show. The top. Number one. That means there's no way that the Peacock was going to give up a Sunday night game for the Primetime Emmy broadcast. <br />
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So, using their power, the network simply declared that the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be held in August. They pulled this same stunt in 2006, so the folks at NATAS (the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) weren't stunned.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Emmys are coming, the Emmys are coming ... in August</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19246188/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/19/the-emmys-are-coming-the-emmys-are-coming-in-august/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>August 2010</category><category>August2010</category><category>Emmys</category><category>Glee</category><category>NBC</category><category>Neil Patrick Harris</category><category>NeilPatrickHarris</category><category>Primetime Emmys 2010</category><category>PrimetimeEmmys2010</category><category>September 2009</category><category>September2009</category><category>telecast</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roddenberry on list of TV Hall of Fame inductees</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/roddenberry-on-list-of-tv-hall-of-fame-inductees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/roddenberry-on-list-of-tv-hall-of-fame-inductees/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/roddenberry-on-list-of-tv-hall-of-fame-inductees/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/music-and-variety/" rel="tag">Music and Variety</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/game-show/" rel="tag">Game Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/star-trek-the-next-generation/" rel="tag">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/star-trek-original-series/" rel="tag">Star Trek: Original Series</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/gene_roddenberry-1257883156.jpg" alt="" />This might sound more overdue than <em>According to Jim's</em> cancellation, but one of TV's greatest creators is getting the Hall of Fame treatment. <br />
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<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i603a2426afda5aaac7fa4718ad4d50aa"><em>Star Trek</em> creator Gene Roddenberry</a> will join the ranks of the Television Academy's Hall of Fame next year at a special induction ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. <br />
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Other inductees include Candice Bergen, production and art director Charles Lisanby, announcer Don Pardo, Tom and Dick Smothers and game show producer Bob Stewart. Is there anyone that they left off the list?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/roddenberry-on-list-of-tv-hall-of-fame-inductees/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19231283/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/10/roddenberry-on-list-of-tv-hall-of-fame-inductees/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bob stewart</category><category>BobStewart</category><category>candice bergen</category><category>CandiceBergen</category><category>charles lisanby</category><category>CharlesLisanby</category><category>don pardo</category><category>DonPardo</category><category>gene roddenberry</category><category>GeneRoddenberry</category><category>television academy hall of fame</category><category>TelevisionAcademyHallOfFame</category><category>the smothers brothers</category><category>TheSmothersBrothers</category><category>tom and dick smothers</category><category>TomAndDickSmothers</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Here's who turned down the Oscars gig</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="289" border="0" align="right" alt="Oscar" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/oscarstatue.jpg" />Allison told you yesterday that <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/">Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars</a> in 2010. But you probably guessed that others were considered too, right? Three of the people below turned down the gig. Can you guess who they were?<br />
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    <li>Tina Fey</li>
    <li>Robert Downey, Jr.</li>
    <li>Will Ferrell</li>
    <li>Whoopi Goldberg</li>
    <li>Jay Leno</li>
    <li>Ben Stiller</li>
    <li>Sean Combs</li>
    <li>Kristin Chenoweth</li>
    <li>Jerry Seinfeld</li>
    <li>me</li>
</ul><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Here's who turned down the Oscars gig</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19223556/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/04/heres-who-turned-down-the-oscars-gig/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>academy awards</category><category>academy awards host</category><category>alec baldwin</category><category>ben stiller</category><category>oscars</category><category>oscars host</category><category>robert downey jr</category><category>steve martin</category><category>tina fey</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/30-rock/" rel="tag">30 Rock</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="244" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/oscars-in-memoriam.jpg" alt="oscar_gold_statuette" />The <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/">Vegas oddsmakers were wrong about Billy Crystal</a>. He isn't hosting the Oscars. Neither is Hugh Jackman. No, today it was announced that <a href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/academy-wants-steve-martin-alex-baldwin-to-tag-team-as-oscar-hosts/">Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as cohosts of the 82nd Academy Awards</a>. Interestingly, Martin and Baldwin are costarring -- with Meryl Streep -- in the upcoming romantic comedy, <em>It's Complicated</em>.<br />
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Choosing these two guys, however, is not complicated. It's actually pretty damn clever. Both men are very funny, very comfortable in the moment -- a necessity for a complicated show like the Oscars when anything can go wrong -- and they bring a lot of good will and star power to the proceedings.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19221599/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-to-host-the-oscars/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ABC</category><category>Alec Baldwin</category><category>AlecBaldwin</category><category>cohosts</category><category>hosts</category><category>Its Complicated</category><category>ItsComplicated</category><category>Oscars</category><category>Steve Martin</category><category>SteveMartin</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who'll host the Oscars? The oddsmakers like Billy Crystal</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><a href="http://i.tvsquad.com/tag/oscars/page/4/"><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="289" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/11/oscarstatue.jpg" alt="oscar_statuette" />Oscar</a> roulette is usually played when it comes time to figure out the nominations. However, this year there seems to be a wheel of fortune spinning with the names of possible hosts for the show. Of course, the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/">folks running the show</a> have intimated that they might want to have a few stars sharing the duties. Historically, that hasn't worked out too well.<br />
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The other day when <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/">Hugh Jackman removed his name from the running</a>, I asked you for your ideas and told you that I like Kathy Griffin. Jimmy liked George Clooney and Justin Timberlake. Sancty suggested <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/08/neil-patrick-harris-saves-the-tony-awards/">Neil Patrick Harris</a>.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Who'll host the Oscars? The oddsmakers like Billy Crystal</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19219910/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/03/wholl-host-the-oscars-the-oddsmakers-like-billy-crystal/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Billy Crystal</category><category>BillyCrystal</category><category>Ellen DeGeneres</category><category>EllenDegeneres</category><category>Emmys</category><category>host</category><category>How I Met Your Mother</category><category>HowIMetYourMother</category><category>Hugh Jackman</category><category>HughJackman</category><category>Jon Stewart</category><category>JonStewart</category><category>Kathy Griffin</category><category>KathyGriffin</category><category>Neil Patrick Harris</category><category>NeilPatrickHarris</category><category>Oscar</category><category>Tina Fey</category><category>TinaFey</category><category>Tonys</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hugh Jackman says 'no thanks' to Oscar repeat</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="318" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/hugh_jackman_at_mortons2.jpg" alt="hugh_jackman_tuxedo" />So <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes">Ricky Gervais has signed to host the Golden Globes</a>, which means the pressure is on the Oscars to come up with a host or hosts equally as stellar. Or interesting. Or compelling. <br />
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One star who has removed himself from the running is last year's host, <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010590.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1&amp;nid=2564">Hugh Jackman. He will not return as Oscar host</a> when the show airs on ABC, March 7. <br />
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He's currently on Broadway in a play -- with 007 Daniel Craig -- and he "quietly turned down the job" according to sources. It's not because he was a bomb emceeing the proceedings either. He didn't do the "Oprah, Uma, Uma, Oprah" joke nor did he trip on his shoelaces in the opening number. Quite the contrary, in fact. <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/02/23/oscars-2009-what-worked-vs-what-didnt/">Hugh Jackman was a perfectly fine host</a>.<br />
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But he doesn't want to do it in 2010. Maybe he doesn't want to push his luck? Maybe he just doesn't want to work that hard.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Hugh Jackman says 'no thanks' to Oscar repeat</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19216999/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/hugh-jackman-says-no-thanks-to-oscar-repeat/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Adam Shankman</category><category>AdamShankman</category><category>Bill Mechanic</category><category>BillMechanic</category><category>dancing</category><category>Golden Globes</category><category>GoldenGlobes</category><category>Hugh Jackman</category><category>HughJackman</category><category>kathy griffin</category><category>KathyGriffin</category><category>Oscars</category><category>Ricky Gervais</category><category>RickyGervais</category><category>singing</category><category>stars</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Glee's "Don't Stop Believin'" goes gold</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/music-and-variety/" rel="tag">Music and Variety</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/glee/" rel="tag">Glee</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="265" border="0" align="right" alt="glee_group_fox" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/100_glee-.jpg" />If you have any doubt about the power of television in the selling of music and making stars, this story should convince you that there is a definite correlation. Fox's <em>Glee</em> has produced a solid gold successful single. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20091029fox02"><em>Glee</em> version of "Don't Stop Believin'" has been certified as Gold</a> in digital sales of half-a-million downloads. That's 500,000 people who've heard the song on the TV show and wanted it on their iPod or cell phone or some music playing apparatus.<br />
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"Don't Stop Believin'" was the first big song from the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/glee-an-early-look/">pilot</a>, but it's not the only song that has been popular. Seven songs from <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/glee/"><em>Glee</em></a> now occupy spots in the top 200 of iTunes' Top Songs chart. On November 3, there will be a compilation CD of the best numbers from the show, called <em>Glee: The Music, Volume 1</em>.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Glee's "Don't Stop Believin'" goes gold</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19215969/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/30/glees-dont-stop-believin-goes-gold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>000</category><category>500</category><category>Christmas</category><category>Dont Stop Believin</category><category>DontStopBelievin</category><category>Glee</category><category>gold record</category><category>GoldRecord</category><category>iTunes</category><category>music</category><category>Top 200</category><category>Top200</category><category>Wicked</category><category>wish list</category><category>WishList</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Cosby awarded Mark Twain Prize</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/27/bill-cosby-awarded-mark-twain-prize/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/27/bill-cosby-awarded-mark-twain-prize/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/27/bill-cosby-awarded-mark-twain-prize/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="216" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="Bill Cosby: Himself" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/bill_cosby_himself.jpg" id="img1" />One of America's greatest TV icons has been officially recognized as one of its greatest humorists. Yes, he's still one of the greatest TV icons, but giving him another honor for his work in TV is like giving Jay Leno a free car. <br />
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<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-10-26-cosby-twain-prize_N.htm">Bill Cosby</a> received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Monday at the Kennedy Center. <br />
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The event, set for broadcast on PBS on Nov. 4., featured presentations and words from comedy notables such as Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. It also featured a <em>Cosby Show</em> reunion of sorts with Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. It's a good thing Dr. Huxtable didn't take his boy out of the world after all.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/27/bill-cosby-awarded-mark-twain-prize/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19210511/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/27/bill-cosby-awarded-mark-twain-prize/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bill cosby</category><category>BillCosby</category><category>chris rock</category><category>ChrisRock</category><category>cosby show</category><category>CosbyShow</category><category>jerry seinfeld</category><category>JerrySeinfeld</category><category>kennedy center honors</category><category>KennedyCenterHonors</category><category>malcolm-jamal warner</category><category>Malcolm-jamalWarner</category><category>mark twain</category><category>mark twain prize</category><category>MarkTwain</category><category>MarkTwainPrize</category><category>phylicia rashad</category><category>PhyliciaRashad</category><category>the cosby show</category><category>TheCosbyShow</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brilliant! Ricky Gervais to host the Golden Globes</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-office/" rel="tag">The Office</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="272" border="0" align="right" alt="ricky_gervais_headshot" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/ricky-gervais.jpg" />During the recent broadcast of the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/Primetime+Emmys/">Primetime Emmys</a>, one of the funniest presenters was <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/ricky+gervais/">Ricky Gervais</a>. It's not surprising that Ricky was funny that night. He's a brilliant comic actor, writer and director. I say this even after suffering through <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/01/the-offices-ricky-gervais-defending-his-invention-of-lying/"><em>The Invention of Lying</em></a>, a film that had a wonderful premise but was a crappy movie. Nevertheless, I still think he's fantastic. And I will watch the <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20315410,00.html">67th Annual Golden Globes with Ricky Gervais as host</a>. <br />
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The NBC censor's finger will surely be on the button January 17, the night of the broadcast, because you could imagine Ricky getting a wee bit close to the line of what you can and cannot say on TV. Although he's probably clever enough to say or do something that the censors wouldn't get till after it airs.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Brilliant! Ricky Gervais to host the Golden Globes</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19210114/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/26/brilliant-ricky-gervais-to-host-the-golden-globes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>awards</category><category>Emmys</category><category>Golden Globes</category><category>GoldenGlobes</category><category>Hollywood Foreign Press</category><category>HollywoodForeignPress</category><category>Oscars</category><category>Primetime Emmys</category><category>PrimetimeEmmys</category><category>Ricky Gervais</category><category>RickyGervais</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>It's People's Choice Awards time again</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="260" border="0" align="right" alt="People's Choice Awards" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/07/peopleschoiceawards1.jpg" />In this age where there seems to be an awards show every three weeks, is the <a href="http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/">People's Choice Awards</a> relevant anymore (if it ever was)? More than anything else, it seems like an award based only on popularity, which is why you get some really lame nominations and winners every year.<br /> <br /> In the <a href="http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=300016">Favorite TV Comedy</a> category, <em>Gary Unmarried</em> is nominated along with shows like <em>30 Rock</em>, <em>The Office</em>, <em>Chuck</em>, and <em>How I Met Your Mother</em>. In the <a href="http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=300019">Favorite TV Comedy Actor</a> category, David Spade is nominated.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>It's People's Choice Awards time again</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19204204/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/its-peoples-choice-awards-time-again/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>30 rock</category><category>chuck</category><category>david spade</category><category>favorite tv comedy</category><category>favorite tv comedy actor</category><category>favorite tv comedy actress</category><category>favorite tv drama</category><category>favorite tv drama actor</category><category>favorite tv obsession</category><category>FavoriteTvDramaActor</category><category>gary unmarried</category><category>how i met your mother</category><category>peoples choice awards</category><category>the office</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Adam Shankman, the dancing Oscar producer</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/so-you-think-you-can-dance/" rel="tag">So You Think You Can Dance</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="289" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/oscarstatue.jpg" alt="Oscar_statuette" />Maybe they'll change the name of this year's <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/19/academy-awards-to-accept-movie-ads-for-the-first-time/">Academy Awards</a> to <em>So You Think You Can Win An Oscar</em>? Or maybe it'll be <em>Oscar, You Should Be Dancing</em>. What else can we expect now that <a href="http://insidetv.aol.com/2009/10/20/adam-shankman-bill-mechanic-producing-82nd-oscars-telecast/">Adam Shankman has been assigned to produce the Oscar broadcast</a>... with Bill Mechanic. The Bill Mechanic part is almost like fine print. (Or that cute kid Brick on <em>The Middle</em> who whispers under his breathe in a funny, creepy way. "Mechanic...")<br />
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The story here is <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/adam+shankman/">Adam Shankman</a>. He's a director/choreographer and dancer. He's a judge on the current season of <em>So You Think You Can Dance</em>. His biggest credit is <em>Hairspray</em>, one of the few movie musicals that has made it to the big screen and was a bit hit in the last decade. Shankman should bring movement, energy and -- perhaps -- dance to the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/Academy+Awards/">Academy Awards</a>?<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Adam Shankman, the dancing Oscar producer</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19203889/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/21/adam-shankman-the-dancing-oscar-producer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>2010</category><category>Academy Awards</category><category>AcademyAwards</category><category>Adam Shankman</category><category>AdamShankman</category><category>choreographer</category><category>dancing</category><category>judge</category><category>Oscars</category><category>So You Think you can dance</category><category>SoYouThinkYouCanDance</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>They're remaking Upstairs Downstairs</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="217" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/upstairsdow.jpg" alt="upstairs_downstairs_PBS" />Before <span style="font-style: italic;">Dallas</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Dynasty</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Falcon Crest</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Knots Landings</span> captured the imaginations of American viewers, there was a British soap import that was even more compelling. <br />
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From 1971-75, PBS aired the British upper crust soap Upstairs Downstairs. And now <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/remaking_upstairs_downstairs_e1rllREImkusSdwXw7ZqCL"><em>Upstairs Downstairs</em> is going to be remade</a>. It'll be filmed and shown in England first before coming to America in 2011.<br />
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What made <em>Upstairs Downstairs</em> classic television - it won Emmys, BAFTAs and Golden Globes - was the way it depicted of the British class system. Upstairs you had the rich, privileged Bellamy family. Downstairs there were the servants who worked for them. The lives of all these characters intertwined in a well-written, brilliantly acted drama series.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>They're remaking Upstairs Downstairs</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19193305/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/13/theyre-remaking-upstairs-downstairs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>1936</category><category>Beacon Hill</category><category>BeaconHill</category><category>British</category><category>CBS</category><category>Dallas</category><category>Dynasty</category><category>Emmys</category><category>Falcon Crest</category><category>FalconCrest</category><category>Golden Globes</category><category>GoldenGlobes</category><category>Jean Marsh</category><category>JeanMarsh</category><category>Knots Landing</category><category>KnotsLanding</category><category>PBC</category><category>PBS</category><category>remake</category><category>servants</category><category>soap opera</category><category>SoapOpera</category><category>turn of the century</category><category>TurnOfTheCentury</category><category>Upstairs Downstairs</category><category>UpstairsDownstairs</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Emmy-winning writer let go from Mad Men</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/mad-men/" rel="tag">Mad Men</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="247" border="0" align="right" alt="matthew_weiner_AMC" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/fashion_weiner_02.jpg" />Last month, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/mad-men-wee-small-hours/"><em>Mad Men</em></a> was celebrating winning a slew of Emmys. One of them was for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, the episode entitled <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/27/mad-men-meditations-in-an-emergency-season-finale/">"Meditations In An Emergency."</a> When <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/09/matthew-weiner-of-mad-men-the-tv-squad-interview/">creator Matthew Weiner</a> went onto the stage to grab the Emmy, with him was Kater Gordon, the co-writer of that episode. Today, <a href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/recent-emmy-winning-young-female-writer-loses-her-job-on-mad-men/">Kater Gordon was let go from <em>Mad Men</em></a>. <br />
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Are you shocked? Apparently, the industry press is. Gordon had risen from personal assistant to writer's assistant to member of the writing staff. After the Emmy, you would think that she was in like Flynn. <br />
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However, something must have gone awry or why has she been given her walking papers? And if you think it's not a dismissal, listen to this announcement from the show:<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Emmy-winning writer let go from Mad Men</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19192870/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/12/emmy-winning-writer-let-go-from-mad-men/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>AMC</category><category>Emmy-winner</category><category>Kater Gordon</category><category>KaterGordon</category><category>Mad Men</category><category>MadMen</category><category>Matt Weiner</category><category>Matthew Weiner</category><category>MatthewWeiner</category><category>MattWeiner</category><category>Meditations in an Emergency</category><category>MeditationsInAnEmergency</category><category>writer</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Simpsons are getting honored again</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/05/the-simpsons-are-getting-honored-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/05/the-simpsons-are-getting-honored-again/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/05/the-simpsons-are-getting-honored-again/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-simpsons/" rel="tag">The Simpsons</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/simpsons164-1.gif-for-web-large.jpg" alt="The Simpsons and if you don't know who they are by now, trying living in something other than a cave" /><em>The Simpsons</em> have been around for so long that one must wonder if there is an award they haven't been given yet. I mean other than that stupid, meaningless paperweight the industry calls <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/29/stewie-griffin-for-an-emmy/">the Emmy</a>. <br /> <a href="http://www.paleycenter.org/"><br /> The Paley Center for Media</a> will pay a special tribute to <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009565.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1&amp;ref=bd_tv"><em>The Simpsons</em></a> at this year's annual fundraising gala. The Center's president Pat Mitchell said they chose to honor the show because of its "tremendous impact on the television sitcom over the last 20 years and continues to influence and redefine the medium."<br /> <br /> So I guess now when the nominating committee for the Paley Center has their annual honor candidate hoedown and someone suggests <em>The Simpsons</em>, the <em>South Park</em> delegate can yell "<em>Simpsons</em> did it!"<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/05/the-simpsons-are-getting-honored-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19185140/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/10/05/the-simpsons-are-getting-honored-again/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>awards</category><category>family guy</category><category>FamilyGuy</category><category>paley center</category><category>paley center for media</category><category>PaleyCenter</category><category>PaleyCenterForMedia</category><category>the simpsons</category><category>TheSimpsons</category><dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Estelle Getty's Emmy up for sale on eBay</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/estelle-gettys-emmy-up-for-sale-on-ebay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/estelle-gettys-emmy-up-for-sale-on-ebay/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/estelle-gettys-emmy-up-for-sale-on-ebay/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Getty"><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="303" border="0" align="right" alt="The Golden Girls" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/thegoldengirlss2dvd.jpg" />Estelle Getty</a>, the matriarch of <em>The Golden Girls</em> and general wise-ass of the bunch passed away last year. Now, her family has put the Emmy she won for her role of Sophia Petrillo in that show <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008926.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1">up for sale on eBay</a>. The Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences have strict rules about such things. If the family no longer wants the award, they are supposed to return it to the Academy.<br />
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Ms. Getty's family would hardly be the first to try and raid the treasures of a dead celebrity relative for some cash. It does seem in somewhat bad taste to sell such an honor.<br />
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On the other hand, the item hasn't even received any bids yet according to the <em>Variety</em> article (although that may have changed given the increase in publicity). Is it a bigger insult to sell an Emmy or that the Emmy in question hasn't received any interest from the buying public?<br />
<br /><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/estelle-gettys-emmy-up-for-sale-on-ebay/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19169575/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/22/estelle-gettys-emmy-up-for-sale-on-ebay/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Emmy</category><category>Estelle Getty</category><category>EstelleGetty</category><category>Sophia Petrillo</category><category>SophiaPetrillo</category><category>The Golden Girls</category><category>TheGoldenGirls</category><dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jeff Probst says that The Amazing Race has won enough Emmys</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-amazing-race/" rel="tag">The Amazing Race</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/survivor/" rel="tag">Survivor</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a></p><em><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="240" border="0" align="right" alt="Jeff Probst" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/06/jeff-probst_090611.jpg" /><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/survivor/">Survivor</a> </em>host Jeff Probst won Best Reality Host last night, but the big news was when he told reporters that<em> <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-amazing-race/">The Amazing Race</a> </em>has already won for Best Reality Competition Show seven times and <a href="http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/09/amazing-race-emmys-jeff-probst-surviver-tv-news-story-article.html">should take itself out of the running</a>! <br />
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So, is this just sour grapes or does Probst have a point? Maybe Probst should go on <em>The Amazing Race</em> and Phil Keoghan should go on <em>Survivor</em> and see who can last the longest.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/#poll34653">View Poll</a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19168660/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/jeff-probst-says-that-the-amazing-race-has-won-enough-emmys/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>emmy awards</category><category>emmys</category><category>jeff probst</category><category>phil keoghan</category><category>survivor</category><category>the amazing race</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cynical Emmy rant: Jon Cryer... supporting actor?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="268" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/09/cryeremmy200-1253541401.jpg" alt="Jon Cryer accepts his Emmy" />I know people complained about this when the nominations came out, but for some reason, it just irked the hell out of me when Jon Cryer won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy.<br />
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Not that I don't think Cryer deserved an Emmy. No, he does a great job as the uptight Alan Harper on <em>Two and a Half Men</em>. And, after all the failed shows and pilots, the man once known as Duckie deserves recognition for the fine actor his is... just not as a supporting actor.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cynical Emmy rant: Jon Cryer... supporting actor?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19168288/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/21/cynical-emmy-rant-jon-cryer-supporting-actor/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>charile sheen</category><category>CharileSheen</category><category>emmys</category><category>emmys2009</category><category>jack mcbrayer</category><category>JackMcbrayer</category><category>jon cryer</category><category>JonCryer</category><category>kevin dillon</category><category>KevinDillon</category><category>neil patrick harris</category><category>NeilPatrickHarris</category><category>NPH</category><category>rainn wilson</category><category>RainnWilson</category><category>supporting actor</category><category>SupportingActor</category><category>tracy morgan</category><category>TracyMorgan</category><category>two and a half men</category><category>TwoAndAHalfMen</category><dc:creator>Joel Keller</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TV Squad Live Blogs the Emmy Awards</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-squad-live-blogging/" rel="tag">TV Squad Live Blogging</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><iframe width="450px" height="550px" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=9bfe31b125/height=550/width=450">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;task=viewaltcast&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;altcast_code=9bfe31b125" &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;TV Squad Live Blogs the Emmy Awards&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19151345/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>abc</category><category>emmy awards</category><category>emmys</category><category>emmys 2009</category><category>Emmys2009</category><category>live blog</category><category>live chat</category><category>tv squad live blog</category><category>tv squad live chat</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't forget! Join our live Emmy chat this Sunday night</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/dont-forget-join-our-live-emmy-chat-this-sunday-night/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/dont-forget-join-our-live-emmy-chat-this-sunday-night/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/dont-forget-join-our-live-emmy-chat-this-sunday-night/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/site-announcements/" rel="tag">Site Announcements</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/emmys/" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="264" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/07/emmy-award-715004.jpg" alt="Emmy Award" />It's that time of year again when they give out those figurines that signify that you are the best at what you do on television (supposedly). We have a live blog every year, but this year we're doing something a little bit different, a live chat that everyone can participate in.<br />
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Join us at 7:45 PM ET on Sunday night at the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/20/tv-squad-live-blogs-the-emmy-awards/">live chat page here</a>. We'll be using CoverItLive for the chat and if you go to that link you can sign up for an e-mail reminder before the chat starts. You'll be able to join in on the conversation with your thoughts and predictions and we'll have polls and news and links to AOL's coverage of the night. Hope to see you there!<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/dont-forget-join-our-live-emmy-chat-this-sunday-night/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/19166087/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/dont-forget-join-our-live-emmy-chat-this-sunday-night/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>abc</category><category>emmy awards</category><category>emmys</category><category>emmys2009</category><category>featured</category><category>tv squad chat</category><category>tv squad live blog</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:25:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>