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COMEDY SERIES
WINNER: “30 Rock” (NBC)
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Entourage” (HBO)
“The Office” (NBC)
“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)

DRAMA SERIES
“Boston Legal” (ABC)
“Damages” (FX)
“Dexter” (Showtime)
“House” (Fox)
“Lost” (ABC)
WINNER: “Mad Men” (AMC)

MINISERIES
“The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
“Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
WINNER: “John Adams” (HBO)
“Tin Man” (Sci Fi Channel)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
WINNER: Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock” (NBC)
Steve Carell - “The Office” (NBC)
Lee Pace - “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Charlie Sheen - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub - “Monk” (USA)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne - “In Treatment” (HBO)
WINNER: Bryan Cranston - “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
Michael C. Hall - “Dexter” (Showtime)
Jon Hamm - “Mad Men” (AMC)
Hugh Laurie - “House” (Fox)
James Spader - “Boston Legal” (ABC)

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christina Applegate - “Samantha Who?”(ABC)
America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
WINNER: Tina Fey - “30 Rock” (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - “New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker - “Weeds” (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
WINNER: Glenn Close - “Damages” (FX)
Sally Field - “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay - “Law and Order: SVU” (NBC)
Holly Hunter - “Saving Grace” (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick - “The Closer” (TNT)

REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron - “Dancing With the Stars”
Heidi Klum - “Project Runway”
Howie Mandel - “Deal or No Deal”
WINNER: Jeff Probst - “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest - “American Idol”

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Bernard And Doris” - (HBO)
“Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” - (HBO) ”
“The Memory Keeper?s Daughter” - (Lifetime)
“A Raisin In The Sun” - (ABC)
WINNER: “Recount” - (HBO)

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Amazing Race” - (CBS)
“American Idol” - (FOX)
“Dancing With The Stars” - (ABC)
“Project Runway” - (Bravo)
“Top Chef” - (Bravo)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Ralph Fiennes - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Ricky Gervais - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
WINNER: Paul Giamatti - “John Adams” (HBO)
Kevin Spacey - “Recount” (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson - “Recount” (HBO)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Catherine Keener - “An American Crime” (Showtime)
Susan Sarandon - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Dame Judi Dench - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
WINNER: Laura Linney - “John Adams” (HBO)
Phylicia Rashad - “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Cryer - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Kevin Dillon - “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris - “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
WINNER: Jeremy Piven - “Entourage” (HBO)
Rainn Wilson - “The Office” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Ted Danson - “Damages” (FX)
Michael Emerson - “Lost” (ABC)
WINNER: Zeljko Ivanek - “Damages” (FX)
William Shatner - “Boston Legal” (ABC)
John Slattery - “Mad Men” (AMC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
David Morse - “John Adams” (HBO)
Stephen Dillane - “John Adams” (HBO)
WINNER: Tom Wilkinson - “John Adams” (HBO)
Denis Leary - “Recount” (HBO)
Bob Balaban - “Recount” (HBO)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth - “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Amy Poehler - “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
WINNER: Jean Smart - “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
Holland Taylor - “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Vanessa Williams - “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Candice Bergen - “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths - “Brothers and Sisters” (ABC) )
Sandra Oh - “Grey?s Anatomy” (ABC)
WINNER: Dianne Wiest - “In Treatment” (HBO)
Chandra Wilson - “Grey?s Anatomy” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
WINNER: Eileen Atkins - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
Ashley Jensen - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Alfre Woodard - “Pictures Of Hollis Woods” (CBS)
Audra McDonald - “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)
Laura Dern - “Recount” (HBO)

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Jon Stewart - “80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
Stephen Colbert - “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
David Letterman - “Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)
WINNER: Don Rickles - “Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project” (HBO)
Tina Fey - “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
Dan Attias, “Entourage” (”No Cannes Do”)
James Bobin, “Flight Of The Conchords” (”Sally Returns”)
Michael Engler, “30 Rock” (”Rosemary?s Baby”)
Paul Feig, “The Office” (”Goodbye, Toby”)
Paul Lieberstein, “The Office” (”Money: Parts 1 & 2″)
WINNER: Barry Sonnenfeld, “Pushing Daisies” (”Pie-Lette”)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
Allen Coulter, “Damages” (pilot)
Vince Gilligan, “Breaking Bad” (pilot)
Arlene Sanford, “Boston Legal” (”The Mighty Rogues”)
Alan Taylor, “Mad Men” (”Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”)
WINNER: Greg Yaitanes, “House” (”House?s Head”)

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: Louis J. Horvitz - “80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
Jim Hoskinson - “The Colbert Report” (#4051) (Comedy Central)
Don Roy King - “Saturday Night Live” (Host: Tina Fey) (NBC)
Lonny Price - “Company” (Great Performances) (PBS)
Chuck O?Neil - “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (#13050) (Comedy Central)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Bob Balaban - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Tom Hooper - “John Adams” (HBO)
Mikael Salomon - “The Company” (TNT)
WINNER: Jay Roach - “Recount” (HBO)

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” - (Comedy Central)
WINNER: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” - (Comedy Central)
“Late Show With David Letterman” - (CBS)
“Real Time With Bill Maher” - (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” - (NBC)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - NOT-EXCLUSIVELY-MADE-FOR-TELEVISION VARIETY, MUSIC, COMEDY EVENT PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago” (Great Performances) - (PBS)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM — CLASSICAL MUSIC/DANCE PROGRAMS
WINNER: “New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly” (Live From Lincoln Center) - (PBS)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT LIVE-ACTION ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Battlestar Galactica: Razor Featurette #4″ - (Sci Fi Channel.com)
“Friday Night Lights: Spotlight On Austin” - (NBC.com)
“Lost: Missing Pieces” - (ABC.com)
“Sarah Silverman Program Nugget” - (Comedycentral.com)
“30 Rock: Kenneth The Web Page” - (NBC.com)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAMS
WINNER: “Camp Lazlo” (”Lazlo?s First Crush”) (Cartoon Network)
“Chowder” - (”Burple Nurples”) (Cartoon Network)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - SHORT-FORMAT NONFICTION PROGRAMS
“Deadliest Catch: The Real Dutch” (Discovery.com)
WINNER: “Great Moments From The Campaign Trail” (History ChannelVOD)
“Jay Leno?s Garage” (Jaylenosgarage.com)

SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM - AWARDS PROGRAMS
“80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC)
WINNER: “The 61st Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

NONFICTION SPECIAL
“AFI?s 100 Years…100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition” - (CBS)
“Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq” - (HBO)
WINNER: “Autism: The Musical” - (HBO)
“Pioneers Of Television - Late Night: Johnny, Jack, Steve, And Merv” - (PBS)

NONFICTION SERIES
WINNER: “American Masters” - (PBS)
“Biography” - (Biography Channel)
“Deadliest Catch” - (Discovery Channel)
“Inside The Actors Studio” - (Bravo)
WINNER: “This American Life” - (Showtime)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie - “Flight Of The Conchords” (”Yoko”) (HBO)
Jack Burditt - “30 Rock” (”Rosemary?s Baby”) (NBC)
Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky - “The Office” (”Dinner Party”) (NBC)
WINNER: Tina Fey - “30 Rock”(”Cooter”) (NBC)
Bryan Fuller - “Pushing Daisies” (”Pie-Lette”) (ABC)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
Michael Angeli - “Battlestar Galactica” - (”Six Of One”) (Sci Fi Channel)
Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman - “Damages” (”Pilot”) (FX Networks)
WINNER: Matthew Weiner - “Mad Men” (”Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” - Pilot) (AMC)
Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith - “Mad Men” (”The Wheel”) (AMC)
David Simon, (teleplay), Ed Burns - “The Wire” (“30″) (HBO)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
WINNER: “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) - Tom Purcell (head Writer), Stephen Colbert, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Bryan Adams, Barry Julien
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) - Steve Bodow (head Writer), Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, David Javerbaum, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart
“Late Night With Conan O?Brien” (NBC) - Mike Sweeney (head Writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O?Brien, Matt O?Brien, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
“Late Show With David Letterman”(CBS) - Eric Stangel (head Writer), Justin Stangel, (head Writer), Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie, Steve Young, Tom Ruprecht, Lee Ellenberg, Matt Roberts, Jeremy Weiner, Joe Grossman, Bill Scheft, Bob Borden, Frank Sebastiano, David Letterman
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) - Seth Meyers (head Writer), Andrew Steele (head Writer), Paula Pell (head Writer), Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jon Lutz, Lorne Michaels, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Robert Carlock (additional sketch), Lauren Pomerantz (additional sketch)

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Hugh Costello - “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
WINNER: Kirk Ellis - “John Adams” (“Independence”) (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant - “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Heidi Thomas - “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
Danny Strong - “Recount” (HBO)

WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING
Jeff Grogan - “Intervention” (A&E)
David de Vries - “Life After People” (History Channel)
Ira Glass - “This American Life” (“Escape”) (Showtime)
WINNER: Geoffrey C. Ward - “The War” (”Pride Of Our Nation”) (PBS)
Mark Zwonitzer - “Walt Whitman” (“American Experience”) (PBS)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATE
Sept. 19 - Sept. 21

Weekend
Box Office
1. Lakeview Terrace (SONY) 2,464 $15,600,000
2. Burn After Reading (FOCUS) 2,657 $11,300,000
3. My Best Friend’s Girl (LIONSGATE) 2,604 $8,300,000
4. Igor (MGM/EXODUS FILM GROUP) 2,339 $8,000,000
5. Righteous Kill (OVERTURE FILMS) 3,152 $7,700,000
6. Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (LIONSGATE) 2,070 $7,500,000
7. The Women (PICTUREHOUSE) 2,995 $5,300,000
8. Ghost Town (DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT) 1,505 $5,200,000
9. The Dark Knight (WARNER BROS.) 1,905 $2,900,000
10. The House Bunny (SONY) 2,675 $2,800,000
in millions of dollars

Variety

Weekend
Box Office
1. Burn After Reading (FOCUS) 2,651 $19,400,000
2. Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (LIONSGATE) 2,070 $18,000,000
3. Righteous Kill (OVERTURE FILMS) 3,152 $16,500,000
4. The Women (PICTUREHOUSE) 2,962 $10,000,000
5. The House Bunny (SONY) 2,763 $4,300,000
6. Tropic Thunder (DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT) 2,927 $4,200,000
7. The Dark Knight (WARNER BROS.) 2,191 $4,000,000
8. Bangkok Dangerous (LIONSGATE) 2,654 $2,400,000
9. Traitor (OVERTURE FILMS) 2,014 $2,100,000
10. Death Race (UNIVERSAL) 2,007 $2,000,000

Variety

In case you don’t already know, actress Jennifer Aniston will be appearing on an episode of NBC’s 30 Rock in the upcoming season, which starts October 30th.  What you may not know is that she will be appearing in webisodes on the show too according to New York’s dBusiness News. Cool beans!  Also this may mean Jennifer could be shooting more 30 Rock episodes in the near future and she will be if the budget allows.

Now the “30 Rock” worm turns once again as it was announced by the show’s producers that Aniston’s stalker character – a down-and-out Chicago-based talk show host that the show’s writers call “a female Jerry Springer” — will have her own set of stalkers on the show who will pursue her through a number of prime-time NBC shows and in some innovative Internet-only episodes reminiscent of Federico Fellini, Tim Burton and “Hairspray’s” John Waters.

 

“It’s a bizarre-yet-commercial plot twist designed to take the show in an innovative-yet-lucrative multiplatform direction,” says Fey, the show’s executive producer. “Our intention is to make television industry history while at the same time avoiding potentially injurious FCC fines.”

It only gets better from there

According to Fey, the original “30 Rock” stalker plotline had been in the news so often in real life that it risked being labeled “derivative,” “generic” – “and even lazy.”

 

Instead, in an original plot twist that Fey likens to “peanut butter meets chocolate,” Anniston will not only “stalk” but be “stalked” by a team of down-and-out D-list comedians attempting to create their own reality TV show through product placement revenues from a brand-name suppository firm that has agreed to be their sponsor.

 

“Once her own habit of stalking celebrities is accidentally revealed, Jennifer’s character unwittingly becomes the star of a faux-reality show in which she in turn is stalked by this group of low-life comedians whose goal is to commit some kind of product placement upon her for this suppository firm that is paying their bills,” says Fey, who quickly adds that in real life the sponsor will “probably be Cheetos or someone like that.”

So in other words to completely follow the story line you have to not only watch on t.v. but also get online and watch the webisodes. NBC might be on a break through. Watch as the other networks try to play catch up.  I think it’s a great idea and keeps NBC as being one of the networks that always keeps it fresh and it could be the beginnings of seeing the return of NBC’s domination of Thursday Nights.