Finally! After a year of waiting due to the writer’s strike, Fox’s hit tv show ‘24′ returns for season 7. The four hour season premiere, broken into 2 two hour episodes, starts Sunday January 11 and ends Monday January 12 both at 8 p.m. To wet the appetite of starving fans who have been waiting since May 2007 for the follow up season, Fox will air the first ‘24′ movie on November 23rd. Set the DVRs!!
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.
Outstanding drama series
Boston Legal (ABC)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding comedy series
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Outstanding miniseries
The Andromeda Strain (A&E)
Cranford (PBS)
John Adams (HBO)
Tin Man (Sci Fi Channel)
Outstanding 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)
Recount (HBO)
Outstanding variety, music or comedy series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Lead actor in a comedy series
Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)
Steve Carell, The Office (NBC)
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Lead actor in a drama series
James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
Hugh Laurie, House (Fox)
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Lead actor in a miniseries or movie
Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (HBO)
Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, Recount (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson, Recount (HBO)
Lead actress in a comedy series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty (ABC)
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds (Showtime)
Lead actress in a drama series
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)
Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
Lead actress in a miniseries or movie
Catherine Keener, An American Crime (Showtime)
Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris (HBO)
Judi Dench, Cranford (PBS)
Laura Linney, John Adams (HBO)
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)
Kevin Dillon, Entourage (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Rainn Wilson, The Office (NBC)
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Supporting actor in a drama series
William Shatner, Boston Legal (ABC)
Ted Danson, Damages (FX)
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages (FX)
Michael Emerson, Lost (ABC)
John Slattery, Mad Men (AMC)
Supporting actor in a miniseries or movie
David Morse, John Adams (HBO)
Stephen Dillane, John Adams (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (HBO)
Denis Leary, Recount (HBO)
Bob Balaban, Recount (HBO)
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (ABC)
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty (ABC)
Supporting actress in a drama series
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)
Supporting actress in a miniseries or movie
Eileen Atkins, Cranford (PBS)
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)
Guest actor in a comedy series
Shelley Berman, Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Rip Torn, 30 Rock (NBC)
Will Arnett, 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Buscemi, 30 Rock (NBC)
Tim Conway, 30 Rock (NBC)
Guest actor in a drama series
Stanley Tucci, ER (NBC)
Glynn Turman, In Treatment (HBO)
Robin Williams, Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Robert Morse, Mad Men (AMC)
Oliver Platt, Nip/Tuck (FX)
Charles Durning, Rescue Me (FX)
Guest actress in a comedy series
Polly Bergen, Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Sarah Silverman, Monk (USA)
Carrie Fisher, 30 Rock (NBC)
Edie Falco, 30 Rock (NBC)
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock (NBC)
Guest actress in a drama series
Ellen Burstyn, Big Love (HBO)
Diahann Carroll, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Cynthia Nixon, Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
Anjelica Huston, Medium (NBC)
Sharon Gless, Nip/Tuck (FX)
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)
Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (HBO)
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Host for a reality or reality-competition program
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol (Fox)
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal (NBC)
Heidi Klum, Project Runway (Bravo)
Jeff Probst, Survivor (CBS)
Directing for a comedy series
Entourage — No Cannes Do; Dan Attias, director
Flight of the Conchords — Sally Returns; James Bobin, director
The Office — Money (Parts 1 & 2); Paul Lieberstein, director
The Office — Goodbye, Toby; Paul Feig, director
Pushing Daisies — Pie-Lette; Barry Sonnenfeld, director
30 Rock — Rosemary’s Baby; Michael Engler, director
Directing for a drama series
Boston Legal — The Mighty Rogues; Arlene Sanford, director
Breaking Bad — Pilot; Vince Gilligan, director
Damages — Pilot; Allen Coulter, director
House — House’s Head; Greg Yaitanes, director
Mad Men — Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pilot); Alan Taylor, director
Outstanding animated program (less than one hour)
Creature Comforts America (CBS)
King of the Hill (Fox)
Robot Chicken (Cartoon Network)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Outstanding animated program (one hour or more)
Blue Harvest (Fox)
Imaginationland (Comedy Central)
Justice League: The New Frontier (Warner Bros. on Demand)
If you missed the live show Tuesday night, it re-airs tonight @ 8 p.m. on B.E.T.
In almost particular order: (I am not hating, just telling like it is.)
Usher, what happened? Looks like Chris Brown stole your music career. Weezy probably saw your rehearsal and told B that they need to skip doing Love in the Club Part II. I’ll get back to Chris Brown later.
D.L. Hughley was so random with his jokes, that it made them unfunny. Just make Monique a permanent host.
Terrence Howard, no offense but you looked creepy. A man with a guitar is suppose to make the ladies swoon not run in the opposite direction. I am concerned for you upcoming album sales but I think I have come to the conclusion you are just creepy in general. Baby wipes anyone.
There I was all proud that Keisha Cole was finally doing a classy performance gown and all. Then Keisha goes and rips off the sheet and starts to channel Mary J circa Real Love. When that wasn’t enough Lil’ Kim comes out and the whole thing really goes south. It looked and SOUNDED like amateur night at the Apollo Theater. Hot mess.
Maybe Kanye brought Weezy up because he knew he shouldn’t have won. Yeah I think that it’s.
The best thing about Neyo’s performance was the Jambawakes , not Neyo.
RIP Pimp C. I was scared of your wife through the T.V. Congrats UGK.
T-pain should release a greatest featuring T-Pain album because that is basically what he performed. Best part was Big Boi and Ludacris. Yeah I know he produced all the songs too, but let me have my fun.
Oh yeah Rick Ross, zip it up. No one wanted to see that. One more thing, why do you have your whole face on a gold chain? Isn’t that heavy. Flo Rida was no better with the whole state of Florida gold plated.
Niecy Nash, you wrong for that.
Maybe someone should have called child protective services because something seemed wrong to have Keisha gyrating to Chris Brown. Didn’t Rihanna look uncomfortable when Ciara hit the stage? I thought they were just friends. Maybe Chris doesn’t know because he knew and was singing along when Rih hit the stage. Oh note to Chris. How can you be out of breath singing a slow song? Usher might just have a chance to reclaim is career from you.
Al Green was the best performance of the show. He had a flash back to his hey days and turned it out.
Hi Maxwell! What rock did they get you from under? Missed ya.
Nelly. We are in 2008 not 2004. Fergie was your saving grace.
Weezy closing out the show was great, but the ending was weird. Weezy’s album sold over a miliion in it’s first week, so his ending can be weird if that is the way he wanted it to be.
Yesterday, internet blogs went wild with news that Courteney Cox’s show on the FX Channel, Dirt, was not returning for a third season. It seemed that is was one of the causalities of the writer’s strike from the beginning of the year. Courteney herself broke the news. Problems is FX didn’t know. Emily Yahr from the Washington Post contacted the network asking them about the cancellation.
That has not been made official
Washington Post, Style Section C7, The TV Column. Print Edition 6/10/2008
That was the answer from the network. Maybe Courteney and her husband David Arquette, who was a producer of the show, were through with Dirt and that was their way of letting the network know. They are both very talented actors/producers so I am sure they will be just fine in whatever future endevours they have.
Fox instead went all colorful on us.
ABC announced their Fall 2008-2009 Line Up.
CBS announced their line up for the 2008-2009 season.
Mid Season Shows
Rules of Engagement
Harper’s Island
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