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TV on DVD: October 5, 2010

Bones Season 5 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday:

  • All in the Family (Season 7)
  • Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
  • Blue Mountain State (Season 1)
  • Bones (Season 5)
  • Cake Boss (Season 2)
  • Caprica (Season 1.0)
  • Gunsmoke (Season 4, Vol. 1)
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Season 7)
  • Medium (Season 6)
  • Monk (Complete Series)
  • SGU: Stargate Universe (Season 1)
  • Survivor: Africa (Season 3)
  • Survivor: Marquesas (Season 4)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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2010 Primetime Emmy Nominations



The road to the officially kicked off early this morning. Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara (who received a nod) and Community‘s Joel McHale (who didn’t) were the ones who had the honor of reading this year’s list of nominees.

Although - with 17 nominations - once again topped off all dramas, 30 Rock did

not

lead the comedies. did. The freshman FOX series raked in a total of 19 noms, only a handful short of the overall leader. (HBO’s miniseries, The Pacific, received 24 mentions.) 30 Rock did receive 15 nominations, though, while Modern Family followed closely behind with 14.

The August 29 ceremony - which NBC will air live on both the East and West coasts - will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon. You can see a partial list of nominees after the jump.

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TV on DVD: March 16, 2010

South Park Season 13 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday:

  • Breaking Bad (Season 2)
  • Clash of the Gods (Season 1)
  • Destination Truth (Season 1)
  • Hawaii Five-O (Season 8)
  • Holy Grail in America
  • Monk (Season 8)
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 (XVII)
  • One Piece (Season Two, Sixth Voyage)
  • Slayers Revolution (Season 4)
  • South Park (Season 13)
  • Wish Me Luck (Series 1)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (TV)

Dexter

Squeezed in between the Golden Globes broadcast and the Oscar nominations is an awards ceremony voted on solely by the actors. (So unlike the People’s Choice Awards, this actually has meaning.)

For the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, we’ll see a lot of the old and just a little bit of the new. Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of television nominees:

  • The Closer, Dexter and 30 Rock lead this year’s pack with three nominations each.
  • Despite no individual mentions, freshman comedies and Glee were both honored in the Best Ensemble category.
  • Samantha Who‘s Christina Applegate received a nomination despite starring in a canceled show.
  • received its first nom—but just for its cast, not for any single actor.

The will air Saturday, Jan. 23 on both TNT and TBS.

(You can find the full list of TV nominees after the jump. Click here for the film nominations.)

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TV on DVD: November 17, 2009

Farscape series DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • 7th Heaven (Season 9)
  • Andy Barker, P.I. (Complete Series)
  • Ben 10: Alien Force (Vol. 5)
  • Drawn Together (Complete Series)
  • Farscape (Seasons 1-4, Complete Series)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: It’s a Very Sunny Christmas
  • Monk: Best of Monk
  • Rome (Complete Series)
  • The Sopranos (Complete Series)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best Of (Volume 2)
  • Wagon Train (Season 1)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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This Week on TV (9/21-9/27)

Dancing with the Stars' Cheryl Burke and Tom DeLay

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MONDAY (9/21)

Season premieres: Accidentally on Purpose, The Big Bang Theory, Castle, CSI: Miami, Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men

  • House (FOX, 8pm):  “Season 6 begins with House as a detoxing patient at a mental hospital. He concocts an escape plan aided by his roommate and a visitor named Lydia (Franka Potente).” Run House Run!
  • How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm):  “The friends discover that Robin and Barney are secretly a couple.” He couldn’t stop talking aboot the girl he hooked up with last night.
  • Dancing with the Stars 9 (ABC, 8pm):  The opener begins with 16 celebrities including Lindsay Lohan’s ex (Aaron Carter), Shannen Doherty’s ex (Ashley Hamilton) and the ex-House Majority Leader (Tom DeLay). At least one of these guys has been disgraced.

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This Week on TV (8/3-8/9)

The cast of Psych and Monk

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MONDAY (8/3)
  • The Closer (TNT, 9pm):  “Brenda reopens a murder case when it’s surmised that a father may have offered a false confession to cover for his schizophrenic son. Sosie Bacon (daughter of and Kyra Sedgwick) guest stars.” Thanks to the Bernie Madoff scam, the whole Bacon family is now being put to work.
  • Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm):  “Jon stays home to oversee kitchen renovations while Kate and the kids head to the beach as the series returns with its first all-new episode after a five-week hiatus spurred by a marital breakup.” The show will be followed by a new series: Jon Plus His 8 Dates.
  • Making His Band (MTV, 10pm):  “The finalists move into their new pad and tensions arise between the trained musicians and those who were self-taught.” There are some who are born talented, there are some who are taught. Then there are those who buy record companies and call themselves singers.
  • Weeds (Showtime, 10pm):  “Coworkers Celia and Dean develop a new marketing scheme after discovering they have a surplus of product.” Who knew one had to create a need for weed?

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TV on DVD: July 21, 2009

Pushing Daisies Season 2 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Charlie’s Angels (Season 4)
  • Hotel (Season 1)
  • Jon and Kate Plus Eight (Season 4, Vol. 2)
  • The Lucy Show (Season 1)
  • The Mighty Boosh (Seasons 1-3)
  • Monk (Season 7)
  • Prison Break (Final Season)
  • Pushing Daisies (Season 2)
  • Psych (Season 3)
  • Robot Chicken: Star Wars - Episode II
  • Route 66 (Season 3, Vol. 1)

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2009 Primetime Emmy Nominations

2009 Emmy nominations

Bright and early this morning, Chandra Wilson and Jim Parsons announced the nominees for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

Just like last year, we saw many first-timers named and a long list of cable acknowledgements (for both pay and basic channels). Thanks to expanded categories, we also saw a number of surprises (Flight of the Conchords, ) and overdue nominations (How I Met Your Mother, Big Love).

For the second year in a row, , with its 16 nominations, topped all drama programs. Meanwhile, 30 Rock broke comedy records with a whopping 22 noms. Overall, HBO was the most-nominated network with 99 mentions while NBC - yes, NBC - came in second.

This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris on Sept. 20 on CBS.

 

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This Week on TV (1/26-2/1)

The Closer

(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)

 

MONDAY 1/26)
  • Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm):  “Jon and Kate take the kids to see their new home.” The new place comes with extra bathrooms…and a new set of parents.
  • The Closer (TNT, 9pm):  Series return. “The fate of Detective Sanchez, who was shot three times and airlifted to a hospital, is revealed.” I don’t know how Sanchez is doing, but the suspense has been killing me!
  • Bromance (MTV, 9pm):  “Brody tricks the final four into attending a fake launch party for his line of designer jeans, where he asks them to walk the red carpet in pants that are entirely too tight.” Huh. I have no idea why people think this is really a dating show.
  • Trust Me (TNT, 10pm):  Series premiere. “Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh star as two best friends working as creative partners at a top-ranked Chicago ad agency.” Kinda like , but without the booze and cigarettes. At least not in the office.

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