Bonneville, MacLaine Steal the Manor at Downton Abbey
It was beginning to look like a scene out of “Magic Mike.” At the end of a raucous and well-received presentation by the creator and cast of “Downton Abbey,” Emmy lead actor nominee Hugh Bonneville got up, turned around and started taking off some clothing. Triumphantly, Bonneville, a.k.a. Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham revealed a T-shirt that read “Free Bates,” the jailed manservant on the highly...
So Much Acting Talent, So Few Emmy Statuettes
With nominations announced by a pajama-clad Emmy host-to-be Jimmy Kimmel, this is shaping up to be one of the most competitive and fascinating competitions in years, especially when it comes to the big acting categories. The Emmy Awards are known for serial recognition of actors at the height of their game, nominating them year in and year out. Whether those people end up taking home the statuette, they are taking up valuable...
With Racial Inequality Rife on the Small Screen, One Reality Show Flaunts its Diversity
Quick. Were there any black characters on “Friends,” anyone? If so, they were background players. And not to single out a favorite comedy series, it was and is among the majority of television shows whose core Caucasian-ness is an attribute, rightly or wrongly. Diversity is an issue that has long simmered on the back burner and intermittently moves to the front, as in these early days of summer that have brought a raft of...
The Newsroom: Sorkin’s Latest Drama Goes Behind the Headlines
After an extremely successful film awards season – he won the Oscar for writing “Social Network” and co-wrote another kudo contender, “Moneyball”– Aaron Sorkin back on television, this time on HBO. No stranger to shows set in the world of television itself (“Sports Night,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”) Sorkin’s newest world revolves around “The Newsroom,” set in and around a...
Critics Crown New TV Darlings: Road to the Emmys Takes a Turn
The Critics’ Choice Awards were an important bellwether of this past winter’s plethora of film awards, anointing early favorites like “The Help” and “The Artist” that went on to be big winners at guild awards and at the Oscars. So it is with even greater momentum that two “smaller” television shows—“Homeland” and “Community”– go into the full thrush of Emmy awards season. Up against formidable...
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