The BC Bulletin
Rocktober (& November) 2011
Volume 6, Issue 10
The Emmy Awards Recap- Men Ties Record; Family, Abbey Sweep Telecast; Boardwalk Sweeps Creative Arts
Mad Men and Modern Family repeated Emmy wins from last year for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series, respectively, at the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Mad Men and Modern Family both won Emmys last year, were the seventh Drama and Comedy Series winners to repeat wins in a subsequent year, joining The Defenders and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963 & 1964), Upstairs, Downstairs and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975 & 1977), Lou Grant and Taxi (1979 & 1980), Hill Street Blues and Cheers (1983 & 1984), L.A. Law and Cheers (1989 & 1991), and most recently, Mad Men and 30 Rock (2008 & 2009).
Mad Men joined Hill Street Blues (1981-1984) and The West Wing (2000-2003) as the only three Dramas to win four consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmys. The show's only other win was for hairstyling.
Boardwalk Empire won eight Emmys, more than any other show. However, seven of those eight wins were in the Technical races. The lone win on telecast night went to Martin Scorsese for helming the show's premiere episode.
However, the Emmy telecast was known as "The Modern Family Awards", as Emmy host Jane Lynch jokingly said as the ABC family sitcom cleaned house on telecast night, winning five Emmys.
There were upsets in acting races. Lead Actor in a Drama Series went to Kyle Chandler for Friday Night Lights and Supporting Actor in a Drama went to Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones. But the biggest upsets on Emmy night occurred in the Lead Acting races for Comedy. Lead Actress went to Melissa McCarthy of Mike & Molly, CBS's sitcom about two overweight people who start dating. Lead Actor in a Comedy was expected to go to Steve Carell who left The Office for a film career. However, Carell was upset by last year's winner Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory.
The British series Downton Abbey won for Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie, upsetting the most-nominated program Mildred Pierce, who led all shows with 21 nominations, almost twice that of Abbey (which had 11). Abbey won for Writing, Directing, and Supporting Actress (Dame Maggie Smith). Pierce's two consolation Emmys on telecast night went to Kate Winslet (Lead Actress) and Guy Pearce (Supporting Actor).
The Amazing Race, after losing last year, returned to win for Outstanding Reality Competition Program, while The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series for the ninth straight year.
Here is A Man and His Awards' real-time live blogging of the Emmy Awards telecast.
Selected Winners:
Outstanding Comedy Series- Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series- Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series- Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn, Mike & Molly (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series- Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series- Justin Timberlake as Various Characters, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series- Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holiday, Glee (Fox)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series- Steve Levitan & Jeffrey Richman, "Caught in the Act", Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series- Michael Alan Spiller, "Halloween", Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series- Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series- Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor, Friday Night Lights (101)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series- Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series- Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett, Justified (F/X)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series- Paul McCrane as Josh Peyton, Harry's Law (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series- Loretta Devine as Adele Webber, Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series- Jason Katims, "Always", Friday Night Lights (101)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series- Martin Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire", Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries: Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy, The Kennedys (Reelz)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Dame Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Movie: Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie: Brian Percival, Downton Abbey- Masterpiece (PBS)
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special: The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Outstanding Reality Program: The Deadliest Catch (A&E)
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: The Amazing Race (CBS)
Outstanding Animated Program: Futurama, "The Late Philip J. Fry" (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: The Daily Show Writing Team, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: Dave Boone, Matt Roberts, and Mo Rocca, The 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: Lonny Price, Sondheim! The Birthday Concert- Great Performances (PBS)
Outstanding Reality Host: Jeff Probst, Survivor (CBS)
For more on the Emmy Awards, go to http://www.emmys.tv.
The Silver Garbage Awards- Lone Star Lassoes Competition
“Lone Star”, the first network series to be cancelled during the 2010-11 television season, and “Jersey Shore”, MTV’s popular “reality” series took home eight Silver Garbage Awards each at the 2011 Silver Garbage Awards on Saturday.
“Lone Star” was a “Dallas”-type show that was praised by critics, but was gunned down by ratings after only two episodes last September. The failed Fox drama led all programs with 28 nominations, including Worst Drama and Worst New Show. “Lone Star” corraled the Worst Drama Series Prize, along with four new first-year acting races.
“While the show did have potential, the ratings did speak,” said Bryan Curtiss, the founder of the Silver Garbage Awards. “It’s the low ratings and low critical acclaim that tell the story of this awards show, and ‘Lone Star’ was gunned down by all of that.”
“Jersey Shore” won Worst Reality Show, and took home three of the four main Drama acting races.
“It’s easy to tell that ‘Jersey Shore’ is scripted,” said Curtiss. “It’s about eight clueless people from New Jersey who are acting like total idiots. It makes the state of New Jersey look bad.”
“Jersey Shore” won Worst Actress (Snooki), Worst Supporting Actor (The Situation), and Worst Supporting Actress (Deena), as well as Worst Performance by a Cast in a Drama.
Last year, “The Jay Leno Show” pulled off a big upset in the Worst Comedy Series race. This year, “The Paul Reiser Show” did just the same, winning seven Silver Garbage Awards, including Worst Comedy Series and Worst Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Amy Landecker, who played Reiser’s wife).
“The problem with ‘The Paul Reiser Show’ was that it wasn’t funny. It tried to be the next ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, but the show was painfully bad. I had to go out drinking after I watched an episode to erase the bad memory of that show,” Curtiss said.
The sentimental favorite in the Comedy race was “Two and a Half Men”, which begins its ninth season on Sept. 19. This long-running sitcom made headlines for all the wrong reasons, when showrunner Chuck Lorre fired star Charlie Sheen for his antics. Sheen, who won for Guest Actor for his appearance on “Drew Carey’s Improv-A-Ganza” at the Creative Arts Bryan Awards, easily snagged the Worst Actor in a Comedy Race.
“Once Sheen’s antics were too much, we all knew that this award belonged to nobody else,” Curtiss said. The only other win for this show came for co-star Jon Cryer in the Supporting Actor race. Sheen’s ex-wife, Denise Richards won for Worst Guest Actress for “Blue Mountain State” at the Creative Arts Bryan Awards on Sept. 9.
Worst Actor in a Drama went to Jerry O’Connell for “The Defenders”, making O’Connell the first-ever person to snag home Silver Garbage Awards for Lead Acting in Comedy and Drama.
Worst Actress in a Comedy went to the female cast of “Perfect Couples”. Worst Guest Actor in a Drama went to Skeet Ulrich for his cameo on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and Worst Guest Actress in a Drama went to Kate Gosselin for her appearance on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”.
The Silver Garbage Award winners are announced always on the eve of the telecast for the Primetime Emmy Awards. This year, Curtiss announced the winners, while mumbling aloud in Downtown Columbus at a community festival honoring the creative and entrepreneurial community of Columbus. The Creative Arts Silver Garbage Award winners were announced on Sept. 9, the day before the Creative Arts Emmys, which were held on Sept. 10. Next year, the Series, Lead, Supporting, and Guest Acting races will all have six nominees.
To view a complete list of winners, go to http://thebryanawards.bravehost.com/Silver_Garbage_Awards/2011awards.html.
Silver Garbage 2012 Watch- The First Two Victims Are....
The Playboy Club. The NBC series about Playboy Bunnies at a Club in 1961 was cancelled on October 4, after only three episodes. The failed show was crowned the dubious honor of being the first victim of the fall lineup. Past shows with this honor have included Lone Star, The Beautiful Life: TBL, Happy Hour, Viva, Laughlin!, and Do Not Disturb- all failures (three of those aforementioned shows were on Fox).
Free Agents. On the same day that NBC pulled the plug on The Playboy Club, Agents star Hank Azaria led a campaign on Twitter to save the show. The ratings did not improve after a steep weekly decline. The show, based off the British series, was about two public relations execs (Azaria and Kathryn Hahn) who hook up after finding each other suddenly single. Agents is the first Comedy to bite the dust this year. The other two NBC freshman sitcoms, to add insult to Agents injury- Whitney, and Agents' lead-in Up All Night, both got picked up for full season orders.
Who is next?
- Charlie's Angels: NBC was wise on passing up on Wonder Woman. ABC should have done the same with the remake of this Aaron Spelling classic.
If the Silver Garbage Nominees were Announced Today:
Here is who would be nominated in the 12 major categories if the nominees were announced right now. If the nominees were announced today, here is what some of the nominees would be like. Keep in mind, not all of these categories will have at least six contenders, let alone one contender, as we're barely a month into the fall television season.
WORST COMEDY SERIES:
Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
Free Agents (NBC)
How To Be A Gentleman (CBS)
Suburgatory (ABC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Weeds (Showtime)
WORST DRAMA SERIES:
Army Wives (Lifetime)
Charlie's Angels (ABC)
A Gifted Man (CBS)
NCIS (CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
The Playboy Club (NBC)
WORST NEW SERIES:
Charlie's Angels (ABC)
The Chew (ABC)
Free Agents (NBC)
A Gifted Man (CBS)
The Playboy Club (NBC)
Whitney (NBC)
WORST REMAKE OR SPIN-OFF:
Charlie's Angels (ABC)
The Chew (ABC)
Free Agents (NBC)
The Playboy Club (NBC)
Suburgatory (ABC)
Terra Nova (Fox)
WORST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Hank Azaria (Free Agents, NBC)
Kevin Dillon (How to Be a Gentleman, CBS)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
WORST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime)
Kathryn Hahn (Free Agents, NBC)
Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, Showtime)
Whitney Cummings (Whitney, NBC)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Anthony Head (Free Agents, NBC)
Al Madrigal (Free Agents, NBC)
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Chris D'Elia (Whitney, NBC)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime)
Kate Levering (Drop Dead Diva, Lifetime)
Natasha Leggero (Free Agents, NBC)
Conchata Ferrell (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Jane Kaczmarek (Whitney, NBC)
WORST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Patrick Wilson (A Gifted Man, CBS)
Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-O, CBS)
The Situation (Jersey Shore, MTV)
LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS)
Chris O'Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS)
Eddie Cibrian (The Playboy Club, NBC)
WORST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
The Army Wives (Army Wives, Lifetime)
Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels, ABC)
Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe, TNT)
Snooki (Jersey Shore, MTV)
Amber Heard (The Playboy Club, NBC)
Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable, CBS)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Drew Fuller (Army Wives, Lifetime)
Marc Anthony (HawthoRNe, TNT)
David Krumholtz (The Playboy Club, NBC)
Sean Maher (The Playboy Club, NBC)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Laura Benanti (The Playboy Club, NBC)
Naturi Naughton (The Playboy Club, NBC)
Leah Renee (The Playboy Club, NBC)
Bryan Awards 2012 Watch- If The Nominees Were Announced Today
If the nominees were announced today, here is what some of the nominees would be like. Keep in mind, not all of these categories will have at least six contenders, let alone one contender, as we're barely a month into the fall television season.
BEST COMEDY SERIES:
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Glee (Fox)
Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Modern Family (ABC)
New Girl (Fox)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
BEST DRAMA SERIES:
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
Prime Suspect (NBC)
BEST NEW SERIES:
American Horror Story (F/X)
Enlightened (HBO)
Happily Divorced (TV Land)
Homeland (Showtime)
New Girl (Fox)
Pan-Am (ABC)
Prime Suspect (NBC)
2 Broke Girls (CBS)
Up All Night (NBC)
The X-Factor (Fox)
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Johnny Galecki & Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, CBS)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO)
Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Laura Linney (The Big C, Showtime)
Fran Drescher (Happily Divorced, TV Land)
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly, CBS)
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, Fox)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope, Fox)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, CBS)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family, ABC)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family, ABC)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family, ABC)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family, ABC)
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, NBC)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Jane Lynch (Glee, Fox)
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland, TV Land)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family, ABC)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family, ABC)
BEST YOUNGER ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Gabriel Basso (The Big C, Showtime)
Chris Colfer (Glee, Fox)
Darren Criss (Glee, Fox)
Nolan Gould (Modern Family, ABC)
Rico Rodriguez II (Modern Family, ABC)
BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Lea Michele (Glee, Fox)
Heather Morris (Glee, Fox)
Amber Riley (Glee, Fox)
Beth Behrs (Two Broke Girls, CBS)
Kat Dennings (Two Broke Girls, CBS)
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, AMC)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Showtime)
Peter Krause (Parenthood, NBC)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, CBS)
Lauren Graham (Parenthood, NBC)
Maria Bello (Prime Suspect, NBC)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Michael Stuhlbarg (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Josh Charles (The Good Wife, CBS)
Dax Shepard (Parenthood, NBC)
Brian F. O'Byrne (Prime Suspect, NBC)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, HBO)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife, CBS)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife, CBS)
Monica Potter (Parenthood, NBC)
BEST YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Miles Heizer (Parenthood, NBC)
BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Sarah Ramos (Parenthood, NBC)
Mae Whitman (Parenthood, NBC)
Emily Van Camp (Revenge, ABC)
In the Next BC Bulletin:
- Christmas Central
- Silver Garbage Watch 2012: Which Shows Are In Danger of Being Nominees