If the mission of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association was to quell any potential negative press that may-or-may-not have arisen as a result of the creation of yet another televised award show by announcing a list of incredibly deserving nominees, well… Mission Accomplished! No really. Thanks to some much deserved recognition to the likes of FRINGE’s John Noble and Anna Torv, THE MIDDLE’s Eden Sher and RAISING HOPE’s Martha Plimpton (among others), we’ve already cleared our schedule and bookmarked VH1.com (which will be streaming the show live from Beverly Hills) in anticipation of the June 20th CRITICS’ CHOICE TELEVISION AWARDS. The complete list of nominees from which can be found after the jump. [Read more…]
New Rule: If Hart Hanson isn’t prepared to allow Booth and Brennan to go you know where during the upcoming sixth season finale of BONES appropriately titled “The Change in the Game,” he better have a really good reason as to why not. What’s more, said reason must not involve another person of the opposite sex getting in between them… again.
New Rule: GENERAL HOSPITAL can’t put another child in jeopardy for at least six months. Jake being run down and killed, Brenda’s son going missing. Soaps are a genre aimed at women, and no mother wants to be “entertained” by tales involving kidnapped children.
New Rule: If Network bean counters are going to insist on continuing to counter the proliferation of household DVR/PVR’s — complete with their very helpful fast-forwarding capabilities — with intrusive and not the least bit subtle in-show product placements, the very least they could do is reward viewers who are forced to endure them. Think about it, what’s the one thing that might make it somewhat bearable to sit through Mr. Matthews explaining to Naomi all the incredible features (!) of the latest Verizon video gizmo on last week’s 90210? By running a coupon [at the end of the episode] for “X” amount of dollars off one!
