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Tonight’s lineup features plenty of guitars and cowboy hats, but also offers the season premiere of “Top Chef” and a full lineup of crime dramas on CBS.
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The 42nd Annual CMA Awards (ABC): If you like country music or just like to snark about the outfits that folks wear to country music award shows, this is the one for you. Brad Paisley (known for his funny songs, including one that talks about looking for ticks) and Carrie Underwood of “American Idol” fame are hosting. If you’re on Twitter, I’ll be doing live coverage tonight.
America’s Next Top Model (The WB): Paulina offers …read more

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Thank you to Jane Boursow with Bravo Fan, Katelyn Thomas with Medium Dreams, Brian Allen with SF Universe, Mark Tafoya with the Culinary Media Network, Kristen Hains, @aflyonthewall, @moxygen, and @iluvariedana and others I missed who participated in the first b5 Emmys group live-blog tonight. We had a real blast — much more fun than most of the people who were forced to attend the show without the benefit of snarking, I think.
On behalf of everyone who watched this, I make a few requests for future Emmy producers:

Please, no more multiple-hosts shows hosted by reality-show hosts. …read more

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Even if fans of the Jonas Brother are still smarting from jokes about purity rings, Russell Brand’s stint on the MTV Video Music Awards appears to have been a success. The VMAs averaged 8.4 million total viewers and became cable’s No. 3 most-watched program of the week, behind speeches from John McCain and Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention.
That was a huge improvement from the 7.1 million who tuned in for Britney Spears’ trainwreck performance at the 2007 VMA’s. Brand told UK’s “The Sun” that MTV execs were thrilled with the 20 percent bump, and claimed they have already …read more

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Over at the LA Times‘ “Gold Derby” blog, the title of the post says it all:
Could Steve Carell’s creepy role in ‘The Office‘ hurt his Emmy hopes?
The entry brings up some very good points. One is that three out of the five nominees’ submitted eps are from hour-long comedies, including Carell’s special double episode, “Goodbye, Toby“. In the past eight years, five of the winners submitted hour-long eps. Carell’s clearly trying to stack his deck, similar to the way Hugh Laurie just happens to have at least one ep each season on “House” tailor-made to reveal his crusty, broken heart. …read more

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This year, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has added a brand-new category for Emmy voters — Outstanding Reality/Competition Host. And in response, all five nominees in the category for Outstanding Reality/Competition Host – Tom Bergeron (“Dancing with the Stars”), Heidi Klum (“Project Runway”), Howie Mandel (“Deal or No Deal”), Jeff Probst (“Survivor”) and Ryan Seacrest (“American Idol”) – have been named hosts of the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony on Sept. 21.
"As we thought about the very important role of a host for this year’s show, it became more and more apparent that we should ask …read more

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The winners of the main categories at the Television Critics Association Awards Saturday night should be no surprise to anyone who also keeps an eye on Emmy darlings, because they pretty much mirrored all the shows and actors hogging the hype for Emmy noms.
AMC’s “Mad Men” began their “first-ever” stampede through the awards season with the channel’s first-ever TCA awards for program of the year, outstanding new program and the year’s best drama. On the comedy side, the hot new show of the 2007 Emmys stayed on top. “30 Rock” took home best comedy, and Golden Globe winner and 2008 …read more

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In the major acting and show categories:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO • HBO Entertainment
Producers TBD
Entourage • HBO • Leverage and Closest To The Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
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The Office • NBC • Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille LLC, Universal Media Studios
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30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
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Two And A Half Men • CBS • Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television
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Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal • ABC • David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television
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