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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Drama</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/damages/" rel="tag">Damages</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="228" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg.jpg" alt="Golden Globes Award" />I think it's reminiscent of "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" What if they gave out Golden Globes and no one was there to walk down the red carpet? Perhaps I'm just a cynical so-and-so, but I think the ceremony is as much a part of it all as are the actual trophies, perhaps even more important to many in the industry. It's their chance to shine, to glow, to wear nifty trend-setting gowns. Hey, it's Hollywood. It's the chance for those behind the scenes to take the stage if but only for a minute or two.<br /><br />Due to the WGA strike, there will be no ceremony this year as the actors show their solidarity with the writers. Ah, but it's the industry -- the show must go on even if the show can't go on. The Golden Globe winners will be announced in a news conference sort of setting. Hmm. I think I'll just read about it all online. Let's forget the drama about no awards show and get into the nominees for Best Television Series, Drama!<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: 2008 Golden Globes - Best Television Drama</strong></p><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-best-television-drama/570191/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/damages_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Damages" title="Damages" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-best-television-drama/570180/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gggreys_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Grey's Anatomy 2007" title="Grey's Anatomy 2007" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-best-television-drama/570230/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/biglove_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Big Love" title="Big Love" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-best-television-drama/570236/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/house_thumbnail.jpg" alt="House" title="House" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-best-television-drama/570240/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/madmen_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Mad Men" title="Mad Men" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Drama</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1082087/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>golden globes</category><category>GoldenGlobes</category><dc:creator>Jackie Schnoop</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/" rel="tag">Dexter</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="301" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-mch200-peter-iovino-showtime.jpg" alt="Michael C. Hall" />The nominees for Best Actor in a Drama are not all from the movies like the Best Actress nominees are, but they are still a damn fine group of actors. I am glad that I don't have to vote officially for the Golden Globes, because I really think this is a very hard group to choose from. I have to say that my top three contenders are Michael C. Hall, Bill Haxton, and Hugh Laurie-- and not just because of their performances last year, but also because of their bodies of work as a whole. I don't know whether that is entirely fair or not, but I don't live in a vacuum. However, that is not to take away from the other two nominees, and the group as a whole are:<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: 2008 Golden Globes Nominees: Best Actor in a Drama</strong></p><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-nominees-best-actor-in-a-drama/572155/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-mch2-peter-iovino-showtime_thumbnail.jpg" alt="michael c. hall" title="michael c. hall" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-nominees-best-actor-in-a-drama/572152/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-jrm-naomi-kaltman-showtime_thumbnail.jpg" alt="jonathan rhys-myers" title="jonathan rhys-myers" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-nominees-best-actor-in-a-drama/572151/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-jrm-jonathan-hession-showtime_thumbnail.jpg" alt="jonathan rhys-myers" title="jonathan rhys-myers" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-nominees-best-actor-in-a-drama/572143/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-jon-hamm-doug-hyun-amc_thumbnail.jpg" alt="jon hamm" title="jon hamm" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/2008-golden-globes-nominees-best-actor-in-a-drama/572128/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/gg-jon-hamm-craig-blankenhorn-amc_thumbnail.jpg" alt="jon hamm" title="jon hamm" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1082807/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/10/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>BillPaxton</category><category>Dexter</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>HughLaurie</category><category>Jon Hamm</category><category>Jonathan Rhys-Myers</category><category>JonathanRhys-myers</category><category>JonHamm</category><category>Mad Men</category><category>MadMen</category><category>Michael C. Hall</category><category>MichaelC.Hall</category><category>The Tudors</category><category>TheTudors</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Oh Pioneers (season finale)</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="99" border="0" align="right" alt="teenie" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/08/big-love_teenie.jpg" />(<em>S02E12</em>) Things certainly didn't end up the way I thought they would in the season finale. And now I can't wait to see Season 3! I hate having to wait for so long for new seasons. I don't want to say too much before the jump, though. I'll just say that I thought I had a lot of things pegged a certain way, and one of the great things about this show is that it shows us that people in all of their wonderful complexity. None of these characters can be easily pigeon-holed.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Oh Pioneers (season finale)</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/974522/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/27/big-love-oh-pioneers-season-finale/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>BillPaxton</category><category>Harry Dean Stanton</category><category>HarryDeanStanton</category><category>Pioneer Day</category><category>PioneerDay</category><category>Polygamy</category><category>Season Finale</category><category>SeasonFinale</category><category>Utah</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Take Me As I Am</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="106" align="right" alt="Big Love" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/08/barb-and-bill250a.jpg" />(<em>S02E11</em>) This was another great episode in a solid season of <em>Big Love</em>. Again, every line, every nuance is so charged, it is hard to unravel it all. But let's give it a whirl, shall we? Margene has come a long way, baby. The clearest indication of the changes in Margene came when she said to Nicki (paraphrasing), "If she [Barb} just hates us all so much and she wants to leave, just let her."<br /><br />When Barb left at the beginning of the season, Margene was crying on the phone to Barb that she didn't know if she could stay married to Nicki and Bill without Barb. Margene has come into her own now, and it's clear that she has not only embraced polygamy, but that she is starting to make up her own rules.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Take Me As I Am</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/969138/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/20/big-love-take-me-as-i-am/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>HBO</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: The Happiest Girl</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><a href="http://www.hbo.com/biglove/"><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="102" border="0" align="right" alt="Alby and Nicki" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/08/alby-and-nicki.jpg" /></a>(<em>S02E10</em>) I'm going to go out on a limb here and argue that Bill has essentially not changed since the beginning of the show. Oh, sure, he is still acting and behaving-- but I don't think there is anything inherently different about the way he is behaving. He is still ambitious, still thinks he is right, and he is a salesman: He thinks he can talk his way into or out of any situation. However, I bet that was cold comfort at the end of tonight's episode, considering who he ended up in bed with...<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: The Happiest Girl</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.hbo.com/biglove/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/964626/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/14/big-love-the-happiest-girl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>conventions</category><category>deception</category><category>gambling</category><category>Mormons</category><category>poker</category><category>polygamy</category><category>theft</category><category>vices</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Circle the Wagons</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="171" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/08/big-love-wives.jpg" alt="Big Love wives" />(<em>S02E09</em>) Things are certainly heating up on <em>Big Love</em>. I don't know for certain what big finale we are gearing up for. I used to think that it was Bill taking over as head of the U.E.B. (United Effort Brotherhood). I thought last season was leading Bill toward being the prophet. But now I'm not so sure. Now, more and more, I think things are careening toward Bill losing everything. I don't think he'll lose the store (though, that would make Margie's concerns foreshadowing), but I think he is going to lose Barb. And that, in Bill's world, would be everything.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Circle the Wagons</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/959547/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/08/07/big-love-circle-the-wagons/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>BillPaxton</category><category>Chloe Sevigny</category><category>ChloeSevigny</category><category>faith</category><category>Ginnifer Goodwin</category><category>GinniferGoodwin</category><category>HBO</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn</category><category>JeanneTripplehorn</category><category>Latter Day Saint</category><category>LatterDaySaint</category><category>Mormons</category><category>polygamy</category><category>power</category><category>shooting</category><category>testimony</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Kingdom Come</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="171" border="0" align="right" alt="Roman Grant"  src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/07/big-love-roman-grant2.jpg" />(<em>S02E08</em>) [<strong>Spoiler Warning</strong>!] Please don't read the extended version of this review if you have not yet watched this episode. What a great episode. There were so many threads in this episode, it was great to see how fast and furious old and new facts were being hurled out through the dialogue. Oh, poor Benny. How humiliating. I think it's bad enough for any teenager to have his parents find out that he's having sex-- but it has to be especially bad when those parents think not only is he too young, but what he is doing is also a pretty serious sin. <br /><br />I love looking at episode titles, and of course, obviously this title comes from The Lord's Prayer (which is pretty funny, because Joseph Smith instructs his followers to pray in a different way, and not to use this prayer), indicating that the Lord's will will be done. And that probably means not Bill's will.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Kingdom Come</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/954089/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/31/big-love-kingdom-come/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>chastity</category><category>games</category><category>morality</category><category>polygamy</category><category>sex</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Good Guys and Bad Guys</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><a href="http://www.hbo.com/biglove/"><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="202" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/07/big-love-frank.jpg" alt="Frank" /></a>(<em>S02E07</em>) Sorry about my absence last week. I was actually in Utah, visiting family who do not have HBO. Things were complicated and I also did not really have an Internet connection before this afternoon, so I couldn't do a review. I have seen last week's episode "The Dating Game," though. I liked Ana, and I thought her friendship with Margene was very sweet. I admired Bill, though, for realizing that maybe it was just lust on his part and ending the relationship. I also admire him for not sleeping with Ana, though can making out with her without two of his wives knowing he is seeing someone really be part of an eternal principle? Just curious about this protocol.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Good Guys and Bad Guys</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/947598/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/24/big-love-good-guys-and-bad-guys/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>belief</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>BillPaxton</category><category>Chloë Sevigny</category><category>ChloëSevigny</category><category>faith</category><category>family</category><category>FBI</category><category>Ginnifer Goodwin</category><category>GinniferGoodwin</category><category>HBO</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn	</category><category>JeanneTripplehorn	</category><category>Polygamy</category><category>sex</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Vision Thing</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="300" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/07/new-big-love-250.jpg" alt="Big Love" />(<em>S02E05) </em>The Wild Thyme Cafe &amp; Bakery.</p>
<p>That's where this installment of <em>Big Love</em> started. With Bill Henrickson's right-hand man and confidant telling him not to keep his frustrations about his personal life all bottled up inside.</p>
<p>Then, as if on cue, a waitress named Ana, in a frilly pink and black uniform descended upon Bill's table and offered a sympathetic ear to listen to his troubles. And she also offered him a sweet piece of pie.</p>
<p>Maybe it was the pie. Maybe it was her uniform. Or her accent. Or maybe, perhaps, Bill was just feeling a bit randy and wanted a distraction. But it was clear that, despite all of the current troubles with which the Henrickson family is coping with its three wives, Bill is in the market for a fourth wife.</p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Vision Thing</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/936777/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/10/big-love-vision-thing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Bill Paxon</category><category>Chloe Sevigny</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn</category><category>plural marriage</category><category>polygamy</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Subtle Subtitles</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/subtle-subtitles/" rel="tag">Subtle Subtitles</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/contests/" rel="tag">Contests and Giveaways</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a></p><em>Welcome to Subtle Subtitles. For those of you who are uninitiated to the purpose of this feature, we're asking you to come up with your funniest quote or description for what's going on in the screen grab we choose for the week. Winners are announced in the following Friday's contest.<br /><br /></em>1st place to <span style="font-weight: bold;">KMF</span>:<br /><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="279" border="0" alt="subtle subtitles" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/07/ss-winner-rm.png" /><br />2nd place to <span style="font-weight: bold;">brainguy731</span>: "...and it comes with two condoms and a key to my truck, complete with pumps and hoses."<br />3rd place to <span style="font-weight: bold;">stigmata</span>: "Don't worry boysss, i replaced the *BURP* champagne with tap water for the cristening. *BURP*. Now, somebody hold the damn truck still..."<br /><br />This week, a scene from the latest episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">Big Love</span>:<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Subtle Subtitles</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/934570/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/06/subtle-subtitles/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>caption contest</category><category>CaptionContest</category><category>featured</category><category>funny</category><category>humor</category><category>rescue me</category><category>RescueMe</category><dc:creator>Keith McDuffee</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Rock and a Hard Place</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><p><img height="292" alt="Wanda and Barb on Big Love" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/07/rhonda-250.jpg" width="250" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" /></p>
<p>(<em>S02E4)</em> Imagine a giant, sticky spider web. No matter where you get stuck -- whether it's over in the upper-left-hand corner, or along the edges on the right -- you're still essentially, trapped in that same large web.</p>
<p>The many disparate storylines that flowed through the fresh episode of <em>Big Love</em> reminded me, for some reason, of a spider web, with the Henrickson family playing the role of the web. No matter what was happening, it all led back to the Henricksons and their three homes sitting in a tidy row.</p>
<p>Thinking of everything sticking to the Henricksons in one way or another helped me get through this very busy episode which was chock-full of stories that went all over the place.</p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Rock and a Hard Place</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/932042/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07/03/big-love-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Bill Paxon</category><category>Chloe Sevigny</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn</category><category>plural marriage</category><category>polygamy</category><category>Utah</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Reunion</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="156" border="0" align="right" alt="rhonda" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/06/rhonda.jpg" />(<em>S02E03</em>) I was reading Meredith's <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/">post from last week's episode</a>, along with the comments. Boy y'all must have really loved this episode! Lots of time spent on the compound this week, with Nikki and Bill there for a big family reunion. I was thinking about this because even though the compound parts of the plot line are also not my favorite, it's not because the compound creeps me out. I just prefer the dynamics of the three households. There isn't anything particularly familiar about the compound to me either, though I love the scenery they show of Utah. That is the scenery of my childhood memories.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Reunion</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/926477/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/26/big-love-reunion/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>Latter-Day Saints</category><category>Latter-daySaints</category><category>Mormons</category><category>Neko Case</category><category>NekoCase</category><category>plural marriage</category><category>PluralMarriage</category><category>Polygamy</category><category>Utah</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What I'm watching this summer: Meredith's list</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/entourage/" rel="tag">Entourage</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-office/" rel="tag">The Office</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">TV Squad Lists</a></p><p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="178" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/06/entourage-250.jpg" alt="Entourage" />Summertime and TV in my house means three things: Watching new summer programming, catching up on TV shows I missed during the conventional September-through-May TV season and baseball, specifically <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/">Boston Red Sox</a> baseball.</p>
<p>In fact, on summer evenings, my TV is most likely tuned in to a baseball game. But when the Sox are not playing -- or when they're getting clobbered or if they're playing a really late west coast game -- I turn on other shows such as:</p>
<p><strong>1. <em><a href="http://www.hbo.com/entourage/">Entourage.</a></em> </strong>Yes, they're spoiled adolescents. They're narcissistic. They play video games all day and party all night as if they're entitled to live lives of luxury. But the guys from <em>Entourage</em> greatly amuse me and I love hating Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold.</p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>What I'm watching this summer: Meredith's list</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/921461/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/20/what-im-watching-this-summer-merediths-list/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Boston Red Sox</category><category>featured</category><category>NESN</category><category>summer tv</category><category>SummerTv</category><category>The Starter Wife</category><category>TheStarterWife</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: The Writing on the Wall</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="304" border="0" align="right" alt="Jeanne Tripplehorn" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/06/jeanne-250.jpg" />(<em>S02E2</em>) Poor Barb.</p>
<p>While reeling from cancer treatment years ago, she agreed to let her husband Bill plunge the pair into polygamy, even though she really wasn't keen on the notion.</p>
<p>Then she was publicly humiliated when her family's polygamy became quasi-public and she was disqualified from a state Mother of the Year contest. Ashamed, she withdrew from the world in order to figure out where she fit in her own life. Although she toyed with the idea of leaving the polygamist Henrickson clan, she finally agreed to continue playing "boss wife" because she truly loves Bill, and her sister wives. </p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: The Writing on the Wall</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/920882/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/19/big-love-the-writing-on-the-wall/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love review</category><category>BigLoveReview</category><category>HBO</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn</category><category>polygamy</category><category>summer tv</category><category>SummerTv</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you envious of Big Love's wives?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="257" border="0" align="right" alt="Big Love" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/06/big-love250.jpg" /> Ever watch HBO's <em>Big Love </em>and feel a tad bit envious of the wives? Ever find yourself wishing there was another wife kicking around the house with whom you could talk, whose refrigerator you could raid and with whom you could watch repeats of the <em>Sopranos </em>and curse the series' ending?
<p>Well, a Michigan woman does. In fact, Michele Gazzolo said in a <em>Chicago Tribune</em> <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-070610biglove-story,1,7571388.story?coll=chi-opinionfront-hed&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=true">essay</a> that she covets the fictional <em>Big Love</em> wives' coziness and says she and her neighbors refer to one another as "sister wives," even though they don't share a hubby. "We found ourselves confessing that plural marriage didn't look so terrible, even in a drama filled with suffering and intrigue," Gazzolo wrote.</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Are you envious of Big Love's wives?</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/916577/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/are-you-envious-of-big-loves-wives/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Broadsheet</category><category>Chicago Tribune</category><category>HBO</category><category>polygamy</category><category>sister wives</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love: Damage Control (season premiere)</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/episode-reviews/" rel="tag">Episode Reviews</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="206" border="0" align="right" alt="big love" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/06/big-love1.jpg" />(<em>S02E01</em>) I am so happy that <em>Big Love</em> is back! Oh, I have missed them all. Sometimes when Bill is talking on the phone and he tells Barb that she has been humbled, it just brings back my entire Mormon youth. And it also makes me wish she would reach through the phone and slap him. But before I get to that, let me just do a couple of housekeeping announcements: First, I am going to be sharing custody if this review slot with the lovely and talented Meredith O'Brien. So, next week, look for her by-line.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love: Damage Control (season premiere)</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/915916/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/06/12/big-love-damage-control-season-premiere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>Brigham Young University</category><category>BrighamYoungUniversity</category><category>BYU</category><category>featured</category><category>fundamentalism</category><category>Mormons</category><category>Plural Marriage</category><category>PluralMarriage</category><category>Polygamy</category><category>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</category><category>TheChurchOfJesusChristOfLatter-daySaints</category><dc:creator>Jen Creer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Love returns June 11, moves to Mondays</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a></p><p><img height="260" alt="Barb Henrickson on Big Love" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/05/jeanne-tripplehorn-hbo-barb-henrickson-250.jpg" width="250" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" /></p>
<p>I loved the creepy, thought provoking and exquisitely acted freshman season of HBO's <em><a href="http://tvshows.aol.com/show/big-love/SH8105010000/main">Big Love</a></em> and am eager to find out what the writers have come up with for the Henrickson family, now that their polygamist lifestyle has been publicly exposed.</p>
<p>Well, fans won't have to wait much longer to find out how Barb handles the humiliation of being disqualified from the state Mother of the Year contest because her husband Bill is also married to two other women, or whether Bill's string of home improvement stores will suffer from the news.</p>
<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Big Love returns June 11, moves to Mondays</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/893687/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/10/big-love-returns-june-11-moves-to-mondays/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Big Love</category><category>BigLove</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>Chloe Sevigny</category><category>HBO</category><category>Jeanne Tripplehorn</category><category>polygamy</category><category>summer tv</category><category>SummerTv</category><dc:creator>Meredith O'Brien</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Drama</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/24/" rel="tag">24</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/" rel="tag">Lost</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/heroes/" rel="tag">Heroes</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="201" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/12/heroes1.jpg" alt="Heroes" />NBC brings us the Golden Globes tonight, and this is the last in our <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/">series of preview posts</a> looking at the television categories. Sandy will be blogging live updates of the show here on TV Squad, so if Jack and 24 already have your attention, keep a browser open to play along. That said, let's look at the award for Best Television Series - Drama. <br /><br />Inertia is a powerful thing. And it is one of the big problems with Emmy nominations. Too often the same show will get nominated year after year because that's just what they do, while newer, more deserving shows, are overlooked. The Golden Globes doesn't fall into that particular trap quite as often, but they have their own issues. The Globes have a tendency to favor shows with a lot of buzz, or big ratings, whether their quality is up to snuff or not. I think it's something we see again in the list of nominees this year.<p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Drama</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/736118/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/15/the-golden-globes-best-television-series-drama/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bill paxton</category><category>BillPaxton</category><category>bruce dern</category><category>BruceDern</category><category>chloe sevigny</category><category>ChloeSevigny</category><category>friday night lights</category><category>FridayNightLights</category><category>ginnifer goodwin</category><category>GinniferGoodwin</category><category>golden globe</category><category>GoldenGlobe</category><category>harry dean stanton</category><category>HarryDeanStanton</category><category>jeanne tripplehorn</category><category>JeanneTripplehorn</category><category>kyle chandler</category><category>KyleChandler</category><category>mcdreamy</category><category>mcsteamy</category><category>save the cheerleader</category><category>SaveTheCheerleader</category><dc:creator>Brett Love</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/24/" rel="tag">24</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/" rel="tag">Dexter</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/awards/" rel="tag">Awards</a></p><p><img alt="Kiefer Sutherland, after winning best actor at the 2002 Globes." hspace="4" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2007/01/sutherland-globes.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" />Down to the nitty gritty. Sure, supporting actors supplement a show and often times turn in performances that trump the leads. Usually, though, it's the leading man (or woman) that carries a show for the long haul. You know an award means something when it's either handed out right away at the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees">ceremony</a> (so you miss it before you tune in) or it's saved right until near the end so that you have to sit through all the other awards you don't care about to get to it. You know it's important if you're willing to let your butt go numb from sitting too long to see who wins. The best actor in a television drama is one of those awards.</p>
<p>This year's competition isn't as tight as I think it could have been. First off, I'm appalled that Michael Chiklis didn't get a nom for his portrayal of Vic Mackey in the latest season of <em>The Shield</em>. It was hands down his best performance since the first season. Likewise, I'm very surprised that no one from <em>The Wire</em> received a nomination. No one on that show has ever received an acting nom for a Golden Globe (or an Emmy). If there was a season for it, this past one was it. What we did get was a mix of veteran actors from old shows and new. Some have won. Some have only been nominated. Read on for my thoughts and see if you agree.</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Golden Globes: Best Actor - Drama</em></a></p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.hfpa.org/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/734089/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/12/the-golden-globes-best-actor-drama/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>24</category><category>best actor</category><category>Big Love</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>Dexter</category><category>Grey's Anatomy</category><category>House</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Kiefer Sutherland</category><category>Michael C. Hall</category><category>Patrick Dempsey</category><category>The Golden Globes</category><dc:creator>Jonathan Toomey</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Here are your Golden Globe TV nominees</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/desperate-housewives/" rel="tag">Desperate Housewives</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/house/" rel="tag">House</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/" rel="tag">Lost</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/medium/" rel="tag">Medium</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/scrubs/" rel="tag">Scrubs</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/greys-anatomy/" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/entourage/" rel="tag">Entourage</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/my-name-is-earl/" rel="tag">My Name Is Earl</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-office/" rel="tag">The Office</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/monk/" rel="tag">Monk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/big-love/" rel="tag">Big Love</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/the-closer/" rel="tag">The Closer</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/heroes/" rel="tag">Heroes</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/30-rock/" rel="tag">30 Rock</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/dexter/" rel="tag">Dexter</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/ugly-betty/" rel="tag">Ugly Betty</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="405" align="right" alt="Golden Globe" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/12/goldenglobe250.jpg" />The nominees for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the nominees in the major television categories:<br /><strong><br />Best TV Series - Drama</strong><br /><em>24</em><br /><em>Big Love</em><br /><em>Grey's Anatomy</em> <br /><em>Heroes</em><br /><em>Lost</em><br /><br /><strong>Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama</strong><br />Patricia Arquette, <em>Medium</em><br />Edie Falco, <em>The Sopranos<br /></em>Evangeline Lilly, <em>Lost<br /></em>Ellen Pompeo, <em>Grey's Anatomy<br /></em>Kyra Sedgewick, <em>The Closer</em><br /><br /><strong>Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama</strong><br />Patrick Dempsey, <em>Grey's Anatomy<br /></em>Michael C. Hall, <em>Dexter<br /></em>Hugh Laurie, <em>House<br /></em>Bill Paxton, <em>Big Love<br /></em>Kiefer Sutherland, <em>24</em><br /><br /><strong>Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy</strong><br /><em>Desperate Housewives<br />Entourage</em><br /><em>The Office<br />Ugly Betty<br />Weeds</em><br /><br /><strong>Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy</strong><br />Marcia Cross, <em>Desperate Housewives<br /></em>America Ferrera, <em>Ugly Betty<br /></em>Felicity Huffman, <em>Desperate Housewives<br /></em>Julia Louis-Dreyfus, <em>The New Adventures of Old Christine<br /></em>Mary-Louise Parker, <em>Weeds</em><br /><br /><strong>Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy<br /></strong>Alec Baldwin, <em>30 Rock<br /></em>Zach Braff, <em>Scrubs<br /></em>Steve Carell, <em>The Office</em><br />Jason Lee, <em>My Name Is Earl<br /></em>Tony Shalhoub, <em>Monk<br /><br /></em>(UPDATE: One of our readers, Zachary, was kind enough to look up the miniseries nominees -- they weren't announced during this morning's ceremony. He posted them <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/#c2917260">here</a>.)<br /><br />(SECOND UPDATE: Our sister site Cinematical <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/14/theyre-heeeere-golden-globe-nominations/">is covering the movie nominations</a>, if you're curious.)<br /><strong><br /></strong><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/718429/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/12/14/here-are-your-golden-globe-tv-nominees/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Alec Baldwin</category><category>America Ferrera</category><category>announced</category><category>Bill Paxton</category><category>Edie Faco</category><category>Ellen Pompeo</category><category>Evangeline Lilly</category><category>EvangelineLilly</category><category>Felicity Huffman,</category><category>golden globe</category><category>GoldenGlobe</category><category>Hugh Laurie</category><category>Jason Lee</category><category>Julia Louis-Dreyfus</category><category>Kiefer Sutherland</category><category>Kyra Sedgewick</category><category>Marcia Cross</category><category>Mary-Louise Parker</category><category>Mary-louiseParker</category><category>Michael C. Hall</category><category>nominees</category><category>Patricia Arquette</category><category>PatriciaArquette</category><category>Patrick Dempsey</category><category>Steve Carell</category><category>television categories</category><category>Tony Shalhoub</category><category>Zach Braff</category><category>ZachBraff</category><dc:creator>Joel Keller</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:55:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>