Posts with tag Mary-louiseParker
Posted Jul 1st 2008 8:23AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Medium, Celebrities, Big Love, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Damages, Weeds, Emmys, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Reality-Free, Mad Men
As the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tries to whittle the submissions down to actual nominees, it's interesting to take a look at who has made it to the semifinals. It's not a nomination, but it's one step away. Today comes word of the finalists for best comedy actress and best supporting drama actor. There are some surprises.
Chief among those for me is Sarah Silverman. I honestly hadn't even considered her in the running. I'm not much of a fan, but I do like that she is being considered for the simple fact that the base the nominees are drawn from can always use some expansion. And if she is the most surprising inclusion, the most surprising snub just might be Teri Hatcher. Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, and Felicity Huffman all made the cut, but not Hatcher. Ouch. The rest of the finalists, and the supporting actors from a drama, after the jump.
Continue reading Sarah Silverman: best comedy actress?
Posted Jul 1st 2008 1:27AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E03) What a relief! Now that we've ditched the dead weight (sorry, Bubbie)
Weeds can finally get down to business. The Agrestic and Ren Mar worlds are slowly coming together, which should please the Doug fans. Some familiar faces are making their way to Nancy's new home, and that could mean trouble for her.
Continue reading Weeds: The Whole Blah Damn Thing
Posted Jun 24th 2008 1:14AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E02) The season premiere took us to a new town, and "Lady's a Charm" gave us a look into Nancy's future as a drug trafficker. There's room for improvement, that's for sure. This week we learned more of the Botwin family history, got a brief and depressing Yiddish lesson, and, for the first time, I heard the word "schlimazel" outside the context of
Laverne & Shirley.
The "Little Boxes" theme is gone for good. Instead, we got a quick shot of the Mexican border. I'll miss the old song, but it no longer fits with the show's new setting. I can't decide if I like the music-free credits, or if a different theme song would have been a good idea. What song would suit
Weeds now that it isn't set in the suburbs?
Continue reading Weeds: Lady's a Charm
Posted Jun 18th 2008 8:40AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Ratings, Weeds, Reality-Free
The fourth season of
Weeds began on Monday night, and the comedy's season premiere
earned Showtime record ratings. With 1.3 million viewers,
"Mother Thinks the Birds are After Her" is officially the most-watched season premiere of any Showtime series to date.
Weeds broke the record formerly held by the season two premiere of
Dexter, which had one million viewers.
Showtime's
Secret Diary of a Call Girl also brought in a significant audience. The drama earned 949,000 viewers, setting a record for the highest-rated series premiere on the cable network.
The L Word's series premiere was the previous record-holder.
Continue reading Weeds premiere sets ratings record for Showtime
Posted Jun 16th 2008 11:02PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S04E01) So, the Botwins are beach people now. The opening credits gave us one last look at Agrestic/Majestic before taking us to Ren Mar, Nancy's new home. We spent a lot of time getting acquainted with some of Judah's relatives, Lenny and Bubbie. I'm a little squeamish when it comes to serious health issues, so Bubbie already gives me the creeps.
Weeds used Dean's serious injury to get some laughs last season, and now we're dealing with someone in a vegetative state. I'm repulsed, yet intrigued. Welcome back,
Weeds!
Continue reading Weeds: Mother Thinks the Birds are After Her (season premiere)
Posted Jun 16th 2008 7:05PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Weeds, Reality-Free
Mary-Louise Parker was forced to wear a cast to Sunday night's Tony Awards ceremony. The actress
broke a toe while filming a love scene on
Weeds. The injury occurred when she hit her foot on a bed frame. It was only the first take, but Parker completed the scene. The footage will have to be used in an upcoming episode. The fourth season of the Showtime comedy premieres tonight.
Devoted fans are familiar with Nancy Botwin's various affairs--Alejandro, Peter, Sullivan, and, most recently, Conrad. The question is, who is she hooking up with this season?
Romany Malco and Tonye Patano were phased out of the show, so it probably isn't Conrad. Any guesses?
Warning: spoiler-related speculation after the jump.Continue reading Mary-Louise Parker injured on the set of Weeds
Posted May 22nd 2008 4:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
You think winning two Oscars would earn you some respect, right? What about a Tony and Emmy winner? No, apparently not -- in either case. Two high-profile TV movies which feature Jessica Lange and Mary-Louise Parker
are being broadcast -- unceremoniously -- over the next three Saturday nights on CBS. Yes, they are essentially being dumped. The Nielsen numbers for programs on Saturday nights is next to nothing. By running
Sybil and
Vinegar Hill, these stars' respective films on that night of the week, CBS is showing no faith in them, let alone TV movies in general. I guess Hallmark Hall of Fame movies are the exception to the rule.
Continue reading CBS has no love for big-star TV movies
Posted Feb 21st 2008 4:41PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CSI, Cable/Satellite, Pickups and Renewals, 30 Rock, Awards, Weeds, Emmys
If you've watched
30 Rock this past season, you've seen how funny actress Edie Falco can be. As C.C. (Celeste Cunningham), she's been a hoot opposite Alec Baldwin. Well, Showtime noticed, and they announced today that the three-time Emmy-winner, best known as Carmela on
The Sopranos, will star in a new show for their network. She'll be playing a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life" is the 30-minute, single camera, dark comedy.
Continue reading Showtime pilot for Edie Falco
Posted Sep 25th 2007 12:44AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds
(S03E07) Weeds apparently took a note from
Californication's extraneous nudity, plentiful sex playbook. This episode was all about the humping as one arc ended and another began. As Conrad and Nancy's debt is laid to rest, Peter's body rises from the muck.
Continue reading Weeds: He Taught Me How To Drive By
Posted Sep 11th 2007 11:07AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds
(S01E05) I bet you guys think critical thinking is whack. Well, it is. Why think when you could just watch
The Secret? Some of Agrestic's residents must be watching
The Secret. Celia got a brand new house. Doug got a golf membership. Sullivan got his way. Silas got a a new calling. And, Andy (aka Bill Sussman) got let off the hook. The only person not exercising the
"laws of attraction" seems to be Nancy. All Nancy got was a great big pile of smack to sit on.
Continue reading Weeds: Bill Sussman
Posted Sep 4th 2007 1:05AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Weeds
(S03E04) The Modine has landed! This week, we got our first look at Sullivan Groff and, through him, the up-and-coming community of Majestic. It's probably a bad sign that Sullivan regards Agrestic as a potential toilet bowl, but who cares? His hair looked fabulous!
Sullivan didn't waste any time putting his looks and charm to use on his new neighbors. After schmoozing with the city council members, he managed to (unsuccessfully) hit on both Nancy and Celia--not bad for a thirty-minute episode. Something tells me that he won't take no for an answer in Celia's case. Either way, it's great to see Matthew Modine again. No offense to Kevin Nealon, but I've been waiting for a hot older man to turn up on this show.
Continue reading Weeds: Sh*t Highway
Posted Aug 28th 2007 1:58AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds
(S03E03) We learned many important things on
Weeds tonight:
1. You can't make $12,500 off a brick.
2. The cock wants what it wants.
3. Fish have internal testicles.
Weeds is like the anti-
Entourage. Instead of tying everything up in a neat, happy little bow by the end of the episode (
Kanye Ex Machina, anyone?), everything goes to pot. (Oh yeah, I'm punny.) Seriously, could things get any worse for the Botwins?
Continue reading Weeds: The Brick Dance
Posted Jan 10th 2007 2:30PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, The Office, Ugly Betty, Awards
The Golden Globes: the award season's equivalent to a Roman orgy (tastefully done, of course). No seat-holders, plenty of food and libations, and no cue-card written, inane banter between presenters. Most importantly the Globes only present awards to the actors, directors and writers and leave the accolades for best costuming, makeup, and gaffing to the Oscars.
What I like most about the Golden Globes, and subsequently the Screen Actors Guild and People's Choice Awards (the Wal-Mart of awards shows), is that they recognize both television and movies, which makes it interesting for fans of both types of media. If you're not a big movie fan then you don't have to wait too long to see who wins a television category. As I write for . . . ahem . . . TV Squad, my interests tend to lean in favor of the big video box. This is especially true when it comes to television comedies.
With that being said, my in-depth five-minute analysis of the nominees for best comedy can be found after the jump.
Continue reading The Golden Globes: Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Posted Dec 14th 2006 8:55AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Desperate Housewives, House, Lost, Medium, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Monk, Big Love, The Closer, Heroes, 30 Rock, Dexter, Ugly Betty
The nominees for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the nominees in the major television categories:
Best TV Series - Drama24Big LoveGrey's Anatomy HeroesLostBest Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - DramaPatricia Arquette,
MediumEdie Falco,
The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly,
Lost
Ellen Pompeo,
Grey's Anatomy
Kyra Sedgewick,
The CloserBest Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - DramaPatrick Dempsey,
Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall,
Dexter
Hugh Laurie,
House
Bill Paxton,
Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland,
24Best Television Series - Musical Or ComedyDesperate Housewives
EntourageThe Office
Ugly Betty
WeedsBest Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or ComedyMarcia Cross,
Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera,
Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman,
Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker,
WeedsBest Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Alec Baldwin,
30 Rock
Zach Braff,
Scrubs
Steve Carell,
The OfficeJason Lee,
My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub,
Monk
(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
here.)
(SECOND UPDATE: Our sister site Cinematical
is covering the movie nominations, if you're curious.)
Posted Aug 15th 2006 1:25PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Showtime, OpEd, Video, Web
If you missed last night's
season two premiere of
Weeds, or if you don't have Showtime (or if you're like me and can't get enough Mary-Louise Parker in your life), you can see the episode on MSN.
MSN Video is streaming the entire first episode online,
according to Reuters. The episode will be available for a week. Unfortunately, only the first episode will be available in its entirety; MSN will stream highlights from other episodes throughout the second season.
Also unfortunately, because this is MSN, you'll need to use Internet Explorer to view the video. This seems to be a problem with a lot of video streaming sites (our parent company AOL included); if they're going to promote something like this, they should be able to make it work on all browsers, not just a couple.
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