Posts with tag TonyAwards
Posted Jun 5th 2008 8:23PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Celebrities, Awards, Casting, Reality-Free
CBS has secured
even more celebrities to grace the stage at Radio City Music Hall next Sunday. Gabriel Byrne (
In Treatment), Julie Chen (
Big Brother), Harry Connick, Jr. (
Will & Grace), Laurence Fishburne, Mandy Patinkin
(Criminal Minds), David Hyde Pierce, Lily Tomlin and John Waters (
Til Death Do Us Part) have been added as presenters. These actors and actresses (and, er, Julie Chen) will join an
already stellar list of presenters and host Whoopi Goldberg.
I have to admit it. I'm getting a little excited for The Tonys. I usually find them boring. The performances are fantastic but the awards in between are a bit of a snore. However, this cast of presenters is intriguing. I'll at least be flipping back and forth hoping to catch the performances and my favorite stars.
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards will be held on Sunday June 15th from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET on CBS.
Posted Jun 3rd 2008 8:01AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Music and Variety, Celebrities, Awards, Casting, Reality-Free
CBS is rounding up some
A-listers to appear at The Tony Awards this year. Alec Baldwin (
30 Rock), Kristin Chenoweth (
Pushing Daisies), Glenn Close (
Damages), Richard Griffiths, Laura Linney (
John Adams), John Lithgow, Liza Minnelli, Mary-Louise Parker (
Weeds), Daniel Radcliffe, Brooke Shields (
Lipstick Jungle) and Marisa Tomei will be presenters at this year's award show. As previously announced, Whoopi Goldberg of
The View, a Tony-winner herself, will be this year's host.
Also, the Tony Award-winning productions
The Lion King and Rent will make rare encore performances at this year's gala.
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 15th from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. ET (delayed PT) on CBS. Here's my issue with the
Tonys. It's long and it's usually a snore. Do you think this effort to spice up the show will pay off? Does it make you want to tune in?
Posted Jan 11th 2008 8:00AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Late Night, The Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Daytime, The Daily Show, Entourage, Music and Variety, Talk Show, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Awards, Pushing Daisies
Finally someone shows some love for
Lost, which got itself back on track last season. The Directors Guild announced their nominees for this year's awards.
Lost nabbed two nominations in the Dramatic Series category, for "The Looking Glass" and "The Brig."
The Sopranos picked up two of the three remaining nominations, saving the last one for AMC's excellent freshmen drama,
Mad Men.On the comedy side,
30 Rock nabbed two nominations, with
Desperate Housewives and
Entourage picking up one each. And the critical love for ABC's incredibly charming
Pushing Daisies continues as it snatches the final spot. But one category in which the Directors think very differently than anyone else is in Reality Programs. Not only is the kitschy
Who Wants to be a Superhero? nominated, but is joined by
Shooting Sizemore and
Pros vs. Joes. The full list, including commercials, documentaries and mini-series after the jump.
Continue reading Directors Guild Awards nominations are in
Posted Jun 12th 2007 11:04AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: OpEd, Awards
This year the Tony Awards garnered the lowest ratings since 1992. Most people are quick to say that it's because they were broadcast on the same night as the finale of The Sopranos but we all know better, don't we?
The Tony Awards are given for excellence on Broadway, which for many years now has been an oxymoron. Aside from the occasional movie star driven vehicle like Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me or blockbusters like The Producers, Broadway has done very little of note in a long time. More importantly, any decent Broadway production is overpriced while also being sold out, giving average Americans little chance to ever see a Broadway show.
Continue reading Why are the Tonys on network TV?
Posted Dec 26th 2006 12:01PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Watercooler Talk
NBC has ramped up the promotion for their new reality show,
You're The One That I Want. We've mentioned the show a
couple times in the past. The short version is that contestants are going to compete for the roles of Danny and Sandy in a new production of the
Grease musical.
That's all well and good, but I can't help but wonder just who is going to watch that. Musical theater certainly does have a core audience, but I have a feeling that it's not big enough to measure up to the demands of prime-time network TV. I get the idea behind the show, it's got the singing of
Idol and the dancing of
DWTS, but that doesn't make it
Idol or
DWTS. We've already seen what happens when people try to clone these shows.
The One and
Skating with Celebrities come to mind.
Continue reading Who does NBC think is going to watch "The One That I Want?"
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