TV Chatting

Sorry about getting these up late but I do have like a real job. Here are the 2008 Golden Globe Nominees for TV followed by my quick take:

BEST TV DRAMA
Big Love–Love it.
Damages–Don’t watch it.
Grey’s Anatomy–Stupid.
House–Excellent.
Mad Men–Great TV, should win.
The Tudors–Don’t watch it.

BEST TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL
30 Rock–Funniest sitcom in a long time.
Californication–Bad promos turned me off.
Entourage–I’ll watch in a pinch.
Extras–What?
Pushing Daisies–Who cares?

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, Medium–Boring.
Glenn Close, Damages–Haven’t seen her.
Minnie Driver, The Riches–A babe.
Edie Falco, The Sopranos–Great actress in a great role.
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters–Overrated.
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace–Overrated.
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer–Haven’t seen her.

BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Michael C. Hall, Dexter–Isn’t he still on SNL?
Hugh Laurie, House–Excellent actor but schtick getting thin.
Bill Paxton, Big Love–I think of him when you say bigamist.
Jon Hamm, Mad Men–Handsome, plays conflicted role with subtlety.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors–Where are my Cliffs Notes?

BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock–Leading man handsome, comic genius funny.
Steve Carell, The Office–Neck and neck with Alec.
David Duchovny, Californication–Give me a break.
Ricky Gervais, Extras–Nope.
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies–Nope.

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?–Huh?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty–Great actress but won big last year.
Tina Fey, 30 Rock–A freakin’ comic genius for this or any age.
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies–Nope.
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds–What you tokin’?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS / TV
Rose Byrne, Damages–No opinion.
Rachel Griffith, Brothers & Sisters–Was great in Six Feet Under.
Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy–Seriously?
Samantha Morton, Longford–Who?
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee–Bad history, bad show, ok acting.
Jamie Pressly, My Name Is Earl–Beauty and plays over the top better than anyone on TV.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / TV
Ted Danson, Damages–Damn, Cheers was a long time ago!
Kevin Dillon, Entourage–Ok.
Jeremy Piven, Entourage–Ok.
Andy Serkis, Longford–Huh?
William Shatner, Boston Legal–Beam me up, Scotty!
Donald Sutherland, Dirty Sexy Money–Must be about 90 by now.

BEST TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee–Not one of HBO’s better efforts.
The Company–Haven’t seen this or any of the rest.
5 Days
The State Within
Longford

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE–Not sure anyone should win.
Bryce Dallas Howard, As You Like It
Queen Latifah, Life Support
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Sissy Spacek, Pictures of Hollis Woods
Ruth Wilson, Jane Eyre

BEST ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE–Didn’t see most of these.
Adam Beach, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee–See comments above.
Jim Broadbent, Longford
Ernest Borgnine, A Grandpa for Christmas
Jason Isaacs, The State Within
James Nesbitt, Jekyll

Above: Golden Globe nominee and actress Tina Fey arrives at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on September 16, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.

Below: Golden Globe nominee Alec Baldwin at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards–Backstage and Audience, January 28, 2007.

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