30 Rock wins TCA Awards

Matt — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:57:55 +0000

Well it’s not Emmy time yet, but 30 Rock is already raking in the awards. At the Televisions Critics Association Awards, 30 Rock won ever category it was nominated for.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY:
“30 Rock” (NBC)
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“Flight of the Conchords” (HBO)
“The Office” (NBC)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY:
Christina Applegate (“Samantha Who?”)
Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)
Stephen Colbert (“The Colbert Report”)
Tina Fey (“30 Rock”)
Ray Wise (“Reaper”)

Also Lorne Michaels, an executive producer on the show, won a lifetime acheivement award.

Congrats to 30 Rock and Tina Fey. (Sorry she had to beat you Alec…)

It’s A New Record!!

Shark Eyes — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:05:08 +0000

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, 30 Rock has set a new record of nominations amongst a Comedy Series! 17 Nominations! The previous record was held by the Larry Sanders Show in 1997 with 16 nods. So let’s all celebrate for that alone!!

Now I have a list of what 30 Rock is nominated for. There is a lot of writing so I didn’t copy entire categories. If you would like to see entire categories, go here, scroll down and download a copy. Now If I find myself to be more awake in the coming hours, I will find a comprehensive list and put it up here. For now, this is what I can give you! (Pardon the font, this is a big copy-paste job)

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Jennifer McNamara Shroff, Casting by

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series
30 Rock • Rosemary’s Baby • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Vanja Cernjul, Director of Photography

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Rosemary’s Baby • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Michael Engler, Director

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera)
30 Rock • Cooter • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Ken Eluto, A.C.E., Editor

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Rip Torn as Don Geiss
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Will Arnett as Devin Banks
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Steve Buscemi as Len
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Tim Conway as Bucky Bright

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Carrie Fisher as Rosemary Howard
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Edie Falco as Celeste “C.C.” Cunningham
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Producers TBD

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
30 Rock • Episode 210 • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Griffin Richardson, Production
MixerTony Pipitone, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Marino, Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
30 Rock • Rosemary’s Baby • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Jack Burditt, Written By
30 Rock • Cooter • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Tina Fey, Written By

Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
30 Rock: Kenneth The Web Page • NBC.com • NBC Production
Carole Panick, Producer
Andrew Singer, Producer
Jack McBrayer, Producer
Eric Gurian, Producer
Josh Silberman, Producer

And here’s one Tina recieved that wasn’t affiliated with 30 Rock:
Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Tina Fey, Host/Performer

So there you go! 17 Nods!! And by the way, the Guest Actor Category only has one other person not belonging to the 30 Rock gang. That blew my mind!!If I can get a better list including the other nominees, I will. For now just enjoy the fact that we broke a record and kicked everyone else’s butt!!

Things are Lookin’ Good

Shark Eyes — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:31:22 +0000

I just want to start off saying I know that I SUCK for not updating. I promise on Thursday I will make it up to you with a very large Emmy Post. Pinky Swear!!

For now I have just a little article that has two Emmy “Experts” (I don’t know exactly what qualifies you to be an Emmy Expert, but that’s another story) predicting Comedy Top Five. And guess what! 30 Rock makes both of their lists. Check out the article here.

The official and final nominations come out SUPER early Thursday morning (the 17th), so I promise as soon and as early as I can get myself out of bed, you will have a fabulous Emmy Post hopefully booming with 30 Rock nods. Until then, may my apologizing for lack of updates be enough!

American Express Ad

Shark Eyes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:35:50 +0000

“Your daughter says it’s octopus time….”

That’s my favorite line from Tina’s first AmEx commercial. Makes me laugh every time. Now, I have a new reason to laugh at commercials (because mostly I think they’re annoying). Tina has made a new AmEx commercial! She runs into Martin Scorsese as a matter of fact!

Here’s a link. There’s a video and a little blurb at the bottom. Thanks Donnie the Page for the tip!

Happy October 7th!

Shark Eyes — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:45:45 +0000

Wait…today isn’t October 7th…it’s the 4th of July!
I hope you all enjoyed some fireworks today, I know I did.
Really this post has nothing to do with the 4th, it has to do with the 7th!

To get to the point, they pushed up the release date of the Season Two DVD! It will now be out October 7th, so let’s rejoice! Also, it comes with a whole bunch of bonus features, which I am pumped about. Thanks to Sophie and Megan for the tip!

You can see the features here.

I must say I am SUPER EXCITED for a Will Arnett commentary! My crush on him prevails! Which ones are you all excited for, because there are certainly plenty to choose from!

Emmy Top Ten Update

Shark Eyes — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:03:52 +0000

You guys have been so awesome, thanks for all the tips! So just for you, I’m putting all the Top Tens right here in this handy post:
(Just in case you are curious, I’m getting these lists from this site)
As soon as it’s updated, I’ll just edit this post. Thank again guys for all the tips!

Top Ten Comedy Actresses
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

Top Ten Comedy Actors
(7 out of 10 confirmed right now)
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
David Duchovny, Californication
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Top Ten Supporting Comedy Actresses
Kristen Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Conchata Ferrell, Two and a Half Men
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Judith Light, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Jean Smart, Samantha Who?
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Top Ten Supporting Comedy Actors
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Justin Kirk, Weeds
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
John Krasinski, The Office
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Fred Willard, Back To You
Rainn Wilson, The Office

Top Ten Guest Comedy Actresses
(There are apparently 11 for this category…)
Polly Bergen, Desperate Housewives
Edie Falco, 30 Rock
Vivica A. Fox, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Annie Potts, Ugly Betty
Carrie Fisher, 30 Rock
Shirley Knight, Desperate Housewives
Jane Lynch, Two and a Half Men
Amy Ryan, The Office
Sarah Silverman, Monk
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

Top Ten Guest Comedy Actors
TBA

Comedy Actress Top Ten

Shark Eyes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:47:48 +0000

Woo! Tina made it into the Emmy’s Top Ten Leading Female in a Comedy!
(As if we had any doubt in our minds…)

Also, something made me smile. The article really just names who is in the Top Ten. But at the end, they want all the ladies to follow in Tina’s shoes. So much so that they gave us a Sandwich Day clip! And this is coming from EW.com, and they can be fickle.

As soon as the other Top Tens come out, I’ll let you all know!

Secret Emmy Panel?

Shark Eyes — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:07:18 +0000

Apparently, the LA Times has a couple of secret friends in on the Emmy Panel that are taking the Top Ten Comedies and Dramas down to the Top Five. There were 3 judges that gave their reports:

Judge 1
Judge 2
Judge 3

I’m surprised to see Family Guy there. But I do a little happy dance to see that Ugly Betty gets the axe right off the bat. Sorry Betty fans, but it’s on at the same time as Thursday Night Comedy Done Right and anything that takes away viewers from NBC just gets a slap on the wrist from yours truly.

Also, I’ve never seen Pushing Daisies. Is it really that much of a contender? I know a little bit of the premise, but it never seemed like something that would stand out. Fill me in!

Two Posts in Two Days?!

Shark Eyes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:10:25 +0000

That’s right! Aren’t you guys lucky!
(Yes, technically it’s been three days, but two posts in three days doesn’t sound as catchy…)

This is a small post with some big news. The Top 10 Comedies and Top 10 Dramas for Emmy Consideration were announced today and 30 Rock has made it! Here’s an article with the other nominees.

In my opinion, 30 Rock’s only competition is The Office. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE The Office, but after re-watching the seasons (which I have done) I would have to give it to 30 Rock. If they were going by post-strike episodes alone, 30 Rock would wipe the floor with them. But like I said, that’s just my opinion.

We’ve Gotta Give You Something…

Shark Eyes — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:52:09 +0000

Hey Gang. Sorry, sorry, sorry for the lack of updates! The boys have left me in charge for the summer, but failed to give me any insight on where they picked up their scoops. Usually they check in Thursdays, so you loyal few who are still coming for news, I would say Thursdays are your best bet.

Anyway, I was wasting time on Hulu and I stumbled across two clips I hadn’t seen before. So I figured I would share.
PS: You think the two would have taught me how to embed these things…

The first is a short interview on how Tracy and Tina got Alec to join the show. It says “p1″ in the link, so maybe there is another part floating around out there. If you guys find it, lemme know and I’ll link it!

The other is a clip of Judah at the TV Land Awards. Incidentally, he ends up talking to Ed Helms who happens to be one of my Office Crushes, so it’s a bonus! (For me at least)

I also found this article. If you guys haven’t watched Livin’ Neath The Law with Jack McBrayer, you probably should. Because they are absolutely hilarious in the exact opposite of everything that is Kenneth. This one is called “Cancer Isn’t Cool”. I won’t spoil it, you just need to watch.

That’s all for now. If you guys have any links or tips or anything, shoot us an email. We’d be happy to post anything, and I mean anything, that is even remotely related to 30 Rock and its cast!