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What you looking at? Emmy Nominations announced

  By Niall | July 8, 2010 - 2:41 pm | Movies & TV, TV
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Good news Gleeks, your favourite show has just picked up 19 nominations for this years Emmy Awards! Leading the pack is The Pacific, HBO’s brilliant mini-series depicting the battles in the Pacific theatre during World War II. Glee is second with 19 and last year’s big winner Mad Men is in third with 17. On the comedy side Tina Fey’s 30 rock picked up 15 nominations, narrowly beating Modern Family on 14. There’s a welcome inclusion for Friday Night Lights stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton with their fine performances having finally been recognised. Conan O’briens short-lived stint on The Tonight Show also sees him pick up a nod, with Jay Leno missing out. Saturday Night Live received 12 nominations for a total 126 nominations during its run, surpassing ER’s all-time record of 124. It has been on just that little while longer though so nothing should be taken away … There’s more →

Dr. Horrible Hijacks the 61st Emmys

  By Niall | September 21, 2009 - 10:30 am | The Culch, TV
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Irish actor Brendan Gleeson was amongst the winners at last nights Primetime Emmy awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The star picked up the award for best lead actor in a miniseries for his role as Winston Churchill in Into The Storm. Gleeson gave a heart-felt thanks to the producers of the series who allowed his mother to see a first cut of his performance before her recent death. Elsewhere in a night of few surprises the BBC emerged big winners with their adaptation of Charles Dicken’s lesser known work Little Dorrit nabbing 7 Emmy awards, more than any other show. Little Dorrit won for best mini-series as well as getting awards in outstanding writing, art direction, costumes and cinematography. In addition, Little Dorrit picked up an award for best direction with the Emmy going to Irish actress Dearblha Walsh. The BBC also won for its Iraq war drama House of … There’s more →