Two Tivos To Paradise 07.17.09: Same Format, Now With More Affleck!

Posted by Al Norton on 07.17.2009

A full rundown of the Emmy nominations, Ben Affleck drops by to wish us a (belated) happy anniversary, Will Ferrell is teaming up with Comedy Central, SVU re-signs its leads, Hilary Duff does Gossip Girl, Ryan Seacrest gets the big bucks, raves for The Late Late Show, tons of news and notes, the TV Pick of the Week and more, all in the latest edition of Al Norton's Two Tivos To Paradise.

Hello Friends. Summer has finally arrived in Boston – we've actually had multiple days in a row of beautiful weather. I took in a game at Fenway last Sunday, getting to see Josh Beckett pick up win number 11, although the more impressive achievement was my avoiding sunburn. Along with work and regular life stuff, the big thing in our house is the planning of the twins first birthday party; hard as it is to believe, the turn one next month. I wanted to spend our electric bill money on getting Wally the Green Monster to make an appearance but Mrs. Tivo talked me out of it. And by "talked me out of it" I mean "rolled her eyes and walked out of the room."

Lots of TV news to catch up this week as we return to our regular format after two weeks of "event" columns.

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine, he gets me my news for free.

For Your Kindness I'm In Debt To You And I Never Could Have Come This Far Without You
I wanted to create a special news item as a way of thanking everyone for all the positive feedback to last week's big anniversary column. It was a joy to put together and despite my setting the bar ridiculously high for next year's 200th, I wouldn't have changed a thing.

Of all the emails I received during the week, one in particular stood out, with the writer apologizing for missing the deadline and wondering if I could still make use of his list of favorite TV moments. Well, who am I to say no to an Oscar winner whose movies have grossed close to $3 billion worldwide? Ladies and gentlemen, here are Ben Affleck's favorite TV Moments

Red Sox game four against New York in ‘04

Cheers finale

Lost season finale reveal that the flashbacks were flash forwards—I think it was season three. Pure genius.

The Sopranos. All of them. Best show ever to be televised. Favorite episode was maybe the one where they got lost in the park in the snow chasing the Russian. I think Imperioli wrote it and Buscemi directed but I could be wrong. The one where Adriana gets squeezed by the FBI and throws up on the desk is brilliant. There are too many to name. Allen Coulter did great work directing that show. Gandolfini was amazing.

The season finale of the British office was incredible.

Pilot of Mad Men where Jon Hamm gives a monologue about the nature of advertising and its appeal was spectacular. He is brilliant.

Watched a lot of MASH with my father as a kid.

My brother and I loved Simon and Simon when we were really little, that and Magnum PI were on back to back. You had to love a show with a character named "Ice Pick" who always had the "go to" exposition from the street.

The Richard Hatch "snake eat the rat" Survivor finale was the best reality TV ever got.

The greatest TV docs came from HBO:
High on Crack Street (America Undercover)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

Any game Barkley does on TNT

Kimmel (I have to say that or I can't go home tonight)

Thanks, Ben; hope to see you next July for the 200th!

All The Gold In California Is In A Bank In The Middle of Beverly Hills Under Somebody Else's Name
Nominations for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday. What follows is a rundown of the major categories.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Kevin Dillon, Entourage (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Jack McBryer, 30 Rock (NBC)
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock (NBC)
Rainn Wilson, The Office (NBC)

Analysis: Jeremy Piven's lack of a nomination is surprising considering his winning track record. I'd put Chi McBride in over Jack McBryer in a heart beat. Not a bad group at all, and it's great to see Tracy Morgan get recognized for his insane brilliance. Let's hope Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris finally gets the win.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daises (ABC)
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock (NBC)
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds (Showtime)
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty (ABC)
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Analysis: Very happy to see Kristin Wiig here, especially since she won the Norty for this category. The lack of anyone from Better Off Ted is disappointing.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal (ABC)
Michael Emerson, Lost (ABC)
William Hurt, Damages (FX)
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
William Shatner, Boston Legal (ABC)
John Slattery, Mad Men (AMC)

Analysis: I was a huge Boston Legal fan but neither Shatner and Clemenson belong in this group, especially with guys like Josh Holloway, Michael Hogan, and the two Ryans (Hurst and Kwanten) being absent from the list. Aaron Paul's nomination was one of the highlights of the morning, and I think it's a two horse race with him and Michael Emerson.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Rose Byrne, Damages (FX)
Hope Davis, In Treatment (HBO)
Cherry Jones, 24 (Fox)
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Diane Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

Analysis: No one from Big Love?!?! No Anna Gunn or Katey Sagal? And most criminally, no Connie Britton?

BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell, The Office (NBC)
Jermaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men (CBS)

Analysis: I was really hoping James Roday would get recognized with the additional nominee this year but no such luck. As overrated as I think Big Bang Theory is, Parsons is great and I am happy to see him here.

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara (Showtime)
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Mary Louise Parker, Weeds (Showtime)
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)

Analysis: Not a lot to dispute in this group, all talented women who deserve to be here.

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Simon Baker, The Mentalist (CBS)
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie, House (Fox)

Analysis: Simon Baker is clearly the biggest surprise, taking a spot that rightfully should have gone to Denis Leary. Or Michael Chiklis. Or Damian Lewis. Or Ian McShane. Or Bill Paxton. Or Benjamin Bratt. Or…

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Glenn Close, Damages (FX)
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

Analysis: Hands down the worst choices by the Academy this year were in this category. Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, and Mariska Hargitay simply do not belong if we are basing it in simply the performance they gave in the previous season. Jill Scott's lack of a nomination for The #1 Ladies Detective Agency is probably the single biggest omission of the year, and Regina King and Mary McDonnell were much more highly qualified candidates as well. I am a little surprised to not see Anna Paquin here, too.

BEST SERIES, COMEDY
30 Rock (NBC)
Entourage (NBC)
Family Guy (Fox)
Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
Weeds (Showtime

Analysis: Family Guy becomes the first animated series in this category since The Flintstones back in 1961, so hats off to them! I'd prefer Chuck or Better Off Ted in the spots held by Flight of the Conchords and/or Weeds, but it's not like the latter two are bad nominations by any stretch.

BEST SERIES, DRAMA
Big Love (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)

Analysis: A very strong group, one that is a testament to the quality of dramatic television in 2009. Rescue Me would get the nod over House in my vote, and Friday Night Lights over Dexter would be an easy swap as well. I actually enjoyed this season of Damages WAY more than last year so while I wouldn't have put it in the top 7, I am ok with it being on the list.

Overall Analysis: Since frustration over snubs always plays well, let's start with that; how did Rescue Me, Friday Night Lights, and Battlestar Galactica combine for exactly ZERO nominations in the major categories? How did no one from the cast of Big Love make the cut? I am not a regular viewer but everyone loves to tell me how amazing The Shield's final season was and that got no love, either.

On the plus side, Breaking Bad and Mad Men got all sorts of love, as did 30 Rock, and How I Met Your Mother finally got some series love. I would call this set of nominees a mixed bag but more on the positive side than the negative.

And there you have it. My picks for who should and will win will come the Friday before the awards themselves, which will be telecast live by CBS on Sunday, September 20th.

Every Time I Think Of You, I Always Catch My Breath
Let's run down the headlines we have missed over the last two weeks…

*Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni signed new deals to stay with Law and Order: SVU not only next season but for the 2010-2011 season as well, if the network renews the series for 12th season. In other SVU news, Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti will appear in the first four episodes as a new ADA. Also, Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) will guest star in the season premiere.

*Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are writing and producing a new series for Comedy Central that will star Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) as an IT specialist who gets laid off and has to move back in with his parents and brother in their small hometown. Ferrell and McKay teamed to write Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers and also together created the web site Funny Or Die. The initial order from the network is 10 episodes but if a ratings minimum is hit during that run it will trigger an immediate 90 episode renewal. The deal is similar to the one that worked to great success for Tyler Perry and TBS with both House of Payne and Meet The Browns.

*A health crisis for Parenthood star Maura Tierney has caused NBC to push the premiere of the series back to mid-season. Tierney has a tumor in her breast that will be removed via surgery before any further diagnosis is given. The drama, an adaptation of the hit Ron Howard movie, co-stars Peter Krause, Craig T Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, and Erica Christiansen. In its place the network is bumping the nursing drama Mercy up from mid-season to the fall.

*Hilary Duff will guest on multiple episodes of Gossip Girl's upcoming season, playing a famous actress who tries to escape the limelight while going to NYU, where she becomes Vanessa's roommate. Her first episode will be in early October.

*Emmy winner Drea de Matteo will take up residence on Wisteria Lane this fall, signing as a full time cast member of Desperate Housewives. Last seen on Sons of Anarchy, she followed up her award winning Soprano's gig with a two year stint on Joey. Jeffrey Nording (Dirt) will play her character's husband Beau Mirchoff (The Grudge 3) her son. In other DH news, Maiara Walsh, who appeared as Gabby and Ricardo's niece at the end of the season will be a regular on the upcoming season. Also, Andrea Bowen (Julie), who was absent most of last season, will return as a regular for the new season.

*Daneel Harris will reprise her role as Rachel on at least 7 episodes of One Tree Hill this fall. Also appearing on the show will be recent 90210'er Jana Kramer, playing the lead model for Brooke's clothing line.

*FX announced that Sons of Anarchy's 13 episode second season would debut on Tuesday, September 8th at 10 pm, with It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia returning on Thursday, September 17th at 10 pm. The network also said that Nip/Tuck's second-to-last season would kick off sometime in October.

*Mark Pellegrino, who made a very strong impression as Jacob on Lost's season finale, has been cast as Lucifer (as in, the Devil) on Supernatural, a role he will begin playing on the show's season premiere. Speaking of Supernatural, the character of Meg is returning, now played by Rachel Minor (the role was originated by Nicki Aycox). So far she is only set for one episode but that could turn into more.

*Lost's upcoming final season gained an hour when ABC announced the last batch of episodes would total 18 hours.

*Eric McCormack is recovering from Trust Me's cancellation quite well; not only will he guest on Law and Order: SVU's second episode this fall but he's also landed a recurring role on The New Adventures of Old Christine as the title character's new love interest.

*Weapons of Self Destruction, Robin Williams' first HBO stand-up comedy special in seven years, will premiere in December. The show will be taped in Washington, D.C. in November.

*Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days) will produce and direct The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special In 3-D On Ice, a documentary look at the show's impact on the world that is the culmination of Fox's yearlong celebration of the classic animated series first 20 years. The special is set to air in January.

But You Were Up To Your Old Tricks In Chapters Four Five And Six
All you need to know about the Nielsen's for the past week (or so)…Disney's Princess Protection Program was the most watched scripted program on cable so far this year, with 8.5 million tweens and their parents tuning in to watch Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. It was also the third biggest audience for a Disney Channel original movie, behind only Camp Rock and High School Musical 2…Hung premiered to an audience of 2.8 million, making it the most watched HBO series debut in two years. Lead-out True Blood hit a new series high with 3.7 million…The BET Awards, which became a de facto Michael Jackson tribute show, topped Jon & Kate + 8 to become the most watched cable program of the year with an audience 10.7 million strong…Dance Your Ass Off had the most watched series premiere in Oxygen history… America's Got Talent looks like it will have no problems being the summer's most watched program for the 4th consecutive year…The Philanthropist dropped 21% in its second week…The 18 networks that covered Michael Jackson's funeral were watched by a total of 31.1 million, and that's not counting those watching on-line…Warehouse 13's debut – 3.5 million viewers strong - was the third most watched in Syfy history, even more impressive up against all the recap coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral…Big Brother's 11th cycle premiered to a 10% larger audience than last summer, although last summer's debut was on a Sunday. Compared to the series first Thursday episode last year, the numbers were dead even…Eureka's season premiere drew 2.6 million viewers, in line with last season's average. What makes that number impressive is that the premiere aired on a Friday night in July, not a traditionally good ratings spot…Drop Dead Diva was Lifetime's highest rated premiere since Army Wives in 2007, with great numbers in the 18-49 women demo…Sunday's Army Wives pulled 3.8 million, a season high…True Blood posted another series high on Sunday night, which in turn helped Hung's second episode grow 29% from it's premiere. The season debut of Entourage that followed was the series highest rated episode since it aired following The Sopranos several years ago… Great news for SyFy – Warehouse 13's second episode retained 97% of it's premiere audience, a huge victory for a new show…On the other end of the spectrum, week two of 10 Things I Hate About You dropped 31%...Miami Social's debut pulled in 57% less viewers than the previous time slot occupant, The Real Housewives of New Jersey…

All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors…Ryan Seacrest signed a three year, $45 million dollar contract extension with CKX, the company that owns the company that produces American Idol. The deal means Seacrest will continue to host Idol for at least the three next years and means CKX has exclusivity on any broadcast TV jobs. Seacrest has a separate deal for his cable gig as the host of E! News Daily as well as all their red carpet programming…Talk about good news, bad news for us here at the column; Two Tivos favorite Dean Winters is out as the lead in ABC's mid-season drama Happy Town, but Two Tivos favorite Steven Weber is apparently thisclose to signing to take the part…Mental lead Chris Vance will do four episodes of Burn Notice…Daniel Eric Gold (Matt) has been bumped up to regular status for the upcoming season of Ugly Betty…Chris Kattan has been added to the cast of Patricia Heaton's new ABC sitcom The Middle…MTV renewed 16 & Pregnant for a second season while announcing a new post-finale special; 16 and Pregnant: Life After Labor will air on July 23rd, hosted by Dr. Drew…CMT has ordered an eight episode first season of All Jacked Out, a reality show were host C. Thomas Howell travels the country looked for odd people who do strange and extreme things…ABC picked up the sci-fi series Defying Gravity. From executive producers James Parriott (Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty) and Michael Edlestein (Desperate Housewives), the show follows a group of astronauts on a six year mission through space. The series already has deals to air in Canada, Germany, and on the BBC…Tim Minear (Angel) is developing a remake of Alien Nation for SyFy…SoapNet is adapting BBC's Bank of Mom And Dad, where parents move in with their 20something kids for a week while taking over the financial decisions of the house…Flipping Out, one of Two Tivos' favorite reality series, returns for a third season on Monday, August 17th… Rocky Carroll will be a busy man this fall, continuing as a regular on NCIS and heavily recurring as the same character on NCIS: LA… ABC is working on The Fast and the Funniest, a reality series from the producers of Last Comic Standing where stand up comedians travel across the country, with the competition being a variety of comedy-related challenges as well as who arrives at the final destination first…Piper Perabo has been cast in the USA pilot Covert Affairs… Kathy Griffin has been named MC of Comedy Central's upcoming roast of Joan Rivers…Comedy Central will start airing 30 Rock reruns in the fall of 2011…The always great Terry Kinney has signed on for (at least) 7 episodes of The Mentalist…Gregory Smith (Everwood) will star opposite Reaper's Missy Peregrym in the new ABC drama Copper…Lifetime will begin showing The New Adventures of Old Christine reruns in the fall of 2010…BET is in talks to pick up the cancelled CW sitcom The Game. If they did it would be as a sitcom and not the drama format the series tried out in its finale…Fox pushed the season two premiere of Dollhouse back to September 25th, giving Joss Whedon time to produce enough episodes to open with a run of three or four consecutive new hours…FX has ordered six episode of Archer, an animated comedy about the dysfunctional agents at an international spy agency. Voice talent for the project includes Jon Benjamin, Jessica Walter, Aiesha Taylor, Chris Parnell, and Judy Greer…Staying with the FX network for a moment, they are developing The League, a semi-scripted comedy from Jeff Schaeffer (executive producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm) and his wife Jackie that centers around a group of men in a fantasy football league…Martha Plimpton will do a multi-episode story arc on Grey's Anatomy…Everybody Hates Chris' Terry Crews will star in the TBS adaptation of Are We There Yet, with Ice Cube serving as an executive producer and also appearing in a recurring role. The deal is similar to others the network has put together, with a 10 episode initial order followed by an additional 90 episodes if ratings thresholds are hit…One of the best bits of news of the week is that Ally Walker will return for Sons of Anarchy's second season…

Turns Out Not Where But Who You're With That Really Matters
The top thing I watched since the last column went to press AKA The Best Of What's Around… I am not sure words could fully do justice to how much I loved this opening segment from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (which I only saw because TTTP official singer-songwriter Will Dailey was supposed to be the musical guest that night), so I am not even to bother trying other than to say I have watched it multiple times since and it has yet to leave me without a huge smile. Please to enjoy...



People Say I'm Crazy Doing What I'm Doing. Well, They Give Me All Kinds Of Warnings To Save Me From Ruin
What's flashed before my eyes the last few weeks…Really enjoyed the premiere of 10 Things I Hate About You, taking enough from the movie to be familiar but being original enough to not feel stale. Larry Miller clearly needs to be a regular on a TV show - any show - at all times…Rescue Me continues to have its strongest season to date, with too many highlights to list here. I don't think there has been a bad line reading or a false emotional note all season…Watching these last few Samantha Who? episodes makes me even more sad the series got cancelled. I saw a quote from one of the producers where he expressed mock shock that ABC's strategy of pulling the series off the air for months didn't succeed in getting a larger – and younger – audience and it made me laugh…Even when The Cleaner doesn't hit on all cylinders, Benjamin Bratt makes it a worthwhile hour of television. He is giving one of the more natural performances you will see but that ease in his character's skin isn't at the cost of depth of personality or intensity…The scene from last week's episode of The Closer, when the guy who fired his gun in the air to scare off would-be carjackers learned that his bullets had gone on to kill an innocent bystander, was as good as anything the show has ever done. You could see what was coming – the breakdown after he learns the truth – and the actor (Don Franklin) still managed to pull it off…Coco's Twitter Tracker continues to be genius…Eureka FINALLY returned, with Colin Ferguson in fine form. Each season the show gets better. I hope that (former Sherriff) Andy becomes at least a recurring character; seeing him try to find his way in the world after deciding he wasn't cut out for the town's law enforcement staff would be quite amusing…This past Monday's episode of The Closer was highlighted by the work of Andrew Daly, who I previously only knew from his funny bits on Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil. I am keeping my fingers crossed we see Detective Richard Tracy again in the future…One of the things I am enjoying about Top Chef: Masters is how many of the participants know each other. It makes the competition both friendlier and at times more intense, and that makes the show stronger. Still not sure about the whole stars rating system but I'll get over it…Speaking of cooking reality shows, I wish Chopped would take a hint from TC:M and steal the tournament concept; since each week of Chopped has a winner, why not do 16 regular episodes and then do a five week tournament of champions?...Each new week of The Philanthropist has me less and less interested in the show. I loved the pilot but I don't feel like anything has changed since then, and some of the ways Teddy gets around security – like sneaking by an Army – strain even the farthest regions of credibility…Better Off Ted continues to impress, leaving me with a huge smile as they take scenes in ways I was not expecting. "Too bad you had to start work during 60's week" was one of my favorite lines of last week…Hung works on all levels for me, one of my favorite new comedies of the year, by far. The cast is excellent and the show is a lot more than its 30 second summary would lead you to believe. It's great to see Thomas Jane finally get some good Ghostbuster things to do…I always forget to mention Terry Serpico's unsung performance on Army Wives. His Frank is always believable and the little things he and the writers do to keep him consistant with his code of respect and honor, like admonishing his son to not speak ill of his Mother despite her affair, are what goes into why the show rises above the level of adult soap opera...Leverage returned this week without losing an ounce of the cast chemistry that makes the show so much fun. My only issue is one of location; if you are going to set the show in Boston, film it in Boston!!!!...

TV Pick Of The Week
Torchwood – the best science fiction show you may never have heard of – does it's third season a little differently than most; instead of a full batch of episodes they went with a five night mini-series, each episode airing at 9 pm on BBC America. The reviews have been fantastic and you don't need to have ever watched before to enjoy. The only down side is that they didn't bring James Marsters back for this go-round but I can live with that because I do so enjoy the event programming style they are using.

For those of you who aren't familiar, ,b>Torchwood is a Dr. Who spin-off about a secret organization that investigates alien activity. It's funny, sexy, violent at times, and doesn't make you feel even the slightest bit guilty about watching. If you need to be sold on it more, I'll put it to you this way: there is nothing on US television that even comes close to resembling Torchwood.

Don't miss Torchwood: Children of the Earth, every night next week at 9 pm on BBC America.

Hope You Need My Love, Babe, Just Like I Need You
Here is some other noteworthy programming of the next seven days (most of your best options can be found above in our lead story)

*Today's coverage of the British Open is carried by TNT starting at 7 am. Saturday it's on ABC at 9 am, and Sunday's final round starts on TNT at 6 am before shifting to ABC at 8.

*Season three of The Bill Engvall Show premieres Saturday at 9 pm on TBS.

*Dirty Sexy Money begins its final run Saturday at 10 pm on ABC.

*Samuel L Jackson returns as host of The ESPY's Sunday night at 9 pm.

*Lindsay Lohan stars in the ABC Family movie Labor Pains Sunday at 9 pm.

*Michael Douglas receives the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Sunday at 9 pm on TVLand.

*Wake Up with Al is a new Weather Channel series that premieres Monday morning at 6 pm, with Today Show weatherman Al Roker as host (good thing he was available or they may have had to change the title). Obviously it's done live, with Al being done in time for his regular gig at 7 am.

*The Late Show with David Letterman welcomes Two Tivos favorite Joel McHale on Monday at 11:35 pm.

*The newest season of Hell's Kitchen kicks off Tuesday at 8 pm on Fox.

Two Tivos To Paradise
10 Things I Hate About You, 30 Days, 30 Rock, The Academy, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Best Day Ever, Best Week Ever, Better Off Ted, Big Love, Bones, Breaking Bad, Brothers And Sisters, Burn Notice, Celebrity Apprentice, Cake Boss, The Chris Isaak Hour, Chopped, Chuck, The Closer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Daddy's Girls, Damages, The Deadliest Catch, Desperate Housewives, Destination Truth, Dirty Sexy Money, The Dish, Drop Dead Diva, Entourage, Eureka, Flipping Out, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, The Hills, House, How I Met Your Mother, Hung, Iron Chef America, Jon & Kate + 8, Last Restaurant Standing, Law And Order, Law And Order: Criminal Intent, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Lost, Mad Men, Make Me A Supermodel, Man v. Food, Medium, The New Adventures Of Old Christine, Next Food Network Star, Nip/Tuck, The Office, One Tree Hill, Paranormal State, Party Down, The Philanthropist, Private Practice, Project Runway, Psych, Real Time With Bill Maher, Rescue Me, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Run's House, Samantha Who?, Sanctuary, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Shear Genius, Skins, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Southland, Sports Soup, Supernatural, Table For 12, Top Chef, Top Design, Torchwood, True Blood, Ugly Betty, Warehouse 13, Web Soup, Will Work for Food

People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another edition of Two Tivos To Paradise. Feel free to use the comments section below to weigh in on the Emmy nominations, what you've been watching, or any other TV related things you've got rattling around in your head.

Check out the site next Tuesday for my interview with Grace Park (The Cleaner, BSG) and then again on Wednesday for a chat with Christian Kane (Leverage, Angel).

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Sources for this week's column include Daily Variety, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, and Hollywood Reporter (plus the web sites for those publications) as well as Aintit.cool.com.