The 2019 Golden Globes were handed out last night and, as usual, it was a stunning combination of getting some things right and some just terribly wrong. Here is the complete list of nominees and winners – along with a pithy comment or two where appropriate.
Tag: The Americans
Thinking Out Loud #2: The 70th Primetime Emmys®
The Emmys® came in on time last night! And , after winning the Emmy® for directing The Oscars, Glenn Weiss proposed to his girlfriend. (She said yes.) My thoughts on the show follow.
FX+ Offers Exclusive SVOD Of 31 FX Shows Old and New!
FX+ has secured every season of 15 Additional FX original series including The Americans, Atlanta, Better Things, Legion and Taboo. The ad-free serviuce which launched on Comcast this month, will be available to Cox subscribers in October. FX+ features ad-free, uninterrupted Viewing On Demand of every season of 31 current or legacy library FX Originals […]
Feud, The Americans & Archer Get Premiere Dates!
FX Networks has set premiere dates for Feud: Bette and Joan, The Americans and Archer. The limited series Feud: Bette and Jaon – which tells the story of the feud between movie legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford – will premiere on Sunday, March 5 on FX. The penultimate season of TV’s best spy series, […]
The People vs. O.J. Simpson Wins Big at 2016 TCA Awards!
The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won three awards, including Program of the Year, at the 2016 Television Critics Association Awards this evening. Other winners included The Americans, Mr. Robot, black-ish, Making a Murderer and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Lily Tomlin was honored with the TCA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show […]
2015: Sheldon’s Favorite Fifteen: Cable/Streaming
With the proliferation of television programming it seems like a good time to split my annual list of favorite shows in three. Let’s face it, most network television works within some pretty specific limitations while cable gets to ignore most of them the result being two different types of programming that probably should no longer […]
FX Networks’ Winter 2016 Premieres Set!
FX Networks has announced the Winter 2016 premiere dates for five series – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Man Seeking Woman on FXX; Baskets, American Crime Story and The Americans on FX. Details follow the jump.
2015 TCA Awards Nominations: HBO Leads With Seven!
The Television Critics Association has released its nominations for the 2015 TCA Awards, celebrating the best in television programming over the last year. As usual, HBO led all networks – cable or broadcast – with seven noms. FOX’s acclaimed and popular Empire and Amazon’s unique and groundbreaking Transparent lead the way with four nominations […]
Critics’ Choice Awards – Television’s Best!
The annual Critics’ Choice Awards were given out last night and there were a number of surprises like no nomination for Tatiana Maslany this year, and awards for FX shows that come a bit later than maybe they should have, just for two. It was a light year for broadcast TV once again – only […]
The 74th Annual Peabody Entertainment Awards Announced!
The 74th George Foster Peabody Entertainment Awards were announced today. Quality entertainment comes in all shapes and sizes and this year’s winners include Jane the Virgin, a unique telenovela from The CW; The Americans, a series about KGB spies in 1980’s America and Black Mirror, a British series that could be described as the dark side of […]
Matthew Rhys Talks Season 3 of FX Hit Show The Americans
Espionage and Soviet agents in a Reagan-era Washington, D.C. is the backdrop of the FX hit show The American’s. Star Matthew Rhys (Philip Jennings) took some time to chat about what might transpire in Season 3 between Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth’s (Keri Russell) complicated relationship as a married couple who happen to be KGB […]