Comments on: Television Critics Association Announces 2009 Award Nominees

By: David4

David4 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:43:13 +0000

Go Star Trek! You have been “dead” 40 years but you still can win!

By: random

random — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:14:01 +0000

Goggins was perfect in the shield. I love FNL but u can’t replace he was prob even better then anyone on any show including breaking bad

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:24:48 +0000

It’s a bummer Chuck didn’t get recognized. I feel like it’s always the same shows that get recognized. Chuck is a quality show with brilliant acting!

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:39:27 +0000

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Lost” (ABC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“The Office” (NBC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
“Friday Night Lights” (NBC/DirecTV)
“Lost” (ABC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MOVIES, MINI-SERIES AND SPECIALS
“24: Redemption” (Fox)

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Fringe” (Fox)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Steve Carell (”The Office”)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
none

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
none

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS & INFORMATION
“60 Minutes” (CBS)

HERITAGE AWARD
“ER” (NBC)
“Star Trek” (NBC)

By: HeroesforGhosts

HeroesforGhosts — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:59:30 +0000

Hey, NBC actually came in first in something!

By: SW

SW — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:19:58 +0000

I find it amusing to laughter that Star Trek is nominated in the Heritage Award. It’s not that it doesn’t deserve it — it does, because it has a significant history of entertainment (ST:TOS, Animated, Next Gen, DS9, Enterprise, movies, reboot movie) as well as a societal and cultural niche. My laughter comes from the fact that NBC has tended not to acknowledge anniversaries (20th, 25th, etc) while other networks (on news broadcasts, no less!) celebrated the show and its fan following on those same anniversaries. Maybe NBC still gets a bit annoyed by the tweaks of having canceled this show? Not sure, but if it wins the award, I wonder if they will acknowledge it this time lol

By: clutz

clutz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:05:30 +0000

Nice to see Friday Night Lights get a tiny bit of recognition, but Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, and Zach Gilford each deserve some kind of “honorable mention” in the individual achievement category And bravo, Jim Parsons! He absolutely makes BBT worth watching.

By: Cullen

Cullen — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:24:35 +0000

My choices would be:

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“Lost” (ABC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
“Lost” (ABC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MOVIES, MINI-SERIES AND SPECIALS
“Generation Kill” (HBO)

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“True Blood” (HBO)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Alec Baldwin (”30 Rock”)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Bryan Cranston (”Breaking Bad”)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
“Yo Gabba Gabba” (Nickelodeon)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS & INFORMATION
“60 Minutes” (CBS)

HERITAGE AWARD
“The Shield” (FX)

By: j

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:04:59 +0000

Hmm, interesting that Pushing Daisies and Chuck were both snubbed. Both TWOP and EW are pushing for the pair, but if even critics who generally adore the shows won’t nominate them, I’m guessing Emmys will be a long shot.

Though just like their predictions for Emmys, the nominees are pretty much: Comedy = broadcast, Drama = cable. It’s pretty interesting how dichotomous it is.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:14:16 +0000

Yeah, strange that SNL and BSG were nominated for program of the year, but not in the subcategories of comedy and drama. Not much to quarrel with on this list of nom’s though. I’d probably replace 30 Rock and HIMYM with Weeds and Pushing Daisies in the comedy category, replace The Shield with Damages in drama, put Breaking Bad in the POTY category, switch out Doogie for Mary Louise Parker and Goggins for Connie Britton (FNL) in ind. comedy and drama, but not of the noms seem outrageous to me.

If someone asked you 5 years ago to guess what one network would have two TCA best drama nominations in 2009 how many guesses would you have made before you got to AMC?

By: Josh Emerson

Josh Emerson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:02:55 +0000

I don’t understand why SNL is up for Program of the Year. Every single show up for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy is far better.

Yoooooooo Gabba Gabba! My little cousin is addicted to this show. He loves it as much as I love 30 Rock.

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:05:48 +0000

I find it interesting that SNL was nominated for Program of the Year, but not Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.

By: KN

KN — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:12:32 +0000

Only one woman nominated in each of the individual performance categories? That’s disappointing.

By: Jeff G

Jeff G — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:33:36 +0000

It is nothing new that the critics give the most nominations to the network with the lowest ratings. It always amazes me that this is so common.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:09:04 +0000

Where the hell is the Outstanding Animated Program-category!?