Emmy Awards

Claire Danes, Tina Fey, Julianne Moore and Emily VanCamp are set to present at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards which will be broadcast live from 9am, Monday September 24, only on FOX8. Continue reading »

Monday September 24 at 10.00am on FOX8

Jimmy Kimmel hosts The Primetime Emmy Awards from the Nokia Theatre in LA, celebrating excellence in national primetime programming whilst awarding top honors like the Governors Award and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.

Two of Australia’s leading actresses, Nicole Kidman and Judy Davis, are amongst the star-studded field of nominees for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards which will be broadcast live from 9am, Monday September 24, only on FOX8.

Nicole has received her first ever Emmy nomination for her lead role as Martha Gellhorn in the HBO mini series Hemingway & Gellhorn, which will premiere in Australia on September 12 on showcase. Continue reading »

Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Jimmy Kimmel – in his PJ’s, announced the nominees for the 64th annual primetime Emmys. In a surprise Sandra Oh was snubbed for a best supporting actress nod after a huge year, Scandal failed to recieve one nomination as did Thw Walking Dead. Here are the nominations in a very odd year. Seven and Ten did the best out of the free to air networks as usual and Foxtel’s showcase swept the board again. Our own Nicole Kidman and Judy Davis have been nominated for actress gongs. The Emmy’s will air here September 24th on Foxtel.

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory – Nine
Curb Your Enthusiasm – The Comedy Channel
Girls – showcase
Modern Family – Ten
30 Rock – Seven
Veep – showcase Continue reading »

Late-night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel will host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held Sept. 23 and broadcast here on September 24th

“I hope to be able to do for the Emmys this year what Eddie Murphy did for the Oscars,” Kimmel said in a statement, alluding to Murphy’s very brief tenure as host of this year’s Academy Awards.

Though Kimmel has emceed over such awards as the American Music Awards and the ESPY Awards, this marks his first time tackling TV’s biggest night. The Emmys’ most recent hosts include Jane Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Neil Patrick Harris, a quintet of reality-TV hosts and Ryan Seacrest.

The nominees and winners from the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles this week.

Sorry to say, but for those who do not have Pay TV, and would LOVE to see the Emmy’s on September 19, Ten are NOT airing the ceremony this year. Perhaps Foxtel have it exclusively or Ten simply chose not to air it.

Honestly, I can’t see why they can’t air it late night on Ten, or even on ELEVEN that night – I think the Emmys would do well on a free to air digital channel.

Not even FOX8 – who will be airing the Emmys live from 10am AEST on Monday September 19, will be playing a prime time repeat.That night, Rove: LA premieres at 8.30pm (which will be worth giving a go!)

Perhaps the decision not to air a prime time repeat is because the die hard fans will already know all the results, thanks to social media.

Shame really, as, with Glee’s Jane Lynch hosting, and soooo many nominationed shows and personalities airing on Ten, it would fit right in for the network to air it.

Emmy’s are on FOX8 from 10.00am AEST, Monday September 19 – live from the US. E! has red carpet coverage from 8.00am, with replays from 10am on.

Sunday September 18

W
THE CLOSER – SEASON 5 – Ep 1
Sundays from September 18 at 8.30pm
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick returns as LAPD Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the W
Premiere of THE CLOSER Season 5. All episodes COMMERCIAL FREE.
Cast: Kyra Sedgewick, Jon Tenney, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, G.W. Bailey.

BIO
THE GLAMOUR GAME – Two-part special
Sundays September 18 and 25 at 9.30pm
Exploring the dazzling history of the Miss Australia Quest and the emergence of our vibrant fashion industry, The
Glamour Game reveals how Australia has moved from its colonial past to a strong and distinctive identity.

THE COMEDY CHANNEL
VERY SMALL BUSINESS – SEASON 1
Sundays from September 18 at 6.30pm
From the creators of THE LIBRARIANS comes the story of Don Angel (Wayne Hope) is a small businessman- the
backbone of this great country’s economy. But if that’s true, it’s no thanks to him. After numerous unsuccessful ventures, Don’s Worldwide Business Group is now hurtling towards liquidation.
His debts are mounting his stomach’s killing him, his wife left him, and he’s just hired Ray Leonard (Kym Gyngell) as his sole employee.
VERY SMALL BUSINESS is about the unlikely relationship between two men who form an alliance. Don Angel, is
brassy, streetwise and charismatic. He’s full of big ideas but something always gets in the way of him making any of his small businesses big. Don could sell ice to the Eskimos, but the ice would have melted on arrival. Ray Leonard is a considered, intelligent and sophisticated former journalist who has spent the last six years a broken man since he
discovered that his daughter was not biologically his. It’s a marriage made in heaven – at least until the Tax Office gets there.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL
GETTYSBURG – Two-hour Special
Sunday September 18 at 8.30pm
Australian Exclusive Premiere
This two-hour HISTORY special strips away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War and presents the engagement in a new light: a visceral, terrifying experience with everything on the line. At its core, this is the story of the soldiers on the ground, not the generals who commanded from behind the frontlines.
Compelling CGI and powerful action footage place viewers in the midst of the fighting, delivering both an emotional
cinematic experience and an information packed look at the turning points, technology, and little known facts of perhaps America’s greatest battle.

Monday September 19

FOX8
63rd PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS 2011 – LIVE TWO-HOUR SPECIAL
Monday September 19
Red Carpet from 9.00am
Awards show live from 10.00am
Australian Exclusive Premiere
The Primetime Emmy Awards salute excellence in national primetime programming; presenting top honours like the
Governors Award and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Hosted by Jane Lynch (Glee), this year’s awards are
guaranteed to be entertaining and the only place to catch it will be FOX8.

FOX8
ROVE LA – SEASON 1
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION
Mondays from September 19 at 8.30pm
Australian Exclusive Premiere
Multi TV Week Gold Logie winner, Rove McManus, is back on Australian television and he’s gone Hollywood. FOX8′s
exclusive new series, ROVE LA, will see Rove back in his natural habitat – a comedy driven talk show in front of a live
audience, talking to famous celebrities. Incorporating the hottest celebrity guests as well as a postcard of Rove’s new
life in the USA, this exclusive one hour series is the perfect way to welcome Rove McManus back into your home.

ARENA
TOP CHEF MASTERS – SEASON 3
Mondays from September 19 at 9.30pm
Australian Exclusive Premiere
Australia’s favourite celebrity chef Curtis Stone takes the helm as host of Top Chef Masters; and pits 12 world-renowned chefs against each other to see how well they fare in fierce culinary competition. Each week, these super-chefs will be whittled down until the last one standing is crowned “Top Chef Master” and receives $100,000 for the charity of their choice.
With so much money at stake, the chefs are bringing more than their knives to the table; they’re bringing their egos and stirring up the drama. The chefs must face off in some of the most difficult challenges in Top Chef history and plate up for some master entertainers and celebrity guest judges including Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks, Maroon 5 and pop sensation Kelis.

Wednesday September 21

THE HISTORY CHANNEL
YOUR SHOUT: THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN BEER - Two-part Special
LOCAL PRODUCTION
Wednesday September 21 and 28 at 7.30pm
Australian Exclusive Premiere
Is there anything closer to the heart of Australians than beer? In the past 200 years the ritual of men sharing a beer has defined the Australian character more than any other. It’s brought men together in pubs and sporting grounds, lubricating our friendships, quenching our thirst and rewarding our labours at day’s end.
Beer has played a central role in our history as far back as Captain James Cook’s first charting of the East Coast of Australia in 1770, where Cook brewed beer to sterilize the ship’s fetid drinking water.
Today Australian beer is loved and enjoyed around the world, and two great corporations dominate local industry with sales of $8 billion a year.
Your Shout is the definitive history of beer in Australia, an untold story that both delights and surprises. It traces the
development of the most familiar brands including Fosters, XXXX, Coopers, VB, West End and Swan and examines
how regional variations in beer developed around the nation. Your Shout is the history documentary all Australia has
been waiting to see.

Thursday September 22

BIO
WHEN I KNEW – One-hour special
Thursday September 22 at 8.30pm
Australian Exclusive Premiere
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato travelled across the US to ask 150 people in six different cities to talk about when
they first realised they were gay.

The 63^rd Prime Time Emmy Awards will be screened live in Australia on FOX8 from 10am eastern, on Monday September 19, 2011. Correction: There is no prime time replay. Glee’s Jane Lynch will host the awards for the first time.

E! will have live coverage of the 2011 Emmy’s red carpet arrivals from 8am eastern that day, with replays continuing throughout the day.

Shows featuring nominations include Mad Men, The Borgias, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Mildred Pearce and The Good Wife.

Throng will again provide detailed coverage of the event on the day.

There is no free to air coverage of the Emmys.

Mildred Pierce, the TV mini-series that is leading the Emmy’s race with 21 nominations, is to show in August on showtime, in time for the awards ceremony.

Set in Glendale, California circa 1931, Mildred Pierce, a young mother with a talent for baking, is left a “grass widow” after throwing her husband, Bert, out of the house. Forced to hunt for work to support herself and her two young daughters, 11-year-old Veda and seven-year-old Ray, Mildred visits an employment agency, only to encounter job opportunities she feels are beneath her. Amidst her job search, she receives dating advice from her friend and neighbor, Lucy Gessler, and begins an unexpected affair with an ex-business partner of her husbands, Wally Burgan.

When Mildred receives a call from the agency regarding an opening as a housekeeper to a wealthy socialite, she reluctantly agrees to meet with her. After cutting the acerbic interview short, Mildred seeks refuge at a local diner, where fate, and a waitress named Ida, will play a role in shaping her future

Starring Kate Winslet as Mildred, for which she is sure to pick up the Emmy, gives a stunning performance of a woman struggling to salvage her life.  Aussie star, Guy Pearce also stars as Mildreds lover Monty and is also up for an Emmy nod.

This powerful and provocative 5 part series starts on August the 3rd and Wednesdays following.