MUMBAI: An HBO presentation, the six-hour mini-series Angels in America, the Mike Nichols adaptation of Tony Kushner’s play about AIDS during the Reagan administration, walked off with seven Golden Globe nominations including one for Al Pacino’s performance as Roy Cohn.
A record in itself since, last a television project grabbed seven nominations in 1997 for NBC’s ER.
This year’s spotlight is on lesser-known shows like FX’s new plastic-surgery series Nip/Tuck, nominated for best drama series, BBC America’s mock documentary about an inept office manager- The Office, has nominations for best comedy, creator and star Ricky Gervais, say media reports.
Besides, Angels in America, pay-cable channel HBO dominated the proceedings, with nominations for best drama and best comedy series for Six Feet Under (currently aired on Zee English) andSex and the City (on HBO). Sex and the City also shared the spotlight with Will &Grace as the most celebrated regular TV series in this year’s Globe contest with five nominations each.
After HBO, its NBC emerged as the most nominated broadcast network, which has collected a total of 10 nominations, including a best drama nomination for The West Wing and a best comedy nod for Will & Grace. Both are currently on Zee English, say the reports.
While showtime’s controversial TV movie, The Reagans, earned acting nominations for its two stars — James Brolin and Judy Davis as former first couple Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
All the four members of the main cast in Will & Grace Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes, have been nominated for the Globes this year. Ditto for Sex and the City, which garnered nominations for its four principals actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon, add the report
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HBO leads the nomination pack at Golden Globe
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Showtime’s round-table forum on ‘The Reagans’ controversy
NEW YORK: This is an initiative that seeks to clear the air that surrounds the miniseries The Reagans. Showtime will air the controversial film on 30 November. The film created by Sony Pictures Television was earlier pulled out from CBS following a storm of protest.
Showtime will also present a special round-table forum Controversy: The Reagans. This will air on 1 December. The forum will bring together an eclectic and experienced panel comprised of journalists, historians, biographers and educators with wide-ranging knowledge of Reagan and the political issues related to his presidency.
The panel will be moderated by former CNN Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent Frank Sesno. Panelists currently scheduled to appear include Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University Martin Anderson, Ronald Reagan”s biographer Lou Cannon and Fox News’ political analyst Linda Chavez.
In order to let as many viewers weigh in on the controversy surrounding the film, Showtime will stream the panel discussion live on Sho.com simultaneously with the airing of the panel discussion on the network. The panel discussion will be available on Sho.com until 10 December.
Immediately following the panel, viewers can log on to Sho.com and add their comments and questions about the movie on a message board. In addition, viewers can participate in an online poll about the film.
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Controversial movie ‘The Reagans’ to air on Showtime on 30 November
NEW YORK: The latest controversy on American television involved the television movie The Reagans. For several weeks the conservative majority has been up in arms over the film alleging that it was biased in its portrayal of the former First Family.
This forced Viacom to yank the film off broadcast network CBS and shove it onto its cable network Showtime.
Showtime will air the film on 30 November. The film, from Sony Pictures Television, stars James Brolin and Judy Davis as President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy. As reported earlier by indiantelevisioin.com the film takes a look at the 40th president and his family. It covers the early days of the Reagans’ marriage through tenure at the White House.
However reports indicate that the film has cut out the line where Reagan says that Aids patients deserved their disease. For the record the line was “They that live in sin shall die in sin.”
The subscriber network will air the film commercial free. Earlier this month after CBS left go off the film the networks president Leslie Moonves admitted that the film was too biased for broadcast television. He said that the network had not lived up to its promise of delivering a fair portrayal. It gave short shrift to Reagans positive points.