Grid Effect

Damn, it’s been a long week. Between tolling away at work, watching film (see The Lives of Others) and television, contemplating football wagers and participating in various athletic endeavors, I’ve hardly had time to get drunk and recklessly catcall women. Yeah, I told ya, its been rough. Luckily, the weekend is approaching with every passing second, and I’ll soon have two full days to make up for lost time.

Here are some links to preclude however you people occupy your weekends. Depending on where you live, its potentially the last warm weather weekend of the year, take advantage and try to watch television outside or something.

A bit of a programming note, I’ll be live blogging the Emmy’s, and will have the thing posted no more than a half hour after the show concludes. I hope someone bothers to read it, because after I heard The Wire was completely shut out, I have been somewhat bitter (even moreso than usual). Every win The Sopranos gets should go down in the record books with an asterisk next to it. Honestly, they would be more legitimate if the cast & crew for The Sopranos was on steroids, because the Emmy’s have effectively eliminated their Hank Aaron. This is an odd transition, but…

…Britney Spears may apologize at the vaunted award show. For what? I’m not sure. I really don’t need to write about Britney Spears more than I am right now. Hopefully she stays home and focuses her attention on her seemingly neglected children, and not on the vulture-like entertainment media.

Well, it isn’t an Emmy (but as stated above, what does that even count for anymore?), but Friday Night Lights was acknowledged somewhere. And it happened to be at Salon.com, for most underappreciated TV show in all the land. It’s a deserving recepient, but I don’t understand how it doesn’t go to The Wire. Possibly because they’ve already given the award to David Simon’s series, and if its still on the air, its still underappreciated and they’ve pointed that out. But still, No Emmy nominations?! Are you fucking kidding me?

In case you haven’t already heard, Jon Stewart is returning to host the Oscars. He sort of bombed with his live audience, because his audience isn’t even remotely capable of laughing at themselves (sans Jamie Foxx), or at least they’re not eager to. But for those watching on television capable of independent, cognitive thought, we seemed to enjoy his performance. Still, I’m surprised they brought him back. It certainly beats the hell out of Ryan Seacrest, whom I’m going to be forced to tolerate on Sunday. It’s going to be a long night.

Looks like were going to start hard tracking James Gandolfini’s career post-Sopranos. And I can categorically state, that with James Gandolfini as Jim Jones, it is damn near written in stone that I will be in attendance opening night.

The Sex and The City movie has a release date, May 30th, 2008. I can guarantee, whether by choice or lack of options, that I will be single on May 30th, and for at least the two months following it. Because I would rather, in lieu of of a partner, masturbate feverishly for weeks than be asked/forced/manipulated into seeing that dreck. Sorry.

My Boys has been renewed for a third season. No real surprise. The production cost is low, it’s on TBS so rating expectations are only so high, and it seems like everyone involved in the series has limited options. So congrats, My Boys. You have a niche and the niche found you, rarely happens.

FNL won an emmy for casting. Don’t you love it when a show wins an award for casting, yet isn’t even nominated for any acting awards. Yeah, that’s consistent.

We’ll send you out on three positive notes, starting with David Simon being interviewed by acclaimed author, Nick Hornby (among other achievements, he is responsible for the novel that was adapted into the John Cusack film, High Fidelity). In terms of the process, this is one of the more enlightening interviews I’ve ever read.

Jason Bateman is still keeping his hopes up for an Arrested Development movie. I’ve heard him say multiple things in regards to this, including he is happy how they left it. But still, I’d enjoy an AD movie, as would most of its fans, and it’s a good sign the lead role is on board, should something materialize.

And finally, Time Magazine has compiled a list of the 100 best television series of all time. Unlike most of these lists, there is an actual explanation for the series that made it and those that were excluded. And they are not ranked, but listed in alphabetical order with a video clip/synopsis for each series. Really, a comprehensive work from and a great time killer. I guess that implies I should have posted this earlier in the day.

That’s all I’ve got, have a great weekend and I’ll see ya’ll Sunday night.