Your TV Tour Guide: December 2014

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Golden Globe Nominations

Right on the heels of yesterday's announcement of the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, we are presented with those for the Golden Globes. This list has some similarities to the SAGs but also some differences. Nice to finally have the CW break into the race in an acting category (Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin) - long overdue ... Supernatural's Jensen Ackles should have been nominated years ago. There are some new contenders, like Showtime's The Affair, FX's Fargo, and Amazon's Transparent. American Horror Story: Freak Show only scored two nomination (Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates). But where are deserving candidates like Bellamy Young from ABC's Scandal, Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany or pretty much anyone from NBC's Parenthood or USA's Suits? No noms for The Walking Dead, Justified or Sons of Anarchy either. But hey, who'd have thought ABC's Modern Family would ever fail to make a list? And really, is anyone watching Showtime's Nurse Jackie ... Edie Falco never fails to get nominated, ever, yet I never see or hear anything about the series!

Anyhoo, here are the TV nominations:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
The Affair (Showtime)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
House of Cards (Netflix)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Robin Wright, House of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA
Clive Owen, The Knick
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist
Dominic West, The Affair

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Girls (HBO)
Jane the Virgin (CW)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon Studios INSTANT VIDEO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Louis CK, Louis
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Fargo (FX)
The Missing (Starz)
The Normal Heart (HBO)
Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
True Detective (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Frances O'Connot, The Missing
Allison Tolman, Fargo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Allison Janney, Mom
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TV
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

SAG Award Nominations

Seasons Greetings, TV Tourists, and welcome to award season!

Wish I could say, as I always do, that there would be new additions to the roster of new TV nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, but aside from Tatiana Maslany's well-deserved nom for her many roles in BBC America's Orphan Black and Viola Davis' on ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, it's pretty much same-old-same-old, which makes for a rather mundane celebration (but yay HBO's Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory and Orange is the New Black!). Maybe someday things will change, but until then, here are the (usual for the most part) nominees:

DRAMA ENSEMBLE
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards

COMEDY ENSEMBLE
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Veep

DRAMA ACTOR
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

DRAMA ACTRESS
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House of Cards

COMEDY ACTOR
Ty Burell, Modern Family
Louis CK, Louie
William Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

COMEDY ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES - MALE ACTOR
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES - FEMALE ACTOR
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDorman, Olive Kitteridge
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

STUNT TEAM
24: Live Another Day
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Sons of Anarchy
The Walking Dead

The Screen Actors Guild Awards air Sunday, Jan. 25 on TNT and TBS.

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Airing Status

12 Monkeys (SyFy) - ON HIATUS
2 Broke Girls (CBS) - Returns Fall 2015
Agent Carter (ABC) - ON HIATUS
America's Got Talent (NBC) - ON HIATUS
America's Next Top Model (CW) - Airing Now
American Crime (ABC) - Return Date TBD
American Dad! (FOX) - ON HIATUS (Moving to TBS)
American Horror Story: Hotel - Premieres Oct. 7
American Idol (FOX) - Final Season Returns Jan. 2016
Angel From Hell (CBS) - Premieres Nov. 5
Archer (FX) - ON HIATUS
Arrow (CW) - Returns Oct. 7
Bachelor In Paradise (ABC) - ON HIATUS
Bates Motel (A&E) - ON HIATUS
Beauty and the Beast (CW) - ON HIATUS
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (NBC) - Airing Now
Better Call Saul (AMC) - ON HIATUS
Beyond the Tank (ABC) - Airing Now
Black-ish (ABC) - Airing Now
Blindspot (NBC) - Airing Now
Blood & Oil (ABC) - Airing Now
Blue Bloods (CBS) - Airing Now
Bob's Burgers (FOX) - Airing Now
Bones (FOX) - Returns Oct. 1
Broadchurch (BBC America) - ON HIATUS
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX) - Airing Now
CSI: Cyber (CBS) - Returns Oct. 4
Castle (ABC) - Airing Now
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC) - ON HIATUS
Chasing Life (ABC Family) - ON HIATUS
Chicago Fire (NBC) - Returns Oct. 13
Chicago PD (NBC) - Returns Sept. 30
Code Black (CBS) - Premieres Sept. 30
Community (NBC) - SERIES ENDED
Continuum (SyFy) - ON HIATUS
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW) - Premieres Oct. 19
Criminal Minds (CBS) - Returns Sept. 30
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) - ON HIATUS
Defiance (SyFy) - ON HIATUS
Devious Maids (Lifetime) - ON HIATUS
Doctor Who (BBC America) - Airing Now
Downton Abbey (PBS) - ON HIATUS
Dr. Ken (ABC) - Premieres Oct. 2
Elementary (CBS) - Returns Nov. 5
Empire (FOX) - Airing Now
Episodes (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
Extant (CBS) - ON HIATUS
Face Off (SyFy) - ON HIATUS
Falling Skies (TNT) - SERIES ENDED
Family Guy (FOX) - Airing Now
Fargo (FX) - Returns Oct. 12
Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) - Airing Now
Galavant (ABC) - Returns Winter 2015-2016
Game of Thrones (HBO) - ON HIATUS
Gang Related (FOX) - ON HIATUS
Girls (HBO) - ON HIATUS
Gotham (FOX) - Airing Now
Graceland (USA) - ON HIATUS
Grandfathered (FOX) - Airing Now
Grey's Anatomy (ABC) - Airing Now
Grimm (NBC) - Returns Oct. 30
Halt and Catch Fire (AMC) - ON HIATUS
Hannibal (NBC) - SERIES ENDED
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) - Airing Now
Heroes Reborn (NBC) - Airing Now
Homeland (Showtime) - Returns Oct. 4
Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) - SERIES ENDED
House of Cards (Netflix) - Season 3 Now Streaming
House of Lies (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) - Airing Now
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX) - ON HIATUS
Jane the Virgin (CW) - Returns Oct. 19
Last Man Standing (ABC) - Airing Now
Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit (NBC) - Airing Now
Legends (TNT) - ON HIATUS
Legit (FX) - ON HIATUS
Life in Pieces (CBS) - Airing Now
Limitless (CBS) - Airing Now
Looking (HBO) - ON HIATUS
Louie (FX) - ON HIATUS
Luther (BBC America) - ON HIATUS
Madam Secretary (CBS) - Returns Oct. 4
Major Crimes (TNT) - ON HIATUS
Married (FX) - ON HIATUS
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) - Airing Now
Masters of Sex (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
Mike & Molly (CBS) - Return Date TBD
Minority Report (FOX) - Airing Now
Mistresses (ABC) - ON HIATUS
Modern Family (ABC) - Airing Now
Mom (CBS) - Returns Nov. 5
Motive (ABC) - ON HIATUS
Mulaney (FOX) - CANCELLED
Murder in the First (TNT) - ON HIATUS
NCIS (CBS) - Airing Now
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) - Airing Now
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) - Airing Now
Nashville (ABC) - Airing Now
New Girl (FOX) - Return Date TBD
Nurse Jackie (Showtime) - SERIES ENDED
Odyssey (NBC) - ON HIATUS
Once Upon a Time (ABC) - Airing Now
Orange is the New Black (Netflix) - ON HIATUS
Orphan Black (BBC America) - ON HIATUS
Outlander (Starz) - ON HIATUS
Perception (TNT) - ON HIATUS
Person of Interest (CBS) - Return Date TBD
Playing House (USA) - ON HIATUS
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) - ON HIATUS
Project Runway (Lifetime) - Airing Now
Quantico (ABC) - Airing Now
Ray Donovan (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
Rectify (Sundance TV) - STATUS UNKNOWN
Reign (CW) - Returns Oct. 9
Rizzoli & Isles (TNT) - ON HIATUS
Rookie Blue (ABC) - Returns Summer 2016
Rosewood (FOX) - Airing Now
Royal Pains (USA) - ON HIATUS
Saturday Night Live (NBC) - Returns Fall 2015
Scandal (ABC) - Airing Now
Scorpion (CBS) - Airing Now
Scream (MTV) - ON HIATUS
Scream Queens (FOX) - Airing Now
Secrets and Lies (ABC) - OH HIATUS
Shameless (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
Shark Tank (ABC) - Airing Now
Sherlock (BBC America) - ON HIATUS
Sleepy Hollow (FOX) - Returns Oct. 1
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) - ON HIATUS
Stitchers (ABC Family) - ON HIATUS
Suits (USA) - ON HIATUS
Supergirl (CBS) - Premieres Oct. 26
Supernatural (CW) - Returns Oct. 7
Survivor (CBS) - Airing Now
Switched at Birth (ABC Family) - ON HIATUS
Teen Wolf (MTV) - ON HIATUS
The 100 (CW) - Returns Fall 2015
The Affair (Showtime) - Returns Oct. 4
The Amazing Race (CBS) - Airing Now
The Americans (FX) - ON HIATUS
The Astronaut Wives Club (ABC) - Returns Summer 2016
The Bachelor (ABC) - ON HIATUS
The Bachelorette (ABC) - ON HAITUS
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - Airing Now
The Big C (Showtime) - ON HIATUS
The Biggest Loser (NBC) - ON HIATUS
The Blacklist (NBC) - Returns Oct. 1
The Flash (CW) - Returns Oct. 6
The Fosters (ABC Family) - ON HIATUS
The Goldbergs (ABC) - Airing Now
The Good Wife (CBS) - Returns Oct. 4
The Grinder (FOX) - Airing Now
The Last Man on Earth (FOX) - Airing Now
The Last Ship (TNT) - ON HIATUS
The Leftovers (HBO) - Returns Oct. 4
The Middle (ABC) - Airing Now
The Mindy Project (FOX) - ON HIATUS
The Muppets (ABC) - Airing Now
The Musketeers (BBC America) - ON HIATUS
The Mysteries of Laura (NBC) - Airing Now
The Night Shift (NBC) - ON HIATUS
The Odd Couple (CBS) - Return Date TBD
The Originals (CW) - Returns Oct. 8
The Player (NBC) - Airing Now
The Simpsons (FOX) - Airing Now
The Strain (FX) - ON HIATUS
The Vampire Diaries (CW) - Returns Oct. 8
The Voice (NBC) - Airing Now
The Walking Dead (AMC) - Returns Oct. 11
True Detective (HBO) - ON HIATUS
Two and a Half Men (CBS) - SERIES ENDED
Tyrant (FX) - ON HIATUS
Undateable (NBC) - Returns Oct. 9
Under the Dome (CBS) - SERIES ENDED
VEEP (HBO) - Airing Now
White Collar (USA) - SERIES ENDED
Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW) - Airing Now
Wicked City (ABC) - Premieres Oct. 27
Wipeout (ABC) - ON HIATUS
Zoo (CBS) - ON HIATUS
iZombie (CW) - Returns Oct. 6

2014-2015 Season - What I'm Watching/DVR-ing

MONDAYS
8 p.m.
The Big Bang Theory (till Oct. 30), then 2 Broke Girls (CBS)
2 Broke Girls

9 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow (FOX)
Scorpion (CBS)

10 p.m.
Castle (ABC)

TUESDAYS
8 p.m.
The Flash (CW)

9 p.m.
Supernatural (CW)
MARVEL'S agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)

WEDNESDAYS
8 p.m.
Arrow (CW)
Survivor (CBS)

9 p.m.
Criminal Minds (CBS)

10 p.m.
Nashville (ABC)
Stalker (CBS)

THURSDAYS
8 p.m.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

9 p.m.
Scandal (ABC)

FRIDAYS
9 p.m.
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Glee (FOX)

SUNDAYS
8 p.m.
Once Upon a Time (ABC)

9 p.m.
The Walking Dead (AMC)
Revenge (ABC)

What I Learned On:

Nashville - Break off the bottom part of a cupcake, then put it on top of the frosting - essentially making a cupcake sandwich - you get frosting in every bite.

Covert Affairs - An "elevator pitch" includes talking points that can be outlined quickly.

Hawaii Five-O - What can I say...very educational show. Did you know that even if you file off your fingerprints, they'll grow back in a couple of weeks? I know!

Hawaii Five-O - You can apparently store a gun in the freezer and count on it to still fire when needed (i.e. home invasion). If true, definitely a unique, unsuspecting hiding place.

Body of Proof - Use rice to dry out a cell phone that has gotten wet (Hawaii Five-O also featured this trick).

Rizzoli & Isles - 18th Century beer sucks.

Bachelor Pad - Even "Am I really watching THIS?" shows can have moments (i.e. Ames forgoing $250,000 to follow evicted new love Jackie off the show). Of course, they broke up shortly after (no surprise), so ...

Entourage - To pass a drug test, if you're a man, you can be fitted with a fake p***s that emits a replacement "sample."

Covert Affairs - If you're going to "read in" (i.e. reveal that you're a spy for the CIA) your family, expect them to still love you but ask you to move out.

Suits - If you know a great hacker, you can invent an alumni record at Harvard Law without ever having set foot on campus.

Beauty and the Beast - Gross, but ... bedbugs, being bloodsuckers, can retain the DNA of anyone they bite in the bed they infest, so if need for crime-solving/affair-proving purposes, evidence is available.

Awesome Random Facts

- Hawaii Five-0 stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan were born exactly one day apart (August 24 and August 23, 1976, respectively).

- Plenty of TV co-stars happen to share the same birthday! Firefly stars Morena Baccarin (Inara) and Jewel Staite (Kaylee) share June 2 (Baccarin is three years older). One of TV's most beloved on-screen couples, Family Ties' Steven and Elyse Keaton - aka Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter - were both born on the very same day, June 21, 1947, while Big Bang Theory stars Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj) share April 30 (Galecki is six years older).

- Jimmy Fallon, during a 1998 sketch on Saturday Night Live with host Alec Baldwin in which Jimmy is the "Ghost of SNL Future," predicted he would be hot in 2011 and host the show in December of that year. He is slated to do just that.

- I went to elementary school and junior high with Rachel Zoe of The Rachel Zoe Project.

- Marilu Henner (CBS' Unforgettable) is one of only six people in the world diagnosed with Superior Autobiographical Memory (the ability to remember nearly every moment of life in great detail). Perfect show for her to appear on, since main character has same ability.

- Stanford is one of the most referenced colleges on TV. Just a few of the shows featuring characters that attended/graduated the esteemed University include Supernatural, Chuck, Veronica Mars, The X-Files, Parenthood, Castle, The Goldbergs, The Big Bang Theory, Mistresses ... even Saved By the Bell!