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Emmy Spotlight 2007: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

With many of today’s top drama series featuring large ensembles, sometimes it’s tough to distinguish between leading and supporting actors. Rising to the top of the list among the supporting actors is “The Sopranos’” Michael Imperioli, who played Tony’s nephew,…

Emmy Spotlight 2007: Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Having won what will likely be only his first Emmy for “Entourage” last year, the rubber-faced Jeremy Piven is poised to dominate his category for as long as the hit HBO comedy is on, especially now that perennial nominees such…

Magic Lantern Productions, Channel 4: Fourdocs Web Site

Documentaries are enjoying a renaissance these days, at least on cable and in theatrical release, but that wasn’t the case a few years back in Great Britain when the concept of the Web site FourDocs (www.channel4.com/fourdocs) was formed. There was…

VideoJug Bottles One-Stop Shopping

Schankowitz Builds Online Repository of Self-Help Shorts

Emmy Spotlight 2007: Comedy Series

When the Primetime Emmy nominations are announced on July 19, will the traditional sitcom—shows like “Entourage,” “My Name Is Earl” and “The Office”—take center stage in the comedy series category? Or will the hybrid, one-hour comedy-dramas, shows like “Ugly Betty”…

HBO: Billie Jean King: Portrait Of A Pioneer

The Peabody citation for HBO Sports’ “Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer” was a bit of a backhanded compliment: “Unusually substantial for a sports biography, the film persuasively confirms the tennis champion’s heroic status in women’s history as well…

Expect the Unexpected in Emmy Nominations

Prime Time TV Awards Offer a Mix of Usual Suspects and Surprising Newcomers

HBO Family: The Music in Me

In HBO Family’s “The Music in Me: Children’s Recitals From Classical to Latin, Jazz to Zydeco,” a mother talks about her 10-year-old trumpeter son’s foot, which he can’t keep still when he’s playing music. The infectious half-hour program arouses a…

Lifetime Taps Series to Broaden Appeal

Daniels Reaches Out to Hitmakers to Bolster Slate

HBO: When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

When Spike Lee went to HBO in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina to seek funding for what would become “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” the cable network was immediately interested. The two had worked together previously…