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WIDTH: 275px"/></a> This is a good sign. "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons has been tapped to do the Emmy announcement honors on July 16 along with "Grey's Anatomy" star Chandra Wilson. </p> <p>Emmy officials usually get past winners to do the honors at the crack of dawn. It's clearly a hint that the Emmy folks see Parsons as a cinch for a comedy actor nom. </p> <p>He'd better get one, or there's gonna be trouble...</p> <p><span style="COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Thursday update</strong></span>: "The Big Bang Theory" and Jim Parsons get some love rom the Television Critics Assn., with noms for comedy series and comedy performer.</p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> <p class="entry-footer-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/06/jim-parsons-gets-emmy-gig.html" title="Find related items at Technorati.">Technorati Tags</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Chandra%2BWilson" rel="tag">Chandra Wilson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Emmys" rel="tag">Emmys</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Grey's%2BAnatomy" rel="tag">Grey's Anatomy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Jim%2BParsons" rel="tag">Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/The%2BBig%2BBang%2BTheory" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theory</a> </p> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 06:36 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_parsons/">Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/06/jim-parsons-gets-emmy-gig.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/06/jim-parsons-gets-emmy-gig.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/06/jim-parsons-gets-emmy-gig.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/06/jim-parsons-gets-emmy-gig.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"Jim Parsons gets Emmy noms gig", summary:"Jim Parsons gets Emmy noms gig", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-67050311"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">May</span><br>20</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html">CBS makes a "Mentalist" move and creates Chuck Lorre's hour of power </a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa4a41e970c-pi" style="DISPLAY: inline"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa5ef45970c-pi" style="DISPLAY: inline"><img alt="Moonvesbaker" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa5ef45970c image-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa5ef45970c-800wi" title="Moonvesbaker"/></a>  </p> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/the-mentalist-on-the-move.html"><span style="COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>predictions</strong></span></a> were true! CBS' hot-shot drama "The Mentalist" is bound for the post-"CSI" berth on Thursday. That should make things interesting on the night. <em>("Mentalist" star Simon Baker and CBS boss Leslie Moonves pictured above.)</em></p> <p>Another big move that I surely didn't see coming was the shift of my fave comedy "The Big Bang Theory" to Monday 9:30 p.m. behind "Two and a Half Men." Just call it Chuck Lorre's hour of power. </p> <p>I didn't think CBS would move "Big Bang" because it's been such a stronger starter for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa4a517970c-pi" style="FLOAT: right"><img alt="Bigbangduo" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa4a517970c " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef01156fa4a517970c-400wi" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; WIDTH: 375px"/></a> the night at 8 p.m. But rock on with your bad selves, Chuck, Bill Prady, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, et al. Not only is the "Big Bang" mob the best cast and creatives in sitcomville, they're also the nicest bunch of folks you'd ever want to meet (or conduct a panel sesh with).</p> <p>Here's the sked. New series descriptions and links to clips after the jump. </p> <p>(N means new show; NT means new time period)</p> <p>MONDAY</p> <p>8:00-8:30 PM              HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (NT)</p> <p>8:30-9:00 PM              ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (N)</p> <p>9:00-9:30 PM              TWO AND A HALF MEN</p> <p>9:30-10:00 PM            THE BIG BANG THEORY (NT)</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: MIAMI</p><br/> <p>TUESDAY</p> <p>8:00-9:00 PM              NCIS</p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            NCIS: LOS ANGELES (N)</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          THE GOOD WIFE (N)</p><br/> <p>WEDNESDAY</p> <p>8:00-8:30 PM              THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE </p> <p>8:30-9:00 PM              GARY UNMARRIED </p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMINAL MINDS</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: NY</p><br/> <p>THURSDAY</p> <p>8:00-9:00 PM              SURVIVOR</p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          THE MENTALIST (NT)</p><br/> <p>FRIDAY</p> <p>8:00-9:00 PM              GHOST WHISPERER</p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            MEDIUM </p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          NUMB3RS</p><br/> <p>SATURDAY</p> <p>8:00-9:00 PM              CRIMETIME SATURDAY</p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMETIME SATURDAY</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          48 HOURS MYSTERY</p><br/> <p>SUNDAY</p> <p>7:00-8:00 PM              60 MINUTES</p> <p>8:00-9:00 PM              THE AMAZING RACE</p> <p>9:00-10:00 PM            THREE RIVERS (N)</p> <p>10:00-11:00 PM          COLD CASE (NT)<br/></p> <p></p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html#more">Continue reading "CBS makes a "Mentalist" move and creates Chuck Lorre's hour of power " »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> <p class="entry-footer-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html" title="Find related items at Technorati.">Technorati Tags</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/CBS" rel="tag">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/The%2BBig%2BBang%2BTheroy" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theroy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/The%2BMentalist" rel="tag">The Mentalist</a> </p> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 07:20 AM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_parsons/">Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2009/05/cbs-makes-a-mentalist-move-and-creates-chuck-lorres-hour-of-power-.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"CBS makes a "Mentalist" move and creates Chuck Lorre's hour of power ", summary:"CBS makes a "Mentalist" move and creates Chuck Lorre's hour of power ", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-60649974"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">December</span><br>31</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/12/happy-new-year.html">Happy New Year! Here's to a fine '09 full of good TV</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/31/unitedstatesoftara.jpg"><img title="Unitedstatesoftara" height="477" alt="Unitedstatesoftara" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/12/31/unitedstatesoftara.jpg" width="375" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>Emerging from my December blog hibernation, I'm much more inclined to look forward to what the small screen has in store for '09 than reassessing '08. Fortunately, my <em><span style="color: #336600;">Variety</span></em> colleague Stuart Levine was motivated to muse on his highs and lows for '08 (posted after the jump).</p> <p>There's not a whole lot that I've penciled into my must-see sked for the first quarter. Of course, the Big Event is the <span style="color: #ff0033;"><strong>Jan. 21</strong> </span>return of <strong>"Lost"</strong> for its high-five season (more on that later). The final two <strong>"Friday Night Lights"</strong> segs of the season (maybe forever) on DirecTV <strong><span style="color: #ff0066;">Jan. 7-14</span></strong>, will be three-hanky affairs, for sure, according to sources who have already screened them. And there'll be more multicamera hijinks to enjoy from <strong>"The Big Bang Theory"</strong> ensemble, my fave comedy troupe on the tube these days, hands down.</p> <p>As for new material, I was very impressed by what I saw on the four-episode screener of Showtime's <strong>"The United States of Tara." </strong>Toni Collette is amazing as a suburban mother and artist who grapples with three distinct personalities who also inhabit Tara's corporeal being. The supporting cast is also strong, with John Corbett playing Tara's husband in an understated way, and the always-engaging Rosemarie DeWitt as Tara's sister. Brie Larson impresses as the older of Tara's two teenage kids.</p> <p>"Tara," which as everyone knows was conceived by Steven Spielberg and birthed by Diablo Cody, bows<span style="color: #ff0033;"><strong> Jan. 18.</strong></span></p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/12/happy-new-year.html#more">Continue reading "Happy New Year! 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It makes for engaging live (to tape) TV because you can see some genuine nervousness on Parsons' part, but his natural wit and charm carries him through just fine.</p> <p>Ferguson isn't easy on him -- it's nothing like a typical plug-the-show/where-you-from chatshow interview (for one thing, a few coffee cups go flying) -- but the tangents he takes give Parsons more opportunities to score.</p> <p>TV's Craig Ferguson has reason to be feeling a little feisty these days. He's enjoying a slight ratings bounce so far this season. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/"><span style="color: #ff3300;"><strong>"Late Late Show"</strong></span></a> won the week ended Oct. 10 and is essentially tied with NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" for season-to-date bragging rights in the 12:35-1:35 a.m. time slot.</p> <p>Ferguson's uptick is fueled in part by CBS' solid momentum in primetime, and NBC's lack thereof. But I like to think that talent, as evidenced by the Parsons clip, has something to do with it too. </p><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/DOqp2Z8qXn4&hl=en&fs=1" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> <p class="entry-footer-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/jim-parsons-and.html" title="Find related items at Technorati.">Technorati Tags</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22%2B%22The%2BLate%2BLate%2BShow%2Bwith%2BCraig%2BFerguson" rel="tag">" "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22%2BCBS" rel="tag">" CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22The%2BBig%2BBang%2BTheory" rel="tag">"The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Craig%2BFerguson" rel="tag">Craig Ferguson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Jim%2BParsons" rel="tag">Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/latenight%2BTV" rel="tag">latenight TV</a> </p> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 09:20 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/craig_ferguson/">Craig Ferguson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_parsons/">Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_late_show_with_craig_ferguson/">Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/jim-parsons-and.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/jim-parsons-and.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/jim-parsons-and.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/jim-parsons-and.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"Jim Parsons and Craig Ferguson match wits on "The Late Late Show"", summary:"Jim Parsons and Craig Ferguson match wits on "The Late Late Show"", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-56947737"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">October</span><br>13</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html">"The Big Bang Theory": MIA on the Web</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/13/bigbangrenfaire.jpg"><img title="Bigbangrenfaire" height="334" alt="Bigbangrenfaire" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/10/13/bigbangrenfaire.jpg" width="500" border="0"/></a> </p> <p>Am I the only one who's noticed that CBS' <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/"><span style="color: #cc0099;"><strong>"The Big Bang Theory"</strong></span></a> is nowhere to be found on the Web, at least in full-episode mode.</p> <p>It's not available via web streaming, nor are episodes from this season available on iTunes. I discovered this the hard way the other day when I missed its regular Monday 8 p.m. airing. I went to CBS.com thinking I could easily catch up online. There were plenty of clips but no full episodes. Last season, full-length "Big Bang" adventures were readily available via CBS.com; I spent plenty of time watching them late at night when I should've been working on stories.</p> <p>"Big Bang" studio Warner Bros. TV confirms the online rights are being held back to sweeten future syndication deals with local stations. Warner Bros. did the same thing with "Two and a Half Men" -- local stations that paid big bucks for the off-net rights to the show also got the rights to stream segs on their station websites.</p> <p>I understand the business logic of this approach, but in this era where viewers are accustomed to having on-demand access to top shows, it's pennywise and pound foolish to not allow at least limited streaming or paid download access to a few recent segs -- especially when so many other programs are so widely disbursed on the web.</p> <p>When fans get the urge to hang with Sheldon and Leonard and the gang, you don't want to make them hard to find.</p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> <p class="entry-footer-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html" title="Find related items at Technorati.">Technorati Tags</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22The%2BBig%2BBang%2BTheory%22" rel="tag">"The Big Bang Theory"</a> </p> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 04:11 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/10/the-big-bang-th.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:""The Big Bang Theory": MIA on the Web", summary:""The Big Bang Theory": MIA on the Web", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-56007378"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">September</span><br>22</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html">"The Big Bang Theory": Counting Catwomen</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/22/bigbangseason2wolo.jpg"><img title="Bigbangseason2wolo" height="334" alt="Bigbangseason2wolo" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/09/22/bigbangseason2wolo.jpg" width="500" border="0"/></a> </p> <p>I'm very glad to welcome<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/"><span style="color: #660099;"><strong> "The Big Bang Theory"</strong></span></a><span style="color: #660099;"><strong> </strong></span>back to my Monday night routine.</p> <p>CBS laffer's sophomore season opener, "The Bad Fish Paradigm," took a few minutes to get going with the yucks, but when Jim Parsons' Sheldon started folding, and re-folding his laundry in the scene with Kaley Cuoco's Penny, all was right with the show.</p> <p>The seg really took off for me in the scene with Sheldon as he tries to bunk for the night with Simon Helberg's Wolowitz. (Helberg was very funny in his brief role in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Hopefully we'll see more of Moist in the sequel.) </p> <p>The rapid-fire riffing on Sheldon's favorite Catwomen <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/22/bigbangseason2.jpg"><img title="Bigbangseason2" height="250" alt="Bigbangseason2" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/09/22/bigbangseason2.jpg" width="375" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> (No. 1: Julie Newmar; No. 2: Michelle Pfeiffer; No. 3: Eartha Kitt: No. 4: Lee Meriwether; No. 5: Halle Berry) and his "X-Men" character preferences reflected the oddball side of the show that grew on me like a fungus last season. </p> <p>All in all, a fun, if not uproarious, opener penned by scribes Dave Goetsch and Steve Molaro (from story by co-creator/exec producer Bill Prady), and helmer Mark Cendrowski.</p> <p>Welcome back, boys. And I say that as a Pasadena City College alum -- no kidding.</p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> <p class="entry-footer-tags"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html" title="Find related items at Technorati.">Technorati Tags</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22%2BJim%2BParsons" rel="tag">" Jim Parsons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22Dr.%2BHorrible's%2BSing-Along%2BBlog%22" rel="tag">"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/%22The%2BBig%2BBang%2BTheory" rel="tag">"The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/CBS" rel="tag">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Kaley%2BCuoco" rel="tag">Kaley Cuoco</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://technorati.com/tag/Simon%2BHelberg" rel="tag">Simon Helberg</a> </p> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 08:57 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/09/the-big-bang-th.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:""The Big Bang Theory": Counting Catwomen", summary:""The Big Bang Theory": Counting Catwomen", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-52923070"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">July</span><br>19</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/07/emmys-parsing-t.html">Emmys: Thoughts about series directing and writing nominees</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/19/barrysonnenfeld.jpg"><img title="Barrysonnenfeld" height="205" alt="Barrysonnenfeld" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/07/19/barrysonnenfeld.jpg" width="160" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>Emmy's picks for writing and directing nominees in the series categories are kinda like a state of the craft report card every year. They're often the category where new and innovative programs are recognized long before they crack the more prominent races.</p> <p>But in a year when Emmy voters seemed to embrace new and different, the choices in the writing and directing heats seem more pedestrian, though some of this year's contenders were so obvious (<strong>Bryan Fuller</strong> and <strong>Barry</strong> <strong>Sonnenfeld</strong> for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisiesl/index?pn=index"><span style="color: #ff0066;"><strong>"Pushing Daisies"</strong></span></a> Pie-lette, <strong>Matthew Weiner</strong> and <strong>Alan</strong> <strong>Taylor</strong> for the<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/"><span style="color: #9900ff;"><strong> "Mad Men"</strong></span></a> pilot) as to take some of the suspense out of the race this year. Sonnenfeld <em>(pictured left)</em> and Taylor <em>(pictured right)</em> have already bagged DGA Awards for their work on these pilots.</p> <p>Sonnenfeld, IMHO, can safely begin rehearsing his acceptance speech for comedy helmer. (Coming from him, it oughta be a doozy.) The competish is strong -- a six-nominee category meaning that there was one tie in the nom ballotting -- but nothing was quite so inventive and visually distinct as that first slice of ABC's "Pushing Daisies."<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/19/alantaylordga.jpg"><img title="Alantaylordga" height="255" alt="Alantaylordga" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/07/19/alantaylordga.jpg" width="175" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> </p> <p>From my viewfinder, the dark horse in the race could be <strong>James Bobin</strong> of HBO's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.hbo.com/conchords/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>"Flight of the Conchords."</strong></span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong> </strong></span>Bobin, co-creator of the series with Kiwi comedy-rockers Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, is up for the "Sally Returns" episode of "Conchord's" 12-episode frosh season.</p> <p><strong>Dan Attias</strong> nabbed a nom for the "No Cannes Do" installment of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.hbo.com/entourage/"><span style="color: #ff3300;"><strong>"Entourage."</strong></span></a> <strong>Paul Lieberstein</strong> has shown that there's no end to his talents by performing, writing and directing segs of NBC's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/"><span style="color: #339900;"><strong>"The Office,"</strong></span></a><span style="color: #339900;"><strong> </strong></span>and now he's up for helming the seg "Money" Parts 1 and 2 (sounds like a James Brown hit from the early '70s). Also nommed from "Office" is <strong>Paul Feig</strong>, for handling the season finale, "Goodbye, Toby," which happened to mark the farewell of Lieberstein's character. <strong>Michael Engler</strong> of NBC's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/"><span style="color: #990033;"><strong>"30 Rock" </strong></span></a>is up for the "Rosemary's Baby" installment.</p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/07/emmys-parsing-t.html#more">Continue reading "Emmys: Thoughts about series directing and writing nominees" »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 04:22 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/abc/">ABC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/academy_of_television_arts_sciences/">Academy of Television Arts & Sciences</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/aliens_in_america/">Aliens in America</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/barry_sonnenfeld/">Barry Sonnenfeld</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/battlestar_galatica/">Battlestar Galatica</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/boston_legal/">Boston Legal</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bryan_fuller/">Bryan Fuller</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cw/">CW</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_simon/">David Simon</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/directors/">Directors</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/how_i_met_your_mother/">How I Met Your Mother</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order/">Law & Order</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order_svu/">Law & Order: SVU</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lost/">Lost</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mad_men/">Mad Men</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/matthew_weiner/">Matthew Weiner</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nbc/">NBC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/pilots/">Pilots</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/showtime/">Showtime</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tina_fey/">Tina Fey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/weeds/">Weeds</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/writers/">Writers</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/07/emmys-parsing-t.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/07/emmys-parsing-t.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/07/emmys-parsing-t.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> Emmy noms in the comedy and drama series heats. The final noms will be announced on Thursday, July 17.</p> <p>(My 2 cents on the list follows after the jump)</p> <p><strong>COMEDY</strong></p> <p>Curb Your Enthusiasm <br/>Entourage <br/>Family Guy <br/>Flight of the Conchords <br/>The Office <br/>Pushing Daisies <br/>30 Rock <br/>Two and a Half Men <br/>Ugly Betty <br/>Weeds</p> <p><strong>DRAMA</strong></p> <p>Boston Legal <br/>Damages <br/>Dexter <br/>Friday Night Lights <br/>Grey’s Anatomy <br/>House <br/>Lost <br/>Mad Men <br/>The Tudors <br/>The Wire </p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/06/emmys-top-10-fi.html#more">Continue reading "Emmy's top 10 finalists for the comedy and drama series kudo" »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 03:19 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/30_rock/">30 Rock</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/abc/">ABC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/academy_of_television_arts_sciences/">Academy of Television Arts & Sciences</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/amc/">AMC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/boston_legal/">Boston Legal</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cablers/">Cablers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/damages/">Damages</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dexter/">Dexter</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/emmys/">Emmys</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/family_guy/">Family Guy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/friday_night_lights/">Friday Night Lights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/fx/">FX</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/glenn_close/">Glenn Close</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hbo/">HBO</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/house/">House</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/how_i_met_your_mother/">How I Met Your Mother</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hugh_laurie/">Hugh Laurie</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_from_cincinnati/">John from Cincinnati</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jon_hamm/">Jon Hamm</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kyle_chandler/">Kyle Chandler</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order/">Law & Order</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order_svu/">Law & Order: SVU</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mad_men/">Mad Men</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/matthew_weiner/">Matthew Weiner</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nbc/">NBC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/seth_macfarlane/">Seth MacFarlane</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/showtime/">Showtime</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_office/">The Office</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_wire/">The Wire</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/22/sarahconnorsw_2.jpg"><img title="Sarahconnorsw_2" height="412" alt="Sarahconnorsw_2" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/05/22/sarahconnorsw_2.jpg" width="275" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>It wasn't a total loss. This is a contrarian view on the season that will go down in the Nielsen annals as the lowest rated on record for the Big Four nets, but there was some good news to be found here and there, amid the wreckage. </p> <p>For sure, the season-long stats on the 2007-08 campaign are pretty darn ugly, as <em>Variety</em> ratings guru Rick Kissell smartly and soberly details <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.variety.com/VR1117986172.html"><span style="color: #336600;"><strong>in this season wrap.</strong></span></a> But in actuality we didn't have a season, we had two abbreviated seasons -- pre- and post-strike. Writers Guild of America leaders were as strategic as Eisenhower and Marshall carving up the European theater in triggering the work stoppage to begin on Nov. 5, to ensure maximum impact on current production and pilot development.</p> <p>Of course, most everything the WGA was fighting for in its 100 Days War has been at work in force -- on steroids -- in this topsy-turvy season: the increasing popularity of web streaming of programming and DVR time-shifted viewing, the increasing use of digital extensions of traditional programs to drive traffic to network-affiliated websites and to generate new revenue streams for our half-dozen favorite media congloms.</p> <p>Beyond the fairness issue and the wonky oh-my-god-younger-generations-will-never-watch-TV-the-same-way-again considerations, let's look at what the nets have to show for themselves program-wise out of the fall and spring mini seasons of '07-'08.</p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/that-was-the-se.html#more">Continue reading "That was the season that was -- sort of" »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 10:15 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/abc/">ABC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck/">Chuck</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cw/">CW</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/fox/">Fox</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nbc/">NBC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ratings/">Ratings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/terminator_the_sarah_connor_chronicles/">Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/that-was-the-se.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/that-was-the-se.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/that-was-the-se.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/that-was-the-se.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"That was the season that was -- sort of", summary:"That was the season that was -- sort of", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-50148992"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">May</span><br>20</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/warner-bros-tv.html">Warner Bros. TV: Can't win, can't lose</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><span style="color: #cc0033;"><strong>POSTED BY STUART LEVINE AND JON WEISMAN</strong></span></p> <p>Like a parent with kids on different teams squaring off against each other, Warner Bros. TV prexy Peter Roth will watch with both glee and terror as the 2008-09 TV season kicks off.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/20/the_mentalist3.jpg"><img title="The_mentalist3" height="305" alt="The_mentalist3" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/05/20/the_mentalist3.jpg" width="250" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> </p> <p>Of the four new WB dramas picked up by the broadcast nets during last week’s upfronts, three have been thrown against each other in the same 9 p.m. Tuesday timeslot: “The Mentalist” (CBS, photo on right), “Fringe” (Fox) and “Surviving the Filthy Rich” (CW). </p> <p>For better or worse, this kind of fraternal battle is becoming familiar for Warners. Mondays at 8 p.m. feature a head-to-head-to-head-to-head slugfest among four WB shows, as hourlongs “Chuck” (NBC), “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (Fox), “Gossip Girl” (CW) face CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.” </p> <p>“It’s a very high-class problem to have,” Roth said. “While it wouldn’t necessarily be our preference to have programs competing against one another, we have been in this situation before. We suggest since they are all great shows, viewers should watch one of them live, TiVo the others and, preferably, watch them within the advertiser-desired three-day window.” </p> <p>At 10 p.m. Thursday, WB rookie “Eleventh Hour” goes up against veteran “ER,” which will begin its 15th and final season. And on the comedy side, it’s no laughing matter for WB as Pushing Daisies” (ABC) and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS) both vie for the same eyeballs at 8 p.m. Wednesday. </p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 10:23 AM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/er/">ER</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/peter_roth/">Peter Roth</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/surviving_the_filthy_rich/">Surviving the Filthy Rich</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/terminator_the_sarah_connor_chronicles/">Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/warner_bros_/">Warner Bros._</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/warner-bros-tv.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/warner-bros-tv.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/warner-bros-tv.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/warner-bros-tv.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"Warner Bros. 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TV: Can't win, can't lose", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-49511362"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">May</span><br> 6</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/the-big-bang-th.html">"The Big Bang Theory": Frosh MVP of a tortured season</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/bigbangst.jpg"><img title="Bigbangst" height="233" alt="Bigbangst" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/05/07/bigbangst.jpg" width="350" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>Maybe you had to be a "Star Trek" geek as a kid, and it probably helps to have grown up with Caltech and JPL being places you visited on school field trips... but even if you didn't mark time by the "star date" calendar or spend your formative years in Pasadena, you've gotta be able to get a giggle out of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/"><span style="color: #ff0099;"><strong>"The Big Bang Theory."</strong></span></a></p> <p>CBS/Warner Bros. TV comedy, created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, is the frosh MVP of the tortured 2007-08 season, IMHO. Episode by episode, the ensemble is getting tighter and more playful, making the characters richer and, most important, funny. This is not one of those half-hours that is stingy with big, broad laughs, or more concerned with advancing soapy storylines than the pound-for-pound silliness of each episode.</p> <p>Perhaps the buddy comedy's biggest accomplishment has been making Kaley Cuoco's Penny, the ditsy <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/bigbangpms_2.jpg"><img title="Bigbangpms_2" height="233" alt="Bigbangpms_2" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/05/07/bigbangpms_2.jpg" width="350" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/07/bigbangpms.jpg"></a> hot chick who moves in next door to the egghead Caltech-ers (played with aplomb by Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons), more than a one-note punch line. </p> <p>Producers are promising some extra-special hijinks for "Big Bang's" May 19 season finale.</p> <p>For a representative sample, spin this recent "Big Bang" seg, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/video/video.php?cid=501654014&pid=dzCBT9bTVD8t5vm8yvzqGabvq"><span style="color: #3300ff;"><strong>"The Bat Jar Conjecture,"</strong></span></a><span style="color: #3300ff;"><strong> </strong></span>as pictured here. Hint: As always, keep your eye on the red shirts.</p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 09:11 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/the-big-bang-th.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/the-big-bang-th.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/the-big-bang-th.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/05/the-big-bang-th.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:""The Big Bang Theory": Frosh MVP of a tortured season", summary:""The Big Bang Theory": Frosh MVP of a tortured season", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-46593342"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">March</span><br> 4</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/03/big-bang-theory.html">"Big Bang Theory": The bang is back, on St. Patrick's Day</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>There's welcome news in the CBS press bundle today -- a fresh logline for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/"><span style="color: #ff3300;"><strong>"The Big Bang Theory."</strong></span><img title="Bigbangtheoryfoursome" height="233" alt="Bigbangtheoryfoursome" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2008/03/04/bigbangtheoryfoursome.jpg" width="350" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> </p> <p>Frosh sitcom that showed so much promise, creatively and ratings-wise, prior to the strike interruption, returns March 17 with a seg dubbed "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization." Story's by co-creator Bill Prady and Stephen Engel, with the teleplay from the capable hands of co-creator Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn and Dave Goetsch. </p> <p>"When Sheldon and Leonard are invited to present their joint findings at a physics conference, Sheldon refuses, and Penny steps in to mediate … only deepening the rift between the two best friends."</p> <p>Sounds like fun. The guest cast list for this seg indicates that our nerdy heroes Sheldon and Leonard may meet their Asian doppelgangers (if not in looks then in spirit, perhaps). Thesp Talbott Chin is on board to play "Chinese Leonard"; Howard Chan will play "Chinese Sheldon." </p> <p><em>(Unfortunately, there's no fresh art yet for the show on CBS' press site, so here's a pic featuring "Big Bang's" fab four from an earlier seg. Left to right: Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar and Johnny Galecki. )</em></p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 04:15 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/03/big-bang-theory.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/03/big-bang-theory.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/03/big-bang-theory.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2008/03/big-bang-theory.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:""Big Bang Theory": The bang is back, on St. Patrick's Day", summary:""Big Bang Theory": The bang is back, on St. Patrick's Day", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-40901916"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">October</span><br>30</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/strike-plans-he.html">Strike plans: Here's hoping they're not needed</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/davidletterman1988.jpg"><img title="Davidletterman1988" height="385" alt="Davidletterman1988" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2007/10/30/davidletterman1988.jpg" width="250" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>A writers strike could ruin your whole day. Or night.</p> <p>My hard-working <span style="color: #339900;"><strong>Variety</strong></span> colleagues spent all day Tuesday turning over rocks and looking into every aspect of what a scribe work stoppage would mean for this town, and none of it is good. TV editors Joe Adalian and Michael Schneider did a fine job of explaining how quickly a strike would KO our favorite latenight companions -- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975074.html?categoryid=2821&cs=1"><span style="color: #339900;"><strong>read their reportage by clicking here</strong></span></a>, and check out <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=hottopic&id=2821"><span style="color: #339900;"><strong>the rest of Variety's team coverage by clicking here</strong></span></a>.</p> <p>Speaking of our fave latenight companions, here's a look at what David Letterman looked like the last time the WGA went out. While some part of Letterman might want to turn back the clock to those lazy-hazy days of July 1988 when this pic was snapped (actually, he seems so happy these days as little Harry's proud papa I'll be he wouldn't go back for nothin'), fans of quality television do not want to be deprived of our daily and weekly fixes of our fave primetime raves. (No more visits to "The Office," a dimming of "Friday Night Lights," a busted "Big Bang Theory," losing "Lost" in midstream, uprooted "Pushing Daisies," etc.)</p> <p>So here's to hoping the federal mediator or somebody can bring about a meeting of the minds in the ultimate writers' room this week.</p> <p><em>(Letterman pic by Ron Galella/WireImage)</em></p> </div> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 09:27 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_letterman/">David Letterman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/friday_night_lights/">Friday Night Lights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/guilds/">Guilds</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_show_with_david_letterman/">Late Show with David Letterman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lost/">Lost</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_office/">The Office</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/strike-plans-he.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/strike-plans-he.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/strike-plans-he.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/strike-plans-he.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:"Strike plans: Here's hoping they're not needed", summary:"Strike plans: Here's hoping they're not needed", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-40647488"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">October</span><br>24</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html">"Scrubs" is back; "Big Bang Theory" heating up</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/scrubs1.jpg"><img title="Scrubs1" height="183" alt="Scrubs1" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2007/10/24/scrubs1.jpg" width="275" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>NBC's tack in promoting the return of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://www.nbc.com/Scrubs/"><span style="color: #9900cc;"><strong>"Scrubs" on Thursday </strong></span></a>seems kind of unusual for the show.</p> <p>Peacock's on-air tubthumping has emphasized that show is in its final season and playing up the will-they-or-won't-they? angle regarding Zach Braff's J.D. and Sarah Chalke's Elliot. The on-again, off-again sparks between those two have been a running thread of the laffer, fer sure, but not as much as you'd think from watching the promos.</p> <p>Opening seg of season seven, "My Own Worst Enemy" -- penned by exec producers Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman and helmed by creator/exec producer Bill Lawrence -- and is zany-funny in typical "Scrubs" fashion but not one of the series' highest notes, perhaps because of its emphasis on laying plot track.</p> <p>The highlight is a quick detour into the "Who Caresies" awards ("take that, Tony Shalhoub!," J.D. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/scrubs2_2.jpg"><img title="Scrubs2_2" height="183" alt="Scrubs2_2" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2007/10/24/scrubs2_2.jpg" width="275" border="0" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px"/></a> declares<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/24/scrubs2.jpg"></a> in his acceptance speech), which comes on the heels of John C. McGinley's Dr. Cox calling J.D. an "annoying whiny manchild" more than once.</p> <p>Those who have stuck with "Scrubs" through its ups and downs the past seven years won't be disappointed but here's hoping they return to laugh-out-loud form in the coming weeks.</p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html#more">Continue reading ""Scrubs" is back; "Big Bang Theory" heating up" »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 02:32 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html#comments">Comments (2)</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html#trackback">TrackBack (0)</a> </span> <span class="link" id="sharethis" style="vertical-align:top;position:relative; z-index:1;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var share_url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/10/scrubs-is-back-.html?ref=sharethis"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:""Scrubs" is back; "Big Bang Theory" heating up", summary:""Scrubs" is back; "Big Bang Theory" heating up", url:share_url, icon: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://path.to/icon' }, {button:true} ); </script> </span> </p> </div> <div class="entry" id="entry-36642214"> <h3 class="entry-header"> <span class="date-header"><span class="smalldate">July</span><br>18</span> <span class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/07/tca-big-bang-no.html">TCA: "Big Bang Theory" not that '70s show</a></span></h3> </mtweblogpostifshow> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><span style="color: #ff0033;"><strong>POSTED BY JON WEISMAN</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/18/bbtheory.jpg"><img title="Bbtheory" height="165" alt="Bbtheory" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009im_/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/images/2007/07/18/bbtheory.jpg" width="250" border="0" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px"/></a>Chuck Lorre didn't even own a TV in the 1970s, so any similarities between his new CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" and the swinging late '70s icon "Three's Company" are completely coincidental. Really, Lorre insists.<br/><br/>Lorre, co-executive producer Bill Prady and the cast of "Big Bang" seemed a little taken aback to find themselves in the unexpected position of being asked to compare and contrast their program to that of Jack, Janet and Chrissy during the "Big Bang" TCA sesh on Wednesday.<br/><br/>Tops on the list: Three decades after Suzanne Somers redefined the role of the dumb blonde on "Three's," is it possible that Kaley Cuoco's Penny (pretty small-town gal befriended by two neighbors who are Caltech physicists) is ... dumberer? (<em>Pictured from left, "Big Bang" stars Jim Parsons, Cuoco, Johnny Galecki)</em><br/><br/>No way, said Lorre.</p> </div> <p class="entry-more-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2007/07/tca-big-bang-no.html#more">Continue reading "TCA: "Big Bang Theory" not that '70s show" »</a> </p> <!-- technorati tags --> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="footer-left" style="float:left"> <span class="post-footers">Posted at 10:44 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/actors/">Actors</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/networks/">Networks</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/al_gore/">Al Gore</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/alan_ball/">Alan Ball</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/alec_baldwin/">Alec Baldwin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/alexandra-pelosi/">Alexandra Pelosi</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/alice_ghostley/">Alice Ghostley</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/aliens_in_america/">Aliens in America</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/allison_silverman/">Allison Silverman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/amas_de_casa_desesperadas/">Amas de Casa Desesperadas</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/amc/">AMC</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/america_ferrera/">America Ferrera</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/americas_funniest_home_videos/">America's Funniest Home Videos</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/americas_got_talent/">America's Got Talent</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/american_idol/">American Idol</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/amy-poehler/">Amy Poehler</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/amy_shermanpalladino/">Amy Sherman-Palladino</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/anchorwoman/">Anchorwoman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/andrea_mitchell/">Andrea Mitchell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/angela-bromstad/">Angela Bromstad</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/angela_lansbury/">Angela Lansbury</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/animation/">Animation</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ant_and_dec/">Ant and Dec</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/anthony_edwards/">Anthony Edwards</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/anthony_zuiker/">Anthony Zuiker</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/antonio_villaraigosa/">Antonio Villaraigosa</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/archive_of_american_television/">Archive of American Television</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/arrested-development/">Arrested Development</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ashton_kutcher/">Ashton Kutcher</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/awards/">Awards</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/back_to_you/">Back to You</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/barack_obama/">Barack Obama</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/barry_sonnenfeld/">Barry Sonnenfeld</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/baseball/">Baseball</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/battlestar_galatica/">Battlestar Galatica</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bbc_america/">BBC America</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ben_silverman/">Ben Silverman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bernie_brillstein/">Bernie Brillstein</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/beth_comstock/">Beth Comstock</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/betty_white/">Betty White</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/big_brother/">Big Brother</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/big_love/">Big Love</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bill_bixby/">Bill Bixby</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bill_oreilly/">Bill O'Reilly</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bill_paxton/">Bill Paxton</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bionic_woman/">Bionic Woman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bob_clark/">Bob Clark</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bob_dylan/">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bob_newhart/">Bob Newhart</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bob_saget/">Bob Saget</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bob_schieffer/">Bob Schieffer</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bonnie_hammer/">Bonnie Hammer</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/boston_legal/">Boston Legal</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/brad_garrett/">Brad Garrett</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bravo/">Bravo</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/breaking-bad/">Breaking Bad</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/brenda_hampton/">Brenda Hampton</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/brian_lamb/">Brian Lamb</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/britney_spears/">Britney Spears</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/brothers_and_sisters/">Brothers and Sisters</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bruce_greenwood/">Bruce Greenwood</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bryan-cranston/">Bryan Cranston</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bryan_fuller/">Bryan Fuller</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/bury_my_heart_at_wounded_knee/">Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cspan/">C-SPAN</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cablers/">Cablers</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/camp_rock/">Camp Rock</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/carlton_cuse/">Carlton Cuse</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/carol_burnett/">Carol Burnett</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/carter_bays/">Carter Bays</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cartoon_network/">Cartoon Network</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cavemen/">Cavemen</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cbs/">CBS</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chris_albrecht/">Chris Albrecht</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chris_parnell/">Chris Parnell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chris_rock/">Chris Rock</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/christina_hendricks/">Christina Hendricks</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck/">Chuck</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_barris/">Chuck Barris</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/chuck_lorre/">Chuck Lorre</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/clone_wars/">Clone Wars</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cloris_leachman/">Cloris Leachman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cnn/">CNN</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/comedy_central/">Comedy Central</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/community/">Community</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/conan_obrien/">Conan O'Brien</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/connie_britton/">Connie Britton</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/countdown_with_keith_olbermann/">Countdown with Keith Olbermann</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/coupling/">Coupling</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/craig_ferguson/">Craig Ferguson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/craig_thomas/">Craig Thomas</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/crash/">Crash</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/csi/">CSI</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/csi_ny/">CSI: NY</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/cw/">CW</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/damages/">Damages</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/damon_lindelof/">Damon Lindelof</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dan_rather/">Dan Rather</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/danny_devito/">Danny DeVito</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/darren_mcgavin/">Darren McGavin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_and_lynn_angell/">David and Lynn Angell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_chase/">David Chase</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_duchovny/">David Duchovny</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_letterman/">David Letterman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_milch/">David Milch</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_morse/">David Morse</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/david_simon/">David Simon</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/deadwood/">Deadwood</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/denis-leary/">Denis Leary</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/desperate_housewives/">Desperate Housewives</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dexter/">Dexter</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/diablo-cody/">Diablo Cody</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dianne_wiest/">Dianne Wiest</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dick_ebersol/">Dick Ebersol</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dick_martin/">Dick Martin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dick_van_dyke/">Dick Van Dyke</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dick_wolf/">Dick Wolf</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/directors/">Directors</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/directv/">DirecTV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dirty_sexy_money/">Dirty Sexy Money</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/discovery/">Discovery</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/disney/">Disney</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/disney_channel/">Disney Channel</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/disneyland/">Disneyland</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/do_not_disturb/">Do Not Disturb</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dominic_monaghan/">Dominic Monaghan</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dr_horribles_singalong_blog/">Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/dvd/">DVD</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/e/">E!</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ed_asner/">Ed Asner</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ed_burns/">Ed Burns</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/edie_falco/">Edie Falco</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/edward_r_murrow/">Edward R. Murrow</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/eight_days_a_week/">Eight Days a Week</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/elisabeth_moss/">Elisabeth Moss</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/eliza_dushku/">Eliza Dushku</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/emmys/">Emmys</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/encore_westerns/">Encore Westerns</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/er/">ER</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/espn/">ESPN</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/evan_lurie/">Evan Lurie</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/events/">Events</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/everybody_hates_chris/">Everybody Hates Chris</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/executives/">Executives</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/family_guy/">Family Guy</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/farscape/">Farscape</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/fcc/">FCC</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/felicity_huffman/">Felicity Huffman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/football/">football</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/fox/">Fox</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/fox_news/">Fox News</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/friday_night_lights/">Friday 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gene_wilder/">Gene Wilder</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/generation_kill/">Generation Kill</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/george_carlin/">George Carlin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/geraldine_laybourne/">Geraldine Laybourne</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gillian_anderson/">Gillian Anderson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gilmore_girls/">Gilmore Girls</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/girlfriends/">Girlfriends</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/glee/">Glee</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/glenn_close/">Glenn Close</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gloria_reuben/">Gloria Reuben</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/golf/">Golf</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gordon_ramsay/">Gordon Ramsay</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/gossip_girl/">Gossip Girl</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/green_acres/">Green Acres</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/greg_berlanti/">Greg Berlanti</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/greg_daniels/">Greg Daniels</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/guilds/">Guilds</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hal_fishman/">Hal Fishman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hallmark_channel/">Hallmark Channel</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hank_azaria/">Hank Azaria</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hannah_montana/">Hannah Montana</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/harvey_korman/">Harvey Korman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hawaii_five0/">Hawaii Five-0</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hbo/">HBO</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hd_net/">HD Net</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/heath_ledger/">Heath Ledger</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/helen_mirren/">Helen Mirren</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hells_kitchen/">Hell's Kitchen</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/heroes/">Heroes</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/high_school_musical/">High School Musical</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hopkins/">Hopkins</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/house/">House</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/how_i_met_your_mother/">How I Met Your Mother</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hrts/">HRTS</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hugh_laurie/">Hugh Laurie</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/hulu/">Hulu</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/humanitas_prize/">Humanitas Prize</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/i_spy/">I Spy</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ian_mcshane/">Ian McShane</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ifc/">IFC</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/in-treatment/">In Treatment</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ipod_nano/">iPod Nano</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/its_always_sunny_in_philadelphia/">It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jj_abrams/">J.J. Abrams</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jack_nicholson/">Jack Nicholson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jaime_pressly/">Jaime Pressly</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/james_corden/">James Corden</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/james_gandolfini/">James Gandolfini</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/january_jones/">January Jones</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jason_and_randy_sklar/">Jason and Randy Sklar</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jason_katims/">Jason Katims</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jay_leno/">Jay Leno</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jeff_zucker/">Jeff Zucker</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jeopardy/">Jeopardy!</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jeremy_piven/">Jeremy Piven</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jericho/">Jericho</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jerry_lewis/">Jerry Lewis</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jerry_seinfeld/">Jerry Seinfeld</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jesse_james/">Jesse James</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_gaffigan/">Jim Gaffigan</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_mckay/">Jim McKay</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_nantz/">Jim Nantz</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jim_parsons/">Jim Parsons</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jimmy-fallon/">Jimmy Fallon</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jimmy_kimmel/">Jimmy Kimmel</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/joan_rivers/">Joan Rivers</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_ford/">John Ford</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_from_cincinnati/">John from Cincinnati</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_landgraf/">John Landgraf</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_lurie/">John Lurie</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_madden/">John Madden</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_mccain/">John McCain</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_slattery/">John Slattery</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_stamos/">John Stamos</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_turturro/">John Turturro</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/john_wells/">John Wells</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jon_hamm/">Jon Hamm</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jon_stewart/">Jon Stewart</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jonas_brothers/">Jonas Brothers</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/jordana_spiro/">Jordana Spiro</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/josh_radnor/">Josh Radnor</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/joss_whedon/">Joss Whedon</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/judd_apatow/">Judd Apatow</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/judy_greer/">Judy Greer</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kate_walsh/">Kate Walsh</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/katherine_heigl/">Katherine Heigl</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kathy_griffin/">Kathy Griffin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/katie_couric/">Katie Couric</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kcet/">KCET</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/keith_olbermann/">Keith Olbermann</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kem_nunn/">Kem Nunn</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kevin_reilly/">Kevin Reilly</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kevin_smith/">Kevin Smith</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kid_nation/">Kid Nation</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kiefer_sutherland/">Kiefer Sutherland</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kitchen_nightmares/">Kitchen Nightmares</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ktlatv_los_angeles/">KTLA-TV Los Angeles</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/kyle_chandler/">Kyle Chandler</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lance_reddick/">Lance Reddick</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_late_show_with_craig_ferguson/">Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_night/">Late night</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_night_with_conan_obrien/">Late Night with Conan O'Brien</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_night_with_jimmy_fallon/">Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/late_show_with_david_letterman/">Late Show with David Letterman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order/">Law & Order</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/law_order_svu/">Law & Order: SVU</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/legends/">Legends</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/leslie_moonves/">Leslie Moonves</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/levar_burton/">LeVar Burton</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lewis_black/">Lewis Black</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/life/">Life</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/life_on_mars/">Life on Mars</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lifetime/">Lifetime</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/linda_cardellini/">Linda Cardellini</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/linda_ellerbee/">Linda Ellerbee</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/loren_bouchard/">Loren Bouchard</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lost/">Lost</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lou_grant/">Lou Grant</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/louis_gossett_jr/">Louis Gossett Jr.</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/lucy_daughter_of_the_devil/">Lucy, Daughter of the Devil</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mad_men/">Mad Men</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mandy_patinkin/">Mandy Patinkin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mara_brock_akil/">Mara Brock Akil</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/marc_cherry/">Marc Cherry</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/marcy_carsey/">Marcy Carsey</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/markpaul_gosselaar/">Mark-Paul Gosselaar</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/marshall_herskovitz/">Marshall Herskovitz</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/martin_manulis/">Martin Manulis</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/marykate_olsen/">Mary-Kate Olsen</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/marylouise_parker/">Mary-Louise Parker</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/matthew_weiner/">Matthew Weiner</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/maura_tierney/">Maura Tierney</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/meet_the_press/">Meet the Press</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mel_shavelson/">Mel Shavelson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/melora_hardin/">Melora Hardin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/merv_griffin/">Merv Griffin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/michael_chiklis_1/">Michael Chiklis</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/michael_emerson/">Michael Emerson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/michael_j_fox/">Michael J. Fox</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mike_darnell/">Mike Darnell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/miley_cyrus/">Miley Cyrus</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/million_dollar_password/">Million Dollar Password</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mindy_kaling/">Mindy Kaling</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mirthala_salinas/">Mirthala Salinas</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/miss_guided/">Miss Guided</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mister_rogers_neighborhood/">Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mitch-hurwitz/">Mitch Hurwitz</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/moment_of_truth/">Moment of Truth</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/monster_garage/">Monster Garage</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/moonlight/">Moonlight</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/msnbc/">MSNBC</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/mtv/">MTV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/multihyphenates/">Multihyphenates</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/muppets/">Muppets</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/my_boys/">My Boys</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/my_name_is_earl/">My Name is Earl</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nancy_tellem/">Nancy Tellem</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nashville/">Nashville</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/national_geographic_channel/">National Geographic Channel</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/natpe/">NATPE</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nbc/">NBC</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/neal_baer/">Neal Baer</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/neil_patrick_harris/">Neil Patrick Harris</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/networks/">Networks</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nick_kroll/">Nick Kroll</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nickelodeon/">Nickelodeon</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/night_gallery/">Night Gallery</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nina_tassler/">Nina Tassler</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/niptuck/">Nip/Tuck</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/nypd_blue/">NYPD Blue</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/obits/">Obits</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/olympics/">Olympics</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/on_the_lot/">On the Lot</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/online_nation/">Online Nation</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/only_in_tv_land/">Only in TV land...</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/oprah_winfrey/">Oprah Winfrey</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/oxygen/">Oxygen</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/paley_center_for_media/">Paley Center for Media</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/paris_hilton/">Paris Hilton</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/parker_posey/">Parker Posey</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/patrick-swayze/">Patrick Swayze</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/pbs/">PBS</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/peabody_awards/">Peabody Awards</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/peter_billingsley/">Peter Billingsley</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/peter_liguori/">Peter Liguori</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/peter_roth/">Peter Roth</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/philo_t_farnsworth/">Philo T. Farnsworth</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/pib_and_pog/">Pib and Pog</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/pilots/">Pilots</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/planet_green/">Planet Green</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/playhouse_90/">Playhouse 90</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/powers_boothe/">Powers Boothe</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/prime_suspect/">Prime Suspect</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/project_gary/">Project Gary</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/radio/">Radio</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rainn_wilson/">Rainn Wilson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/raising_the_bar/">Raising the Bar</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ratings/">Ratings</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/reaper/">Reaper</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rescue-me/">Rescue Me</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/return_of_jezebel_james/">Return of Jezebel James</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rhettandlink/">RhettandLink</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rita_rocks/">Rita Rocks</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rob_marshall/">Rob Marshall</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/robert_greenblatt/">Robert Greenblatt</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/robot_chicken/">Robot Chicken</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rod_serling/">Rod Serling</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/roger_king/">Roger King</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ron-moore/">Ron Moore</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/roots/">Roots</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/rowan_and_martins_laughin/">Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ryan_seacrest/">Ryan Seacrest</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sally_field/">Sally Field</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sam_zell/">Sam Zell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sarah_connor_chronicles/">Sarah Connor Chronicles</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sarah_palin/">Sarah Palin</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sarah_silverman/">Sarah Silverman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/satcasters/">Satcasters</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/saturday_night_live/">Saturday Night Live</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sci_fi_channel/">Sci Fi Channel</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/second_life/">Second Life</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/secret_life_of_the_american_teenager/">Secret Life of the American Teenager</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/seth_green/">Seth Green</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/seth_macfarlane/">Seth MacFarlane</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/shawn_ryan/">Shawn Ryan</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/shiri_appleby/">Shiri Appleby</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/shonda_rhimes/">Shonda Rhimes</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/showrunners/">Showrunners</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/shows/">Shows</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/showtime/">Showtime</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/si_tv/">Si TV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/simon_cowell/">Simon Cowell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/sleeper_cell/">Sleeper Cell</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/soapnet/">soapnet</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/soul_train/">Soul Train</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/spike_tv/">Spike TV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/spinal_tap/">Spinal Tap</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/stan_lee/">Stan Lee</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/star_jones/">Star Jones</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/star_trek/">Star Trek</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/starz/">Starz</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/stations/">Stations</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/stephen_colbert/">Stephen Colbert</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/steve_dildarian/">Steve Dildarian</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/steven_bochco/">Steven Bochco</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/steven_moffat/">Steven Moffat</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/steven_spielberg/">Steven Spielberg</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/strike_tv/">Strike TV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/studios/">Studios</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/superdeluxe/">Superdeluxe</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/superheroes/">Superheroes</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/surviving_the_filthy_rich/">Surviving the Filthy Rich</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/survivor/">Survivor</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/suzanne_pleshette/">Suzanne Pleshette</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/swingtown/">Swingtown</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/talking_heads/">Talking heads</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tbs/">TBS</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tca/">TCA</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tcm/">TCM</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ted_danson/">Ted Danson</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/ted-haggard/">Ted Haggard</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/telemundo/">Telemundo</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tell_me_you_love_me/">Tell Me You Love Me</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/terminator_the_sarah_connor_chronicles/">Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/terry_oquinn/">Terry O'Quinn</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_addams_family/">The Addams Family</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_andy_griffith_show/">The Andy Griffith Show</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_backyardigans/">The Backyardigans</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the-beast/">The Beast</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_big_bang_theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_bob_newhart_show/">The Bob Newhart Show</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_bronx_is_burning/">The Bronx Is Burning</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_business/">The Business</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_colbert_report/">The Colbert Report</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_daily_show_with_jon_stewart/">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_farnsworth_invention/">The Farnsworth Invention</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_gong_show/">The Gong Show</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_life_and_times_of_tim/">The Life and Times of Tim</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_masters/">The Masters</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_new_adventures_of_old_christine/">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_office/">The Office</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_price_is_right/">The Price is Right</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_real_world/">The Real World</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the-rockford-files/">The Rockford Files</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_sarah_silverman_program/">The Sarah Silverman Program</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_shield/">The Shield</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_simpsons/">The Simpsons</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_sopranos/">The Sopranos</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_twilight_zone/">The Twilight Zone</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_west_wing/">The West Wing</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_wire/">The Wire</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/the_xfiles/">The X-Files</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/theme_songs/">Theme songs</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/this_american_life/">This American Life</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/thomas_dekker/">Thomas Dekker</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/thomas_haden_church/">Thomas Haden Church</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/three_stooges/">Three Stooges</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/through_the_orthicon_tube/">Through the orthicon tube</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tim_russert/">Tim Russert</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/timothy_olyphant/">Timothy Olyphant</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tina_fey/">Tina Fey</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tivo/">TiVo</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tnt/">TNT</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/todd_holland/">Todd Holland</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tom_bergeron/">Tom Bergeron</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tom_brokaw/">Tom Brokaw</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tom_selleck/">Tom Selleck</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tom_snyder/">Tom Snyder</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/toni-collette/">Toni Collette</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/top_chef/">Top Chef</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tracey_ullman/">Tracey Ullman</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tracey_ullmans_state_of_the_union/">Tracey Ullman's State of the Union</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/tribune_co/">Tribune Co.</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/true_blood/">True Blood</a></li> <li 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/united-states-of-tara/">United States of Tara</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/univision/">Univision</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/unscripted_tv/">Unscripted TV</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/upfronts/">Upfronts</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/usa_network/">USA Network</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090829202009/http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/varsity_inc/">Varsity Inc.</a></li> <li class="module-list-item"><a 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