• 09/16/2009

    CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Comedy

    WINNER: THE SOUP, E! Politicians provide choice cuts that Jon Stewart skewers nightly to make deliciously funny dishes on his show. But reality television’s abundance has provided host Joel McHale with even finer ingredients to whip up a superior creation each week on the appropriately named The Soup. Of course it’s scary that the politicians […]

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  • 09/16/2009

    CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Writer

    WINNER: RONALD D. MOORE, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, SYFY Moore’s reimagining of 1970s one-season-wonder Battlestar Galactica was the best-written science-fiction series ever on television. While Star Trek will always rule the universe, Moore’s attention to character detail and wonderfully nuanced writing forever changed the definition of TV science fiction. Moore challenged our notions of religion, loyalty, class, […]

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  • 09/16/2009

    CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Animated

    WINNER: HANDY MANNY, DISNEY CHANNEL Crisp animation and lovable characters make Handy Manny a delight to watch, and the show’s smart life lessons about persevering amid challenges and fixing the seemingly unfixable — well, Disney has once again struck the perfect balance between entertainment and learning. In addition, the show’s young viewers get a taste […]

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  • 09/16/2009

    CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Opening Sequence

    WINNER: DARK PATH CHRONICLES, FEARNET Cross horror film classic Pet Sematary with music videos, like those for Madonna’s Material Girl and Like a Virgin, and you have an idea of the opening sequence for Dark Path Chronicles. It’s like a dream, a nightmare possibly, composed of blazing fast clips, in black and white, of tunnels, […]

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  • 09/16/2009

    CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Producer

    WINNERS: MATTHEW WEINER AND SCOTT HORNBACHER, MAD MEN, AMC Honoring Weiner (top) and Hornbacher is particularly appropriate since the series’ production elements are critical to its tremendous success. Half the fun of Mad Men are the 1960s clothes, the hats (on men and women), the furniture, the cars, the interiors, the hairstyles. Weiner’s attention to […]

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