The latest in:
Programmies
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Other
CO-WINNER: ATTACK OF THE SHOW, G4 Perhaps this is the most unprofessional-looking show to win one of our awards, but its prosaic look is mostly intentional. Broadcast live Mon-Fri, AOTS is an irreverent, often geeky, look at pop news (lots of Star Trek stories), tech trends and things its young, largely male demo considers fun. […]
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Actor/Comedy
WINNER: TONY SHALHOUB, MONK, USA NETWORK When it comes to comedy, there’s slapstick, highbrow, lowbrow, juvenile and a million other variations. And then there’s what Tony Shalhoub does on Monk. Like the eccentric character he plays, this brand of comedy is a category in and of itself. On one hand, we laugh, shaking our heads […]
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Music
WINNER: LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD, SUNDANCE CHANNEL This fascinating 12-part series drops modern-day music acts into the legendary London recording studio where the Beatles once roamed — just to see what happens. The results often are magical. Almost as compelling as the performances themselves is watching otherwise successful music megastars in self-reflection mode as they […]
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show Documentary
WINNER: 102 MINUTES THAT CHANGED AMERICA, HISTORY History execs grapple daily with the question: How to present history in a unique way? We felt History got it right with 102 Minutes That Changed America. So did viewers, whose outcry was so great for the 9/11 doc that History repeated it, commercial-free, the evening after its […]
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Food
WINNER: BIZARRE FOODS WITH ANDREW ZIMMERN, TRAVEL CHANNEL There may be no better way to drive home the importance of tolerance and diversity than by watching Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Although there’s plenty of fun involved, Chef Zimmern could play it totally for laughs — on his global travels he’s eaten fried rodents, frozen […]
-
09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Online/Mobile Extras for a Linear Show
WINNER: SONNY WITH A CHANCE, DISNEY CHANNEL The irony of a sitcom starring a tween actress playing a tween actress on a tween-themed sketch comedy show is salient. But hey — it works. And as usual, Disney understands its young audience well enough to supplement the show with plenty of extras for Internet-savvy viewers. The […]
