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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Educational/Instructional
WINNER: PARELLI NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP, RFD-TV We admit the sorry dearth of equestrians among our panel of judges, but this wonderful show had us hooked. The Parellis (a husband-and-wife pair of horse trainers) make it look so darned easy. Of course it’s not. But their mastery is fun to watch, and it’s hard not to appreciate […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Host Educational/Instructional
WINNER: PAUL LISNEK, POLITICAL UPDATE WITH PAUL LISNEK, COMCAST CN100, CHICAGO If you could create the prototypical host for an educational television program, you might come up with Paul Lisnek, the veteran talent of CN100’s weekly Political Update. Paul’s not only a lawyer and an author, he also holds a PhD in communications and is […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Sports
WINNER: YANKEEOGRAPHY, YES NETWORK It was a no-brainer after YES Network and Major League Baseball Productions decided seven years ago to profile shortstop Derek Jeter using footage and interviews. Why not extend the 1-hour bio format to chronicle historic players from one of the most heralded franchises in sports? Thus biographies of the greatest names […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Actor in Cable
WINNER: BRYAN CRANSTON, BREAKING BAD, AMC Who didn’t love Bryan Cranston in Malcolm in the Middle? The goofy faces. The Jacques Clouseau-esque bumbling. A court jester surrounded by a family of court jesters. Apparently, playtime is over. Cranston’s brilliant turn as cancer-stricken drug dealer Walt White has proven to everyone that this guy can do […]
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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 Video on Demand the Legends of Wrestling
WINNER: LEGENDS OF WRESTLING PRESENTS SOUL OF WRESTLING, WWE Professional wrestling and civil rights are not words often paired in one’s mind. That’s one reason why WWE’s On Demand series, WWE Classics, decided to do an episode about how wrestling grappled with race some 50 years ago, when black wrestlers started to become prominent. A […]