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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/News
WINNER: BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA, BBC AMERICA In an age where in-studio blather can pass for reporting and TV news outlets have slashed their foreign bureaus, BBC World News America stands as a beacon of hope for global journalism. Its reporters don’t just fly in to cover a story in some corner of the world; […]
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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 […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Seek and Thou Shall Find
I hear it regularly at social events of all kinds, big parties, small get-togethers, in casual conversations with friends and relatives. It would be nice to say I hear it mostly from a particular demographic and at a specific time of the year. In fact, I hear it from people of all ages, sexes and […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]