10th Annual RATTY Awards (rec.arts.tv Awards) Nominations Ballot
Joshua Kreitzer
rules:
1. These awards cover television programs which were shown between
June 1, 2003, and May 31, 2004. Network, cable, and syndicated shows
are all eligible.
2. You can nominate up to six shows or people per category. You
don't have to vote in every category or submit the full number of six
nominees in each category, but please try to nominate in as many
categories as possible.
3. Please place your votes in the space provided. Try to not make the
ballot too lengthy (in terms of lots of spacing between lines).
4. Nominations will be accepted until Sunday 11 July 2004, at 10:00
p.m. US Pacific time. The nominations will be announced shortly after
that date.
5. You must email your ballots to Robert Licuria directly at this
email address only: ratty...@hotmail.com
Please do not respond directly to this e-mail, because then your
ballot will be sent to me (Joshua Kreitzer) instead of Robert. Robert
Licuria will be compiling the nominations, and I will be counting the
votes during the final voting round.
Please be advised that if you only post your ballot in the newsgroup
without sending it by e-mail, it will not be counted (although please
feel free to also post them if you want).
6. A reminder list of eligible shows will be posted to the newsgroup
in a separate message around the same time as this ballot.
7. As in years past, with contenders that are borderline (in terms of
category classification), should a particular contender gain more
votes in one category than another, then all of their votes will count
towards that category in which that person or show gained the most
votes.
8. Please try to nominate episodes when voting in writing and
directing categories.
9. Like last year, if there are some categories that do not receive
enough votes, then the category may be merged with another similar
category or scrapped.
10. Finally, have fun with it!
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10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS – NOMINATION BALLOT
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"The Best":
DRAMA SERIES
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DRAMA WRITING
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DRAMA DIRECTING
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COMEDY SERIES
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COMEDY WRITING
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COMEDY DIRECTING
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SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
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SF DIRECTING
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VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
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NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
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ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
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NEW SERIES
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MOST IMPROVED SERIES
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"The Worst":
WORST SERIES
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Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Ian J. Ball
grom...@hotmail.com (Joshua Kreitzer) wrote:
> It's time to vote for the 10th Annual RATTY Awards!
I'll get back to ya on this, later on in the week...
--
Ian J. Ball | "I think things are even worse now after
TV lover, and | the awful... fish sex."
Usenet slacker | - Seth Cohen, "The O.C."
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David
wrote:
>10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS – NOMINATION BALLOT
>REMINDER: send to ratty...@hotmail.com
Joshua, thanks again for doing this but I've tried emailing it and
hotmail says this address doesn't exist.
Anyway here are my nominations
"The Best":
DRAMA SERIES
- Alias
- 24
- Without A Trace
- The Practice
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
- Victor Garber (Alias)
- Ron Rifkin (Alias)
- James Spader (Practice)
- Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace)
- Chris Meloni (SVU)
- Dennis Haysbert (24)
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
- Jennifer Garner (Alias)
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
- David Anders (Alias)
- Eric Close (Without A Trace)
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Sarah Clarke (24)
- Penny Johnson Jerald (24)
DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
- Graham Spaulding (Without A Trace)
- Ricky Gervais (Alias)
DRAMA WRITING
- "24" (12 pm-1 pm)
- "24" (4 am-5 am)
- "24" (5 am-6 am)
- "Alias" (Blowback)
- "Without A Trace" (Copycat)
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DRAMA DIRECTING
- "24" (12 pm-1 pm)
- "Alias" (Blowback)
COMEDY SERIES
- Arrested Development
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- The Simpsons
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
- Ray Romano (Raymond)
- Jason Bateman (Arrested)
- Brad Garrett (Raymond)
- Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested)
- Will Arnett (Arrested)
- Tony Hale (Arrested)
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
- Patricia Heaton (Raymond)
- Jessica Walter (Arrested)
- Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect)
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Peter Boyle (Raymond)
- Jerry Stiller (King of Queens)
- Henry Winkler (Arrested)
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Doris Roberts (Raymond)
- Monica Horan (Raymond)
COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
- James Lipton (Arrested)
COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
- Georgia Engel (Raymond)
- Liza Minnelli (Arrested)
- Julia-Louis Dreyfus (Arrested)
- Cloris Leachman (Malcolm in the Middle)
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COMEDY WRITING
- Arrested Development ("Pilot")
- Arrested Development ("Per Pressure")
- Arrested Development ("Missing Kitty")
- Everybody Loves Raymond ("Home From School")
- Malcolm in the Middle ("Reese Joins the Army" part 1)
- The Simpsons ("Bart-Mangled Banner")
COMEDY DIRECTING
- Arrested Development ("Pilot")
- Arrested Development ("Per Pressure")
- Arrested Development ("Missing Kitty")
- Malcolm in the Middle ("Reese Joins the Army" part 1)
VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- David Letterman
- Conan O'Brien
REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
- Last Comic Standing
- I'm With Busey
ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
- Spongebob Squarepants
NEW SERIES
- Arrested Development
- Two And A Half Men
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
- The Practice
"The Worst":
WORST SERIES
- The Tracy Morgan Show
WORST PERFORMER
- Tracy Morgan
Andy Jakcsy
been warned, Ian.
10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS – NOMINATION BALLOT
REMINDER: send to ratty...@hotmail.com
"The Best":
DRAMA SERIES
- ER
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
- Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter, ER
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
None
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Gregory Pratt, ER
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Ming-Na as Dr. Jing-Mai Chen, ER
DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
None
DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
None
DRAMA WRITING
None
DRAMA DIRECTING
None
COMEDY SERIES
- Monk
- That's So Raven
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
- Tony Shaloub as Adrian Monk, Monk
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
- Raven as Raven Baxter, That's So Raven
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Orlando Brown as Eddie Thomas, That's So Raven
- Kyle Orlando Massey as Corey Baxter, That's So Raven
- Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter, That's So Raven
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming, Monk
- Annaliese van der Pol as Chelsea Daniels, That's so Raven
- T'Keyah "Crystal" Keymáh as Tanya Baxter, That's so Raven
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COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
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COMEDY WRITING
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COMEDY DIRECTING
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SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
- Dead Like Me
SF LEAD ACTOR
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SF LEAD ACTRESS
- Ellen Muth as Georgia "George" Lass, Dead Like Me
SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Mandy Patinkin as Rube, Dead Like Me
- Callum Blue as Mason, Dead Like Me
SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jasmine Guy as Roxy, Dead Like Me
SF WRITING
- ?, Dead Like Me: "Rest in Peace"
SF DIRECTING
- ?, Dead Like Me: "Rest in Peace"
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
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PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
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VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- Nick Lachey, The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
- Jessica Simpson, The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
- The Price is Right
- Jeopardy!
NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
none
ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
- Kim Possible
- Dave the Barbarian
NEW SERIES
- Dave the Barbarian
- Dead Like Me
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
None
"The Worst":
WORST SERIES
- Fear Factor
- The Littlest Groom
- The Swan
- The O.C.
- The Simple Life
- American Idol
WORST PERFORMER
- Paris Hilton, The Simple Life
- Nicole Richie, The Simple Life
- The Cast of the O.C.
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"If President Bush is going to take credit for 'the invisble hand' [of
economics], then he's going to take the blame when 'the hand' gives him the
finger."
--From Fark.com
Joshua Kreitzer
> >REMINDER: send to ratty...@hotmail.com
>
> Joshua, thanks again for doing this but I've tried emailing it and
> hotmail says this address doesn't exist.
I experienced the same problem temporarily, but then I tried it again
about half an hour later and the message went through. Robert
responded to me that he was not sure what the problem was, but the
e-mail address was working fine again. He will be checking the
ratty...@hotmail.com address daily.
So if you are having trouble sending the ballot, please try again.
If anyone has a problem sending e-mail to ratty...@hotmail.com and
the problem persists for more than one full day, please e-mail me and
I will try to resolve it.
Thank you for bearing with us and for your interest in the awards.
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
David
> Warning: Some nominations may tweak the noses of The Establishment. You have
> been warned, Ian.
<snip>
Well I hope you're satisfied with yourself. You've upset Ablang.
Ian J. Ball
djax...@aol.computer (Andy Jakcsy) wrote:
> Warning: Some nominations may tweak the noses of The Establishment. You have
> been warned, Ian.
The fact that you failed to nominate "She Spies" in any category has
destroyed your credibility with me!
Ian
P.S. Voting "The O.C." in all those "worst" categories was a cheap shot!
KazamaSmokers
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> DRAMA SERIES
> - 24
> - MI:5
> - Red Cap
> - Hack
> - Jeremiah
> - The Dead Zone
> DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
> - Keifer Sutherland (24)
> - Matthew MacFayden (MI:5)
> - Michael Chiklis (The Shield)
> - Peter Gallagher (The OC)
> - James Spader (The Practice)
> - Jason Wiles (Third Watch)
> DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
> - Molly Price (Third Watch)
> - Edie Falco (Sopranos)
> - Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia)
> - Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls)
> - Jolene Blalock (Enterprise)
> - Polly Walker (State of Play)
> DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
> DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
> DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
> DRAMA WRITING
> DRAMA DIRECTING
"Who cares, really?" - Bill Murray
> COMEDY SERIES
> - Trailer Park Boys
> - MXC
> - The Knife Collectors Show on Shop at Home
> - Curb Your Enthusiasm
> SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
> - Jeremiah
> - Enterprise
> - Stargate
> - Starhunter season 2
> REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
> - Amazing Race
> NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
> - 21c
> - Daily Show
> - American Chopper
> NEW SERIES
> - Deadwood
> - Strange
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
> - Enterprise
> "The Worst":
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> WORST SERIES
> - I'm Still Alive
> WORST PERFORMER
> - Zucker at NBC's upfront
William George Ferguson
talking about the shows
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>"The Best":
I went down the helpful list of 'eligible' shows in the accompanying post,
and couldn't find a single drama series that I watch, even enough to have
a valid opinion about 'good' or 'bad'. I thought I might next year, but
Summerland is now down to 'check and see if it's still heading in the
direction I'm afraid it is'.
>COMEDY SERIES
>-Gilmore Girls
>-That '70s Show
>-Grounded for Life
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I didn't watch a lot of comedy series either. GG is the only one I
watched regularly, but I did watch occasional episodes of the other two
and didn't madly rush to change the channel.
>COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>-Topher Grace (That 70s Show)
>-Donal Logue (Grounded For Life)
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>COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>-Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls)
>-Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls)
>-Laura Prepon (That 70s Show)
Far as I'm concerned, at its core, That 70s Show is about Eric and Donna,
the rest are supporting players even if they sometimes dominate an
episode.
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>-Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls)
>-Edmond Herrmann (Gilmore Girls)
>-Wilmer Valderrama (That 70s Show)
>-Kurtwood Smith (That 70s Show)
>-Sean Gunn (Gilmore Girls)
GG has a surprisingly strong male supporting cast, considering its
overwhelming 'chick'ness.
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>-Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls)
>-Lynsey Bartilson (Grounded For Life)
>-Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show)
>-Mila Kunis (That 70s Show)
>-Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls)
>-Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls)
You could argue Bartilson as 'lead', but I think she's more supporting on
the show.
>COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>-Danny Strong (Gilmore Girls)
>-Ethan Cohn (Gilmore Girls)
>-Micheal York (Gilmore Girls)
>-Todd Lowe (Gilmore Girls)
>-Seth Green (That 70s Show)
You may gather that I liked the 'Yale' storylines better than the 'Stars
Hollow' storylines. You would be gathering correctly.
>COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>-Teal Redmann (Gilmore Girls)
>-Shelly Cole (Gilmore girls)
>-Brooke Sheilds (That 70s Show)
>-Tanya Roberts (That 70s Show)
I've always liked Madelaine and Louise, and still do. Part of that is
they are used in small doses.
>COMEDY WRITING
>-Gilmore Girls - Raincoats and Recipes (Season finale) Amy Sherman-Palladino
>-Gilmore Girls - Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doing the Twist (episode 17) Amy Sherman-Palladino
>-That 70s Show - The Seeker (season finale) Jackie Filgo & Jeff Filgo
>-Gilmore Girls - The Reigning Lorelai (episode 16) Jane Espenson
>-Gilmore Girls - In the Clamor and the Clangor (episode 11) Sheila R. Lawrence & Janet Leahy
It shouldn't be that surprising that two season finales made it here. For
one thing, series creators tend to like to write them.
>COMEDY DIRECTING
>-Gilmore Girls - Raincoats and Recipes (Season finale) Amy Sherman-Palladino
>-Gilmore Girls - Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doing the Twist (episode 17) Jamie Babbitt
>-That 70s Show - The Seeker (season finale) David Trainer
I find it amazing, and a little daunting, that Trainer directs every
single episode of That 70s Show.
And now the stuff I Really watch
>SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
>-Joan of Arcadia
>-Wonderfalls
>-Tru Calling
>-Angel
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>SF LEAD ACTOR
>-David Boreanaz
Consider the competition. Sorbo? seriously... Victor Webster is
probably a decent actor, but a vote for him might be construed as a vote
for the show. Someone else will have to handle Welling, Rosenbaum, or
Bakula, I haven't been able to get into either show even though I made
good faith efforts with both in previous seasons.
>SF LEAD ACTRESS
>-Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls)
>-Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia)
>-Eliza Dushku (Tru Calling)
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Most people seem to only like one and not the other two, or two but not
the third, but I really liked all three leads.
>SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
>-Micheal Welch (Joan of Arcadia)
>-Zach Galafianakas (Tru Calling)
>-Lee Pace (Wonderfalls)
The bartender in Wonderfalls does his job, but doesn't light up the place.
The brother Aaron, whoever, is wonderfully weird. I've had the advantage
of seeing some of the unaired episodes where he truly comes into his own
on the weirdness scale.
Zach Galafianakas: anyone who has seen Tru Calling and didn't hate it
should be putting him on the list. Even some people who hated it might.
Of the various possible nominees from Joan (Joe Mantegna, Jason Ritter,
and Christopher Marquette are the others), Welch's Luke came on over the
course of the season as probably the major, and most interesting, male
character, even more than Mantegna's Will Girardi and much more than
Marquette's Adam Rove. The unorthodox (no pun intended related to Grace)
mating dance between Luke, Wahlstrom's Grace Polk, and Tovah's Glynis
Figliola was great fun, especially in contrast to the sturm und drang of
Joan/Adam/Iris.
>SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>-Becky Wahlstrom (Joan of Arcadia)
>-Katie Finneran (Wonderfalls)
>-Lexa Doig (Andromeda)
>-A.J. Cook (Tru Calling)
>-Mageina Tovah (Joan of Arcadia)
See above for the JoA commments
In a horrific season with horrifically bad stories, Doig's Rommie was
frequently the only bright spot on Andromeda
In a couple of scenes, Finneran managed to actually steal the scene from
Dhavernas, a very impressive feat.
As for A.J. Cook's Lindsey, she could have been so much more, but she was
still got more to do than Jessica Collins, who would have been on this
list if they had just given her a little more.
>SF GUEST ACTOR
>-Kris Lemche (Joan of Arcadia) multiple episodes
Cute Guy God. He was on almost enough to be considered a supporting
character rather than a guest actor, but not quite. At six episodes, he's
by far the most frequent God-avatar
>-Scotch Ellis Loring (Wonderfalls) Wax Lion
[as Dr. Ron - he also supplies the voice of various of the talking
animals in all episodes]
Dr. Ron recurs in later episodes, and is referred to a lot, but he's still
in less than half the episodes that were shot, at least as Dr. Ron. I
didn't realize until I started checking writing/directing credits that
he's also the voice of several of the talking things that don't talk,
including the Wax Lion and the Brass Monkey.
>-Alec Newman (Tru Calling) episode-The Longest Day
The synopsis on TvTome says that Tru's job is to prevent his death.
Anyone who's seen the episode knows that's not really so. I thought he
did a good job with a (in some ways) thankless part.
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>SF GUEST ACTRESS
>-Sarah Drew (Wonderfalls) episode-Karma Chameleon
I loved Stacey on Daria, I find I still love her doing a spot on
impersonation of Dhavernas' Jaye.
>-Juliette Goglia (Joan of Arcadia) multiple episodes
Little Girl God, great job of handling lines that an actress a decade
older might stumble over. My favorite God-avatar.
>-Misti Traya (Joan of Arcadia) multiple episodes
Iris. Does a very good job of playing the girl who is coming between Joan
and Adam, without making her someone hateful.
>-Hudson Leick (Tru Calling) episode-Pilot
Tru's first talking corpse (well, techinically second, her mother was
first but didn't trigger a rewind). I'd only seen Leick in Xena, where
she was great fun. She does a very good job playing a completely
different role here.
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>SF WRITING
>-Wonderfalls - Wound Up Penguin (episode 3) Liz W. Garcia
>-Joan of Arcadia - Silence (season finale) Barbara Hall
>-Tru Calling - Two Pair (episode 16) Doris Egan
>-Joan of Arcadia - Bringeth It On (episode 6) Joy Gregory
>-Joan of Arcadia - Jump (episode 12) Hart Hanson
>-Wonderfalls - Karma Chameleon (episode 2) Tim Minear
>SF DIRECTING
>-Wonderfalls - Wound Up Penguin (episode 3) Todd Holland
>-Tru Calling - The Longest Day (episode 11) David Grossman
>-Joan of Arcadia - Silence (season finale) James Hayman
>-Tru Calling - Two Weddings and a Funeral (season finale) ????
>-Joan of Arcadia - Bringeth It On (episode 12) David Petrarca
>-Wonderfalls - Karma Chameleon (episode 2) Marita Grabiak
It's a truism that tv series are a writer's medium (like movies are a
director's medium). General producers/show runners are or were writers.
Therefore, it's kind of typical for the same episodes to be nominated for
both writing and directing. However, I think the two Tru nominees here
are very good examples of production (and directing has to be a key here)
triumphing over scripts that weren't necessarily that strong.
>TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>-Battlestar Galactica
>-The Even Stevens Movie
>-A Wrinkle In Time
>-See Jane Date
>-Horatio Hornblower: Loyalty
I saw the Hornblower one primarily because I had recorded it for my
brother who doesn't have cable. It wasn't bad, but doesn't make me feel
it's necessary to go out of my way to watch other Hornblower movies.
I was hoping Battlestar Galactica would be at least ok, and it turned out
to actually be pretty decent (least as far as I'm concerned).
The Even Stevens Movie ripped on 'reality' shows and on practical joke
shows. Anyone making fun of either or both is ok in my book.
Madelaine l'Engle thought that the mini (turned into a movie) of Wrinkle
was terrible. I don't think it was thtat terrible myself.
See Jane Date was just dumb fun
>PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>-Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
>-Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica)
>-Christy Carlson Romano (Even Stevens Movie)
>-Katie Stuart (A Wrinkle In Time)
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>VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>-Late Night With Conan O'Brien
>-Late Show With David Letterman
>-Ellen DeGeneres Show
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>PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>-Ellen Degeneres
>-Conan O'Brien
>-David Letterman
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>REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
>-No Award
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>ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
>-Kim Possible
>-The Simpsons
>-Dave the Barbarian
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>NEW SERIES
>-Wonderfalls
>-Joan of Arcadia
>-Dave the Barbarian
>-Tru Calling
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>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>-Angel
Of course it had plenty of room to improve. It gets the one and only
because no other series that I actually watched showed season to season
improvement. A couple held ground and a couple went down, but Angel was
the only one that went up.
>"The Worst":
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>WORST SERIES
>-Andromeda
>-Mutant X
>-Andromeda
>-Star Trek: Enterprise
>-Andromeda
Oops, I almost forgot to vote for Andromeda
>WORST PERFORMER
>-Kevin Sorbo
I was going to also vote for "Kevin Sorbo's tunic" and "Kevin Sorbo's
force lance", but I thought that might be overkill.
--
"Who needs the big picture? Not me! Hints are fine."
-Joan Girardi
(after God showed her just a little of his omnipresent brain)
Andy Jakcsy
...well, in reality, I'm not sure Lizzie will be nominated for anything anyway,
since only four unaired episodes premiered since last year...
And the Ian warning was for "The O.C.", of course...
Ian J. Ball
> 10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS – NOMINATION BALLOT
> REMINDER: send to ratty...@hotmail.com
Here goes! - finally got around to this! (And it'll be tricky, without
having completed my Season-End Review (which I probably won't get to,
now, until August or September!)...)
> "The Best":
>
> DRAMA SERIES
The O.C. (FOX)
One Tree Hill (WBN)
24 (FOX)
Everwood (WBN)
Keene Eddie (FOX)
Without a Trace (CBS)
[I almost didn't realize "Eddie" was eligible!!]
> DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Peter Gallagher (The O.C.)
Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace)
Benjamin MacKenzie (The O.C.)
Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill)
Keifer Sutherland (24)
Mark Valley (Keene Eddie)
[And there are a couple more I would like to have voted for...]
> DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill)
Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace)
Molly Price (Third Watch)
Kelly Rowan (The O.C.)
Alicia Silverstone (Miss Match)
Emily VanCamp (Everwood)
[I don't know if Lenz is Lead or Supporting, but she deserves to be in
one or the other... Meanwhile, this category is actually quite
competitive this year - I probably could have listed another *6!*
actresses (and, no - Jennifer Garner wasn't one of them!)...]
> DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Brody (The O.C.)
Dennis Haysbert (24)
Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill)
Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace)
Craig Sheffer (One Tree Hill)
Gregory Smith (Everwood)
[I wish I could have squeezed Barry Corbin in here too...]
> DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Reiko Aylesworth (24)
Rachel Bilson (The O.C.)
Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)
Melinda "Mindy" Clarke (The O.C.)
Julie Anne Emery (Line of Fire)
Jennifer Finnigan (Crossing Jordan)
[It pains me to leave Anna Belknap and Melissa George (or even Linda
Cardellini or Elisha Cuthbert) out of here, but there just wasn't
room... :( ]
> DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Paul Blackthorne (24, multiple episodes)
Bryan Greenberg (One Tree Hill, multiple episodes)
Phillip Baker Hall (Everwood, multiple episodes)
Jerry O'Connell (Without a Trace, "Hawks and Handsaws")
Jake Thomas (Without a Trace, "Wannabe")
D.B. Woodside (24, multiple episodes)
> DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Samaire Armstrong (The O.C., multiple episodes)
Kat Dennings (Without a Trace, "Sons and Daughters")
Sarah Lancaster (Everwood, multiple episodes)
Alexandra Lydon (24, multiple episodes)
Emmanuelle Vaugier (One Tree Hill, multiple episodes)
Barbara Alyn Woods (One Tree Hill, multiple episodes)
> DRAMA WRITING
24, "3 am-4 am"
24, "10 am-11 am"
Everwood, "The Day Is Done"
The O.C., "The Best Chrismukkah Ever"
One Tree Hill, "Crash Course in Polite Conversations"
Without a Trace, "Wannabe"
> DRAMA DIRECTING
24, "3 am-4 am"
24, "10 am-11 am"
Everwood, "The Day Is Done"
The O.C., "The Ties That Bind"
One Tree Hill, "The Games That Play Us"
Without a Trace, "Bait"
> COMEDY SERIES
Gilmore Girls (WBN)
I'm With Her (ABC)
Monk (USA)
[And, from here, let's just throw some crap against the wall, and see
what sticks!]
Cracking Up (FOX)
Significant Others (Bravo)
Run of the House (WBN)
[Can you tell I'm not really a comedy guy?!]
> COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Topher Grace (That 70's Show)
Christopher McDonald (Cracking Up)
Mike O'Malley (Yes Dear)
Brian Palermo (Significant Others)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)
> COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls)
Jamie Gertz (Still Standing)
Teri Polo (I'm With Her)
Faith Salie (Significant Others)
Andrea Savage (Significant Others)
Bitty Schram (Monk)
[Had to cut Leah Remini and Liza Snyder... :( ]
> COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Edward Herrman (Gilmore Girls)
Kyle Howard (Run of the House)
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men)
Kurtwood Smith (That 70's Show)
> COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls)
Margo Harshman (Run of the House)
Renee Olstead (Still Standing)
Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men)
Rhea Seehorn (I'm With Her)
Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls)
> COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
> COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
> COMEDY WRITING
> COMEDY DIRECTING
Sorry, but I gotta punt on these... (Gotta draw the line somewhere...)
> SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
Angel (WBN)
The Dead Zone (USA)
Smallville (WBN)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (ABC)
Tru Calling (FOX)
Wonderfalls (FOX)
[I really had to struggle to come up with 6 - Angel, Kingdom Hospital,
and even Smallvile are "mercy" votes. Meanwhile, "Charmed" did really,
*really* not make the cut this year.]
> SF LEAD ACTOR
David Boreanaz (Angel)
Anthony Michael Hall (The Dead Zone)
Andrew McCarthy (SK's Kingdom Hospital}
Jason Priestley (Tru Calling)
Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville)
Tom Welling (Smallville)
[Welling's another "mercy vote", though to be fair to him he *has*
improved lately.]
> SF LEAD ACTRESS
Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls)
Eliza Dushku (Tru Calling)
Kristen Kreuk (Smallville)
Rose McGowan (Charmed)
Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia)
[Tamblyn is very good, despite the fact that her show stinks...]
> SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
John L. Adams (The Dead Zone)
Bruce Davison (SK's Kingdom Hospital}
Alexis Denisof (Angel)
Zach Galafianakas (Tru Calling)
Shawn Reaves (Tru Calling)
William Sadler (Wonderfalls)
> SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Acker (Angel)
Nicole de Boer (The Dead Zone)
A.J. Cook (for "Higher Ground"!... er, I mean "Tru Calling"...)
Katie Finneran (Wonderfalls)
Allison Hossack (SK's Kingdom Hospital}
Allison Mack (Smallville)
> SF GUEST ACTOR
Christian Kane (Angel, multiple episodes)
Kris Lemche (Joan of Arcadia, multiple episodes)
Alec Newman (Tru Calling, "The Longest Day")
David Ogden Styres (The Dead Zone, multiple episodes)
Nick Wechsler (Tru Calling, "D.O.A.")
Frank Whalley (The Dead Zone, multiple episodes)
> SF GUEST ACTRESS
Reiko Aylesworth (The Dead Zone, "Deja Voodoo")
Charisma Carpenter (Angel, "You're Welcome")
Courtnee Draper (Tru Calling, "Two Pair")
Christina Hendricks (Tru Calling, "Murder in the Morgue")
Jennifer Sky (Charmed, "The Power of Three Blondes")
Jewel Staite (Wonderfalls, multiple episodes)
[Yeah, I'm voting for Staite, site unseen - so sue me!]
> SF WRITING
Angel, "Not Fade Away"
The Dead Zone, "Deja Voodoo"
Smallville, "Obsession"
SK's Kingdom Hospital, "Butterfingers"
Tru Calling, "Two Pair"
Wonderfalls, "Wax Lion"
> SF DIRECTING
Angel, "Not Fade Away"
The Dead Zone, "Visions"
Smallville, "Shattered"
SK's Kingdom Hospital, "Butterfingers"
Tru Calling, "Two Weddings and a Funeral"
Wonderfalls, "Wax Lion"
> TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels (ABC)
The Even Stevens Movie (DISNEY)
I Want To Marry Ryan Banks (ABC Family)
See Jane Date (ABC Family)
This Time Around (ABC Family)
A Wrinkle In Time (ABC)
[William G.F. probably didn't see these other two ABC Family pic's, but
they were both better than "See Jane Date". And I liked "Charlie's
Angels", so sue me!]
> PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Lindsay Haun (Brave New Girl)
Bradley Cooper (I Want To Marry Ryan Banks)
Sarah Brown (The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story)
Carly Pope (This Time Around)
Lauren Stamile (Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's
Angels)
Nicholle Tom (The Book of Ruth)
[Men?... There are men on my TV screen?!...]
> VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Passing...
> REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
Big Brother 4 (CBS)
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica (MTV)
The Next Joe Millionaire: An International Affair (FOX)
Paradise Hotel (FOX)
The Surreal Life (WBN)
Survivor: All-Stars (CBS)
> NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
> ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
Passing
> NEW SERIES
Keene Eddie (FOX)
Miss Match (NBC)
The O.C. (FOX)
One Tree Hill (WBN)
Paradise Hotel (FOX)
Tru Calling (FOX)
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
Angel (WBN)
CSI: Miami (CBS)
Joe Millionaire 2 (FOX)
Survivor [All Stars] (CBS)
[Shockingly, "CSI: Miami" is actually less horrid, perverse and
off-putting than in season #1, so that gets marked down as
"improvement"...]
> "The Worst":
>
> WORST SERIES
7th Heaven (WBN)
Andromeda (Syn.)
Fear Factor (NBC)
Mutant X (Syn.)
The Simple Life (1 & 2) (FOX)
The Swan (FOX)
> WORST PERFORMER
David Caruso (CSI: Miami)
Eve (Eve)
Paris Hilton (The Simple Life)
Reba McIntyre (Reba)
Kathryn Morris (Cold Case)
Molly Sims (Las Vegas)
Kevin Sorbo (Andromeda)
[Yes, I voted for 7 here! If you have to drop one, drop Eve..]
Andy Jakcsy
<<
>Jewel Staite (Wonderfalls, multiple episodes)
>
>[Yeah, I'm voting for Staite, site unseen - so sue me!]
>
>>
...thou art forgiven. The only reason I didn't vote for her was because of my
FOX boycott. If Wonderfalls does as crappily on UPN, I'd do the same thing...
(And yes, that means my FOX "Worst" votes were sight unseen themselves...so sue
me! :) )
----
"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath. Do you know who that is? Right. Nobody
does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
--Tom Walsh, whom Ken Jennings passed to become winningest ever Jeopardy!
champion
Ryan
>>[Yeah, I'm voting for Staite, site unseen - so sue me!]
She deserves it. Who would have thought she could play such a believable
bitch after seeing her good-girl act on Firefly.
--
Ryan
Ian J. Ball
"Ryan" <spookyrap...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Someone hasn't seen "Higher Ground"! ;)
Ian (The bigger shock with Staite is going from "Flash Forward" to
"Higher Ground", believe me!)
Andy Jakcsy
>
>>
Someone who saw her before seeing her good-girl act on "Firefly", of course
(Watch "Higher Ground" sometime, if you can ever find it...)
Frank Swarbrick
Ian J. Ball wrote:
> In article <196aebc5.04062...@posting.google.com>,
> grom...@hotmail.com (Joshua Kreitzer) wrote:
>
>
>>10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS – NOMINATION BALLOT
>>REMINDER: send to ratty...@hotmail.com
>
>
> Here goes! - finally got around to this! (And it'll be tricky, without
> having completed my Season-End Review (which I probably won't get to,
> now, until August or September!)...)
>
>
>>"The Best":
>>
>>DRAMA SERIES
>
>
> The O.C. (FOX)
> One Tree Hill (WBN)
> 24 (FOX)
> Everwood (WBN)
> Keene Eddie (FOX)
> Without a Trace (CBS)
>
> [I almost didn't realize "Eddie" was eligible!!]
--
Frank Swarbrick
inf...@sprynet.com
Ian J. Ball
Frank Swarbrick <inf...@sprynet.com> wrote:
> Can I ask you, Ian, how you manage to misspell Keen Eddie
> every single time?
Mental defect?...
Ian (I think "Eddie" is "Keene"...)
Matt Messina
>It's time to vote for the 10th Annual RATTY Awards! Here are the
Here's a preview of my nominations. I've chosen a few nominations in
each category that I think are likely to be overlooked. (I don't need
to remind you to nominate _Everybody Loves Raymond_ or _Gilmore girls_,
right?) I'll post all my nominations later.
>Please be advised that if you only post your ballot in the newsgroup
>without sending it by e-mail, it will not be counted (although please
>feel free to also post them if you want).
Yes, please post them. Even if you only care about a few categories,
post those categories.
>10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS - NOMINATION BALLOT
>DRAMA SERIES
_Boomtown_
_Deadwood_
_Line of Fire_
_Touching Evil_
>DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Jeffrey Donovan _Touching Evil_ (Det. David Creegan)
Timothy Olyphant _Deadwood_ (Seth Bullock)
>DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Leslie Bibb _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Paige Van Doren)
>DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ian McShane _Deadwood_ (Al Swearengen)
David Paymer _Line of Fire_ (Jonah Malloy)
Steve Buscemi _The Sopranos_ (Tony Blundetto)
>DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Ann Emery _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Jennifer Sampson)
Leslie Hope _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Lisa Cohen)
>DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Pruitt Taylor Vince _Touching Evil_ multiple episodes (Cyril Kemp)
Bob Newhart _ER_ multiple episodes (Ben Hollander)
Keith Carradine _Deadwood_ ("Wild Bill" Hickok)
>DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
(I can't think of anyone here)
>DRAMA WRITING
_Line of Fire_ "Pilot" Rod Lurie
>DRAMA DIRECTING
_Cold Case_ "Pilot" Mark Pellington
>COMEDY SERIES
_Arrested Development_
_Curb Your Enthusiasm_
_Everybody Loves Raymond_
_Gilmore girls_
_Monk_
_Scrubs_
>COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Jason Bateman _Arrested Development_ (Michael Bluth)
Topher Grace _That '70s Show_ (Eric Forman)
>COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Christine Baranski _Happy Family_ (Annie Brennan)
Amanda Bynes _What I Like About You_ (Holly Tyler)
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
John C. McGinley _Scrubs_ (Dr. Perry Cox)
Jeffrey Tambor _Arrested Development_ (George Bluth Sr.)
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Portia de Rossi _Arrested Development_ (Lindsay Funke)
Bitty Schram _Monk_ (Sharona Fleming)
>COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser _Scrubs_ "My Screwup" (Ben Sullivan)
John Turturro _Monk_ "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" (Ambrose Monk)
>COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Edie Falco _Will & Grace_ "East Side Story" (Deirdre)
Chloe Sevigny _Will & Grace_ "East Side Story" (Monet)
Cloris Leachman _Malcolm in the Middle_ "Victor's Other Family" (Ida)
Betty White _Malcolm in the Middle_ "Victor's Other Family" (Sylvia)
>COMEDY WRITING
_Frasier_ "Goodnight, Seattle" Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan
_Scrubs_ "My Screwup" Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan
>COMEDY DIRECTING
_Scrubs_ "My Screwup" Chris Koch
>SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
_Angel_
_Wonderfalls_
>SF LEAD ACTOR
Anthony Michael Hall _The Dead Zone_ (Johnny Smith)
David Boreanaz _Angel_ (Angel)
>SF LEAD ACTRESS
Caroline Dhavernas _Wonderfalls_ (Jaye Tyler)
Amber Tamblyn _Joan of Arcadia_ (Joan Girardi)
>SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alexis Denisof _Angel_ (Wesley Wyndham-Pryce)
James Marsters _Angel_ (Spike)
>SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Acker _Angel_ (Fred Burkle/Illyria)
Lexa Doig _Andromeda_ (Andromeda/Rommie)
>SF GUEST ACTOR
Roy Dotrice _Angel_ "Lineage" (Roger Wyndham-Pryce)
>SF GUEST ACTRESS
Sarah Drew _Wonderfalls_ "Karma Chameleon" (Bianca "Binky" Knowles)
>SF WRITING
_Star Trek: Enterprise_ "Twilight" Mike Sussman
>SF DIRECTING
_Dead Like Me_ "Pilot" Scott Winant
>TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
_Iron Jawed Angels_
>PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Mos Def _Something the Lord Made_ (Vivien Thomas)
Frances O'Connor _Iron Jawed Angels_ (Lucy Burns)
Alan Rickman _Something the Lord Made_ (Dr. Alfred Blalock)
Hilary Swank _Iron Jawed Angels_ (Alice Paul)
>VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
_Real Time With Bill Maher_ [HBO]
_Penn & Teller: Bullshit!_ [Showtime]
>NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
_The Screen Savers_ [TechTV]
_Pardon the Interruption_ [ESPN]
_Kudlow & Cramer_ [CNBC]
_Fox News Watch_ [Fox News Channel]
>WORST SERIES
_One Tree Hill_
>WORST PERFORMER
the cast of _One Tree Hill_
--
Matt Messina
mes...@umich.edu
mes...@yahoo.com
Ian J. Ball
mes...@umich.edu (Matt Messina) wrote:
> grom...@hotmail.com (Joshua Kreitzer) wrote:
>
> >WORST SERIES
> _One Tree Hill_
>
> >WORST PERFORMER
> the cast of _One Tree Hill_
Infidel!!
S John M-M
Messina) wrote:
>Yes, please post them. Even if you only care about a few categories,
>post those categories.
Actually, I'd intended to do this this week... There wasn't enough
"outstanding" television this Season to fill even a quarter of this
ballot from my perspective. That said, here's what I'd nominate:
BEST DRAMA SERIES
- The Shield (F/X)
- Nip/Tuck (F/X)
- The L Word (Showtime)
-
-
-
[That's funny, if were to have seen this list in print before now, I
doubt I'd identify it as what I considered "The Best Drama of the
2003-04 season].
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Tyne Daly as Maxine Gray (Season Five, Judging Amy) (CBS)
- Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva (Season Five, Sopranos)
-
-
-
-
[The show's tired, the lead's insufferable, yet I tune into Judging
Amy every week because of Maxine. To me, that spells "Best Supporting
Actress OF ALL TIME"; I just really like Drea de Matteo and I opened
the list... so there she is, nominated.]
<snip>
BEST COMEDY SERIES
- Coupling-UK (that is if I'm figuring it correctly that this period =
Series 3) (BBCA)
- Arrested Development (FOX)
-
-
-
-
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development (FOX)
-
-
-
-
-
<snip>
NEW SERIES
- The L Word (Showtime)
- Arrested Development (FOX)
- The Ellen Degeneres Show (Syndicated)
- Nip/Tuck (Season One) (F/X)
- Dead Like Me (Season One) (Showtime)
-
I was genuinely SHOCKED at how well done "The L Word" was... it's
unfortunate that the pilot REALLY didn't demonstrate what the show was
going to be about. The characters were all very well drawn, the sex
scenes weren't at all "gratuitous" (again, excepting the pilot
episode), and the situations were very, VERY realistic. I can't help
but wonder how many people checked out the first episode and tuned
right out.
At the other end of the lesbian spectrum, Ellen = Comeback of the
year! For that matter I never thought I'd ever call
yet-another-talk-show "fresh..." It's quite an accomplishment.
<Snip>
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
- The Practice (Season Eight) (ABC)
- Enterprise (Season Three) (UPN)
-
-
-
-
WORST SERIES (and I'm tossing in worst special too)
- 10.5 (If that's outside of the scope of the category, there needs to
be "worst of" category in which 10.5 can be declared the winner <G>).
(NBC)
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo/NBC)
- Coupling-US (Season One) (NBC)
- What I Like About You (Season Two) (WB)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion (FOX)
-
WORST PERFORMER
- Christopher Moynihan as Jeff Murdoch (Season One, Coupling-US) (NBC)
- Joely Fisher as Zoe Busiek (Latter Half of Season One, Wild Card)
(Lifetime)
- Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer (Season Three, Enterprise)
(UPN)
-
-
-
Note: all my "worsts" are because of the disappointment associated
with them.
For instance, The first season of WILAY while not extraordinary did
have its bright moments... then Season Two just really went in the
wrong direction. Totally.
Also, Scott Bakula CAN BE tolerable, good even, yet for some reason
he's just not doing well at all with the lead role on Enterprise...
which ironically was one of the most improved series of the season.
Wild Card showed potential, then JF's lack of versatility squashed it.
Why the hell didn't FOX make a 90210 Reunion MOVIE is beyond me.
And I don't suppose I need to elaborate on the disaster that was
Coupling-US.
--S. John
The Intrinsically Flawed Mr. Hole
Here are my nominations for the Ratty Awards. I'll admit I just got lazy
and gave up towards the end there with regard to guest stars and writers
directors etc in SF shows but oh well.
10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS –
"The Best":
DRAMA SERIES
- The Sopranos (HBO)
- ER (NBC)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
- The Practice (ABC)
- 24 (FOX)
- Hack (CBS)
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
- James Gandolfini "The Sopranos"
- Goran Visnjic "ER"
- James Spader "The Practice"
- Michael Chiklis "The Shield"
- William Petersen "CSI"
- David Morse "Hack" (CBS)
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
- Edie Falco "The Sopranos"
- Laura Innes "ER"
- CCH Pounder "The Shield"
- Maura Tierney "ER"
- Sherry Stringfield "ER"
- Camryn Manheim "The Practice"
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Michael Imperioli "The Sopranos"
- Vincent Curatola "The Sopranos"
- Robert Iler "The Sopranos"
- Andre Braugher "Hack"
- Mekhi Phifer "ER"
- Benito Martinez "The Shield"
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Drea de Matteo "The Sopranos"
- Lorraine Bracco "The Sopranos"
- Aida Turturro "The Sopranos"
- Jacqueline Torres "Hack"
DRAMA WRITING
- "Long Term Parking" written by Terence Winter, The Sopranos
- "Freefall" written by Joe Sachs, ER
- "Two Tonys" written by David Chase, The Sopranos
- "The Lost" written by John Wells, story by John Wells and David Zabel
- "Where's Johnny?" written by Michael Caleo, The Sopranos
- "In Camelot" written by Terence Winter The Sopranos
DRAMA DIRECTING
- Two Tonys" directed by Tim Van Patten, The Sopranos
- "Where's Johnny?" directed by John Patterson, The Sopranos
- "Long Term Parking" directed by Tim Van Patten, The Sopranos
- "In Camelot" directed by Steve Buscemi
The Sopranos
- "Freefall" directed by Christopher Chulack, ER
- "The Lost" directed by Christopher Chulack, ER
COMEDY SERIES
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
- Two and a Half Men (CBS)
- Arrested Development (FOX)
- Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
- A Minute With Stan Hooper (FOX)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
- Larry David "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
- Norm Macdonald "A Minute with Stan Hooper"
- Charlie Sheen "Two and a Half Men"
- Jon Cryer "Two and a Half Men"
- Jason Bateman "Arrested Development"
- Bryan Cranston "Malcolm in the Middle"
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
- Cheryl Hines "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
- Penelope Ann Miller A Minute with Stan Hooper
- Jane Kaczmarek "Malcolm in the Middle"
- Portia de Rossi "Arrested Development"
- Jessica Walter "Arrested Development"
- Patrica Heaton "Everbody Love Raymond"
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Jeff Garlin "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
- Brad Garrett "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Fred Willard "A Minute with Stan Hooper"
- Peter Boyle "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Ashton Kutcher "That 70s Show"
- Jeffrey Tambor "Arrested Development"
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Alia Shawkat "Arrested Development"
- Mila Kunis That 70sShow
- Doris Roberts "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Holland Taylor "Two and a Half Men"
- Marin Hinkle"Two and a Half Men"
- Debra Jo Rupp "That 70s Show"
COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
- Super Dave Osborne "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (multiple episodes)
- David Shwimer "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (multiple episodes)
- Ben Stiller "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (multiple episodes)
- Fred Willard "Everybody Loves Raymond (multiple episodes)
- John Cleese "Will & Grace" (multiple episodes)
COMEDY WRITING
- "The Car Pool Lane" story by Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
- "The Blind Date" story by Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
- "The Weatherman" story by Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
- "The 5 Wood" story by Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
- "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving" written by Michael Lisbe and Nate
Reger, A Minute with Stand Hopper
- "The Bird" Everybody Loves Raymond
COMEDY DIRECTING
- "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving" directed by Jeff Melman, A Minute
with Stand Hopper
- "The Bird" Everybody Loves Raymond
SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (ABC)
- Alias (ABC)
- Dead Like Me (Showtime)
- The Dead Zone (USA)
- Smallville (WB)
- The O.C. (FOX)
SF LEAD ACTOR
- Andrew McCarthy "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital" (ABC)
-Joe Mantegna "Joan of Arcadia" (CBS)
- Anthony Michael Hall "The Dead Zone" (USA)
- Tom Welling "Smallville" (WB)
- Scott Bakula "Enterprise" (UPN)
SF LEAD ACTRESS
- Ellen Muth "Dead Like Me" (SHOWTIME)
- Jennifer Garner "Alias" (ABC)
- Nicole de Boer "The Dead Zone" (USA)
- Amber Tamblyn "Joan of Arcadia" (CBS)
SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Bruce Davison "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
- Ed Begley Jr. "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
- Jack Coleman "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital" (ABC)
- Victor Garber "Alias" (ABC)
- Mandy Patinkin "Dead Like Me" (SHOWTIME)
- David Anders "Alias" (ABC)
SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Diane Ladd
"Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
- Allison Hossack "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
- Meagen Fay
"Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
- Cynthia Stevenson "Dead Like Me"
- Jasmine Guy "Dead Like Me"
- Mary Steenburgen "Joan of Arcadia"
TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
- Angels In America (HBO)
- Prime Suspect 6 (PBS)
- The Forsythe Saga: Part 2 (PBS)
PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
- Helen Mirren "Prime Suspect 6" (PBS)
- Al Pacino "Angels in America"
- Merrll Streep "Angels in America"
- Emma Thompson "Angels in America"
VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- Chappelle Show (Comedy Central)
PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
- Dave Chappelle "Chappelle Show" (Comedy Central)
REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
- Survivor (CBS)
- The Amazing Race (CBS)
- Newlyweds (MTV)
- Jamie's Kitchen (Food Network)
- Playing it Straight (FOX)
- The Family (ABC)
NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
- Pen & Teller's Bullshit (Showtime)
- Dinner for Five (IFC)
- 60 Minutes (CBS)
ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
- South Park (Comedy Central)
- The Simpsons (FOX)
NEW SERIES
- Two and a half Men (CBS)
- A Minute with Stan Hopper (FOX)
- Dead Like Me (Showtime)
- Like Family (WB)
- Nip/Tuck (F/X)
- Kingdom Hospital (ABC)
Deadwood (HBO)
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
- ER (NBC)
- Frasier (NBC)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN)
- Angel (WB)
- Bernie Mac (FOX)
- That 70s Show (FOX)
"The Worst":
WORST SERIES
- Yes, Dear (CBS)
- 7th Heaven (WB)
- Cold Case (CBS)
- The Tracy Morgan Show (NBC)
- The Help (WB)
- All UPN Sitcoms
WORST PERFORMER
- Walt Goggins "The Shield"
- Cathy Cahlin Ryan "The Shield"
- Tracy Morgan "The Tracy Morgan Show"
- Mischa Barton "The O.C."
- Kelly Rowan "The O.C."
- George W. Bush "The News"
..
Mr. Hole
"You would make a destructive god, Mr. Hole, but as a human, you remain
pathetic and ineffectual." -- Heck
S John M-M
Intrinsically Flawed Mr. Hole) wrote:
>DRAMA WRITING
>- "Long Term Parking" written by Terence Winter, The Sopranos
>- "Freefall" written by Joe Sachs, ER
>- "Two Tonys" written by David Chase, The Sopranos
>- "The Lost" written by John Wells, story by John Wells and David Zabel
>- "Where's Johnny?" written by Michael Caleo, The Sopranos
>- "In Camelot" written by Terence Winter The Sopranos
I would have nominated "Irregular Around the Margins," The Sopranos
had I could've come up with any other standout episodes of other
shows... hell maybe I'll go back and do that.
>WORST SERIES
>- Yes, Dear (CBS)
>- 7th Heaven (WB)
>- Cold Case (CBS)
>- The Tracy Morgan Show (NBC)
>- The Help (WB)
>- All UPN Sitcoms
>
>WORST PERFORMER
<snip>...
>- George W. Bush "The News"
>
LOL.
--S. John
Ian J. Ball
holef...@webtv.net (The Intrinsically Flawed Mr. Hole) wrote:
> Here are my nominations for the Ratty Awards. I'll admit I just got lazy
> and gave up towards the end there with regard to guest stars and writers
> directors etc in SF shows but oh well.
> [snippered]
For an old dude, you're almost hip!
> SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
> - The O.C. (FOX)
THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!
> SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
> - Bruce Davison "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
> - Ed Begley Jr. "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital"
> - Jack Coleman "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital" (ABC)
It's too bad that both you and I are having to leave out Kett Turton of
"Kingdom Hosptial". But, in my case, he was #7, and I just didn't have
the room... :(
> WORST PERFORMER
> - Mischa Barton "The O.C."
> - Kelly Rowan "The O.C."
You're a meanie! I THINK I HATE YOU!!!1!111!
S John M-M
<ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
>> - The O.C. (FOX)
>
>THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!
Yes it is.
--S. John
Matt Messina
>10TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS - NOMINATION BALLOT
This is not my official ballot, so I won't limit the number of nominees
in each category.
>DRAMA SERIES
_Deadwood_
_Touching Evil_
_Line of Fire_
_Keen Eddie_
_Boomtown_
_The Sopranos_
Other than _The Sopranos_, none of these series are "expected"
choices. But there are a lot of very good series outside of the
expected choices. Unfortunately, most of them get cancelled.
Keen Eddie seems out of place here. (That's why we need dramedy
categories.)
I didn't see any episodes of _24_, _Alias_, _Carnivale_, _NYPD
Blue_, _The Practice_, _The Shield_, _The West Wing_, or _The
Wire_, and only a few each of _CSI_, _ER_, _Karen Sisco_, and
_Without a Trace_.
>DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
James Gandolfini _The Sopranos_ (Tony Soprano)
Jeffrey Donovan _Touching Evil_ (Det. David Creegan)
Timothy Olyphant _Deadwood_ (Seth Bullock)
Julian McMahon _Nip/Tuck_ (Dr. Christian Troy)
Mark Valley _Keen Eddie_ (Det. Eddie Arlette)
Since I didn't see their series, I'm excluding Kiefer Sutherland,
Dennis Franz, James Spader, and Michael Chiklis, who are obvious
contenders.
>DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Edie Falco _The Sopranos_ (Carmela Soprano)
Leslie Bibb _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Paige Van Doren)
Carla Gugino _Karen Sisco_ (Karen Sisco)
This category would be more interesting if the SF categories were
folded back into Drama or Comedy (or Dramedy).
>DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ian McShane _Deadwood_ (Al Swearengen)
David Paymer _Line of Fire_ (Jonah Malloy)
Steve Buscemi _The Sopranos_ (Tony Blundetto)
Neal McDonough _Boomtown_ (Dep.D.A. David McNorris)
Michael Imperioli _The Sopranos_ (Christopher Moltisanti)
Gary Basaraba _Boomtown_ (Off. Ray Hechler)
Brad Dourif _Deadwood_ (Doc Cochran)
William Sanderson _Deadwood_ (E.B. Farnum)
This category is plenty interesting already. But Ian McShane is
far and away the best here. Like I wrote about John C. McGinley a
few years ago, the only excuse for not nominating Ian McShane would
be if you haven't seen _Deadwood_.
>DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Drea de Matteo _The Sopranos_ (Adriana La Cerva)
Lorraine Bracco _The Sopranos_ (Dr. Jennifer Melfi)
Julie Ann Emery _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Jennifer Sampson)
Leslie Hope _Line of Fire_ (Spec. Agent Lisa Cohen)
Lana Parrilla _Boomtown_ (Off. Recruit Teresa Ortiz)
Molly Parker _Deadwood_ (Alma Garret)
Paula Malcomson _Deadwood_ (Trixie)
Robin Weigert _Deadwood_ ("Calamity Jane" Canary)
I really had to reach to think of nominees for this category.
>DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Keith Carradine _Deadwood_ multiple episodes ("Wild Bill" Hickok)
Pruitt Taylor Vince _Touching Evil_ multiple episodes (Cyril Kemp,
Creegan's crazy friend)
Bob Newhart _ER_ multiple episodes (Ben Hollander, committed suicide)
Zeljko Ivanek _Touching Evil_ "Pilot" (Prof. Ronald J. Hinks, abducted
children)
Garret Dillahunt _Deadwood_ multiple episodes (Jack McCall, killed Wild
Bill)
Stacy Keach _Boomtown_ "Inadmissible" (Mac McNorris, McNorris's father)
LeVar Burton _Boomtown_ "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" (Marvin Lloyd,
former fraternity brother)
Howard Hesseman _Boomtown_ "The Big Picture" (Mel Castle, director)
>DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Virginia Madsen _Boomtown_ "The Big Picture" (Erika Ashland, actress)
I'm grabbing at straws here.
>DRAMA WRITING
_Line of Fire_ "Pilot" Rod Lurie
_Deadwood_ "Pilot" David Milch
_Touching Evil_ "Pilot" Bruno Heller
_Nip/Tuck_ "Escobar Gallardo" Ryan Murphy [season finale]
_The Sopranos_ "Two Tonys" David Chase [season opener]
_Boomtown_ "The Love of Money" Graham Yost [season opener]
>DRAMA DIRECTING
_Cold Case_ "Pilot" Mark Pellington
_Touching Evil_ "Pilot" Allen Hughes
_Boomtown_ "The Big Picture" Fred Keller [actress goes missing,
director is suspect]
>COMEDY SERIES
_Gilmore girls_
_Everybody Loves Raymond_
_Scrubs_
_Monk_
_Arrested Development_
_A Minute With Stan Hooper_
_Curb Your Enthusiasm_
I think _Everybody Loves Raymond_ had its weakest year in recent
memory, and it was still great.
Surprisingly, only 1 of my nominees was cancelled. I'm skeptical
of Fox's commitment to _Arrested Development_, though. Remember,
they renewed _Andy Richter_ only to cancel it immediately in its
second season.
>COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Tony Shalhoub _Monk_ (Adrian Monk)
Jason Bateman _Arrested Development_ (Michael Bluth)
Topher Grace _That '70s Show_ (Eric Forman)
Kelsey Grammer _Frasier_ (Dr. Frasier Crane)
John Larroquette _Happy Family_ (Peter Brennan)
Norm Macdonald _A Minute With Stan Hooper_ (Stan Hooper)
Bryan Cranston _Malcolm in the Middle_ (Hal)
Zack Braff _Scrubs_ (Dr. John "J.D." Dorian)
Bernie Mac _The Bernie Mac Show_ (Bernie Mac)
Frankie Muniz _Malcolm in the Middle_ (Malcolm)
>COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Patricia Heaton _Everybody Loves Raymond_ (Debra Barone)
Lauren Graham _Gilmore girls_ (Lorelai Gilmore)
Alexis Bledel _Gilmore girls_ (Rory Gilmore)
Christine Baranski _Happy Family_ (Annie Brennan)
Jane Kaczmarek _Malcolm in the Middle_ (Lois)
Amanda Bynes _What I Like About You_ (Holly Tyler)
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
John C. McGinley _Scrubs_ (Dr. Perry Cox)
Scott Patterson _Gilmore girls_ (Luke Danes)
Brad Garrett _Everybody Loves Raymond_ (Frank Barone)
Peter Boyle _Everybody Loves Raymond_ (Robert Barone)
Edward Herrmann _Gilmore girls_ (Richard Gilmore)
David Hyde Pierce _Frasier_ (Dr. Niles Crane)
John Mahoney _Frasier_ (Martin Crane)
Jeffrey Tambor _Arrested Development_ (George Bluth Sr.)
Will Arnett _Arrested Development_ ("Gob" Bluth)
David Cross _Arrested Development_ (Tobais Funke)
Tony Hale _Arrested Develpment (Buster Bluth)
Fred Willard _A Minute With Stan Hooper_ (Fred Hawkins)
This category is, as always, very competitive.
>COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Doris Roberts _Everybody Loves Raymond_ (Marie Barone)
Liza Weil _Gilmore girls_ (Paris Geller)
Kelly Bishop _Gilmore girls_ (Emily Gilmore)
Portia de Rossi _Arrested Development_ (Lindsay Funke)
Jessica Walter _Arrested Development_ (Lucille Bluth)
Bitty Schram _Monk_ (Sharona Fleming)
Megan Mullally _Will & Grace_ (Karen Walker)
Monica Horen _Everybody Loves Raymond_ (Amy Barone)
I thought it would never happen, but I'm starting to get tired of
Karen on _Will & Grace_. It's really time for that show to close
up shop. Of course, the regulars on _Will & Grace_ have been
taking a back seat to the parade of guest stars.
>COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Chris Eigeman _Gilmore girls_ (Jason "Digger" Stiles, Edward's partner)
Brendan Fraser _Scrubs_ "My Screwup" (Ben Sullivan, Jordan's brother)
Freddy Rodriguez _Scrubs_ multiple episodes (Marko Espinosa, Carla's
brother)
John Turturro _Monk_ "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" (Ambrose Monk,
Adrian's brother)
Fred Willard _Everybody Loves Raymond_ multiple episodes (Hank McDougal,
Amy's father)
Ben Stiller _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ multiple episodes (Ben Stiller)
Rowdy the dog _Scrubs_ (himself) :-)
>COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Edie Falco _Will & Grace_ "East Side Story" (Deirdre, lesbian realtor)
Chloe Sevigny _Will & Grace_ "East Side Story" (Monet, lesbian realtor)
Cloris Leachman _Malcolm in the Middle_ "Victor's Other Family" (Ida,
Lois's mother)
Georgia Engel _Everybody Loves Raymond_ multiple episodes (Pat McDougal,
Amy's mother)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus _Arrested Development_ "Altar Egos" "Justice Is
Blind" (Maggie Lizer)
Betty White _Malcolm in the Middle_ "Victor's Other Family" (Sylvia,
Lois's father's other wife)
This year's Exceeding Expectations award goes to Tara Reid, who
I've never liked, except on _Scrubs_.
>COMEDY WRITING
_Frasier_ "Goodnight, Seattle" Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan [series
finale]
_Scrubs_ "My Screwup" Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan [Jordan's brother
visits]
_A Minute With Stan Hooper_ "The Hustler" Barry Kemp & Norm Macdonald
[Stan plays pool less badly than everyone else]
_A Minute With Stan Hooper_ "Fear Finds the Falls" Joseph Staretski
[Stan burglarizes Pete and Lou's diner]
Biggest disappointment: _Friends_ "The Last One", or as the writers
must have been thinking, "The One Where Rachel Gets Off the Plane
so no one notices that the episode sucked".
>COMEDY DIRECTING
_Scrubs_ "My Screwup" Chris Koch
>SF SERIES (SF categories include science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ :-)
_Angel_
_Wonderfalls_
_Dead Like Me_
_The Dead Zone_
Oops, force of habit.
>SF LEAD ACTOR
Anthony Michael Hall _The Dead Zone_ (Johnny Smith)
David Boreanaz _Angel_ (Angel)
This category would also benefit from folding SF back into Drama or
Comedy (or Dramedy).
>SF LEAD ACTRESS
Caroline Dhavernas _Wonderfalls_ (Jaye Tyler)
Amber Tamblyn _Joan of Arcadia_ (Joan Girardi)
Ellen Muth _Dead Like Me_ (George Lass)
Eliza Dushku _Tru Calling_ (Tru Davies)
Caroline Dhavernas really carries her show (well, she and the
writing), so she's my first choice.
>SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alexis Denisof _Angel_ (Wesley Wyndham-Pryce)
Connor Trinneer _Enterprise_ (Cmdr. "Trip" Tucker)
James Marsters _Angel_ (Spike)
Mandy Patinkin _Dead Like Me_ (Rube)
J. August Richards _Angel_ (Charles Gunn)
Zach Galifianakis _Tru Calling_ (Davis)
>SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Acker _Angel_ (Fred Burkle/Illyria)
Lexa Doig _Andromeda_ (Andromeda/Rommie)
Mercedes McNab _Angel_ (Harmony)
Nicole de Boer _The Dead Zone_ (Sarah Bannerman)
>SF GUEST ACTOR
Roy Dotrice _Angel_ "Lineage" (Roger Wyndham-Pryce, Wesley's father)
Christian Kane _Angel_ multiple episodes (Lindsey McDonald)
Alec Newman _Angel_ "A Hole in the World" "Power Play" (Drogyn, guardian
of The Deeper Well)
Jack Conley _Angel_ "Origin" (Sahjahn, demon killed by Connor)
>SF GUEST ACTRESS
Sarah Drew _Wonderfalls_ "Karma Chameleon" (Bianca "Binky" Knowles,
stutterer who was a better Jaye than Jaye)
>SF WRITING
_Star Trek: Enterprise_ "Twilight" Mike Sussman [alternate future in
which Archer can't form new long-term memories]
_Wonderfalls_ "Wound-Up Penguin" Liz W. Garcia [priest chases nun to
Niagara Falls and Jaye brings "her" back to him]
_Wonderfalls_ "Karma Chameleon" Tim Minear [stuttering Binky
investigates Jaye, and Jaye gets her words out]
_Angel_ "A Hole in the World" Joss Whedon [Angel and Spike go to The
Deeper Well to try to save Fred]
_Angel_ "Power Play" David Fury [second last episode]
>SF DIRECTING
_Dead Like Me_ "Pilot" Scott Winant
_Angel_ "Not Fade Away" Jeffrey Bell [series finale]
>TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
_Iron Jawed Angels_
_Something the Lord Made_
_STRIP SEARCH_
_Windy City Heat_
Best Writing: _STRIP SEARCH_ Tom Fontana
Best Directing: _Iron Jawed Angels_ Katja von Garnier
I didn't see: _And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself_, _Blessings_,
_Angels in America_, _The Goodbye Girl_, _Battlestar Galactica_,
_Traffic_, _Spinning Boris_, _Redemption_, _Prime Suspect 6_,
_Reversible Errors_, or _Ike_.
I'm not a big Bobcat Goldthwait fan, but _Windy City Heat_ was
hilarious.
>PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Mos Def _Something the Lord Made_ (Vivien Thomas)
Frances O'Connor _Iron Jawed Angels_ (Lucy Burns)
Alan Rickman _Something the Lord Made_ (Dr. Alfred Blalock)
Hilary Swank _Iron Jawed Angels_ (Alice Paul)
>VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
_Real Time With Bill Maher_ [HBO]
_Late Night With David Letterman_
_Penn & Teller: Bullshit!_ [Showtime]
_Dinner For Five_ [IFC]
_The Daily Show With Jon Stewart_
_Chappelle's Show_
_Banzai_
>PERFORMANCE, VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
David Letterman _The Late Show With David Letterman_
Jimmy Kimmel _Jimmy Kimmel Live_
Tina Fey _Saturday Night Live_
Ellen Degeneres _The Ellen Degeneres Show_
Martin Sargent _Unscrewed_ [TechTV]
Christina Aguilera _Saturday Night Live_
Jimmy Kimmel's commentary on the day's television was one of the
most consistently funny bits in late night. The head start he got
from being live helped him out here.
>REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
_The Restaurant_
_Newlyweds with Nick & Jessica_
_The Restaurant_ was great for most of the first "season," but had
overstayed its welcome by the end. I didn't even bother to watch
the second "season."
Funniest Premise: _My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance_
>NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
_The Screen Savers_ [TechTV]
_Pardon the Interruption_ [ESPN]
_Kudlow & Cramer_ [CNBC]
_Fox News Watch_ [Fox News Channel]
_Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution_ [Trio]
_The Golden Globes: Hollywood's Dirty Little Secret_ [Trio]
Worst: every one of those stupid list shows on VH-1 and E!
featuring inane commentary by Z-list pseudo-celebrities (e.g.
"Awesomely Bad ..." or "X Greatest/Biggest/Most ...").
>WORST SERIES
_One Tree Hill_
_The Big House_
_Luis_
_All About the Andersons_
_Coupling_ [NBC]
_The Help_
I don't like _The O.C._, but I won't call it one of the worst.
_One Tree Hill_, on the other hand, was just terrible on every
level.
>WORST PERFORMER
Tracy Morgan _The Tracy Morgan Show_
Mo Gaffney _Run of the House_
Chad Michael Murray _One Tree Hill_
the guy who plays Chad Michael Murray's half brother _One Tree Hill_
the guy who plays Chad Michael Murray's father _One Tree Hill_
the guy who plays Chad Michael Murray's coach _One Tree Hill_
the girl from MTV _One Tree Hill_
I'd look up the _One Tree Hill_ actors' names, but that would
involve expending effort on _One Tree Hill_.
My categories below ...
DRAMA/SF ENSEMBLE
_Deadwood_
_The Sopranos_
_Angel_
_Boomtown_
COMEDY ENSEMBLE
_Arrested Development_
_Everybody Loves Raymond_
_Gilmore girls_
_Frasier_
_Scrubs_
_Malcolm in the Middle_
DUO
Hilary Swank & Frances O'Connor _Iron Jawed Angels_ (Alice & Lucy)
John Larroquette & Christine Baranski _Happy Family_ (Peter & Annie)
Timothy Olyphant & Keith Carradine _Deadwood_ (Bullock & Hickok)
Lauren Graham & Alexis Bledel _Gilmore girls_ (Lorelai & Rory)
Mark Valley & Sienna Miller _Keen Eddie_ (Eddie & Fiona)
Daniel Roebuck & Garret Dillahunt _A Minute With Stan Hooper_ (Pete &
Lou)
Mos Def & Alan Rickman _Something the Lord Made_ (Thomas & Blalock)
DRAMA/SF YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
(I can't think of anyone here)
COMEDY YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Alia Shawkat _Arrested Development_ (Maeby Funke)
Michael Cera _Arrested Development_ (George Michael Bluth)
Scarlett Pomers _Reba_ (Kyra Hart)
Angus T. Jones _Two and a Half Men_ (Jake Harper)
Bobby Borriello _Grounded For Life_ "All the Young Nudes" "Baby Come
Back" (Bobby)
Joseph Cross _The O'Keefes_ (Danny O'Keefe)
Tania Raymonde _The O'Keefes_ (Lauren O'Keefe)
FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE
_The Mullets_
_10-8_
_Whoopi_
_Reba_
_Like Family_
_Eve_
_Married to the Kellys_
_It's All Relative_
_The Handler_
_Miss Match_
Those last 3 might have been too good to be on this list.
TITLE SEQUENCE
_Touching Evil_
_Cold Case_
_Deadwood_
TITLE THEME
_Tru Calling_ "Somebody Help Me" Full Blown Rose
_Las Vegas_ "A Little Less Conversation" Elvis vs JXL (I think)
_Deadwood_
INCIDENTAL MUSIC
_Touching Evil_
_Sex and the City_ "An American Girl in Paris"
PROMO
_Tru Calling_ "All You Wanted"
_Joan of Arcadia_ "What If God Was One of Us"
COMMERCIAL
Axe Deodorant Body Spray: circle of life
Nike "What If": Lance Armstrong the boxer, etc.
Honda "Cars/People": people who look like their cars
Nextel: Romeo & Juliet with walkie-talkies
Geico "Balding": Hair loss commercial
Interestingly, 2 of these commercials (Axe & Nextel) are
for products that I hate (male perfume & walkie-talkie
phones). My criterion is artistry, not effectiveness.
Worst Commercial: Pepto Bismal "Nausea, Heartburn, etc"
Joshua Kreitzer
you who submitted your nominations.
Regardless of whether you participated in the nominations round, you
are eligible to vote in the final round to determine the winners of
this year's awards. Look for the ballot to be posted to rec.arts.tv
around Monday, July 19.
Joshua Kreitzer (for the Ratty Awards team)
grom...@hotmail.com
Maureen Goldman
>Here are my nominations for the Ratty Awards. I'll admit I just got lazy
>and gave up towards the end there with regard to guest stars and writers
>directors etc in SF shows but oh well.
Good grief, I'd say that your nominations were anything but lazy. An
impressive amount of effort was displayed. Makes me feel an
under-achiever, as far as watching TV is concerned (or at least taking
notes).
Matt Messina
> BEST COMEDY SERIES
> - Coupling-UK (that is if I'm figuring it correctly that this period =
> Series 3) (BBCA)
Season 3 aired in the U.K. Sep-Nov 2002, and in the U.S. Jan-Mar 2003,
so it was eligible last year. (I nominated Richard Coyle, "Split" and
"Remember This," but they didn't receive nominations.)
Season 4 aired in the U.K. May-Jun 2004, and in the U.S. Jun-Jul 2004.
If we go by first broadcast in the its home country, the first 4
episodes are eligible this year, and the last 2 will be eligible next
year. If we go by first broadcast in the U.S., all 6 episodes will be
eligible next year. (I hope it's the latter, as I would have wanted to
nominate "9 1/2 Minutes" for Best Writing.) Can we get an "official
ruling" on this, or add it to the list of issues to be decided for next
year?
Joshua Kreitzer
Before offering an official ruling on this, I'd like to hear what
other Ratty voters think. Should non-U.S. shows be eligible in the
year of broadcast in the home country, the year of broadcast in the
U.S., both, or some other possibility?
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Ian J. Ball
grom...@hotmail.com (Joshua Kreitzer) wrote:
My opinion = The year of broadcast in the U.S.
"The Tribe" aired virtually no original episodes on its US network this
year, which is why I didn't vote for (though 5th seasons were airing
internationally).
Anyway, the RATTY have always been a U.S. fixture, so I think we should
go by U.S. airing schedules.
Andy Jakcsy
I'd go by date of the episode's first official broadcast, regardless of which
country it airs from.
S John M-M
After reading...
>>> > BEST COMEDY SERIES
>>> > - Coupling-UK (that is if I'm figuring it correctly that this period =
>>> > Series 3) (BBCA)
>>>
>>> Season 3 aired in the U.K. Sep-Nov 2002, and in the U.S. Jan-Mar 2003,
>>> so it was eligible last year. (I nominated Richard Coyle, "Split" and
>>> "Remember This," but they didn't receive nominations.)
>>>
>>> Season 4 aired in the U.K. May-Jun 2004, and in the U.S. Jun-Jul 2004.
>>> If we go by first broadcast in the its home country, the first 4
>>> episodes are eligible this year, and the last 2 will be eligible next
>>> year. If we go by first broadcast in the U.S., all 6 episodes will be
>>> eligible next year. (I hope it's the latter, as I would have wanted to
>>> nominate "9 1/2 Minutes" for Best Writing.) Can we get an "official
>>> ruling" on this, or add it to the list of issues to be decided for next
>>> year?
>>
>>Before offering an official ruling on this, I'd like to hear what
>>other Ratty voters think. Should non-U.S. shows be eligible in the
>>year of broadcast in the home country, the year of broadcast in the
>>U.S., both, or some other possibility?
>>
>>>
djax...@aol.computer (Andy Jakcsy) wrote:
>I'd go by date of the episode's first official broadcast, regardless of which
>country it airs from.
Specifically regarding Coupling-UK, I'd nominate Series Two, too. So
whichever one falls properly into the scheme of thing. I don't think
I'd nominate Series Four. That said...
What does the Academy do for the Emmys? Do that. That said...
I don't want to start that "America is the only country that counts"
ordeal again, but I'd be inclined to reason it out by asking first,
what country PRODUCES the MAJORITY of the television being nominating,
then use the original broadcast dates for that county.
Of course, what about U.S. shown in Europe and Australia? How far
behind are they? We're getting Coupling a month or so behind the UK...
What's happening with our series elsewhere? Like in Canada too.
--S. John
Joshua Kreitzer
> >>Should non-U.S. shows be eligible in the
> >>year of broadcast in the home country, the year of broadcast in the
> >>U.S., both, or some other possibility?
>
> whichever one falls properly into the scheme of thing. I don't think
> I'd nominate Series Four. That said...
>
> What does the Academy do for the Emmys? Do that. That said...
The Emmys do have a rule about this, but you're not necessarily going
to like it, and I don't think we should adopt it:
**Foreign television production is ineligible unless it is the result
**of a co-production (both financially and creatively) between U.S.
**and foreign partners which precedes the start of production, and
**has a commitment to be shown on U.S. television prior to the start
**of production.
http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2004rules.pdf
("Criteria for Eligibility," paragraph 6)
Not only would such a rule tend to shut out some quality foreign
programming, but it could be difficult for the Ratty administrators to
determine whether a show was both a financial and creative
co-production between U.S. and foreign partners and whether it had a
commitment to be shown on U.S. television prior to the start of
production.
However, for the 2003-04 Rattys, this discussion is mostly
hypothetical. No program made it into the top 5 nominees in any
category without having been broadcast in the U.S. this season.
I think any official ruling will not come until next spring, but as
long as the topic has come up I would still appreciate hearing from
anyone else now as to what we should do.
> I don't want to start that "America is the only country that counts"
> ordeal again, but I'd be inclined to reason it out by asking first,
> what country PRODUCES the MAJORITY of the television being nominating,
> then use the original broadcast dates for that county.
>
> Of course, what about U.S. shown in Europe and Australia? How far
> behind are they? We're getting Coupling a month or so behind the UK...
> What's happening with our series elsewhere? Like in Canada too.
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com