15th Annual RATTY Awards Nominations List & Final Ballot
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria.
There were 32 voters in the nominations round this year, up from 28
last year.
Lost once again led all series in nominations this year, with 11.
However, NBC led all networks in nominations with a total of 31
nominations spread among 10 shows.
Welcome to the party ... or should that be "Welcome to the
Dollhouse"?: The most nominated new series was Dollhouse, with 7
nominations including Best Series on Television. Other new series
making strong showings included True Blood with 6 nominations and
Fringe with 5 nominations.
We'll miss you: The most nominated series to end its run in the
2007-08 season was Battlestar Galactica, with 7 nominations.
On the cusp: Among the shows that came close to nominations without
receiving any this year were Scrubs and Greek. While Dexter and ER
received one nomination each, they each came close to receiving more.
Genre switch: Last year, Pushing Daisies competed in the SF
categories, but this year it is competing in the Comedy categories
because it received more votes for Best Comedy Series than Best SF
Series this year.
Network switch: Friday Night Lights, which was listed as an NBC series
in previous years, switched in the 2008-09 season to airing on
DirecTV's 101 Network first, and then having its episodes broadcast on
NBC later. Therefore, the 101 Network gets credit as the originating
network in the Rattys, which makes it the first direct broadcast
satellite channel to receive a Ratty nomination.
On the other hand, Deal or No Deal aired both on NBC and in
syndication during the 2008-09 season, but with different episodes for
each. Therefore, both NBC and syndication receive credit for the
show's Ratty nominations this year, although those nominations happen
to be in the "Worst" categories.
Nominations tally:
The Best:
11: Lost (down 5)
9: Friday Night Lights (up 2), The Office (up 1)
7: 30 Rock (down 1), Battlestar Galactica (down 1), Breaking Bad (up
6), Dollhouse, How I Met Your Mother (even)
6: Mad Men (up 4), The Shield (up 6), True Blood
5: Fringe, Pushing Daisies (up 1)
4: The Big Bang Theory (even), Big Love (up 2), Chuck (up 2), Grey
Gardens, Saturday Night Live (up 2)
3: Better Off Ted, Damages (down 1), Doctor Who (down 1), Into the
Storm, Sons of Anarchy
2: 24 (even from 2 years ago), The Colbert Report (even), The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart (even), Generation Kill, Little Dorrit, Parks
and Recreation, Prayers for Bobby, The Soup (up 2), Taking Chance
1: The Alzheimer's Project, The Amazing Race (even), Aqua Teen Hunger
Force (up 1), The Biggest Loser (up 1), Countdown with Keith Olbermann
(up 1), Desperate Housewives (down 4), Dexter (down 1), ER (up 1),
Frontline (up 1), Gossip Girl (down 2), King of the Hill (up 1), Late
Show with David Letterman (even), Life (even), The Life and Times of
Tim, Medium (down 1), My Name Is Earl (even), MythBusters (even), The
New Adventures of Old Christine (down 1), The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
(up 1), Party Down, Reaper (even), The Simpsons (even), South Park
(even), Survivor (up 1), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (down
3), Top Chef (even), United States of Tara, Weeds (down 1), Wipeout,
Worst Week
The Worst:
4: American Idol (up 2)
2: The Celebrity Apprentice (up 1), Deal or No Deal (up 1), Living
Lohan (up 2)
1: America's Next Top Model (up 1), CSI: Miami (even), Denise
Richards: It's Complicated (up 1), Do Not Disturb, Paris Hilton's My
New BFF
Network tally:
The Best:
NBC 31 (down 5) * HBO 23 (up 6) * ABC 21 (down 16) * Fox 17 (up 3) *
CBS 16 (down 1) * AMC 13 (up 10) * FX 12 (up 8) * Sci Fi 10 (down 3) *
101 Network 9 (up 9) * Comedy Central 5 (even) * PBS 4 (up 3) *
Showtime 3 (down 2) * CW 2 (down 3) * E! 2 (up 2) * Lifetime 2 (up 2)
* Bravo 1 (down 1) * Cartoon/Adult Swim 1 (even) * Discovery 1 (even)
* MSNBC 1 (up 1) * Starz 1 (up 1)
The Worst:
Fox 5 (up 2) * NBC 4 (up 1) * E! 3 (up 3) * Syndication 2 (up 2) * CBS
1 (even) * CW 1 (up 1) * MTV 1 (up 1)
The following are the rules for this second stage of voting:
* CAMPAIGNING IS ALLOWED. You may encourage people to vote in the
Rattys on other web sites, blogs, mailing lists, etc., or on other
television-related newsgroups, if you do so with good netiquette. In
fact, I am planning to campaign myself. However, please don't post the
ballot anywhere else, except with permission of one of the Ratty
Awards administrators. Just tell people they can find the ballot at
the rec.arts.tv newsgroup (you can provide a URL as a link).
* In the final results posting, I will post the percentages received
by all nominees if and only if we receive ballots from more than 100
voters.
* Anyone reading this posting is eligible to vote, whether or not you
voted in the first round.
* In each category, delete the four nominees you don't want to vote
for, leaving your one single vote in each category.
* You don't have to vote in every category, but please try to vote in
as many categories as you can. If you are skipping a category, please
delete all of the nominees in that category.
* Please try to keep spacing between each category to a minimum. All
we should see is the category title, next line your vote, a space, and
then the next category. This will help keep your ballot short.
* The deadline to submit votes is Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 10:00
p.m. (U.S. Pacific time).
* Please send your ballot to robert...@hotmail.com (if that e-mail
address has been obscured, that's robertlicuria AT hotmail DOT com).
You can also post your votes to the newsgroup if you want, but all
ballots must be e-mailed to me to be counted.
* Thanks to everyone who voted. Now it's time to pick your winners.
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15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
BEST COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
Kyle Bornheimer as Sam Briggs - Worst Week (CBS)
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - The Office (NBC)
Lee Pace as Ned - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson - United States of Tara (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell – The New Adventures of Old
Christine (CBS)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
John Krasinski as Jim Halpert - The Office (NBC)
Chi McBride as Emerson Cod - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly - The Office (NBC)
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Will Arnett as Devon Banks - 30 Rock, "Do-Over" (NBC)
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton - The Office, recurring (NBC)
Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey - My Name is Earl, "Monkeys Take a
Bath" (NBC)
Albert Brooks as Lenny Botwin – Weeds, recurring (Showtime)
Chris Parnell as Leo Spaceman - 30 Rock, recurring (NBC)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory, "The
Maternal Capacitance" (CBS)
Kristen Bell as Uda Bengt - Party Down, "Stennheiser-Pong Wedding
Reception" (Starz)
Sarah Chalke as Stella Zinman - How I Met Your Mother, recurring (CBS)
Amy Ryan as Holly Flax - The Office, recurring (NBC)
Lily Tomlin as Roberta Simmons - Desperate Housewives, recurring (ABC)
BEST COMEDY EPISODE
30 Rock, "Reunion" (written by Matt Hubbard, directed by Beth McCarthy-
Miller) (NBC)
Better Off Ted, "Racial Sensitivity" (written by Michael Glouberman,
directed by Paul Lazarus) (ABC)
The Big Bang Theory, "The Maternal Capacitance" (story by Chuck Lorre
& Bill Prady, teleplay by Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro, directed
by Mark Cendrowski) (CBS)
How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly, directed
by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
The Office, "Stress Relief" (written by Paul Lieberstein, directed by
Jeffrey Blitz) (NBC)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Big Love (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield (FX)
Bryan Cranston as Walter H. White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (AMC)
Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews – Life (NBC)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons - Damages (FX)
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes – Damages (FX)
Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant - Big Love (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb Henrickson - Big Love (HBO)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Walton Goggins as Shane Vendrell - The Shield (FX)
William Hurt as Daniel Purcell - Damages (FX)
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad (AMC)
John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men (AMC)
Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado – Dexter (Showtime)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Gunn as Skyler White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Cherry Jones as Allison Taylor – 24 (Fox)
Adrianne Palicki as Tyra Collette - Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
CCH Pounder as Claudette Wyms - The Shield (FX)
Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow - Sons of Anarchy (FX)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams - Friday Night Lights,
recurring (101 Network)
John de Lancie as Donald Margolis - Breaking Bad, recurring (AMC)
Patrick Fischler as Jimmy Barrett - Mad Men, recurring (AMC)
Jay Karnes as Scott Kohn - Sons of Anarchy, recurring (FX)
Scott Porter as Jason Street - Friday Night Lights, recurring (101
Network)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Kim Dickens as Shelby Saracen - Friday Night Lights, recurring (101
Network)
Laurie Holden as Olivia Murray - The Shield, recurring (FX)
Melinda McGraw as Bobbie Barrett - Mad Men, recurring (AMC)
Liz Mikel as Corrina Williams - Friday Night Lights, recurring (101
Network)
Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks - Gossip Girl, recurring (CW)
BEST DRAMA EPISODE
Big Love, "Come, Ye Saints" (written by Melanie Marnich, directed by
Dan Attias) (HBO)
Breaking Bad, "ABQ" (written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Adam
Bernstein) (AMC)
Friday Night Lights, "New York, New York" (written by Kerry Ehrin,
directed by Jeffrey Reiner) (101 Network)
Mad Men, "A Night to Remember" (written by Robin Veith & Matthew
Weiner, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) (AMC)
The Shield, "Family Meeting" (written by Shawn Ryan, directed by Clark
Johnson) (FX)
BEST SF SERIES
Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
Dollhouse (Fox)
Fringe (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard - Lost (ABC)
Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford - Lost (ABC)
Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski – Chuck (NBC)
Edward James Olmos as William Adama - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen - Lost (ABC)
Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham - Fringe (Fox)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds - True Blood (HBO)
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
John Noble as Walter Bishop - Fringe (Fox)
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke - Lost (ABC)
Ray Wise as the Devil – Reaper (CW)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
Chronicles (Fox)
Tricia Helfer as Number Six/Caprica - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton - True Blood (HBO)
Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt - Dollhouse (Fox)
BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Patton Oswalt as Joel Mynor – Dollhouse, "Man on the Street" (Fox)
Mark Pellegrino as Jacob – Lost, "The Incident" (ABC)
Stephen Root as Eddie - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
Dean Stockwell as John Cavil - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci
Fi)
Alan Tudyk as Stephen Kepler/Alpha – Dollhouse, "Briar Rose" and
"Omega" (Fox)
BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts – Chuck, recurring (NBC)
Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener – Medium, "The First Bite Is the
Deepest" (NBC)
Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis – Lost, recurring (ABC)
Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
BEST SF EPISODE
Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
Chuck, "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" (written by Scott Rosenbaum,
directed by Robert Duncan McNeill) (NBC)
Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
Fringe, "There's More Than One of Everything" (story by Akiva Goldsman
& Bryan Burk, teleplay by Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman, directed by Brad
Anderson) (Fox)
Lost, "This Place Is Death" (written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz,
directed by Paul A. Edwards) (ABC)
BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Generation Kill (HBO)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into the Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Taking Chance (HBO)
BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Kevin Bacon as Mike Strobl - Taking Chance (HBO)
Tom Courtenay as Mr. Dorrit - Little Dorrit (PBS)
Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill - Into the Storm (HBO)
Ryan Kelley as Bobby Griffith - Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)
Alexander Skarsgard as Brad "Iceman" Colbert - Generation Kill (HBO)
BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Drew Barrymore as "Little" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Jessica Lange as "Big" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Janet McTeer as Clemmie Churchill - Into the Storm (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith - Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)
BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Soup (E!)
BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Joel McHale - The Soup (E!)
Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Wipeout (ABC)
BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
The Alzheimer's Project (HBO)
Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
Frontline (PBS)
MythBusters (Discovery)
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Cartoon/Adult Swim)
King of the Hill (Fox)
The Life and Times of Tim (HBO)
The Simpsons (Fox)
South Park (Comedy Central)
BEST NEW SERIES
Better Off Ted (ABC)
Dollhouse (Fox)
Fringe (Fox)
Sons of Anarchy (FX)
True Blood (HBO)
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
24 (Fox)
Dollhouse (Fox)
ER (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
30 Rock (NBC)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Dollhouse (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Lost (ABC)
WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
American Idol (Fox)
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
Do Not Disturb (Fox)
Living Lohan (E!)
WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
Randy Jackson as himself - American Idol (Fox)
Howie Mandel as himself - Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
Ryan Seacrest as himself - American Idol (Fox)
Donald Trump as himself – The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
Tyra Banks as herself – America's Next Top Model (CW)
Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
Dina Lohan as herself - Living Lohan (E!)
Denise Richards as herself – Denise Richards: It's Complicated (E!)
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Joshua Kreitzer (for the Ratty Awards team)
grom...@hotmail.com
Mac Breck
> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
> Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
>
> BEST COMEDY SERIES
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell - The New Adventures of Old
Christine (CBS)
You know how low you've gone when *my* pick is Julia Louis-Dreyfus???
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey - My Name is Earl, "Monkeys Take a
Bath" (NBC)
You know how low you've gone when *my* pick is somebody from "My Name is
Earl" and I didn't even *watch* the show this season???
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly, directed
by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
> BEST DRAMA SERIES
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
*SHOULD* *HAVE* *BEEN* :
"For Warrick" (CSI)
*or*
"You'll Be the Death of Me" (True Blood)
> BEST SF SERIES
Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
> BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ray Wise as the Devil - Reaper (CW)
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
Chronicles (Fox)
> BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Dean Stockwell as John Cavil - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci
Fi)
> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
> BEST SF EPISODE
Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
> BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
> BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
> BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
Wipeout (ABC)
> BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
Frontline (PBS)
> BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
The Simpsons (Fox)
> BEST NEW SERIES
True Blood (HBO)
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
American Idol (Fox)
> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
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Good God, you people nominated a lot of crap this year!!!
Toughest Categories:
> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
I had a tough time eliminating ANYBODY.
--
Mac Breck (KoshN)
-------------------------------
"Babylon 5: Crusade" (1999)
Durkani: It doesn't matter if they believe us. Sooner or later the
truth's going to come out. The truth is....
Kendarr: ....out of fashion.
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good God, you people nominated a lot of crap this year!!!
There's only like 4 things outside of the sci-fi I've even seen.
So, my votes are officially up for sale, since I have no other criteria
to go by.
--
Uncle Jack: "Will, you're invisible!"
Will: "Invisible? I can't be! I can touch myself!"
--actual dialog from third season LAND OF THE LOST
Windowwasher
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ANIM8Rfsk-7C51F...@news.dc1.easynews.com...
> In article <6pWdnbMU7LDvBcjX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Good God, you people nominated a lot of crap this year!!!
>
> There's only like 4 things outside of the sci-fi I've even seen.
>
> So, my votes are officially up for sale, since I have no other criteria
> to go by.
>
I'm not even going to vote. This is why I gave up even nominating anything a
couple years ago. It wasn't worth the time or effort. I watch lots of stuff
but apparently not much of what the nominators watch. :)
David
15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
BEST COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
<good to see "Parks & Recreation" getting early recognition. Next year
will be its year, unless NBC cancels it>
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton - The Office, recurring (NBC)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Kristen Bell as Uda Bengt - Party Down, "Stennheiser-Pong Wedding
Reception" (Starz)
<Amy Ryan should win but... it's Kristen Bell! I doubt many people
even saw this show but... it's Kristen Bell!>
BEST COMEDY EPISODE
Better Off Ted, "Racial Sensitivity" (written by Michael Glouberman,
directed by Paul Lazarus) (ABC)
<gotta admit this was the best episode of the five choices even though
I didn't vote for the show>
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes – Damages (FX)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Walton Goggins as Shane Vendrell - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CCH Pounder as Claudette Wyms - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Scott Porter as Jason Street - Friday Night Lights, recurring (101
Network)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Laurie Holden as Olivia Murray - The Shield, recurring (FX)
<weak category, but anyone who's been steamrolled by Vic Mackey should
qualify>
BEST DRAMA EPISODE
The Shield, "Family Meeting" (written by Shawn Ryan, directed by Clark
Johnson) (FX)
BEST SF SERIES
Lost (ABC)
<weird. For a long time I only had "The X-Files to vote for and then
"Lost." Now suddenly sci-fi categories have some tough choices>
BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford - Lost (ABC)
<Sawyer had one of the all-time great character arcs this year>
BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Mark Pellegrino as Jacob – Lost, "The Incident" (ABC)
BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts – Chuck, recurring (NBC)
<that's one I remembered after already sending the nominations>
BEST SF EPISODE
Lost, "This Place Is Death" (written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz,
directed by Paul A. Edwards) (ABC)
BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Generation Kill (HBO)
BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill - Into the Storm (HBO)
BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Jessica Lange as "Big" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO)
BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
<where's Will Ferrell as Bush??>
BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
Wipeout (ABC)
BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
MythBusters (Discovery)
<"Wipeout" and "Mythbusters" in different categories... nice!>
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
The Simpsons (Fox)
BEST NEW SERIES
True Blood (HBO)
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
24 (Fox)
BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
Lost (ABC)
<No "Shield"? Having one of the best, most satisfying final seasons of
any show ever doesn't go as far as it used to. Or you're watching the
wrong things!>
WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
Do Not Disturb (Fox)
<because it's actually trying to be a comedy while the other choices
are exactly what they're trying to be>
WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Donald Trump as himself – The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Tyra Banks as herself – America's Next Top Model (CW)
*** delete everything below this line ***
Patty Winter
I hope you folks who've been posting your ballots to r.a.tv
are remembering to also email them to Robert, or they won't
count! (And yes, I will strip out my extraneous comments
before I send this to him.)
In article <18fd7480-25c7-49b9...@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Network switch: Friday Night Lights, which was listed as an NBC series
>in previous years, switched in the 2008-09 season to airing on
>DirecTV's 101 Network first, and then having its episodes broadcast on
>NBC later. Therefore, the 101 Network gets credit as the originating
>network in the Rattys, which makes it the first direct broadcast
>satellite channel to receive a Ratty nomination.
Interesting. A new twist on the importance of cable/satellite channels
such as USA and HBO.
>Network tally:
>The Best:
>NBC 31 (down 5) * HBO 23 (up 6) * ABC 21 (down 16) * Fox 17 (up 3) *
Well deserved recognition for HBO.
>BEST COMEDY SERIES
>
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>
>BEST COMEDY EPISODE
I don't watch any of those comedies, so didn't vote in any
comedy categories.
>BEST DRAMA SERIES
>Big Love (HBO)
>
>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
>Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews � Life (NBC)
This show also gets my unofficial nomination for best
series finale this year.
>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
>Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant - Big Love (HBO)
Tough choice here for me between Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne
Tripplehorn, but Sevigny had the more intense role this
season.
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
>Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado � Dexter (Showtime)
He usually plays such nice characters; it was interesting
seeing him turn ruthless.
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Cherry Jones as Allison Taylor � 24 (Fox)
>
>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
>
>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
None of the nominees in thes two categories were in shows
I'd seen.
>BEST DRAMA EPISODE
>Big Love, "Come, Ye Saints" (written by Melanie Marnich, directed by
>Dan Attias) (HBO)
That was a very good episode. Tough times for Bill.
>BEST SF SERIES
>Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
>
>BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
>David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
>
>BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
>Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
>
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
>Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds - True Blood (HBO)
>
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton - True Blood (HBO)
I know that "Lost" has more viewers, so I'm not getting my
hopes up about "Doctor Who" or "True Blood" winning any of
these categories. But hey, they asked for my vote. :-)
>BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
>
>BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
>
>BEST SF EPISODE
>Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
>by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
>
>BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>Little Dorrit (PBS)
>
>BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>Tom Courtenay as Mr. Dorrit - Little Dorrit (PBS)
>
>BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
>
>BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
>
>BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
>
>BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
Another tough choice for me, since my other nominees (HBO's
"The Alzehimer's Project" and PBS's "Frontline") also made
the final cut. May I vote three times? :-)
>BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
>King of the Hill (Fox)
>
>BEST NEW SERIES
>True Blood (HBO)
>
>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>24 (Fox)
How can a new series ("Dollhouse") qualify in the "Most Improved"
category?? Seems like there's something wrong with the process here.)
>BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>
>WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>
>WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>
Default User
> On Jul 8, 11:25�pm, Joshua Kreitzer <gromi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> *** 15TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS ***
> *** delete everything above this line***
> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
Brian
--
Day 157 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project
Patty Winter
In article <7bmlpiF...@mid.individual.net>,
Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
>
>1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
Oh, c'mon, Brian! Some of the regulars here already finked out
by not participating in the nominating round. We need the whole
gang for the voting phase!
Patty
Mac Breck
> In article <7bmlpiF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
>>
>> 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
>
> by not participating in the nominating round.
Meant to. Didn't get a Round Tuit.
Default User
Not worth the risk.
Anim8rFSK
Patty Winter <pat...@wintertime.com> wrote:
> How can a new series ("Dollhouse") qualify in the "Most Improved"
> category?? Seems like there's something wrong with the process here.)
Especially given that all Dollhouse deserves isa 'Biggest crap in a
basket series destroying finale outside of Trek' award; I won't even be
watching it when it comes back.
Patty Winter
In article <7bmq7cF...@mid.individual.net>,
Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Patty Winter wrote:
>
>> In article <7bmlpiF...@mid.individual.net>,
>> Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
>> >
>> > 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
>>
>> Oh, c'mon, Brian! Some of the regulars here already finked out
>> by not participating in the nominating round. We need the whole
>> gang for the voting phase!
>
>Not worth the risk.
Brian, I hate to break it to you, but you're already trapped
in the r.a.tv web of intrigue, so you might as well vote in
the RATTYs. :-)
Patty
Default User
>
> In article <7bmq7cF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Patty Winter wrote:
> >
> >> In article <7bmlpiF...@mid.individual.net>,
> >> Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
> >> >
> >> > 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
> >>
> >> Oh, c'mon, Brian! Some of the regulars here already finked out
> >> by not participating in the nominating round. We need the whole
> >> gang for the voting phase!
> >
> > Not worth the risk.
>
> Brian, I hate to break it to you, but you're already trapped
> in the r.a.tv web of intrigue, so you might as well vote in
> the RATTYs. :-)
This is much larger than ratv. Trust me that you risk life and limb,
and worse -- jury duty. Voting in online polls is dangerous. Trust me.
David
> David wrote:
> > On Jul 8, 11:25 pm, Joshua Kreitzer <gromi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > *** 15TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS ***
> > *** delete everything above this line***
> > 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>
> If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
Being 60% as good as me is nothing to be ashamed of.
> 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
The other 40% must contain the paranoia.
David
> > >> Default User <defaultuse...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > >> > If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
>
> > >> > 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
>
> > >> Oh, c'mon, Brian! Some of the regulars here already finked out
> > >> by not participating in the nominating round. We need the whole
> > >> gang for the voting phase!
>
> > > Not worth the risk.
>
> > Brian, I hate to break it to you, but you're already trapped
> > in the r.a.tv web of intrigue, so you might as well vote in
> > the RATTYs. :-)
>
> This is much larger than ratv. Trust me that you risk life and limb,
> and worse -- jury duty. Voting in online polls is dangerous. Trust me.
But what if I need to "complete an offer"? Or I've "already won"??
Dawnie
wrote:
This year's RATTYs has turned out to be the easiest for me to vote
for, no difficult choices at all. Completed and emailed in a couple of
minutes, tops.
>>Network switch: Friday Night Lights, which was listed as an NBC series
>>in previous years, switched in the 2008-09 season to airing on
>>DirecTV's 101 Network first, and then having its episodes broadcast on
>>NBC later. Therefore, the 101 Network gets credit as the originating
>>network in the Rattys, which makes it the first direct broadcast
>>satellite channel to receive a Ratty nomination.
>
>Interesting. A new twist on the importance of cable/satellite channels
>such as USA and HBO.
If enough people had nominated LAW & ORDER:CI, it would have been
another example. And wow, nobody liked LEVERAGE enough, eh?
>I don't watch any of those comedies, so didn't vote in any
>comedy categories.
What comedies do you watch? Any British or Canadian ones to recommend?
>>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
>>Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews � Life (NBC)
>
>This show also gets my unofficial nomination for best
>series finale this year.
Me too. Though I'll miss THE UNUSUALS more.
>>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
>>Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant - Big Love (HBO)
>
>Tough choice here for me between Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne
>Tripplehorn, but Sevigny had the more intense role this
>season.
I went Sevigny too, but I thought Tripplehorn was good in her
sister/mother/ brother-in-law storyline too.
>>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
>>
>>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
>
>None of the nominees in thes two categories were in shows
>I'd seen.
You don't watch THE SHIELD? Apart from that, same goes for me. I did
vote for Jay Karnes though, since he apparently didn't get enough
nominations for the shows I did watch.
>I know that "Lost" has more viewers, so I'm not getting my
>hopes up about "Doctor Who" or "True Blood" winning any of
>these categories. But hey, they asked for my vote. :-)
No love for FRINGE 8-(.
BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
>>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
No love for Craig Ferguson either!
>>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>>24 (Fox)
>
>How can a new series ("Dollhouse") qualify in the "Most Improved"
>category?? Seems like there's something wrong with the process here.)
Rather than comparing seasons, I suppose people are comparing episodes
i.e. it improved from the pilot to the season finale? <shrug>
Mac Breck
> BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
> going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
> at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
Never saw Twilight. Like True Blood. No time to explain at the moment.
David
> BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
> going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
> at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
"Twilight" is insultingly horrible. "True Blood" has become one of my
favorite shows. It's loaded with the sort of interesting, likable
characters I could watch do anything, it's funny, strange, has a good
mystery, is impossible to predict at any time what will happen next,
evokes a wonderful gothic atmosphere. The show's a real treasure.
Anim8rFSK
Dawnie <siok...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
> >>24 (Fox)
> >
> >How can a new series ("Dollhouse") qualify in the "Most Improved"
> >category?? Seems like there's something wrong with the process here.)
>
> Rather than comparing seasons, I suppose people are comparing episodes
> i.e. it improved from the pilot to the season finale? <shrug>
It did get better as it went, but they completely tanked the finale.
Zombie Elvis
<grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
>
>BEST COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton - The Office, recurring (NBC)
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory, "The
Maternal Capacitance" (CBS)
>BEST COMEDY EPISODE
30 Rock, "Reunion" (written by Matt Hubbard, directed by Beth
McCarthy-Miller) (NBC)
>BEST DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad (AMC)
>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Bryan Cranston as Walter H. White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado � Dexter (Showtime)
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Gunn as Skyler White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
>BEST SF SERIES
Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
Edward James Olmos as William Adama - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
Chronicles (Fox)
>BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Dean Stockwell as John Cavil - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (SciFi)
>BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
>
>BEST SF EPISODE
Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
>BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Generation Kill (HBO)
>BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Alexander Skarsgard as Brad "Iceman" Colbert - Generation Kill (HBO)
>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
>BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
>BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
Frontline (PBS)
>BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
The Simpsons (Fox)
>BEST NEW SERIES
Dollhouse (Fox)
>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
Dollhouse (Fox)
>BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
Lost (ABC)
>
>WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Donald Trump as himself � The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>
>WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Bob(but not THAT Bob)
> BEST COMEDY SERIES
> 30 Rock (NBC)
>
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
> Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
>
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
> Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
>
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Chi McBride as Emerson Cod - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
> Chris Parnell as Leo Spaceman - 30 Rock, recurring (NBC)
>
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
> Lily Tomlin as Roberta Simmons - Desperate Housewives, recurring (ABC)
>
> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
> 30 Rock, "Reunion" (written by Matt Hubbard, directed by Beth McCarthy-
> Miller) (NBC)
>
> BEST DRAMA SERIES
> Breaking Bad (AMC)
>
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
> Bryan Cranston as Walter H. White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
>
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
> Glenn Close as Patty Hewes � Damages (FX)
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Walton Goggins as Shane Vendrell - The Shield (FX)
>
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> CCH Pounder as Claudette Wyms - The Shield (FX)
>
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
> Jay Karnes as Scott Kohn - Sons of Anarchy, recurring (FX)
>
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
> Melinda McGraw as Bobbie Barrett - Mad Men, recurring (AMC)
>
> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
> Breaking Bad, "ABQ" (written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Adam
> Bernstein) (AMC)
> BEST SF SERIES
> Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
> Edward James Olmos as William Adama - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham - Fringe (Fox)
>
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
> John Noble as Walter Bishop - Fringe (Fox)
>
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
> Chronicles (Fox)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
> Patton Oswalt as Joel Mynor � Dollhouse, "Man on the Street" (Fox)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
> Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST SF EPISODE
> Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
> by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
> BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
> BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
>
> BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
> BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
> BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
> MythBusters (Discovery)
>
> BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
> BEST NEW SERIES
> Fringe (Fox)
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
> 24 (Fox)
>
> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> Lost (ABC)
> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>
> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>
Patty Winter
>>> Therefore, the 101 Network gets credit as the originating
>>>network in the Rattys, which makes it the first direct broadcast
>>>satellite channel to receive a Ratty nomination.
>>
>>Interesting. A new twist on the importance of cable/satellite channels
>>such as USA and HBO.
>
>If enough people had nominated LAW & ORDER:CI, it would have been
>another example.
Eh? L&O: CI airs on USA, not a satellite-only channel.
>>I don't watch any of those comedies, so didn't vote in any
>>comedy categories.
>
>What comedies do you watch? Any British or Canadian ones to recommend?
Mostly reruns of "As Time Goes By." :-) And "Kingdom" is a comedy/drama.
I've also seen a sweet Canadian series called "Mixed Blessings," which
co-stars Gary Basaraba. But my TV watching is almost entirely dramas,
sci-fi, and news/public affairs.
>>Tough choice here for me between Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne
>>Tripplehorn, but Sevigny had the more intense role this
>>season.
>
>I went Sevigny too, but I thought Tripplehorn was good in her
>sister/mother/ brother-in-law storyline too.
Indeed. I'll be happy if either of them wins. I'm hoping for some
good news for them when Emmy time comes around, too.
>BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
>going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
>at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
Definitely not aimed at tweens! Much more adult and intense. I really
like how Alan Ball makes characters who are different but believable.
>>>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>
>No love for Craig Ferguson either!
I saw him on the Boston Pops 4th of July broadcast but otherwise
am not familiar with him. (I know he has a late-night broadcast,
but I've never seen it.)
>>How can a new series ("Dollhouse") qualify in the "Most Improved"
>>category?? Seems like there's something wrong with the process here.)
>
>Rather than comparing seasons, I suppose people are comparing episodes
>i.e. it improved from the pilot to the season finale? <shrug>
Oh, maybe.
Patty
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
> address has been obscured, that's robertlicuria AT hotmail DOT com).
> You can also post your votes to the newsgroup if you want, but all
> ballots must be e-mailed to me to be counted.
>
> * Thanks to everyone who voted. Now it's time to pick your winners.
>
> *** delete everything above this line***
> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
You people. Just shameful how pedestrian some of these choices are.
Mac Breck
> On Jul 9, 9:34 pm, Dawnie <siokm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
>> going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
>> at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
>
> favorite shows. It's loaded with the sort of interesting, likable
> characters I could watch do anything, it's funny, strange, has a good
> mystery, is impossible to predict at any time what will happen next,
> evokes a wonderful gothic atmosphere. The show's a real treasure.
What he said.
David
<Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You people. Just shameful how pedestrian some of these choices are.
If you wanted the parakeet from "Gary Unmarried" to get to the final
round you should've participated.
Default User
Then you may have already lost.
Brian
--
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David
wrote:
>David wrote:
>
>> On Jul 9, 3:35�pm, "Default User" <defaultuse...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Patty Winter wrote:
>
>> > > Brian, I hate to break it to you, but you're already trapped
>> > > in the r.a.tv web of intrigue, so you might as well vote in
>> > > the RATTYs. :-)
>> >
>> > This is much larger than ratv. Trust me that you risk life and limb,
>> > and worse -- jury duty. Voting in online polls is dangerous. Trust
>> > me.
>>
>> But what if I need to "complete an offer"? Or I've "already won"??
>
>Then you may have already lost.
Oh don't be paranoid. That's just the money you could be saving with
Geico.
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria. For the
nomination tallies by show and by network, see the original post in
this thread: http://tr.im/ruUW
The following are the rules for this second stage of voting:
* CAMPAIGNING IS ALLOWED. You may encourage people to vote in the
Rattys on other web sites, blogs, mailing lists, etc., or on other
television-related newsgroups, if you do so with good netiquette. In
fact, I am planning to campaign myself. However, please don't post the
ballot anywhere else, except with permission of one of the Ratty
Awards administrators. Just tell people they can find the ballot at
the following link (which goes to the original post in this thread):
http://tr.im/ruUW
* Anyone reading this posting is eligible to vote, whether or not you
voted in the first round.
* In each category, delete the four nominees you don't want to vote
for, leaving your one single vote in each category.
* You don't have to vote in every category, but please try to vote in
as many categories as you can. If you are skipping a category, please
delete all of the nominees in that category.
* Please try to keep spacing between each category to a minimum. All
we should see is the category title, next line your vote, a space, and
then the next category. This will help keep your ballot short.
* The deadline to submit votes is Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 10:00
p.m. (U.S. Pacific time).
* Please send your ballot to robert...@hotmail.com (if that e-mail
address has been obscured, that's robertlicuria AT hotmail DOT com).
You can also post your votes to the newsgroup if you want, but all
ballots must be e-mailed to me to be counted.
* Thanks to everyone who voted. Now it's time to pick your winners.
*** delete everything above this line***
15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
BEST COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
Kyle Bornheimer as Sam Briggs - Worst Week (CBS)
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - The Office (NBC)
Lee Pace as Ned - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson - United States of Tara (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell - The New Adventures of Old
Christine (CBS)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
John Krasinski as Jim Halpert - The Office (NBC)
Chi McBride as Emerson Cod - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly - The Office (NBC)
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Will Arnett as Devon Banks - 30 Rock, "Do-Over" (NBC)
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton - The Office, recurring (NBC)
Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey - My Name is Earl, "Monkeys Take a
Bath" (NBC)
Albert Brooks as Lenny Botwin - Weeds, recurring (Showtime)
Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews - Life (NBC)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons - Damages (FX)
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes - Damages (FX)
Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant - Big Love (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb Henrickson - Big Love (HBO)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Walton Goggins as Shane Vendrell - The Shield (FX)
William Hurt as Daniel Purcell - Damages (FX)
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad (AMC)
John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men (AMC)
Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado - Dexter (Showtime)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Gunn as Skyler White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Cherry Jones as Allison Taylor - 24 (Fox)
Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski - Chuck (NBC)
Edward James Olmos as William Adama - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen - Lost (ABC)
Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham - Fringe (Fox)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds - True Blood (HBO)
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
John Noble as Walter Bishop - Fringe (Fox)
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke - Lost (ABC)
Ray Wise as the Devil - Reaper (CW)
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
Chronicles (Fox)
Tricia Helfer as Number Six/Caprica - Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton - True Blood (HBO)
Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt - Dollhouse (Fox)
BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Patton Oswalt as Joel Mynor - Dollhouse, "Man on the Street" (Fox)
Mark Pellegrino as Jacob - Lost, "The Incident" (ABC)
Stephen Root as Eddie - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
Dean Stockwell as John Cavil - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci
Fi)
Alan Tudyk as Stephen Kepler/Alpha - Dollhouse, "Briar Rose" and
"Omega" (Fox)
BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener - Medium, "The First Bite Is the
Deepest" (NBC)
Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis - Lost, recurring (ABC)
Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
Dina Lohan as herself - Living Lohan (E!)
Denise Richards as herself - Denise Richards: It's Complicated (E!)
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Joshua Kreitzer (for the Ratty Awards team)
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Dawnie
wrote:
>Dawnie wrote:
>>Patty Winter wrote:
>>>Interesting. A new twist on the importance of cable/satellite channels
>>>such as USA and HBO.
>>
>>If enough people had nominated LAW & ORDER:CI, it would have been
>>another example.
>
>Eh? L&O: CI airs on USA, not a satellite-only channel.
Right, I was just including it under the cable part of your
"cable/satellite channels" comment.
>>BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
>>going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
>>at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
>
>Definitely not aimed at tweens! Much more adult and intense. I really
>like how Alan Ball makes characters who are different but believable.
My mistake! I like Alan Ball too, I would have given this a try if I
had remembered he was at the helm. Time for me to catch up. I also
skimmed through Rob Jenson's thread about this series.
>>>>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>>
>>No love for Craig Ferguson either!
>
>I saw him on the Boston Pops 4th of July broadcast but otherwise
>am not familiar with him. (I know he has a late-night broadcast,
>but I've never seen it.)
Yup, The Late Late Show. I like him because his monologues were
different from the other late night show hosts, and I remember
thinking he seemed unfairly left out of the RATTYs (and other awards)
ever since he's been on a few years and no longer considered a newbie.
Just an FYI for anyone looking for an easy reference of who the guests
are on the various late night shows:
http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html
Dawnie
wrote:
Sounds good. For some reason I had remembered a comment that some
network was trying to capitalize on the TWILIGHT audience by putting
out a new vampire show, which was why I tied the "insultingly
horrible" opinion with TRUE BLOOD <g>. Thanks to you guys for clearing
that up!
David
I think you mean CW's "Vampire Diaries"
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria. For the
nomination tallies by show and by network, see the original post in
this thread: http://tr.im/ruUW
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Joshua Kreitzer
Anim8rFSK
quoted text"
I only voted for things I'd actually *seen* -- hence so many empty
catagories
> *** delete everything above this line***
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>
> BEST COMEDY SERIES
>
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
>
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>
> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
>
> BEST DRAMA SERIES
>
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
>
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
>
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado - Dexter (Showtime)
>
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
>
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
>
> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
>
> BEST SF SERIES
> Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
> David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
>
> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
>
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
>
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor
> Chronicles (Fox)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
> Alan Tudyk as Stephen Kepler/Alpha - Dollhouse, "Briar Rose" and
> "Omega" (Fox)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
> Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
>
> BEST SF EPISODE
> Chuck, "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" (written by Scott Rosenbaum,
> directed by Robert Duncan McNeill) (NBC)
>
> BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
> BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
> BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
> BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> The Soup (E!)
>
> BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> Joel McHale - The Soup (E!)
>
> BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
> Survivor (CBS)
>
> BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
> MythBusters (Discovery)
>
> BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
> South Park (Comedy Central)
>
> BEST NEW SERIES
> Better Off Ted (ABC)
>
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>
> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> Lost (ABC)
>
> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>
> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
>
> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
>
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Mac Breck
> Okay, I had to put some text here; MTNewswatcher won't let me post
> "only quoted text"
>
> I only voted for things I'd actually *seen* -- hence so many empty
> catagories
I know the feeling.
>> *** delete everything above this line***
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>> Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
<snip>
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
Saw an episode of that yesterday. Liked her in this a lot, but I
wouldn't put her ahead of Alyson Hannigan or Cobie Smulders.
<snip>
>> BEST NEW SERIES
>> Better Off Ted (ABC)
I'd have gone with "The Mentalist" or "Castle," if they'd been available
to me. Instead, I went with "True Blood."
>> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>>
>> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>> Lost (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC) - never saw it.
Breaking Bad (AMC) - never saw it.
Dollhouse (Fox) - No way!
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - The only one I saw, but wouldn't consider
it the best series on television.
Lost (ABC) - never saw it.
I'd have picked among the following if any of them had made the final
five:
The Big Bang Theory
NCIS
The Mentalist
Criminal Minds
Castle
Supernatural
and
Bones.
I'm still not sure which of those I would have picked as BEST. Probably
among The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist or Criminal Minds. Picking one
is *tough* .
>> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Tough decision? There were soooo many deserving contenders. I was torn
between:
American Idol (Fox)
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
....and had never seen:
Do Not Disturb (Fox)
Living Lohan (E!)
....but went with American Idol, the cancer that *will* *not* *die* .
"Howie Do It" would 've been another strong contender for worst.
>> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
>>
>> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
I had to go with airhead Hilton.
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Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > Okay, I had to put some text here; MTNewswatcher won't let me post
> > "only quoted text"
> >
> > I only voted for things I'd actually *seen* -- hence so many empty
> > catagories
>
> I know the feeling.
>
>
> >> *** delete everything above this line***
> >> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
> >> Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
>
> <snip>
>
> >> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> >> Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
>
> Saw an episode of that yesterday. Liked her in this a lot, but I
> wouldn't put her ahead of Alyson Hannigan or Cobie Smulders.
I haven't watched HIMYM this season, so it was right out.
>
> <snip>
>
>
> >> BEST NEW SERIES
> >> Better Off Ted (ABC)
>
> I'd have gone with "The Mentalist" or "Castle," if they'd been available
> to me. Instead, I went with "True Blood."
I nominated Castle for several things, but it didn't make the ballot. I
don't watch The Mentalist (watched a preview and it didn't call to me)
and we know where I am with True Blood.
>
> >> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
> >>
> >> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> >> Lost (ABC)
>
> 30 Rock (NBC) - never saw it.
> Breaking Bad (AMC) - never saw it.
> Dollhouse (Fox) - No way!
> How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - The only one I saw, but wouldn't consider
> it the best series on television.
> Lost (ABC) - never saw it.
I'm with you on the above, except I watch LOST.
>
> I'd have picked among the following if any of them had made the final
> five:
> The Big Bang Theory
> NCIS
> The Mentalist
> Criminal Minds
> Castle
> Supernatural
> and
> Bones.
>
> I'm still not sure which of those I would have picked as BEST. Probably
> among The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist or Criminal Minds. Picking one
> is *tough* .
>
>
> >> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> >> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>
> Tough decision? There were soooo many deserving contenders. I was torn
> between:
> American Idol (Fox)
> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
> Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
>
> ....and had never seen:
> Do Not Disturb (Fox)
> Living Lohan (E!)
>
> ....but went with American Idol, the cancer that *will* *not* *die* .
It's still way better than Apprentice or Lohan. Haven't seen Do Not
Disturb (or even heard of it), and Deal or No Deal seems at best mundane.
>
> "Howie Do It" would 've been another strong contender for worst.
LOL, that I avoided.
>
>
>
> >> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> >> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
> >>
> >> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> >> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
>
> I had to go with airhead Hilton.
again, haven't seen it, but I've seen Banks on THE SOUP
>
> >> *** delete everything below this line ***
--
Mac Breck
> In article <V_2dnSvPA6QjrcPX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> Okay, I had to put some text here; MTNewswatcher won't let me post
>>> "only quoted text"
>>>
>>> I only voted for things I'd actually *seen* -- hence so many empty
>>> catagories
>>
>> I know the feeling.
>>
>>
>>>> *** delete everything above this line***
>>>> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>>>> Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>>>> Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer - Better Off Ted (ABC)
>>
>> Saw an episode of that yesterday. Liked her in this a lot, but I
>> wouldn't put her ahead of Alyson Hannigan or Cobie Smulders.
>
> I haven't watched HIMYM this season, so it was right out.
You missed some good Barney eps. Monday's rerun ("Benefits" - S4E12)
was a good one.
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>>>> BEST NEW SERIES
>>>> Better Off Ted (ABC)
>>
>> I'd have gone with "The Mentalist" or "Castle," if they'd been
>> available to me. Instead, I went with "True Blood."
>
> I nominated Castle for several things, but it didn't make the ballot.
> I don't watch The Mentalist (watched a preview and it didn't call to
> me) and we know where I am with True Blood.
I know where Rob is. Not sure where you are. Did you watch the whole
first season yet? Any of the second season? Looks like you nominated
Lizzy Caplan 3rd (1 pt.)for BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS, and that was it.
>>>> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>>>>
>>>> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>>>> Lost (ABC)
>>
>> 30 Rock (NBC) - never saw it.
>> Breaking Bad (AMC) - never saw it.
>> Dollhouse (Fox) - No way!
>> How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - The only one I saw, but wouldn't
>> consider it the best series on television.
>> Lost (ABC) - never saw it.
>
> I'm with you on the above, except I watch LOST.
I have A LOT of catching up to do.
<snip>
>>>> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
<snip>
>> "Howie Do It" would 've been another strong contender for worst.
>
> LOL, that I avoided.
That was on in a Bar & Grill (on multiple screens) where I was eating,
and I COULDN'T avoid it. Tried my best to block it out. :-P Watching
paint dry, grass grow, concrete set, etc., would be way more
interesting.
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I nominated Castle for several things, but it didn't make the ballot.
> > I don't watch The Mentalist (watched a preview and it didn't call to
> > me) and we know where I am with True Blood.
>
> I know where Rob is. Not sure where you are. Did you watch the whole
> first season yet? Any of the second season? Looks like you nominated
> Lizzy Caplan 3rd (1 pt.)for BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS, and that was it.
I'm still on the original pilot that I hated and the second ep that I
don't even remember if I made it all the way through. At this point I
have to start from scratch and I'm frankly not looking forward to it.
Lizzy was nominated on the basis of nude shots linked to here. :)
Ian J. Ball
<7a6b1f49-9aa9-46b7...@m11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> BEST COMEDY SERIES
> 30 Rock (NBC)
> The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
> How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
> The Office (NBC)
> Pushing Daisies (ABC)
It's ironic that I caught two of these in reruns this summer.
But I think I like BBT more than any comedy since "Scrubs", so - BBT.
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
> Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
A no-brainer.
> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
> Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
This is under protest, as I think there were better choices.
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office (NBC)
>
> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
She's the heart & soul of this show, from what I've seen.
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
I'm NO VOTE'ing both of these - I saw none of the former, and I think
there were better options among the latter (starting with Sara Gilbert).
> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
> Better Off Ted, "Racial Sensitivity" (written by Michael Glouberman,
> directed by Paul Lazarus) (ABC)
> How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly, directed
> by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
I can't believe these two made it, as they were no where near among the
best episodes. So I'll grudgingly go with:
> The Big Bang Theory, "The Maternal Capacitance" (story by Chuck Lorre
> & Bill Prady, teleplay by Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro, directed
> by Mark Cendrowski) (CBS)
> BEST DRAMA SERIES
> Big Love (HBO)
> Breaking Bad (AMC)
> Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
> Mad Men (AMC)
> The Shield (FX)
Oh, good Lord! I'm NO VOTE'ing this in a *hard* way. What crappy
choices! ("Mad Men" was a pale shadow of itself in season #2... :( )
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
> Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (AMC)
>
> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
> Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons - Damages (FX)
This is almost a protest vote - Byrne had much more to do in season #1
than in season #2, but I'm watching the show primarily *for Byrne*.
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
> John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men (AMC)
>
> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
NO VOTE.
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
> Patrick Fischler as Jimmy Barrett - Mad Men, recurring (AMC)
He did a great job in this.
> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
> Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks - Gossip Girl, recurring (CW)
Oh, what the Hell - she had almost nothing to do this year (as opposed
to season #1), but she was the only lift I got out of season #2, so...
> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
> Mad Men, "A Night to Remember" (written by Robin Veith & Matthew
> Weiner, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) (AMC)
Limited choices...
> BEST SF SERIES
> Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
> Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
> Dollhouse (Fox)
> Fringe (Fox)
> Lost (ABC)
It's another no-brainer - "Lost".
> BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
> Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford - Lost (ABC)
>
> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen - Lost (ABC)
>
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
> Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
> Terry O'Quinn as John Locke - Lost (ABC)
Oh, this *sucks*! I'll do what I always do - pull the lever for O'Quinn
- but this race has never been as tight as it was this year!
> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
> Alan Tudyk as Stephen Kepler/Alpha - Dollhouse, "Briar Rose" and
> "Omega" (Fox)
>
> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
> Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
> Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
> Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener - Medium, "The First Bite Is the
> Deepest" (NBC)
> Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis - Lost, recurring (ABC)
> Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
This is actually a tough category (but I guess it always is) - I'll go
with Mader, but it's a tight run.
> BEST SF EPISODE
> Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
> by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
HA HA HA! Joke! JOKE!!
> Chuck, "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" (written by Scott Rosenbaum,
> directed by Robert Duncan McNeill) (NBC)
> Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
> by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
> Lost, "This Place Is Death" (written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz,
> directed by Paul A. Edwards) (ABC)
Crap, it's a close race between the latter two. I'm actually going to go
against type, and go with "Doctor Who"!!
> BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
> BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
All NO VOTEs.
> BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> The Soup (E!)
YaY!! :) :) :)
> BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
> Joel McHale - The Soup (E!)
>
> BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
> The Amazing Race (CBS)
> Wipeout (ABC)
I actually enjoy "Wipeout", but I'm going to have to go with TAR.
> BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
> Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
Wow. It's great to see so much of this newsgroup drinks the Kool-Aid...
NO VOTE.
> BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
NO VOTE.
> BEST NEW SERIES
> Better Off Ted (ABC)
> Dollhouse (Fox)
> Fringe (Fox)
> Sons of Anarchy (FX)
> True Blood (HBO)
Over "The Mentalist"?! Are you people f'ing *serious*?!?!!
<McEnroe>YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!</McEnroe>
It's a measure of how weak this category is that I'm actually forced to
go with "Dollhouse". ("Better Off Ted" is OK, but it doesn't always
'click' for me...)
> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
> 24 (Fox)
> Dollhouse (Fox)
Huh?! How can a show that runs only one season be the "Most Improved"?!
> ER (NBC)
> The Office (NBC)
> Saturday Night Live (NBC)
NO VOTE.
> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> 30 Rock (NBC)
> Breaking Bad (AMC)
> Dollhouse (Fox)
> How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
> Lost (ABC)
Lost!!
> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
> American Idol (Fox)
> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
> Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
> Do Not Disturb (Fox)
> Living Lohan (E!)
AI.
> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
BOO!!
> Randy Jackson as himself - American Idol (Fox)
> Howie Mandel as himself - Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
> Ryan Seacrest as himself - American Idol (Fox)
Oh *yeah*!!
> Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>
> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
> Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
I've come to despise Tyra, so I'm going with her.
(I might have gone with 'Daisy' of "Daisy of Love" if that had been an
option. Or anyone from "The Girls Next Door" or "The Kardasians"...)
> Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
> Dina Lohan as herself - Living Lohan (E!)
> Denise Richards as herself - Denise Richards: It's Complicated (E!)
--
"There's no business, like Cho business."
- Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09
Ian J. Ball
I'm more outraged by other omissions - "The Mentalist" and "Burn
Notice", for starters!
>:/
Ian (At least "The Soup" made it. Finally.)
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
> On Jul 10, 4:43 am, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 10, 1:56 am, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
> > <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > You people. Just shameful how pedestrian some of these choices are.
>
> > If you wanted the parakeet from "Gary Unmarried" to get to the final
> > round you should've participated.
>
> I'm more outraged by other omissions - "The Mentalist" and "Burn
> Notice", for starters!
I've never heard of those shows. Stop trolling.
Ian J. Ball
<Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 15, 9:53 pm, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 4:43 am, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > On Jul 10, 1:56 am, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
> > > <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > You people. Just shameful how pedestrian some of these choices are.
>
> > > If you wanted the parakeet from "Gary Unmarried" to get to the final
> > > round you should've participated.
>
> > I'm more outraged by other omissions - "The Mentalist" and "Burn
> > Notice", for starters!
>
> I've never heard of those shows. Stop trolling.
I give your posting 0.2 out of 5 pieces of lint.
Mac Breck
He isn't trolling and you should pay more attention.
Mac Breck
> In article <7d6dndpChL58wcPX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>> I nominated Castle for several things, but it didn't make the
>>> ballot. I don't watch The Mentalist (watched a preview and it
>>> didn't call to me) and we know where I am with True Blood.
>>
>> I know where Rob is. Not sure where you are. Did you watch the
>> whole first season yet? Any of the second season? Looks like you
>> nominated Lizzy Caplan 3rd (1 pt.)for BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS, and
>> that was it.
>
> I'm still on the original pilot that I hated and the second ep that I
> don't even remember if I made it all the way through. At this point I
> have to start from scratch and I'm frankly not looking forward to it.
You should be. Unlike Dollhouse it gets steadily better all the way to
the end. That's why I said:
> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN :
"For Warrick" (CSI)
or
"You'll Be the Death of Me" (True Blood)
"You'll Be the Death of Me" is Season 1 Episode 12 (of 12).
> Lizzy was nominated on the basis of nude shots linked to here. :)
I know. I provided the links. ;-) Lizzy is in Episodes 7 thru 12, but
you should watch Episodes 1 through 12 in order. Trust me on this
dammit!
Mac Breck
> In article
> <7a6b1f49-9aa9-46b7...@m11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> BEST COMEDY SERIES
>> 30 Rock (NBC)
>> The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
>> How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>> The Office (NBC)
>> Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
> It's ironic that I caught two of these in reruns this summer.
> But I think I like BBT more than any comedy since "Scrubs", so - BBT.
Highly rewatchable. :-)
>> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>> Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
>
> A no-brainer.
A shoe in.
>> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>> Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
> This is under protest, as I think there were better choices.
True.
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office (NBC)
Bah!
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>
> She's the heart & soul of this show, from what I've seen.
While Cobie Smulders is arguably prettier, Alyson is a better
comedienne. I like 'em both.
>> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>
> I'm NO VOTE'ing both of these - I saw none of the former, and I think
> there were better options among the latter (starting with Sara
> Gilbert).
>
>> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
>> Better Off Ted, "Racial Sensitivity" (written by Michael Glouberman,
>> directed by Paul Lazarus) (ABC)
>> How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly,
>> directed by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
I liked this one.
> I can't believe these two made it, as they were no where near among
> the best episodes. So I'll grudgingly go with:
>
>> The Big Bang Theory, "The Maternal Capacitance" (story by Chuck Lorre
>> & Bill Prady, teleplay by Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro,
>> directed by Mark Cendrowski) (CBS)
I'm not a fan of Christine Baranski.
<snip>
>> BEST NEW SERIES
>> Better Off Ted (ABC)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>> Fringe (Fox)
>> Sons of Anarchy (FX)
>> True Blood (HBO)
>
> Over "The Mentalist"?! Are you people f'ing *serious*?!?!!
> <McEnroe>YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!</McEnroe>
Agreed! "The Mentalist" and "Castle" both should have been here.
> It's a measure of how weak this category is that I'm actually forced
> to go with "Dollhouse". ("Better Off Ted" is OK, but it doesn't always
> 'click' for me...)
Bah! You should've gone with "True Blood."
>> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>> 24 (Fox)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>
> Huh?! How can a show that runs only one season be the "Most
> Improved"?!
Good question. Most improved *during* the season shouldn't work for
"Dollhouse." Anim keeps saying that the finale tanked.
<snip>
>> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>> American Idol (Fox)
>> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>> Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
>> Do Not Disturb (Fox)
>> Living Lohan (E!)
>
> AI.
<high five>
>> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
>
> BOO!!
Yes, boo David Caruso! Bwahahahahaha!
>> Randy Jackson as himself - American Idol (Fox)
>> Howie Mandel as himself - Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
and "Howie Do It."
>> Ryan Seacrest as himself - American Idol (Fox)
>
> Oh *yeah*!!
>
>> Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
So many deserving choices.
>> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
>> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
>
> I've come to despise Tyra, so I'm going with her.
> (I might have gone with 'Daisy' of "Daisy of Love" if that had been an
> option. Or anyone from "The Girls Next Door" or "The Kardasians"...)
>
>> Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
What, not airhead Hilton?
>> Dina Lohan as herself - Living Lohan (E!)
>> Denise Richards as herself - Denise Richards: It's Complicated (E!)
--
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
> Mr. Hole the Magnificent wrote:
>
> > On Jul 15, 9:53 pm, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >> On Jul 10, 4:43 am, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jul 10, 1:56 am, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
> >>> <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> You people. Just shameful how pedestrian some of these choices are.
>
> >>> If you wanted the parakeet from "Gary Unmarried" to get to the final
> >>> round you should've participated.
>
> >> I'm more outraged by other omissions - "The Mentalist" and "Burn
> >> Notice", for starters!
>
> > I've never heard of those shows. Stop trolling.
>
> He isn't trolling and you should pay more attention.
You guys can't pull the wool over my head!!
Default User
Have you been shopping at the discount wig store again?
Brian
--
Day 164 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
> Mr. Hole the Magnificent wrote:
>
> > On Jul 16, 12:34 am, "Mac Breck" <macthevor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Mr. Hole the Magnificent wrote:
>
> > > > On Jul 15, 9:53 pm, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> > > >> I'm more outraged by other omissions - "The Mentalist" and "Burn
> > > >> Notice", for starters!
>
> > > > I've never heard of those shows. Stop trolling.
>
> > > He isn't trolling and you should pay more attention.
>
> > You guys can't pull the wool over my head!!
>
> Have you been shopping at the discount wig store again?
They're the only ones that carry my size. :~(
Rob Jensen
BEST COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
* This one was actually hard for me. I had it down to HIMYM and TBBT.
TBBT certainly had Parsons, Baranski and Maternal Capacitance on its
side, but I almost voted for Naked Man in the Episode category and I
think they're about equal in terms of writing, with TBBT having a lot
more zingers, but HIMYM having waaaay better plot and characterization
in the writing. So my considerations came down to this: HIMYM has
the edge in writing overall even though TBBT had one better episode
*and* I think that HIMYM having two supporting actors get my vote
weighs far more heavily than TBBT getting a lead actor vote and a
guest actor vote. (Aside on the math about that: I value lead at
something like, and intuitively rather than in absolute terms, a 4,
supporting at 3 and guest at one-half point relative to each other. So
HIMYM got a 6 in acting and TBBT got a 4.5)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
* Umm, duh.
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
And I made up my mind long before her topless photos from the Vanity
Fair UK edition leaked to the press. Of all the characters on the
show, she had the most tongue-twisting dialogue (often exposition,
too) and yet still made it look easy to create a funny, heartwarming
character. The level of difficulty in her performance was *far*
beyond that of the nominee who IMO had the next-best,
next-most-difficult performance, Tina Fey.
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
* Once a character is written as broadly as Barney was in earlier
seasons, it's really hard to then go and give the character more
grounded storylines in later seasons (most characters on MASH). More
difficult still is for the actor to also ground his performances and
also be able to turn on a dime to go back to the big, broad storylines
that he's known for -- no character or actor on MASH was able to go
back to big and broad performances once Frank Burns left, thereby
transforming the show fully into a dramedy -- and more difficult again
to be able to go back and forth between the big, broad stuff and the
ground performances (most of the cast of Frasier). IMO, any Emmy
voter who fails to vote for NPH is wrong.
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
* Same goes for Cobie. Although, interestingly, Robin started out as
a more grounded character and has become loonier, bigger and broader
over the past couple of seasons while still being able to turn on a
dime and go back to grounded Robin.
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton - The Office, recurring (NBC)
* Creed is frickin' weird. Steals every scene he's in. I'm really,
really glad that he appears in few enough episodes to recurring/guest
rather than supporting because he still wouldn't have won over NPH and
because, well, the rest of the Comedy Guest Actor nominees sucked. I
might have abstained from voting in this category if not for Creed.
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory, "The
Maternal Capacitance" (CBS)
* No-brainer. She should also win this category at the Emmys.
BEST COMEDY EPISODE
The Big Bang Theory, "The Maternal Capacitance" (story by Chuck Lorre
& Bill Prady, teleplay by Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro, directed
by Mark Cendrowski) (CBS)
* Same thing, and it was nominated for an Emmy, right?
Grouping five of my votes together:
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Walton Goggins as Shane Vendrell - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CCH Pounder as Claudette Wyms - The Shield (FX)
BEST DRAMA EPISODE
The Shield, "Family Meeting" (written by Shawn Ryan, directed by Clark
Johnson) (FX)
* The Shield's total shut-out at the Emmys was the most egregious,
inexcusable snub since every year Lauren Graham was not nominated for
Comedy Lead Actress for Gilmore Girls. IMO, at the Emmys, the entire
Drama track of nominations holds no credibility whatsoever.
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
* Umm, duh.
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams - Friday Night Lights,
recurring (101 Network)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Laurie Holden as Olivia Murray - The Shield, recurring (FX)
* I think that the lists of nominees for both Guest Actor categories
sucked. I wouldn't even have voted for Holden except for a certain
amount of sentimentality for her performance as Marita Covarrubias on
The X-Files.
BEST SF SERIES
Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
* Yes, over Chuck.
BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski - Chuck (NBC)
* Almost a coinflip between Levi and Tennant.
BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (HBO)
* If I hadn't marathoned my True Blood s1 DVDs last week, Yvonne
Strahotski would have gotten my vote here . . .
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds - True Blood (HBO)
* . . . and John Noble would have gotten my vote here.
BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
* Rutina Westly definitely came close to getting my vote, but IMO, the
level of difficulty that the role of Juliet required was substantially
greater than that for Tara. If "V" really does steal Mitchell away
from Lost or causes Mitchell to qualify for Guest Actor for Lost
rather than Supporting next season, then I think it'll be hard to vote
for anyone else but Westly in this category next year.
BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
Dean Stockwell as John Cavil - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci
Fi)
* IMO, this was a default vote. Cavil was the most important
character in this category to his respective series by far. And IMO,
Pellegrino's nomination was ridonkulous because his role was so small
(one episode and not really a whole lot to do but look Christ-like)
and his character so ill-defined by the writers as of yet.
BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
* This one wasn't a default vote -- I loved her performance as Ellen,
particularly the way she gets between Sol and Caprica Six.
BEST SF EPISODE
Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
* What? I don't get how people can object to the finale of a series
based in part on the Bible having Biblical overtones in its finale.
(Same goes for the episode's overtones of Von Danikken's Chariot of
the Gods). The last half-hour and the ultimate reveal of the nature
of who Head Six and Head Baltar are IMO provides the *thematic
prequel* to the chronological prequel, Caprica.
BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
* No votes for these three categories. Not enough of them, didn't
watch 'em.
BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
The Soup (E!)
BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
* The selection of nominees in this category sucked. Had to give the
edge to Tina Fey for the historic nature of her deconstruction (and
destruction) of Sarah Palin. Otherwise, Joel McHale would have gotten
my vote.
BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
* By default.
BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
* By default. Even though I'm a fan of Olbermann, I think it's
ridiculous that The Daily Show (my real pick here) and The Colbert
Report, both of which are half-interview, half-editorial are nominated
in the Variety Series categories, where they clearly do NOT belong.
BTW, this goes for the late night TALK SHOWS in general (Letterman,
Conan, etc.), too. Perhaps "Late Night Talk Show" should get its own
categories?
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
South Park (Comedy Central)
* By default, until Futurama becomes eligible again next year.
BEST NEW SERIES
True Blood (HBO)
* Umm, duh.
MOST IMPROVED SERIES
ER (NBC)
* IMO, The Office got much, MUCH worse this year. I don't think that
a new show should be eligible for this category (much less the
awfulness that is Dollhouse). I also think that SNL has been on a
roll fo the past couple of seasons, so the time to have nominated it,
much less voted for it, would have been last year or the year before.
Also, while 24 was much improved over the absolutely shitty season 6,
it still didn't come close to the level of improvement of ER, which
has consistently improved by leaps and bounds over each of the past 6
seasons since the watching-it-makes-me-want-to-kill-myself nadir of
Green's death, Carter's miscarriage storyline and Abby's first bout
with alcoholism. I never could have anticipated the show turning
Archie Morris from one of its worst characters when he first joined
the show to becoming one of its best since Clooney left. Pratt and
Morris were a great team the past couple of years, and the season
started out with such an amazing bang of Pratt's death and Scott
Grimes's heartfelt performance of Morris trying and failing to save
him *and* keep himself (much less the rest of the ER staff) together
while doing so.
BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
* Coin flip between HIMYM and True Blood. Part of HIMYM's edge was
True Blood clearly deserving the New Series vote and part of it is the
ingenuity of HIMYM's nonlinear structure that makes it a storytelling
tour de force. Also, I give HIMYM a slight edge in the overall unity
of the ensemble, how well it gels together. Even by the end of the
season, True Blood is still a little ramshackle in that department,
having Terry Bellefleur come almost out of nowhere as a fully-realized
character in the last half of the season and both Terry and Rene
almost being wallpaper in the first half of the season.
WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
* Among those nominated. IMO, Gleen Beck is far, far more wretched.
WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
* Ditto. Even though, yes, I think the category should be renamed
"The David Caruso Hall of Shame Award for Worst Male Performer on
Television"
WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
* Given that Sarah Palin wasn't nominated, this one was a gimmee.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <7d6dndpChL58wcPX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> > I nominated Castle for several things, but it didn't make the ballot.
>> > I don't watch The Mentalist (watched a preview and it didn't call to
>> > me) and we know where I am with True Blood.
>>
>> I know where Rob is. Not sure where you are. Did you watch the whole
>> first season yet? Any of the second season? Looks like you nominated
>> Lizzy Caplan 3rd (1 pt.)for BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS, and that was it.
>
>I'm still on the original pilot that I hated and the second ep that I
>don't even remember if I made it all the way through. At this point I
>have to start from scratch and I'm frankly not looking forward to it.
>Lizzy was nominated on the basis of nude shots linked to here. :)
Couple of things (okay, six or seven things) I'd like to add in hopes
of helping Ani stick with it:
* Pay attention to the supporting characters.
* Fangtasia is an interesting club. And an hilarious parody of the
Lestat area of Vampire-Goth chic.
* Yes, Sookie's brother Jason is a whore. Or whatever you might want
to call the male version of a nympho.
* The show's format is a bit unusual, playing a LOT like one 12-hour
long movie, so by the end of the second episode, you're not really
more than about 2/3rds of the way through the exposition. It *does*
really start to pick up in episode 3 as the serial killer storyline
starts to heat up. Episode 6, the midpoint, is a stunner.
* I think that the show had a difficult time setting up the character
of Sam Merlotte -- I won't give away why, but it helped me to keep in
mind throughout the course of the season that he never really has a
chance with Sookie. Probably the most inconsistent character in the
series, but 3/4s of the way through the season (after you've gotten
sick of him and Tara semikindamaybeishhookingupwithbenefits), you'll
know why -- and it won't be *quite* because of what you think.
(Unless, say, you know already because somebody spoiled it in a
non-spoiler thread.)
* I suggest trying to look at it from the direction of it being more a
black comedy-horror and soap *parody* in a Southern-Gothic horror
setting than as a horror series or a soap. It's mostly machine-gun
fast and crazy.
* Don't stifle the urge to laugh whenever Sookie lets out an instant,
turn-on-a-dime bloodcurdling scream of terror (which is, to say, a
number of times). It's supposed to be as much funny -- yes, I
promise, funny -- as it is a legitimate expression of the intense
horror she's feeling. It's kinda like Joss Whedon directing Buffy
while tripping on Acid. Really. And I mean *Really.* Wait for it
when Lizzy Caplan finally shows up.
* My favorite reaction shot of Sookie: when she says, "Shut the fuck
up!" in semi-understated amazement at a revelation in one of the later
episodes of the season. It's so totally worth the wait and you'll
know it when you see it.
* Several things that happen later in the season are clearly set-ups
for storylines that I know nothing about because I haven't seen them
yet in season 2 (so they aren't resolved in season 1). Especially
(but not only) regarding s1 latecomer Michelle Forbes and the lead
characters she interacts with.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>In article
><7a6b1f49-9aa9-46b7...@m11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> BEST COMEDY SERIES
>> 30 Rock (NBC)
>> The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
>> How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>> The Office (NBC)
>> Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
>It's ironic that I caught two of these in reruns this summer.
>But I think I like BBT more than any comedy since "Scrubs", so - BBT.
Although I voted for HIMYM, I couldn't criticize voting for BBT, 30
Rock or, especially Pushing Daisies (which I think should have been in
the SF/F track anyway.) However, votes for The Office this season
will probably get me to question a person's sanity.
>> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>> Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
>
>A no-brainer.
Yep.
>> BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>> Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
>
>This is under protest, as I think there were better choices.
Paula Marshall is allegedly not a lead on Gary Unmarried, dude. 8^P
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office (NBC)
Bzzzt! Sadly, No! You were supposed to vote for Neil Patrick Harris.
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>
>She's the heart & soul of this show, from what I've seen.
It's hard to explain this to ya, since you haven't seen many episodes,
but they're all five the heart and soul of the show. Well, Barney's
more the penis of the show than the heart of the show, but
nevertheless, HIMYM's like Friends with respect to the heart and soul
of the show being a constantly moving target, ususally the foil
telling the costar whose storyline (whether A-, B- or C-) that they're
acting like an ass. It can be a bit confusing though, as Ted, Robin
and Barney all idealize Lily and Marshall's relationship
>> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>> BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>
>I'm NO VOTE'ing both of these - I saw none of the former, and I think
>there were better options among the latter (starting with Sara Gilbert).
How can you not vote for Christine Baranski for playing Leonard's
mother on TBBT? I take it that The Maternal Capacitance is an episode
you haven't seen yet?
>> BEST COMEDY EPISODE
>> Better Off Ted, "Racial Sensitivity" (written by Michael Glouberman,
>> directed by Paul Lazarus) (ABC)
>> How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly, directed
>> by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
>
>I can't believe these two made it, as they were no where near among the
>best episodes. So I'll grudgingly go with:
I can't believe that BOT made it. Totally crap show.
>> The Big Bang Theory, "The Maternal Capacitance" (story by Chuck Lorre
>> & Bill Prady, teleplay by Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro, directed
>> by Mark Cendrowski) (CBS)
You didn't vote for Christine Baranski for Guest Actress, so I don't
believe that you saw this episode at all, bee-yatch. But what am I
complaining about, I both voted for this episode and actually *saw*
it.
>> BEST DRAMA SERIES
>> Big Love (HBO)
>> Breaking Bad (AMC)
>> Friday Night Lights (101 Network)
>> Mad Men (AMC)
>> The Shield (FX)
>
>Oh, good Lord! I'm NO VOTE'ing this in a *hard* way. What crappy
>choices! ("Mad Men" was a pale shadow of itself in season #2... :( )
Have you not seen The Shield?
>> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
>> Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (AMC)
You really need to watch The Shield. (For Michael Chiklis)
>> BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
>> Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons - Damages (FX)
>
>This is almost a protest vote - Byrne had much more to do in season #1
>than in season #2, but I'm watching the show primarily *for Byrne*.
Me, too. In the bizarre chance that Connie Britton hadn't made it
onto the ballot, I would have voted for Byrne.
>> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men (AMC)
You really need to watch The Shield. (For Walton Goggins, who was
nominated and Jay Karnes, who wasn't.)
>> BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>
>NO VOTE.
You really need to watch The Shield for CCH Pounder, dammit! You
really should have asked me who to vote for in this category, Ian.
>> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
>> Patrick Fischler as Jimmy Barrett - Mad Men, recurring (AMC)
>
>He did a great job in this.
>
>> BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
>> Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks - Gossip Girl, recurring (CW)
>
>Oh, what the Hell - she had almost nothing to do this year (as opposed
>to season #1), but she was the only lift I got out of season #2, so...
>
>> BEST DRAMA EPISODE
>> Mad Men, "A Night to Remember" (written by Robin Veith & Matthew
>> Weiner, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) (AMC)
>
>Limited choices...
>
>> BEST SF SERIES
>> Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
>> Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>> Fringe (Fox)
>> Lost (ABC)
>
>It's another no-brainer - "Lost".
Anything but Dollhouse.
>> BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
>> Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford - Lost (ABC)
>>
>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
>> Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen - Lost (ABC)
Haven't seen True Blood yet? Anna Paquin acts rings around Evangeline
Lilly.
>> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> Michael Emerson as Ben Linus - Lost (ABC)
>> Terry O'Quinn as John Locke - Lost (ABC)
>
>Oh, this *sucks*! I'll do what I always do - pull the lever for O'Quinn
>- but this race has never been as tight as it was this year!
>
>> BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke - Lost (ABC)
>>
>> BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
>> Alan Tudyk as Stephen Kepler/Alpha - Dollhouse, "Briar Rose" and
>> "Omega" (Fox)
>>
>> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
>> Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
>> Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
>> Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener - Medium, "The First Bite Is the
>> Deepest" (NBC)
>> Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis - Lost, recurring (ABC)
>> Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
>
>This is actually a tough category (but I guess it always is) - I'll go
>with Mader, but it's a tight run.
I'm getting more and more convinced with you sticking to votes mostly
for Lost that you haven't really seen that many SF/F shows this
season.
>> BEST SF EPISODE
>> Battlestar Galactica, "Daybreak" (written by Ronald D. Moore, directed
>> by Michael Rymer) (Sci Fi)
>
>HA HA HA! Joke! JOKE!!
Asshole!
(Picture a friend mock-flipping you off from across the room at a
party because you promised to put The Who's "Tommy" into the CD-player
and you the next thing we hear is The Macarena.)
>> Chuck, "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" (written by Scott Rosenbaum,
>> directed by Robert Duncan McNeill) (NBC)
>> Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
>> by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
>> Lost, "This Place Is Death" (written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz,
>> directed by Paul A. Edwards) (ABC)
>
>Crap, it's a close race between the latter two. I'm actually going to go
>against type, and go with "Doctor Who"!!
Okay, fine. Just as long as you didn't vote for the worst episode of
Chuck not called "Chuck Vs. the DeLorean."
>> BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>> BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>> BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>
>All NO VOTEs.
>
>> BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>> The Soup (E!)
>
>YaY!! :) :) :)
Yep. I'm actually kinda surprised about the stuff we actually agree
on.
>> BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>> Joel McHale - The Soup (E!)
>>
>> BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
>> The Amazing Race (CBS)
>> Wipeout (ABC)
>
>I actually enjoy "Wipeout", but I'm going to have to go with TAR.
Well, Wipeout's an amiable goof, like Funniest Home Videos, so I get
it. TAR, however, is what I think everybody has to vote for in good
conscience in order to ensure that the really vile crap in this genre,
like Idol and Big Brother and virtually every show on basic cable,
have no chance to get any award whatsoever. (Except for "Worsts," of
course.)
>> BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
>> Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
>
>Wow. It's great to see so much of this newsgroup drinks the Kool-Aid...
>NO VOTE.
I *watch* the show and I wouldn't have voted for it except that
everything else in the category deserved it less. I would have voted
for Ghost Hunters if I had the chance.
>> BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
>
>NO VOTE.
>
>> BEST NEW SERIES
>> Better Off Ted (ABC)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>> Fringe (Fox)
>> Sons of Anarchy (FX)
>> True Blood (HBO)
>
>Over "The Mentalist"?! Are you people f'ing *serious*?!?!!
><McEnroe>YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!</McEnroe>
>
>It's a measure of how weak this category is that I'm actually forced to
>go with "Dollhouse". ("Better Off Ted" is OK, but it doesn't always
>'click' for me...)
It's a measure of how little you've seen True Blood and how hypnotized
you are by Eliza Dushku's breasts (even with clothing over them) that
you'd even consider Dollhouse to be a default choice. Especially over
Fringe if you haven't seen True Blood.
>> MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>> 24 (Fox)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>
>Huh?! How can a show that runs only one season be the "Most Improved"?!
My point exactly. Put aside that I can't stand Dollhouse, I think
that the rules should be rewritten to specifically exclude new shows
from this category.
>> ER (NBC)
>> The Office (NBC)
>> Saturday Night Live (NBC)
>
>NO VOTE.
>
>> BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>> 30 Rock (NBC)
>> Breaking Bad (AMC)
>> Dollhouse (Fox)
>> How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>> Lost (ABC)
>
>Lost!!
From your SF/F votes, I never would have guessed. (rolls eyes)
>> WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>> American Idol (Fox)
>> Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
>> Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
>> Do Not Disturb (Fox)
>> Living Lohan (E!)
>
>AI.
>
>> WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> David Caruso as Horatio Caine - CSI: Miami (CBS)
>
>BOO!!
>
>> Randy Jackson as himself - American Idol (Fox)
>> Howie Mandel as himself - Deal or No Deal (NBC/Syndicated)
>> Ryan Seacrest as himself - American Idol (Fox)
>
>Oh *yeah*!!
>
>> Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Seacrest rather than Trump? What?!
>> WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>> Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
>> Tyra Banks as herself - America's Next Top Model (CW)
>
>I've come to despise Tyra, so I'm going with her.
>(I might have gone with 'Daisy' of "Daisy of Love" if that had been an
>option. Or anyone from "The Girls Next Door" or "The Kardasians"...)
Tyra's pretty much a self-parody, so I find it difficult to take her
seriously even regarding whether or not she's a terrible performer.
>> Paris Hilton as herself - Paris Hilton's My New BFF (MTV)
>> Dina Lohan as herself - Living Lohan (E!)
>> Denise Richards as herself - Denise Richards: It's Complicated (E!)
This is the *one* ballot in which I'd vote for Sarah Palin and yet she
wasn't nominated. Thus, I resort to voting for Paris Hilton because,
well, she's Paris Hilton, duh.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
<window...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
>news:ANIM8Rfsk-7C51F...@news.dc1.easynews.com...
>> In article <6pWdnbMU7LDvBcjX...@supernews.com>,
>> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good God, you people nominated a lot of crap this year!!!
>>
>> There's only like 4 things outside of the sci-fi I've even seen.
>>
>> So, my votes are officially up for sale, since I have no other criteria
>> to go by.
>>
>
>I'm not even going to vote. This is why I gave up even nominating anything a
>couple years ago. It wasn't worth the time or effort. I watch lots of stuff
>but apparently not much of what the nominators watch. :)
All I gotta say is that there must be a lot of Lurkers doing
nominating.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>On Jul 9, 9:34�pm, Dawnie <siokm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> BTW, what do you (and others) like about TRUE BLOOD? I thought it was
>> going to be something along the lines of the movie TWILIGHT and aimed
>> at tweens, so I totally skipped it.
>
>"Twilight" is insultingly horrible.
Huh?! Any vampire movie that has a family of vampires playing
baseball on a stormy day is hilariously bent.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>On Jul 9, 12:56�pm, "Default User" <defaultuse...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> David wrote:
>> > On Jul 8, 11:25�pm, Joshua Kreitzer <gromi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > *** 15TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS ***
>> > *** delete everything above this line***
>> > 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>>
>> If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
>
>Being 60% as good as me is nothing to be ashamed of.
Yes it is, because being 60% as good as you is being 10% as good as
me.
OTOH, being 60% as good as you is being 10^87,000,000,000% better than
Ian.
>> 1. But I won't, because that's how they get you.
>
>The other 40% must contain the paranoia.
Are you sure? Are you really, really sure? Because these really,
really scary guys are telling me that if I don't agree that the other
40% contains bunnies, they're gonna kill me.
-- Rob
Ian J. Ball
Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:23:13 -0700, "Ian J. Ball"
> <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >In article
> ><7a6b1f49-9aa9-46b7...@m11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> > Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
> >> Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
> >> Lizzy Caplan as Amy Burley - True Blood, recurring (HBO)
> >> Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener - Medium, "The First Bite Is the
> >> Deepest" (NBC)
> >> Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis - Lost, recurring (ABC)
> >> Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh - Battlestar Galactica, recurring (Sci Fi)
> >
> >This is actually a tough category (but I guess it always is) - I'll go
> >with Mader, but it's a tight run.
>
> I'm getting more and more convinced with you sticking to votes mostly
> for Lost that you haven't really seen that many SF/F shows this
> season.
On the contrary, in this category, I've seen examples of all but
"Medium". In fact, I think I saw nearly every Skiffy show that was
nominated. ("True Blood" I've only seen one episode of - the season #2
premiere, but I wasn't all that impressed by it. But then again, I
*never* am by HBO shows, which always come off as overrated hype to me).
Even though season #5 wasn't as good as season #4, "Lost" is still
head-and-shoulders above the rest, IMO.
Joshua Kreitzer
Ian J. Ball
Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:56:08 -0700 (PDT), David <diml...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Jul 9, 12:56�pm, "Default User" <defaultuse...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> David wrote:
> >> > On Jul 8, 11:25�pm, Joshua Kreitzer <gromi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > *** 15TH ANNUAL RATTY AWARDS ***
> >> > *** delete everything above this line***
> >> > 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
> >>
> >> If I were to vote[1] I'd vote about 60% like David.
> >
> >Being 60% as good as me is nothing to be ashamed of.
>
> Yes it is, because being 60% as good as you is being 10% as good as
> me.
>
> OTOH, being 60% as good as you is being 10^87,000,000,000% better than
> Ian.
Nonsense - none of you would have had the balls to make some of the
nominations that I would have made - and my nomination are *always*
TRUE!!!
Rob Jensen
False.
-- Rob
S. R. Newport
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Steve Carell as Michael Scott (NBC)
BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Krasinski as Jim Halpert - The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly - The Office (NBC)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Beau Bridges as Carl Hickey - My Name is Earl, "Monkeys Take a Bath"
(NBC)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Amy Ryan as Holly Flax - The Office, recurring (NBC)
BEST COMEDY EPISODE
The Office, "Stress Relief" (written by Paul Lieberstein, directed by
Jeffrey Blitz) (NBC)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men (AMC)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (AMC)
BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant - Big Love (HBO)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men (AMC)
BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cherry Jones as Allison Taylor - 24 (Fox)
BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Melinda McGraw as Bobbie Barrett - Mad Men, recurring
BEST DRAMA EPISODE
Mad Men, "A Night to Remember" (written by Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner,
directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) (AMC)
BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Grey Gardens (HBO)
BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Tom Courtenay as Mr. Dorrit - Little Dorrit (PBS)
BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
tie: Drew Barrymore as "Little" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO)
Jessica Lange as "Big" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO) Janet
McTeer as Clemmie Churchill - Into the Storm (HBO)
BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
American Idol (Fox)
WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
William George Ferguson
>*** delete everything above this line***
>15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>Reminder: send to robert...@hotmail.com
>
>BEST COMEDY SERIES
>How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Well, it was the best of these five.
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
>Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
See above.
>BEST COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
>Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
et. seq.
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
>Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
OK, this one I would vote for even with other nominees I prefer
>BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
I went back and forth here between her and Smulders, but she plays the
manipulative little conniver so well...
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
>Albert Brooks as Lenny Botwin - Weeds, recurring (Showtime)
See the first three votes
>BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
>Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory, "The
Sarah Chalke's performance this season on HIMYM wasn't as strong as her
performance last season
>BEST COMEDY EPISODE
>How I Met Your Mother, "The Naked Man" (written by Joe Kelly, directed by Pamela Fryman) (CBS)
This was my number one in the nominations
>BEST DRAMA SERIES
>Big Love (HBO)
Least Objectionable Pick (LOP)
>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
>Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews - Life (NBC)
I actually liked his performance. It's not who I would have picked, but it
is a positive choice rather than a least negative choice
>BEST DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
>Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb Henrickson - Big Love (HBO)
LOP
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
>Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado - Dexter (Showtime)
LOP
>BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Anna Gunn as Skyler White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
LOP
>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
>John de Lancie as Donald Margolis - Breaking Bad, recurring (AMC)
LOP
>BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
>Michelle Trachtenberg as Georgina Sparks - Gossip Girl, recurring (CW)
LOP
>BEST DRAMA EPISODE
>Big Love, "Come, Ye Saints" (written by Melanie Marnich, directed by
>Dan Attias) (HBO)
LOP
>BEST SF SERIES
>Dollhouse (Fox)
What can I say?
>BEST SF LEAD ACTOR
>David Tennant as the Doctor - Doctor Who (Sci Fi)
A tough choice between a couple of lead performance I actually like (Zach
Levi being the other)
>BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
>Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I would
pick ahead of her
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTOR
>Ray Wise as the Devil - Reaper (CW)
LOP
>BEST SF SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Summer Glau as Cameron Phillips - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox)
My number 1 in the nominations
>BEST SF GUEST ACTOR
>Patton Oswalt as Joel Mynor - Dollhouse, "Man on the Street" (Fox)
I liked his performance better than Tudyk's
>BEST SF GUEST ACTRESS
>Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts - Chuck, recurring (NBC)
There were better choices not on the list, but she's better than LOP
>BEST SF EPISODE
>Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" (written by Russell T. Davies, directed
>by Graeme Harper) (Sci Fi)
Same as above, I can think of better eps not on the list, but this isn't an
LOP either
>BEST TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>Little Dorrit (PBS)
Was very well done
>BEST ACTOR - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill - Into the Storm (HBO)
A better performance than Tom Courteney's though the vehicle wasn't as
good. I would likely have voted for MacFaddyn for Dorrit if he had made
the final.
>BEST ACTRESS - TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
>Drew Barrymore as "Little" Edith Bouvier Beale - Grey Gardens (HBO)
This is a good choice, and I might have voted for her anyway, but Claire
Foy should have been on the list instead of Jeanne Tripplehorn
>BEST VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
LOP
>BEST PERFORMANCE - VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL
>Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
LOP
>BEST REALITY/GAME PROGRAM (series or special)
E. None of the above
They are all too objectionable
>BEST NEWS/TALK/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM (series or special)
>MythBusters (Discovery)
Down in quality, but it still gets my vote
>BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM (series or special)
>The Simpsons (Fox)
LOP
>BEST NEW SERIES
>Dollhouse (Fox)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it
>MOST IMPROVED SERIES
>Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Admittedly, it had so much room to improve (and I don't think Dollhouse
should be eligible in this category)
>BEST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Sorry Dollhouse
>WORST SERIES ON TELEVISION
>American Idol (Fox)
A really tough category, they are all so deserving
>WORST MALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>Donald Trump as himself - The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
It pains me to not vote for Caruso, but Trump? Gaaaaah
>WORST FEMALE PERFORMER ON TELEVISION
>Paula Abdul as herself - American Idol (Fox)
Again, so many deserving candidates
>*** delete everything below this line ***
--
"Oh Buffy, you really do need to have
every square inch of your ass kicked."
- Willow Rosenberg
Mac Breck
> Clean copy sent to Robert Licuria
>
>> *** delete everything above this line***
>> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>
> I went back and forth here between her and Smulders, but she plays the
....sweet, cute, ....
> manipulative little conniver so well...
<snip>
Ian J. Ball
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> William George Ferguson wrote:
> > Clean copy sent to Robert Licuria
> >
> >> *** delete everything above this line***
> >> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
> <snip>
> >> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> >> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
> >
> > I went back and forth here between her and Smulders, but she plays the
>
> ....sweet, cute, ....
>
> > manipulative little conniver so well...
Yeah, I don't get why WGF is referring to her as a "manipulative little
conniver"! Maybe I haven't seen enough episodes yet...
Rob Jensen
<wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
>>Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
>
>She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I would
>pick ahead of her
So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't let
anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two weeks
ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I had to
change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski remains my
pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
yet.
-- Rob
Mac Breck
> In article <pMedndTD7Nmdl_jX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> William George Ferguson wrote:
>>> Clean copy sent to Robert Licuria
>>>
>>>> *** delete everything above this line***
>>>> 15th Annual Ratty Awards Ballot
>> <snip>
>>>> BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>>>> Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
>>>
>>> I went back and forth here between her and Smulders, but she plays
>>> the
>>
>> ....sweet, cute, ....
>>
>>> manipulative little conniver so well...
>
> Yeah, I don't get why WGF is referring to her as a "manipulative
> little conniver"! Maybe I haven't seen enough episodes yet...
Well, Lily /can/ /be/ a manipulative little conniver, but usually that
carries with it the connotation of the person being mean and a
backstabber, and Lily means well. She's a nice person.
Mac Breck
What he said.
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Rob Jensen wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0700, William George Ferguson
> > <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> >>> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
> >>
> >> She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I
> >> would pick ahead of her
> >
> > So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't let
> > anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two weeks
> > ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I had to
> > change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski remains my
> > pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
> > yet.
>
> What he said.
That would be another rapidly overwhelmed category.
And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
--
Uncle Jack: "Will, you're invisible!"
Will: "Invisible? I can't be! I can touch myself!"
--actual dialog from third season LAND OF THE LOST
Ian J. Ball
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <y7WdnXQxq9OnVfjX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Rob Jensen wrote:
> > > On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0700, William George Ferguson
> > > <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> > >>> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
> > >>
> > >> She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I
> > >> would pick ahead of her
> > >
> > > So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't let
> > > anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two weeks
> > > ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I had to
> > > change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski remains my
> > > pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
> > > yet.
> >
> > What he said.
>
> That would be another rapidly overwhelmed category.
>
> And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
> sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
Not to mention, "Favorite Former 'Saved by the Bell' Actors Now Starring
in a Bochco Legal Show"!! :)
Mac Breck
> In article <y7WdnXQxq9OnVfjX...@supernews.com>,
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Rob Jensen wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0700, William George Ferguson
>>> <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
>>>>> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
>>>>
>>>> She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I
>>>> would pick ahead of her
>>>
>>> So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't
>>> let anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two
>>> weeks ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I
>>> had to change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski
>>> remains my pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award
>>> for that -- yet.
>>
>> What he said.
>
> That would be another rapidly overwhelmed category.
>
> And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
> sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
Heh, Caruso's ears are burning.
Rob Jensen
That would be Mark Paul Gosselar in NYPD Blue. Which was a few years
back. Of course, he had to give the award back when his current show,
Raising the Bar, premiered.
-- Rob
Ian J. Ball
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <y7WdnXQxq9OnVfjXnZ2dnUVZ_u-dn...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthevor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> Rob Jensen wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0700, William George Ferguson
> >>> <wmgfr...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> >>>>> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
>
> >>>> She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I
> >>>> would pick ahead of her
>
> >>> So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't
> >>> let anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two
> >>> weeks ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I
> >>> had to change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski
> >>> remains my pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award
> >>> for that -- yet.
>
> >> What he said.
>
> > That would be another rapidly overwhelmed category.
>
> > And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
> > sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
>
> Heh, Caruso's ears are burning.
Jealous is so unbecoming on Usenet... :(
Rob Jensen
So stop lusting after H's sunglasses, willya?!
-- Rob
Mac Breck
There's nobody by that name here. ;-)
Anim8rFSK
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > In article <y7WdnXQxq9OnVfjX...@supernews.com>,
> > "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Rob Jensen wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0700, William George Ferguson
> >>> <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> BEST SF LEAD ACTRESS
> >>>>> Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker - Chuck (NBC)
> >>>>
> >>>> She's the best choice on the list, but there ones not on the list I
> >>>> would pick ahead of her
> >>>
> >>> So I take it you haven't seen True Blood yet? I, of course, won't
> >>> let anybody forget that I marathoned through the end s1 DVDs two
> >>> weeks ago, after the nominations, but before the final voting, so I
> >>> had to change my vote from Strahotski to Anna Paquin. Strahotski
> >>> remains my pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award
> >>> for that -- yet.
> >>
> >> What he said.
> >
> > That would be another rapidly overwhelmed category.
> >
> > And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
> > sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
>
> Heh, Caruso's ears are burning.
Because his sunglasses are so hot!
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria. For the
nomination tallies by show and by network, see the original post in
this thread: http://tr.im/ruUW
There are less than two days left to vote, so please go ahead, finish
your ballots, and send them to Robert Licuria. The deadline is
Thursday, July 23, at 10 p.m. Pacific time.
Mac Breck
Now he'll have to switch to WHITE framed sunglasses and a hat with a 360
degree broad brim.
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria. For the
nomination tallies by show and by network, see the original post in
this thread: http://tr.im/ruUW
There is just one more full day left to vote, so please finish your
ballots and send them to Robert Licuria. The deadline is Thursday,
Joshua Kreitzer
This is the final ballot for the 2008-2009 Ratty Awards for the
rec.arts.tv newsgroup, as compiled by Robert Licuria. For the
nomination tallies by show and by network, see the original post in
this thread: http://tr.im/ruUW
There are only a couple of hours left to vote, so please finish your
David
wrote:
>Strahotski remains my
>pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
>yet.
These aren't the MTV Awards. We take these things seriously.
David
wrote:
>And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
>sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
Ian would want a "best actress under 17" category just so all his
nominees finally have a chance to win.
Rob Jensen
Mmmm-yeah. Sure. You keep telling yourself that.
-- Rob
David
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:45:55 -0400, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:58:24 -0500, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>Strahotski remains my
> >>pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
> >>yet.
>
> >These aren't the MTV Awards. We take these things seriously.
>
> Mmmm-yeah. Sure. You keep telling yourself that.
These *are* the MTV Awards?
Is Bruno going to land on Steve Newport?
Ian J. Ball
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:16:54 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >And then we'd have Ian campaigning for "Hottest talentless male using
> >sunglasses as a crutch" as a category.
>
> Ian would want a "best actress under 17" category just so all his
> nominees finally have a chance to win.
Just so you know, Lindsey Shaw is 20, and Tiffany Thornton is 23,
smart guy.
David
Only 10 and 7 years until they cease to exist.
Ian J. Ball
They may merit an extension...
Ian (Unfortunately, Peta Wilson did not... :( )
David
Eww.
Ian J. Ball
<692886ee-7f6e-460d...@r25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER, MISTER!!1!
Anim8rFSK
<ac455484-2eed-4456...@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jul 26, 12:00�am, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:45:55 -0400, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:58:24 -0500, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com>
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >>Strahotski remains my
> > >>pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
> > >>yet.
She was just interviewed on G4 on Comic-Con live, using her real accent,
and man, she was like a full head taller than the host. :)
Anim8rFSK
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article
> <692886ee-7f6e-460d...@r25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 26, 1:09�am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> > > On Jul 25, 9:55�pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > On Jul 26, 12:32�am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Jul 25, 8:47�pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Ian would want a "best actress under 17" category just so all his
> > > > > > nominees finally have a chance to win.
> > >
> > > > > Just so you know, Lindsey Shaw is 20, and Tiffany Thornton is 23,
> > > > > smart guy.
> > >
> > > > Only 10 and 7 years until they cease to exist.
> > >
> > > They may merit an extension...
> >
> > Eww.
>
> GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER, MISTER!!1!
Remember the MARRIED WITH CHILDRED where the older guy was pining for
Kelly, and his friend said something like "In 8 years she'll be 30" and
the guy shrugged his shoulders, said 'eh' perked right up and got on
with his life?
Rob Jensen
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>In article
><692886ee-7f6e-460d...@r25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 26, 1:09�am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>> > On Jul 25, 9:55�pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > On Jul 26, 12:32�am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>> > > > On Jul 25, 8:47�pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > Ian would want a "best actress under 17" category just so all his
>> > > > > nominees finally have a chance to win.
>> >
>> > > > Just so you know, Lindsey Shaw is 20, and Tiffany Thornton is 23,
>> > > > smart guy.
>> >
>> > > Only 10 and 7 years until they cease to exist.
>> >
>> > They may merit an extension...
>>
>> Eww.
>
>GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER, MISTER!!1!
Well, at least his mind is in the gutter rather than down in the sewer
with you, Ian!!!!1111!!!1!!1!! Nyah, nyah!
-- Rob
David
wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:03:49 -0700, "Ian J. Ball"
I want my mind in a cyborg body, but Ian keeps saying once he's done
with his weather machine...
Ian J. Ball
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:05:30 -0500, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:03:49 -0700, "Ian J. Ball"
>
> >>In article
> >><692886ee-7f6e-460d-b46e-6645a87ee...@r25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> >> David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jul 26, 1:09 am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> > On Jul 25, 9:55 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> > > On Jul 26, 12:32 am, "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> > > > On Jul 25, 8:47 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> > > > > Ian would want a "best actress under 17" category just so all his
> >>> > > > > nominees finally have a chance to win.
>
> >>> > > > Just so you know, Lindsey Shaw is 20, and Tiffany Thornton is 23,
> >>> > > > smart guy.
>
> >>> > > Only 10 and 7 years until they cease to exist.
>
> >>> > They may merit an extension...
>
> >>> Eww.
>
> >>GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER, MISTER!!1!
>
> >Well, at least his mind is in the gutter rather than down in the sewer
> >with you, Ian!!!!1111!!!1!!1!! Nyah, nyah!
>
> I want my mind in a cyborg body, but Ian keeps saying once he's done
> with his weather machine...
Actually, the Stargate is in the queue after the weather machine.
Sorry, bud. :(
David
There are enough problems to solve on Earth before you start looking
out into space. Like me not having a cyborg body!!
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article
><ac455484-2eed-4456...@26g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 26, 12:00�am, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:45:55 -0400, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > >On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:58:24 -0500, Rob Jensen <ShutUp...@aol.com>
>> > >wrote:
>> >
>> > >>Strahotski remains my
>> > >>pick for Hottest SF Actress, but there's no RATTY award for that --
>> > >>yet.
>
>She was just interviewed on G4 on Comic-Con live, using her real accent,
>and man, she was like a full head taller than the host. :)
NOTE: She uses her real accent in a s1 episode of Chuck, where
there's a bomb at a scientific symposium. Her Aussie accent is
Awe(ssie)-ome.
-- Rob