TV Shows

[General_Failure]

If was a jpeg, you Luddite.

[phattymatty]

didnt know where yo put this but i saw book of mormon at the kennedy center today. farging hilarious. like tears running down my face funny.

[SD]

I'm 4 episodes into the first season of Madmen. Pretty good so far.

[Eagles_Legendz]

Going to be interesting to see what show takes best drama this year.  I actually liked Mad Men this year more than recent seasons but I can't imagine the show getting no writing nominations is a good omen.  I didn't think the first 8 episodes of BB this year were as good as the last 2 seasons.  Homeland wasn't nearly as good as season 1.  Game of Thrones isn't the type of show to win best drama and Downton Abbey is Downton Abbey.

[ice grillin you]

lil guy can correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure the emmys are based on a single episode of a show...not a season

[Eagles_Legendz]

I think that's for actor/actress not the show itself but I could be wrong.

Also forgot about house of cards which may very well win.  I thought it was good but not as good as MM/GoT/BB but its the type of show the Emmy's like and the face of it is a movie star.

[MDS]

lil guy can correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure the emmys are based on a single episode of a show...not a season

i believe nominations are a single episode and when it gets to the final 5/6 its based on 3 or 4, though many networks send academy members complete seasons directly

[Munson]

I'd like to see Thrones win just because it's "different" from what they usually go for.

[Zanshin]

Munson:Game of Thrones::IGY:The Wire.

[Eagles_Legendz]

lil guy can correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure the emmys are based on a single episode of a show...not a season

i believe nominations are a single episode and when it gets to the final 5/6 its based on 3 or 4, though many networks send academy members complete seasons directly

Apparently each show submits 6 episodes and each actor submits 1.  Also people seem to think Homeland will win again which will mildly annoy me.

[Rome]

The Americans was the best new show by a mile.

[Don Ho]

I'm 4 episodes into the first season of Madmen. Pretty good so far.

You'll enjoy it.

[ice grillin you]

Vince Gilligan has become Hollywood's hottest unsigned TV showrunner. The Breaking Bad creator, who was under contract with Sony Pictures TV until recently wrapping his long-running AMC drama, now is a free agent -- and studios are lining up to become his next home. "They're foaming at the mouth," says one source, noting that it's like nothing this person has seen.

Breaking Bad never has been a huge ratings hit, averaging fewer than 3 million viewers for the most recent fifth season, its most watched. But the critical success for the Bryan Cranston meth drama -- which recently earned a series-best 13 Emmy nominations -- and a cultlike following in Hollywood has turned Gilligan into a coveted prize.

It's highly unlikely that Gilligan's next creation will be tailored for a broadcast network, meaning certain studios — including highly motivated Universal TV — won't make much sense for him. Far more likely is that he will ink another deal at Sony or will shift to deep-pocketed Warner Bros. TV. Sources suggest Gilligan also is seeking a film component in his next deal. He hasn't been shy about his desire to direct a movie, noting that he helmed two consecutive episodes of Breaking Bad's fourth season as a way to prepare: "Directing two hours of the show back-to-back and cross-boarding and block-shooting them seemed to me a pretty good dry run for doing a movie when this is all said and done," he told THR in 2012. Already, his reps at ICM Partners are fielding calls about top movie projects, but thus far he hasn't responded to the material.

To be sure, Warner Bros. comes with the potential for an eight-figure payday and the combination of acumen and power that has lured J.J. Abrams, Chuck Lorre and Greg Berlanti. But it's not at all clear that a "TV factory" like Warners would be the best fit for Gilligan, who doesn't churn out projects in the same way. Proof: Over the past half-decade, he has been singularly focused on Bad, for which he is particularly hands-on, while the latter trio rarely go a year without adding a show.

An overall deal at Sony would come with several advantages, the most obvious of which is history. Gilligan has long-standing relationships with the executives at the studio, both in TV and film. What's more, if the Breaking Bad spinoff centered on Bob Odenkirk's character Saul Goodman gets picked up to series, being at its studio certainly would simplify things. (While Gilligan would be an exec producer on the spinoff, Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould would be its showrunner.) "I really hope it happens," Gilligan said recently. "It's for powers bigger than me to figure out if it can come to fruition."

[SD]

Gilligan and Carcetti could be twins

[SD]

Last seasons Masterchef runner up named Josh went crazy;

A top contender on "MasterChef" had a bizarre, violent encounter with cops in Chicago ... telling them Gordon Ramsay is an "a-hole" who possessed his body and then transformed him into God ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... a University of Chicago cop spotted Josh Marks nearby the campus on Monday  He was trying to use a University emergency phone and had obvious cuts on his face.  We're told the cop asked Marks if anything was wrong, and Marks then lunged at him, striking him with a closed fist and then tried to grab his gun.

Our sources say the cop and two other officers tried to subdue the 26-year-old, 7'2" tall culinary runner-up ... to no avail.  They batoned and pepper sprayed him but it had no effect.  Marks broke free and started running.  Five cops subdued him in a resident's backyard.

Marks was taken to the hospital to treat his injuries.  We're told once in custody an officer asked him why he went off the rails, and he blamed it all on Gordon Ramsay.  Shockingly, we're told there was no evidence of drug use.

We're told doctors discovered bullet fragments in Marks' face from an unrelated incident.

Marks remains in the hospital, chained to a bed.  He's been charged with aggravated battery on a peace officer and attempting to disarm a peace officer -- both felonies.  If convicted, he faces a max of 14 years in prison.