Unscripted Reality Takes Center Stage at Realscreen West
Two days of panels, pitch sessions, parties and a poolside awards show marked the sixth annual Realscreen West 2014 conference, which set up shop at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel June 4 and 5. Nearly 1,100 attendees–a 22% increase over last year, according to organizers–took part in the confab, which also included luncheon roundtables, 30 Minutes With sessions plus Meet an Expert and Meet a Mentor sessions with...
Hot, Funny Women and Funny, Hot Guys at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards
Before she was in outer space with George Clooney, Sandra Bullock shared the screen with the likes of other leading men like Hugh Grant, Keanu Reeves and Matthew McConaughey. So it was with great delight that all three of those major movie stars were on hand in order to hand Ms. Bullock her “mantler” trophy at the 2014 Spike TV Guys Choice Awards for her “Decade of Hotness.” Or as the Oscar-winning actress herself asked, which decade?...
Most Exciting New TV Shows Honored by Critics’ Choice
Some of them you may have already seen, like AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire and Showtime’s Penny Dreadful. But the rest are coming soon to a screen near you soon. These are the just-announced television programs being honored as the Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Most Exciting New Series: · Extant – CBS · Gotham – FOX · Halt and Catch Fire – AMC · The Leftovers – HBO · Outlander...
Realscreen Honors Top Reality Television Shows with Host Howie Mandel
Poolside, just a stone’s throw from the Pacific. Turquoise-clad Aqualillies performing their synchronized swim routine. The host: Howie Mandel. There’s not much else that could have added up to be a better setting for the 2014 Realscreen Awards. Discovery series Deadliest Catch was the winningest program, coming away with five trophies, for best directing, music and editing as well as the Docureality prize and the Award of...
Inspiring Shows Merit TV Academy Honors
Television, in its finer moments, seeks to entertain, inform and educate. But when programs also serve to inspire, they reach an entirely new level of audience engagement. Those are exactly the kind of shows that the Television Academy– recently rebranded from its previous and lengthier moniker, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences– awards in its Honors ceremony, the seventh annual edition of which was held June 1....
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