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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Barbara Walters’ Dips, ‘Modern Family’ & ‘CSI’ Hit Lows

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday December 13, 2012 @ 9:29am PSTTags: Barbra Walters, CSI, Modern Family, The X Factor, TV Ratings

With former CIA chief David Petraeus topping the list, ABC aired Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People Of 2012 (2.1/6) at 9:30 PM last night. Ben Affleck, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and upcoming Oscar host Seth MacFarlane also were among the chosen, but the 90-minute special was down 9% from last year, pulling in 7.66 million viewers Wednesday. Earlier on ABC, The Middle (2.2/7) was down 4% from its December 5 show for a season low. The Neighbors (1.6/4) slipped 16% for a series low. Modern Family (4.2/11) was also down, dipping 11% from its last new show November 28 and tying its season low.

On CBS, Survivor: Philippines (2.8/3) was down 3% from last week’s show. Criminal Minds (3.1/8) actually got a little bump in the other direction from last week: The most watched show of the night with an audience of 11.92 million, the police procedural was up 3% from its December 5 airing. CSI (2.2/6) was down 15% from its last original episode two weeks ago despite its 9.52 million viewers; the rating marks a series low for the 12-year-old procedural. The show’s previous low was a 2.3, which it has hit four times — most recently November 7 of this year. With 10.549 million viewers overall, CBS won the night in total viewers and the adults 18-49 demo. READ MORE »

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SAG Awards TV: ‘Modern Family’ Leads, ‘Homeland’ Lands First Noms, Alec Baldwin And Betty White Keep Rolling, Edie Falco Ties Record

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 12, 2012 @ 8:14am PSTTags: Alec Baldwin, Betty White, Homeland, Modern Family, SAG Awards
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More than any other awards race, the SAG Awards have proven to be a popularity contest. Alec Baldwin and Betty White have won the best actor/actress in a comedy series SAG Award every year their current shows have been on the air — a whopping six consecutive times for 30 Rock‘s Baldwin and two for Hot In Cleveland‘s Betty White. Both are nominated again, with Baldwin having a chance to complete his streak with a seventh statuette for the seventh and final season of the NBC comedy. With Baldwin and White having a stronghold on the comedy categories, awards darling Modern Family is yet to win an individual award. (It won for best comedy ensemble the past two years). The ABC comedy has three more chances this year as it once again leads the list of series nominees with four noms: best ensemble and best actor/actress mentions for Emmy winners Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet as well as Sofia Vergara. Two-time Emmy winner Julie Bowen, nominated last year, did not make the cut this time.

Related: SAG Awards Nominations Announced

There was very little fresh blood in the series SAG nominations — no Lena Dunham or the Girls cast, no Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Veep, no mention of any new broadcast series. The only first-year shows to land nominations were HBO’s The Newsroom for star Jeff Daniels and USA’s short-lived Political Animals for Sigourney Weaver in the movie/miniseries category.

But the SAG Awards did correct some anomalies from last year. The guild had many scratching their heads last December where it completely ignored Showtime’s drama Homeland, which would go on to dominate the Golden Globes and Emmy Awards. No snub this years as Homeland landed three noms — best ensemble and best actor/actress for Emmy winners Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Despite four Emmy nominations and two wins, The Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons had never received an individual SAG nomination until today. (His show nabbed its second consecutive ensemble nom.) Also, FX’s Louie finally got on the board with a first nomination for creator/star Louis C.K.

Related: SAG Awards Film: What’s Surprising About Who’s In And Who’s Out Read More »

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‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘Modern Family’ Dominate 2013 Writers Guild Awards TV Nominations

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 6, 2012 @ 10:22am PSTTags: Breaking Bad, Girls, Modern Family, WGA Awards
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Last year’s WGA Awards winners for best drama series and best comedy series, AMC’s Breaking Bad and ABC’s Modern Family, are back in full force this year, leading the list of TV nominees announced today. Breaking Bad landed five writing nominations — for best drama series as well as four of the six noms for individual drama episodes. Modern Family followed with four — best comedy series and three of the six episodic noms. The new series field, topped by Emmy winner Homeland last year, includes HBO’s Girls, Veep and The Newsroom, as well as Fox’s The Mindy Project and ABC’s Nashville. Girls snagged both best new series and comedy series nominations, the only new show to land multiple noms. Another freshman cable series, USA’s Political Animals, got a mention in the long-form category for Greg Berlanti’s pilot. The WGA Awards are set for February 17 at ceremonies in LA and New York. Here is a full list of the TV nominees:

TELEVISION NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire, Written by Dave Flebotte, Diane Frolov, Chris Haddock, Rolin Jones, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Andrew Schneider, David Stenn, Terence Winter; HBO

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, Vanessa Taylor, D.B. Weiss; HBO

Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Victor Levin, Erin Levy, Frank Pierson, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner; AMC

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‘Modern Family’ Casts Mom & Sister For Sofia Vergara, ‘Cult’ Adds Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 2:43pm PDTTags: Cult, Modern Family, Sofia Vergara
Nellie Andreeva

Elizabeth Peña (La Bamba, Rush Hour) has been cast to play Gloria Delgado-Pritchett’s (Sofia Vergara) Colombian mother, Pilar, on hit ABC comedy Modern Family, while Stephanie Beatriz has been cast as Gloria’s sister, Sofia. The … Read More »

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Comedy From ‘Modern Family’s Ty Burrell & His Brother Lands At ABC With Penalty

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 4:34pm PDTTags: ABC, Modern Family, Ty Burrell
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Modern Family star Ty Burrell is expanding his relationship with ABC. In a competitive situation, ABC has bought a comedy, written and co-executive produced by Emmy winner Burrell and his younger brother Duncan. 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind Modern Family, is producing the single-camera project, which has received a script commitment with penalty.

Based on the Burrell brothers’ childhood, this is a comedy about two city families who buy the only store in a tiny rural community in Oregon. In a world where everyone is overly stressed and reliant on technology, this group works together, without every modern convenience, to make a better life for their family. Read More »

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PREMIERE WEEK: DVR’s Power Grows, NBC Tops, ‘Revolution’ Leads Drama-Heavy Fall

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 3:52pm PDTTags: Modern Family, Ratings, Revolution, The Mindy Project, Vegas
Nellie Andreeva

Premiere Week used to be the ultimate make-it-or-break-it test for the broadcast networks, a barometer for which new shows will be hot that season and which will likely die. Today, more and more networks schedule their fall premieres outside of premiere week, diminishing the importance of the season’s opening week. Last year, some of the strongest new fall series — ABC’s Once Upon A Time and Suburgatory and NBC’s Grimm — all launched outside premiere week. This year, the list includes NBC’s Revolution and Go On, which premiered early, and ABC’s highest-profile new series, drama Nashville, which debuts next week.

Related: Fall 2012: As Broadcast Season Kicks Off, Where Do Networks Stand?

And then there is the rising power of DVRs, especially for returning series. During Premiere Week last year, four series — Two And A Half Men, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother and The Middle – were up double-digits from the previous fall’s premieres. This year, only one returning show, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, posted year-to-year gains, a testament to the series’ masterfully crafted cliffhangers. But many series are expected to make up ground in Live+7 as pundits point to this season as the one where shifted viewing reaches critical mass for a major impact on ratings reporting. So far, only Live+3 ratings for series that aired Monday-Wednesday last week are in. They show an average of 26% lift in adults 18-49, up from 20% last fall, as DVR contribution has crossed the one-quarter mark only three days after the shows’ original airing.

Not surprisingly, top-rated comedy Modern Family is the biggest ratings gainer for now, adding 1.75 in 18-49 (31.6%) for a stellar 7.3 Live+3 demo rating. Somewhat surprisingly, as viewers tend to overwhelmingly favor returning shows for their season passes, Modern Family‘s gain is tied for No. 1 with that for new NBC drama Revolution. Overall, the 1.75 Live+3 increase for Revolution represents the largest percentage gain for any Monday-Wednesday series (50.6%) and vaults the futuristic series to a 5.19 demo rating, the second-highest behind Modern Family last week. It edged the series that helped launch it, NBC’s The Voice (5.18). The big DVR jump on top of already strong ratings (with a 3.5 Live+Same Day rating in 18-49, Revolution was already the highest-rated freshman series of Premiere Week) is an indication that the big premiere for the JJ Abrams/Eric Kripke drama the week before was not a fluke; viewers liked what they saw and put the series on their DVR lists. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: Returning Shows Down, ‘Neighbors’ Opens OK, NBC Comedies Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 27, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Modern Family, Ratings, The Neighbors, The X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Fox and its The X Factor (3.3/9 in adults 18-49, down 6% from last week’s fast nationals) won the first Wednesday of the season, which featured a slew of returning series opening lower than last fall, a respectable premiere for ABC’s The Neighbors and disappointing launch of NBC’s new Wednesday comedy block.

ABC’s Wednesday comedy lineup returned with an hourlong season premiere of The Middle (2.8/9), down 10% from last season’s hourlong opener, followed by the season premiere of Modern Family (5.5/15). The comedy, coming off another dominating performance at the Emmys on Sunday, was down 8% from last year’s debut. At 9:30 PM, the series premiere of new alien comedy The Neighbors (3.3/9) was actually up a tenth from the season premiere in the time slot of Happy Endings last fall with a so-so 60% retention of its Modern Family lead-in, up from 57% for Happy Ending‘s premiere last September. It was a good sampling opportunity for Neighbors, which is moving to its permanent 8:30 PM slot next week. ABC aired a Revenge recap at 10 PM.

NBC’s Wednesday comedy block of newbies Animal Practice (1.4/4) and Guys With Kids (1.6/5) got off to a slow start, with both series down sharply from their previews. The number is especially disappointing for Animal Practice given the show’s high-profile exposure — the entire pilot aired during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. (Those Who fans angered by NBC’s decision to put on Animal Practice before the band’s closing ceremony performance must feel vindicated.) Read More »

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2012 Primetime Emmys Analysis: ‘Homeland’ And ‘Modern Family’ Unbeatable While Other Favorites Flounder

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday September 23, 2012 @ 11:11pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Emmys, Homeland, Mad Men, Modern Family
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The streak is over. After four straight years on top, the reign of AMC’s Mad Men as best drama series ended tonight at the hands of hot upstart Homeland. Showtime’s freshman terrorism series swept the drama field, just like defending comedy champ Modern Family did on the comedy side. Each won for best series, all acting categories in which they were nominated as well as writing (Homeland) and directing (Modern Family).

Related: Nikki Finke: Live-Snarking The 64th Emmys

It was a great night for 20th Century Fox TV, which dominated the comedy and drama series fields with Modern Family and Homeland, produced by the studio’s cable division Fox21. The studio previously boasted both the best comedy and drama winners in 1999 with David E. Kelley’s Ally McBeal and The Practice. It was also a big night for CBS Corp., with the company winning the drama and reality-competition series categories with Showtime’s Homeland and CBS’ The Amazing Race, along with three of the four lead series actors with Homeland‘s Demian Lewis and Claire Danes and Two And A Half Men‘s Jon Cryer, a surprise winner. Homeland delivered the first-ever best series win for Showtime as well as the pay cable network’s first Emmys in the other three categories. With its strong run tonight, Homeland tied Game Of Thrones as the program with the most wins this year. (All of GOT‘s trophies came at the Creative Arts Emmys.) CBS, which also took the best reality program award for Undercover Boss at the Creative Emmys for a sweep of the top reality categories, was the broadcast network with most wins for second straight year with 16. HBO was No. 1 overall with 23 Emmys, paced by Game Change, which won four Emmys tonight, including best movie/miniseries.

Related: 2012 Primetime Emmys: By The Numbers

There were a couple of big surprises tonight, notably the complete shutout of Mad Men and Girls and the almost complete ones of AMC’s Breaking Bad and FX’s American Horror Story. Mad Men‘s drought was the most shocking because it also included the Creative Emmys, leaving the 1960s-set drama with zero wins out of 17 nominations for the biggest shutout in Emmy history. Girls, which won for casting in a comedy series at the Creative Arts Emmys, didn’t get recognition for its creator-director-star, Lena Dunham, who is considered TV’s “it” girl at the moment but, at just 26, she seems destined for Emmy glory. Meanwhile, 30 Rock, created by/starring Tina Fey, in whose footsteps Dunham is following, was shut out completely for a second consecutive year.

Breaking Bad had been heavily tipped as a frontrunner in several categories, including best drama series and best actor Bryan Cranston. Instead, the series’ only win on the night came for co-star Aaron Paul in the supporting actor category. He was able to extend his streak to two consecutive wins in the category after winning the previous time the show was eligible, in 2010. But Cranston’s win streak ended at three. Similarly, FX’s American Horror Story‘s only win tonight came in the supporting actress in a drama series category for Jessica Lange. AHS may have suffered a backlash from the controversial decision to submit itself as a miniseries and not a drama series as the show could only convert two of its 17 nominations — one tonight and one at the Creative Emmys. Meanwhile, Downton Abbey‘s move from the movies/miniseries field, which it dominated last year, to drama series, misfired as the British import only scored one nod tonight for Maggie Smith. Read More »

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‘Modern Family’ Cast To Poke Fun At Salary Negotiations In Emmy Awards Video

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday September 22, 2012 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: ABC, Modern Family, Primetime Emmy Awards
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EXCLUSIVE: Modern Family videos are becoming a mainstay at the Primetime Emmy Awards telecasts. Two years ago, a pre-recorded Modern Family clip that brainstormed ways to improve the show and featured a cameo by George Clooney was one of the highlights at the ceremony. With ABC, the network home … Read More »

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Stephen Colbert, ‘Modern Family’ Cast To Guest Host On ‘Good Morning America’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 17, 2012 @ 12:55pm PDTTags: Good Morning America, Modern Family, Robin Roberts, Stephen Colbert

We’re getting more details on who will be stepping in as Good Morning America guest hosts while Robin Roberts is on medical leave. Stephen Colbert, the cast of Modern Family and Rob Lowe will be … Read More »

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‘Modern Family’ Child Stars Get Pay Bumps

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 28, 2012 @ 2:15pm PDTTags: Modern Family, Sarah Hyland
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EXCLUSIVE: This should go nicely towards college tuition — after month-long salary renegotiations, the child stars of ABC hit Modern Family are finalizing new deals with series producer 20th Century Fox TV that will come with much bigger paychecks. … Read More »

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EMMYS: Steven Levitan And Christopher Lloyd On ‘Modern Family’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday August 11, 2012 @ 12:36pm PDTTags: Awardsline, Emmys, Modern Family, Primetime Emmy Awards, TV

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After two Emmy wins, it is no shocker that ABC’s megahit Modern Family has been nominated again for comedy series. What does come as a bit of a surprise is that having the most Emmy noms of any series this season, 14, hasn’t kept this from being jitters time for Levitan and Lloyd. In much the same way that Meryl Streep said she feared “Streep Fatigue” would cost her the Oscar for Iron Lady at this year’s Academy Awards, cocreators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd both say it’s tough to decide how to react when you are top dog.

“We don’t have fatigue, but I think we do worry that people won’t root for us as much as they did before we won”, Levitan admits. “We’re still very much invested in winning and whatever comes with that. Winning and what it represents”.

“But it’s very difficult, because you don’t want people to think we don’t care and [that] we’re past that”, he continues. “We’re not. We do care. But at the same time, you don’t want to seem presumptuous. This is a very strange and new experience for me, to be in this position where we have won two Emmys in a row and are going for a third. We have to be even better because there will be a lot of people looking to say, ‘Where else can I cast my vote?’ ” Read More »

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DONE: ‘Modern Family’ Cast Close Deals For Salary Increases

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 27, 2012 @ 7:22pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, ABC, Big Deals TV, Modern Family
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It took months of negotiations, a cancelled table read and a lawsuit but the adult cast of ABC’s Modern Family have successfully concluded their salary renegotiations with 20th Century Fox TV. As part of that, the sextet have … Read More »

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Paul Lee On ‘Modern Family’, Decision To Stay At ABC, Multicam Comedy: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 27, 2012 @ 11:37am PDTTags: ABC, Modern Family, Paul Lee, TCA, TCA Wrap-Up
Nellie Andreeva

At ABC’s executive session this morning ABC chief Paul Lee fielded questions about the state of the cast salary renegotiations on Modern Family, which have been difficult and resulted in a lawsuit and a table read rescheduling this week. “I expect the season to start on time,” Lee said. “We are in the middle of negotiations, and we’re hopeful and optimistic we will be able to resolve it”. While negotiations are led by Modern Family producer 20th Century Fox TV, “we are with 20th in this, we are full partners”, Lee said. I hear Lee and ABC’s head of business affairs Jana Winograde have been very involved in the process. The network will take over production cost for the show in a couple of years.

Related: Are ‘Modern Family’ Actors Nearing Salary Agreement?

Lee also was asked about the top BBC job that he was reportedly offered but didn’t pursue. “I’m living the dream why would I”, Lee said. “I have one of the best jobs in television, I love this job. I’ve been in the U.S. for 15 years, and my sons are American, my family are Americans. I love ABC, it’s a brand I’m loyal to”‘.

Despite the fact that ABC’s schedule only features two multicamera comedies next season, Last Man Standing and Malibu Country, both on Friday, Lee reaffirmed the network’s commitment to the multicamera genre and confirmed that ABC will be “re-piloting” its multi-camera pilot  from this past season, Kings Of Van Nuys, which is based on one of Lee’s favorite British series, Only Fools And Horses. The pilot script has now been reworked, and deals are being made with the entire original cast, led by John Leguizamo, to return. Read More »

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Are ‘Modern Family’ Actors Nearing Salary Agreement?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 26, 2012 @ 3:04pm PDTTags: Modern Family
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Negotiations are currently underway between reps for the Modern Family cast and series producer 20th Century Fox TV and things seems to be looking up. I hear that progress has been made and reps felt optimistic heading into the … Read More »

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UPDATE: Entire ‘Modern Family’ Cast Shows Up For Table Read, Negotiations Resume

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 26, 2012 @ 10:37am PDTTags: Modern Family
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UPDATE: I hear the table read went great. Co-creator Christopher Lloyd helped break the ice and overcome the initial awkwardness with a joke how everyone seemed to be in the wrong place for the failed Tuesday table read. Everything went … Read More »

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‘Modern Family’ Sets Table Read For Tomorrow, Cast Expected To Show Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 25, 2012 @ 11:56am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Modern Family
Nellie Andreeva

Modern Family Salary LawsuitEXCLUSIVE: I have learned that hit comedy Modern Family has scheduled a new table read for tomorrow at 10:30 AM. The move comes after the show’s first table read for next season yesterday was cancelled … Read More »

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UPDATE: ‘Modern Family’ Table Read Cancelled Amidst Contract Renegotiations Impasse, Actors File Lawsuit Against 20th

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 24, 2012 @ 10:54am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, ABC, Modern Family
Nellie Andreeva

Modern Family Contract DisputeUPDATED: I have learned that today’s table read for ABC‘s hit comedy Modern Family, scheduled for 11:30 AM, has been abruptly canceled at the last minute.  The move comes as there was speculation that multiple … Read More »

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Will ‘Community’ and ‘Homeland’ Critics Choice Television Awards Upset Wins Mean Big Things For Emmy?

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday June 19, 2012 @ 12:55am PDTTags: Breaking Bad, Community, Critics' Choice Television Awards, HBO, Homeland, Modern Family
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“The Emmy win was more like a high school popularity contest. This is from the critics!,” said Julie Bowen, the Critics’ Choice Television Awards’ newly named Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner — who also happens to be the reigning Emmy winner in the same category. But she seemed to be placing more importance on this award than even the Emmy when we talked right after Monday night’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. When I repeated her opinion to her Modern Family co-star and fellow Critics Choice winner — and reigning Emmy winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy — Ty Burrell, he agreed, saying the recognition from the critics has enormous meaning for him.

Related: Critics’ Choice TV Awards: ‘Homeland’, ‘Community’ & ‘Sherlock’ Double Winners

Of course it doesn’t hurt that these awards, now in their second year, are strategically positioned to happen right smack dab in the middle of Emmy voting, so tonight’s impressive turnout of nominees, winners and presenters was not suprising. Exposure at this crucial time in the process is everything, and unlike movie awards season there aren’t nearly as many opportunities for a photo op or acceptance speech as the Broadcast Critics Association offers with their nascent TV awards. If attention is as much the prize itself then these awards could not have been better for the Emmy chances of third-season critical favorite Community, which was the big surprise winner over favored Modern Family for Best Comedy Series, and Showtime’s first-season drama Homeland, which won Best Actress in a Drama for Claire Danes and Best Drama Series over favored vets like Mad Men and Breaking Bad. The latter did win Actor in a Drama for three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Giancarlo Esposito, while Mad Men’s sole win was for repeat victor Christina Hendricks in Supporting Drama Actress. Does this relative shocking showing for two new, not widely viewed shows outside of critical circles mean a potential earthquake at the Emmys, where Mad Men has won the Best Drama Series award for all four of its seasons and Modern Family has done the same in the comedy category for its first two years on ABC? Read More »

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