Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock

Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Lead Actress in a Comedy
Laura Linney, The Big C
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Lead Actor in a Comedy
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Steve Carell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K., Louie
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Lead Actor in a Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified

Lead Actress in a Drama
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law

Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Supporting Actor in a Drama
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Walton Goggins, Justified
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife

Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Supporting Actress in a Drama
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified

Mini-series or Made-for-Television Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
The Pillars Of The Earth
Too Big To Fail

Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or movie
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail

Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or movie
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs

Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Hoarders
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
MythBusters
Undercover Boss

Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef

Host of a Reality Program or Competition
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Jeff Probst, Survivor

While watching the commercial they cleverly never zoomed in on the new “Marina” too much so I guess the kids wouldn’t notice, but she is dressed exactly like the previous actress even down to the same hair style.  It happens all the time on TV but since it’s a popular kids show you would think Nickelodeon would at least introduce the new actress as a new Fresh Beat rather than expecting kids not to notice she isn’t the same. Kids aren’t stupid you know.

(on left Tara Perry, on the right Shayna Rose)

Here is the new “Marina” in action when her and the rest of the band performed on The View last week.

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Season 3 of The Fresh Beat Band can be seen on Nick Jr. Sunday nights at 7 p.m.

“Our hope with Project Five is to entertain, inform and inspire dialogue, research and prevention. Otherwise, our goals are small,” Aniston said in a statement. “We want these films to move people and empower those affected by breast cancer to stand tall through this challenge, which impacts ALL of our lives, no matter who we are.” Hollywood Reporter

“I’m a big fan of this amazing group of powerful and creative women, and we are thrilled to be working with them on Project Five,” said Dubuc. “It’s an awesome feeling to be able to give them such a strong platform to do what they do best – entertain and tell great stories – so that we all educate viewers about breast cancer through these five films of courage, love and hope.”

“We are proud to be partnering with this amazing creative team on a project of such importance and impact for women,” said Helen Verno, executive vice president of movies and miniseries, Sony Pictures Television. TV By Numbers

“Yes, I’m taking over,” Ferrell told EW when asked abut a rumor that he’s going to be Steve Carell’s permanent and full-time replacement. “My character’s name is Deangelo Vickers, he loves the American Southwest, and he’s just kind of in his own way going to step into Michael Scott’s shoes and try to fill them. I’m friends with Steve and a fan of the show, and I just selfishly wanted to do one episode with him, and they pitched multiple ones, and I said, ‘That’d be great.’” And then the multiple episodes became a regular gig? ”Yeah,” replied Ferrell. “A regular, full-time gig.” One source close to Ferrell added that the actor’s schedule is being cleared to accommodate the show, which will enter its eighth season in September. Entertainment Weekly

This could be like winning the jackpot for him and NBC. Ferrell took a hit in his career when “Land of the Lost” was a major flop in 2009. Since then he has done a little TV guesting and his films The Other Guys (2010) with Marky Mark Wakhberg, and “Megamind” (2011) did well at the box office plus adding the prospects of his latest gig. NBC would have struggled to keep “The Office” afloat without Steve Carell unless they found a bigger comedic personality than him. Studio heads will keep denying Ferrell as a replacement until they see how ratings fair when his guest episodes air.  Last year Steve Carell decided not to return for another season of the Emmy winning show “The Office”. His last day on set was March 4th.

Just for giggles here is Will Ferrell at his best.

The Trailers

Not alot has come out about what Super 8 is really about. Last year there were all the teasers and last night debuted the first real trailer for the film from Stephen Spielberg and JJ Abrams. Still not alot of the plot was revealed but I guess one can say it’s about aliens? Come on that is one of Spielberg’s favorite subjects. Super 8 is in theaters June 10,2011.

What I was most excited about was the first trailer from Captain America. This film has been years in the making, dating all the way back to 2004 when rumors were Brad Pitt was going to star. With the big Avengers movie to start filming this spring there will be a Marvel comic take over this summer and it was about that time to gear up the Captain America trailers. What better way to debut than during the Superbowl. Captain America: The First Avenger is in theaters July 22, 2011

The Best

Chysler’s ‘Imported from Detroit’.  Chrysler was able to make an ad that brought in the American feel on one of the most American days of the year. Oh and of course any shout out to the motor city would no be complete without Eminem.

Favorite:

I loved the Bridgestone ‘Reply All’ Ad. Who hasn’t feared the dreaded reply all mess up in emails. I literally laughed out loud at the part where he grabs the phone from the guy in the woods and pulling the wires in the server room.

For extra bonus check out Bridgestone’s Youtube channel for an extended version.

Runner Ups:

The Doritos’ ‘House Siting’ Ad. Who didn’t laugh at the end when he walks in and says “Grandpa?!” Hilarious.

Brisk’s Eminem Spot. It’s the claymation commercials we are used to getting from Brisk mix with that Eminem flair. That and the fact that the rapper really hasn’t done alot of commercials so it was a nice treat to get this one from him.

Chevrolet’s ‘Bumble Bee’. At first it looks like one of the hometown dealership commercials and then out pops ‘Bumble Bee.’ Despite this particular ad I was rather annoyed with all the Chevrolet ads. What was it 6 or more different spots and that is not including the long “Glee” ad that aired after the Superbowl.

Best of the Car Commercials

The Best: Volkswagen’s ‘The Force’. A kid dressed up as Darth Vader. Need I say more?

Some probably consider it the best of the night, it was definitely a contender with Chrysler’s ad.

Runner Up: Audi’s Goodnight commercial. A blatant jab at Mercedes, calling it “old luxury”. Burn. I see a new battle coming, kinda on the verge of last year’s AT&T vs. Verizon commercial war for who had the best national coverage.

Honorable Mention: Hyundai’s Anachronistic City.

If I recall right, the average Disney Channel is suppose to last no more than 3 seasons but there has been one other exception that has landed a show into a fourth season due to popularity besides Hannah. That would be ‘That’s So Raven’ that ended it’s Disney Channel reign in 2007.

However NBC does have a new show called Undercovers featuring actors Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as two of the main characters. Other than that, this season the most diversity you will get out of the major networks  is the token spots sprinkled throughout the various shows if they have any at all.  Where is Glenn Beck when you need him.

It would be a lie to say I am not sad about this even though I knew this day would come sooner or later.

Now it’s finally here. Last night Fox announced after weeks of speculation that ’24′ is indeed ending it’s 8 year run this season. No more CTU, no more Chloe, no more ‘Super Jack. ‘

News, finally confirmed by Fox, had been expected — Variety reported earlier this month that the network was ready to call it a day (Daily Variety, March 9). Sutherland, exec producer Howard Gordon and the studio were also leaning toward ending the show’s run as well.

“For us, creatively, it seemed like the right time to do it,” Sutherland told Variety. “It’s very bittersweet. ’24′ was the greatest learning experience of my career so far. And on a personal level, working with this cast and crew and writers, these will be friends of mine for the rest of my life.” Variety

Kiefer Sutherland aka Jack Bauer and the writers of ’24′ rejuvenated prime-time drama and brought Fox back into play with the other top networks. It was unlike anything seen on tv; a show whose seasons follow the life of the hardest working civilian government employee EVER, while keeping it all in 60 minutes of real time each week.  I have been a faithful viewer since it first aired in 2001, I don’t know what I will do with my Monday nights.  Regardless, show producer Howard Gordan are pushing for a ’24′ movie.

Both Sutherland and Gordon said they’re bullish now on moving Jack Bauer to the big screen, and compressing a 24-hour day — yes, the entire movie’s action will still take place in just one day — over the course of just two hours.

“The opportunity to make a movie and do a two-hour representation was something appealing to he and I both,” Sutherland said.

As Variety reported in February, scribe Billy Ray (“State of Play”) is busy writing a screenplay; Gordon will produce.

“For the first time, we’ll be able to go from England to Russia, or China to Japan, depending on where they choose to set it,” Sutherland said. “Before on the TV show, the crisis had to come to us. The best we could do it was get across town… It alleviates a huge hurdle that real-time writing presented.”

Jack Bauer chasing terrorists around the world? Yes and Yes.

The final episode of ’24′ is set to air Monday ay 24th in a 2 hour series final.

The cable network began conversations with corporate sibling Warner Bros. TV, which produces the cop drama, shortly after “Southland” was abruptly canceled by NBC earlier this month.

Though a deal has not been completed, it now appears likely.

If the pact goes though, it would mark a rare resurrection of a canceled broadcast series on cable, something that couldn’t be worked out for a slew of other shows, including critical darling “Arrested Development,” fan favorite “Moonlight” or veteran “My Name Is Earl.”

“Southland,” executive produced by John Wells, shot six episodes of its second season before being shut down by NBC. Hollywood Reporter

Early this month, NBC made the stupid decision of canceling Southland citing the show having too heavy of a plot for network tv.