Entries from June 2008 ↓

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog finally has a release date! Joss Whedon announced it on Whedonesque today – it’s a bit elaborate, but here goes:

The musical has three acts, which will be posted separately at drhorrible.com over the course of a few days. Act One goes up on July 15, Act Two on July 17, and Act Three on July 19. The segments will be available to view for free until midnight on July 20. Soon after the free viewing is discontinued, though, a paid download will be available. Eventually, there’ll be a DVD, and hopefully some other stuff.

Bad news first! The ten Emmy finalists in the Outstanding Comedy Series category have been announced, and HIMYM did not make the cut. [We lost out to Two and a Half Men and Family Guy, which...no.] This is a new move for the Academy, but don’t expect to know about any of the other categories until the nominations themselves are announced.

Now, some bits of good news – we have official confirmation of the September 22 premiere, Amazon is currently offering S1 and S2 for half off [along with a ton of other shows], and, while everyone knows that there are very few things with less relevance than the Teen Choice Awards, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is up for Choice Movie Bromantic Comedy, Jason Segel is up for Choice Movie Breakout Male, HIMYM is up for Choice TV Show Comedy, and NPH is up for Choice TV Actor Comedy.

Voting for the Teen Choice Awards is at their website.

Here’s NPH’s Old Spice commercial:

You can see the print ad here.

And here’s the teaser for Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:

[And on YouTube, if you're having issues.]

Neil Patrick Harris and Kristen Chenoweth have been asked to announce the nominees at the Academy press conference on July 17. The announcement is scheduled for 8:40 AM Eastern.

[This means nothing for their chances, incidentally - last year, Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick made the announcement and both were nominated, a few years ago, Eric McCormack and Laura Innes made it and neither of them was.]

These are the areas in which the show, cast, or crew have been submitted for nomination – the actual nominations won’t be announced until July. Also, keep in mind that it’s up to the actors themselves whether they’d like to run as lead or supporting.

If something’s in italics, then I’m upwards of 90% certain that it’s true, but don’t have definite confirmation yet.

Outstanding Comedy Series – HIMYM [Ten Sessions, The Bracket, How I Met Everyone Else, Sandcastles in the Sand]

Lead Actor – Josh Radnor [Ten Sessions]

Supporting Actor – Neil Patrick Harris [The Goat], Jason Segel [Slapsgiving]

Supporting Actress – Alyson Hannigan [Dowisetrepla], Cobie Smulders [No word on this, but what could it be other than Sandcastles in the Sand?]

Guest Actor - Will Forte [Rebound Bro]

Guest Actress – Sarah Chalke [Ten Sessions], The Woman Who Played Abby [Ten Sessions]

Directing – Pam Fryman [The Bracket]

Writing – Craig Thomas, Carter Bays, and Chris Harris [Ten Sessions], Gloria Calderon Kellett [How I Met Everyone Else], Joe Kelly [The Bracket]

In the leadup to the Emmy nominations, the Hollywood Reporter is doing a series of roundtables. Craig Thomas participated in their showrunner piece, while Neil Patrick Harris was on the actor roundtable. [Sidebar: I would have given ANYTHING to be present for that talk - what a fantastic selection of actors.]

The New York Times looked at life in the writers’ rooms of five TV shows, HIMYM included.

Variety talks to Greg Malins for a piece on the recovery of the half-hour sitcom.

Variety also did a piece on people behind the camera who deserve Emmy recognition – among them was Sue Federman, HIMYM’s editor and the person responsible for HIMYM’s masterful use of flashbacks and asides.

Finally, thanks to Vlada for these – TV Week talked to Josh Radnor about the show and its Emmy chances, and they also talked to NPH about playing Barney.

Jason Segel: Still needs a haircut.

Josh Radnor: Speaks at his high school’s graduation, listens to Cloud Cult, attends a museum opening.

Neil Patrick Harris: Makes AfterElton’s Hot 100 List, gets stalkerazzi’d with some Jamba Juice.

Alyson Hannigan: Makes AfterEllen’s Hot 100 List, talks about Jason Biggs’ wedding.

This is old news by now, but on Tuesday most of the cast [Jason was in LA filming I Love You, Man - expect a big post on that tomorrow!], along with Carter Bays [co-creator] and Pam Fryman [one of the show's executive producers and director of 60 of the show's 64 episodes], attended a special screening of “How I Met Everyone Else” for Emmy voters. The event took place at McGee’s, the Manhattan bar that Bays and Craig Thomas used as the inspiration for MacLaren’s, and was followed by a Q&A with the cast, as well as Bays and Fryman.

Alan Sepinwall, who moderated the Q&A, has posted a rundown of it here. [Thanks to Erin for the tip!] There’s a ton of great info there – no real spoilers for upcoming seasons, as they never get more specific than saying that they’re looking forward to doing something or what some of their goals for the show are.

For photos of the event, check out PopSugar, iStarPics.com, and Variety.

Speaking of spoilers, though, they might be available sooner than you’d think – this article about exec producer Greg Malins’ new deal with Fox says that they’re going back to work this Friday, although with a SAG strike threatening, it could be a while before they get to film anything.

According to Televisionista, S4 is scheduled to premiere on September 22. TV.com backs them up, but I haven’t been able to find any official word – does anyone have the source?

I didn’t catch the episode, but from what I’ve heard, Neil was great at the game – better than Rachael Ray, anyway.