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 艾美奖颁奖，《24》尽显风头。
                              Edward Wyatt (2006.8.28)

     洛山基，8月27日——由福克斯公司推出的多集惊悚动作片《24》在2001年曾引起争论，但在这个星期日晚上艾美颁奖仪式上却获得三项大奖。艾美奖颁奖典礼一年举行一次，《24》作为一部最有影响力并且最刺激的电视剧，在这次第58届艾美奖颁奖仪式上牢牢地站稳了脚跟。
    这部电视剧不仅获得最佳剧本奖，其中观众很喜爱的明星凯福·绍舍兰德还赢得了最佳演员奖，这次获奖是他在连续五年被提名后的第一次获奖。电视剧《24》每一集都讲述了一个叫杰克·布尔的联邦调查员一天的经历。获得最佳戏剧系列片导演奖的是系列短剧《早晨7点到8点》导演琼·卡撒。
    由国家广播公司播放的荒诞电视剧《我的名字叫伯爵》没能获得最佳戏剧片提名，然而它却荣获两项最高大奖。它的作者葛瑞格·佳西亚获最佳喜剧剧作奖，马克·博克兰德获最佳导演奖。国家广播公司放映的另一篇喜剧片《办公室的故事》荣获艾美奖最佳喜剧系列片奖。
    朱丽亚·刘易斯在哥伦比亚广播公司播放的炙手可热的喜剧系列片《老克里斯丁的新冒险》中担任女主角，获得最佳女演员奖，这是她获得的第二次艾美奖；她曾在《辛飞德》一片中获得最佳女主角头衔。
    当提到《辛飞德》的男演员们表现不济时，刘易斯小姐说：“虽然我不相信诅咒，但是这一次，宝贝，诅咒他们吧。”
    喜剧中心播放的新闻滑稽剧兼话剧《琼·斯图亚特的日子》也获得两项大奖：一项是杰出剧本奖，一项是综合性音乐喜剧系列剧奖。
    总而言之，在这一夜的颁奖仪式上，国家广播公司赢得奖项颇多，为6项大奖，紧跟着的是福克斯公司，赢得3项大奖。
    在一些特别节目以及网络公司，HBO的节目获利非浅，共赢得九项大奖。其中《咖啡店里的女孩》获三项大奖，《伊丽莎白一世》获四项大奖。《咖啡店里的女孩》获得杰出电视剧制作奖，同一领域最佳编剧奖，迷你电视剧及电影最佳女主角奖，获奖女演员是凯丽·麦克唐纳德。《伊丽莎白一世》获最佳迷你系列电视剧奖，同一领域最佳导演奖，女演员海伦·米伦获得迷你电视短剧和电影最佳女演员奖。
    但是，今年秋天，这些播放过的获奖电视剧将不会再上屏幕。究其原因是因为这些长长的系列片已播放至尾声，还因为它们还没得到大量观众时，已收集了不少批评意见，所以就被取消了。
    电视剧已不象它们以前那样成为人们娱乐生活的主导。这一观点以幽默的语句出现在因特网，视频游戏和其它一些吸引人眼球的地方。这使得网络电视观众的数量越来越少。
    主办人柯南·欧布莱开玩笑说：“在这一刻，你的孩子们也许正在一个YouTube上看一只呆在盥洗室的猫，而不会到这些胶片的出处——福克斯公司网去看一看。”
    当艾美奖的三位获奖男演员的系列剧被告之也不会在今年秋天播放时，这一观点更加深了一步。枚根·姆莱利在系列喜剧片《威尔和葛蕾丝》中获最佳女主角提名，这部电视剧曾在国家广播公司播放了8个春秋，并于今年春天播放结束。艾伦·爱达尔这次获得他的第五次艾美奖奖项，在电视连续剧《西部羽翅》中，他扮演了一位共和党总统竞选人，并获得最佳男主角奖。《西部羽翅》为另一部于今年春天结束，并播放了很多年的电视剧。在这之后，布兰赦·丹娜在演播公司播放的系列剧《怒火》中的扮演的角色使她获得最佳女主角提名，如果现代剧在今晚还有希望的话，这部作品就是其一。
    她表述了作为一个演员，而非一个观众所感受到的挫折：“我想，尽管演播公司取消了我们的节目，我还得感谢他们。”这次获奖是丹娜小姐紧接着的第二年获奖。

          

             (一）                         （二）                        （三）

    （一），在《24》电视剧中，凯费尔·萨圣兰德赢得最佳男演员奖，《24》获最佳电视剧提名。
    （二），身穿黑色礼服的柯南·欧·布赖恩在《音乐人》中带舞，此图为第58届艾美奖开奖时的表演。
    （三），梅格·姆兰雷在《威尔和葛蕾丝》中的扮演获得最佳女演员提名。

    杰瑞枚·匹文在HBO公司放映的系列喜剧片《随从》中扮演一夸夸其谈的代理商，这使他获得最受佳男主角提名。观众有望以后再次目睹他的风采。
    匹文先生去年曾因此角色受到提名，但是最终没有赢得大奖。后来有人说他在《随从》这部电视剧中抢了其他演员们的风头时，他批评道：“我第五次站在了一个叫做乌龟先生的人后面作宣传。”
    托利·夏候布在《修道士》中的扮演使他第三次获得喜剧系列剧最佳男演员提名，这在电视评论界引起了不小的争论，他们原先认为扮演《公务员》的斯第福·卡瑞尔最有希望，而现在却被前者挤出被提名的四人之外。
    夏候布先生几乎要为他的获胜感到歉意：“去年我感到很震惊，今年我几乎有些麻木。”当提及《公务员》以及卡瑞尔先生时，他说：“那部电视剧现在太火爆了，他也太红了。我想过一阵子我的感觉才会好些。”
    玛萨卡·哈杰泰在连续剧《法律和权威：特别的牺牲群体》中的扮演获最佳女演员奖，这是她三次提名后的第一次得奖。
    在现实主义取材的奖项中，《令人吃惊的种族主义》有一次获得它第四个年头的大奖，一举击败了电视收视率最高的《美国傻子》。
    自从五年前美国航班的那桩惨案以后，艾美电视节目就不太顺利。那时，欧·布赖恩先生正在访问一些收视率较高的电视剧组，其中包括：《24》，《房屋》，《迷失》。公共传闻说布赖恩先生坐上了一架炸毁的飞机，这使得他留在《迷失》里收拾碗筷。
    但是，欧·布赖恩很快就调整了情绪。他说，尽管观众在减少，但是最受欢迎的演员们都在为媒体公司工作，而开始时他们不会这样选择。
    “爱利克·保德文在国家广播公司有一部新片，”他说，“詹姆斯·伍德在哥伦比亚广播公司有一部新片，还有，枚尔·基博森在爱尔佳斯拉公司有一部新片。”
    广播电视公司给予了迪克·克拉克以很高的评价。前段时间，由于他的一次打架事件，曾人们的指责。在他拍了长长的电视剧并为电视剧作出了不小的贡献后，他登上舞台，赢得了人们热烈的掌声。克拉克先生的电视节目丰富多彩，其中包括《美国人的舞台》，《一万美元之棱椎》，还有他在圣诞之夜一年一度的电视节目。
    他说，能够为电视界作贡献一直是他的梦想：“能够把自己的梦想变为现实，他就是世界上最幸运的人了。”
    广播电视公司还提到了制片人阿伦·斯派凌为电视事业作出的贡献，斯派凌先生在今年六月去世了。数十部带有传奇色彩的电视向人们展现了他五十多年来的工作成果，其中有：《现代之班》，《查理的天使》，《爱之船》，《王朝》，《贝弗利群山90210》。在这些收视率极高的作品中出现了许多当地“查理的天使”：凯特·桀克森，杰奎林·史密斯和法拉·福塞特。
    在这次典礼上，困扰人们的最大问题是：有多少人会来观看。近几年来，由于观众能够以更多的方式来收看节目，以至观看艾美奖和奥斯卡奖这样的颁奖仪式的观众越来越少。今年，包括网络在内的一些机构由于一直敬重艾美奖并希望能够以此推销他们的明星和节目，主动地在艾美奖颁奖时赶走他们的观众，如美国广播电台重复播放《加勒比海海盗》电影的第一版本。
    按照传统，艾美奖一般是在劳动节后颁奖，刚好在秋季新一轮电视节目活跃之前。今年艾美奖却提前到八月底，而这时正是大多数美国人争着在海滩上度周末或者最后一个长假的时候。这次改变的原因出于国家广播电视台，它是播出这一颁奖的四大电视台之一，今年正轮到它。但是星期天晚上艾美奖与要播放的国家足球联赛发生了冲突。
    足球的高利润广告战胜了艾美奖，网络经营者以及电视艺术与科学学院发放该奖，他们认为选择一个周末颁发奖项实在太不如人愿了，这时的洛山基正处于令人头痛的交通繁忙时分。为了弥补东方的观众在时区带来的不便，有人建议在午饭后不久开始铺开红地毯授奖。
    该学院今年在艾美奖的产生方法上实行了一些新措施。它的工作人员说，他们要努力改变提名过程，使那些在大网站被忽视的节目，以及来自于电缆线路和一些小网站的节目有被提名的希望。
    新提名程序在原过程中多加了一步，在更广泛的人群当中投票选出得票最多的10到15个节目或者演员，然后再设一独特的屏幕来选取5名被提名者。首先，这5名被提名者必须是第一回合中得票最多的。
    这一程序在某些方面起到了好作用，而在另一方面却起了相反的作用。丹尼斯·李尔雷在连续剧《救救我》中扮演一位纽约市消防员，第一次获得最佳男演员提名，该剧在固定电台公司已上演到第三个年头。另外两名喜剧演员也获得了第一次提名，他们是：出演《一个半男人》的查理·西恩和出演《王后们的国王》的凯文·瞻母斯。
    但是，还有人批评新程序造成了一些被提名者的流失。去年得奖最多的赢家，美国广播电视公司的海难漂流疑团剧《迷失》以及该公司喧喧闹闹的喜剧片《绝望的家庭主妇》都没有获得该领域的最佳电视片提名，虽然它们都得到了更低一层的奖项提名。一些电视公司认为美国国家广播电视公司在影片《海盗》的播放时间安排是有意的，其目的在于报复将《迷失》，《绝望的家庭主妇》排除在主导范畴电视片提名之外。
    还有一些最受欢迎的表演者，如评论家眼里地位极高的明星电视剧《房屋》里的表演者哈福·劳瑞，以及在《女高音们》中的主要演员们都被排除在被提名者之外。
    被提名者集中在一些迷你电视系列剧中，如《到西部去》，这部来自TNT公司的电视剧获得16项提名，还有该公司播出的《伊丽莎白一世》获得13项提名。HBO公司的电视节目共获95项提名，在广播电视网络中，美国广播电视公司的被提名者为63名，位居首位。
    福克斯公司的惊悚片《24》获12项提名。美国广播公司的医学片《格雷的解剖学》紧跟其后，获11项提名。很多被提名的演员和电视剧今年秋天不会再出现在屏幕上，其中包括《西部羽翅》，《六英寸以下》，《威尔和葛蕾丝》，《首席司令官》。

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 ‘24’ Is Among the Big Winners as Television Presents Its Emmy Awards

By EDWARD WYATT
Published: August 28, 2006
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 — “24,” the Fox thriller that set in motion the current trend for serial dramas when it made its debut in 2001, won three Emmy Awards on Sunday night, cementing its reputation as one of the most provocative and influential series on television at the 58th annual awards ceremony.

Not only did the show win the award for best drama series, but its star, Kiefer Sutherland, a fan favorite, won the Emmy for best actor in a drama, his first victory after five acting nominations. And Jon Cassar won for best director for a drama series for the episode “7 a.m. to 8 a.m.” Each season of “24” follows a federal agent named Jack Bauer for an entire day.

“My Name Is Earl,” the quirky NBC show that failed to receive a nomination for best comedy, nevertheless took two top awards, with Greg Garcia winning for best comedy writing and Marc Buckland winning for best director. “The Office,” another NBC comedy, took the Emmy for best comedy series.

And Julia Louis-Dreyfus won best actress in a comedy series for her title role in the appealingly nutty CBS show “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” her second Emmy; she had won for best supporting actress for “Seinfeld.”

Referring to the supposed curse that has struck “Seinfeld” actors whose subsequent works have largely flopped, Ms. Louis-Dreyfus said, “I’m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby.”

“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” a Comedy Central news parody and talk show, also won two awards, for outstanding writing and for outstanding variety, music or comedy series.

Overall, NBC was the big winner among the major networks with six awards at the night’s ceremony, followed by Fox with three.

Among specialty programs and networks, HBO cleaned up, winning nine awards, with three for “The Girl in the Cafe” and four for “Elizabeth I.” “The Girl in the Cafe” won for outstanding made-for-television movie, best writing in the same category and outstanding supporting actress in a mini-series or movie, to Kelly Macdonald. “Elizabeth I” won best mini-series, Helen Mirren won for best actress in a mini-series or movie, and the show won for best directing in its category.

But many of the early acting awards went to shows that will not be back on the air this fall, either because they reached the end of long runs or were canceled after gathering critical acclaim but not enough viewers.

The idea that television is not the dominant entertainment medium that it used to be was acknowledged with a humorous look at the Internet, video games and other attention-grabbers that have drawn growing numbers of viewers away from network television.

“At this very moment your kids are on YouTube watching a cat on the toilet instead of watching that footage where it belongs: on the Fox network,” Conan O’Brien, the host, joked.

The thought continued as the first three Emmys went to actors in series that will not be back on the air this fall. Megan Mullally was named best supporting actress in a comedy series for “Will & Grace,” which ran for eight seasons on NBC before concluding its run last spring. Then Alan Alda won his fifth Emmy, as best supporting actor in a drama series for his role as a Republican presidential candidate on “The West Wing,” another NBC show that ended a multiyear run last spring. By the time Blythe Danner was named best supporting actress in a drama series for her role on Showtime’s “Huff,” it began to seem that few if any contemporary shows held much promise for the night.

She gave voice to some of the frustration felt by the actors, if not the audience. “I guess I have to thank Showtime even though they canceled us,” said Ms. Danner, who won for her role for the second consecutive year.

Not until Jeremy Piven was named best supporting actor in a comedy series for his role as the bombastic agent Ari Gold on HBO’s “Entourage” did viewers get a glimpse of an actor they are likely to see again soon.

Mr. Piven, who was nominated for the role last year but didn’t win, later played down the suggestion that he had stolen the spotlight on “Entourage” from his fellow actors. “I’m billed fifth behind a guy named Turtle,” he said.

One early upset came when Tony Shalhoub of USA’s “Monk” was named best actor in a comedy series for the third time in four nominations, beating out the predicted favorite among television critics, Steve Carell of “The Office.”

Mr. Shalhoub was almost apologetic for his victory. “Last year I was shocked; this year I was semi-comatose,” he said backstage. “I would like to feel good, but I feel too numb.” Referring to “The Office” and Mr. Carell, he added: “That other show is so hot right now, and he is so on fire. I’m sure I will start feeling better later.”

Mariska Hargitay won best actress in a drama series for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” her first victory after three straight nominations.

In the category of best reality-competition program, “The Amazing Race” won for the fourth straight year, once again beating the most-watched show on television, “American Idol.”

The Emmy show began on a potentially uncomfortable note on the day of the deadliest American airline crash in five years, with Mr. O’Brien visiting the sets of several highly rated shows, including “24,” “House” and “Lost.” The opening skit had Mr. O’Brien on an airplane that crashes, leaving him to wash up on the set of “Lost.”

But Mr. O’Brien quickly made certain the mood remained light, noting that even as its audience shrinks, acclaimed actors are finding work in the medium that many previously avoided.

“Alec Baldwin has a new show on NBC,” he said, “James Wood has a new show on CBS, and Mel Gibson has a new show on Al Jazeera.”

The broadcast featured a tribute to Dick Clark, who, speaking with a noticeable slur, a result of a recent stroke, took the stage after a lengthy taped tribute and was welcomed with a wealth of applause for his contributions to television. Among the shows developed or produced by Mr. Clark are icons as diverse as “American Bandstand,” “The $10,000 Pyramid” and his annual New Year’s Eve telecasts.

He said it was always his dream to be in show business. “Everybody should be so lucky to have their dreams come true,” he added.

The broadcast also featured a tribute to the producer Aaron Spelling, who died in June. The dozens of fabled television shows he created over five decades include “The Mod Squad,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty” and “Beverly Hills 90210.” Among those paying tribute were the original “Charlie’s Angels,” Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett.

One of the biggest questions hovering over the ceremony was whether anyone would be watching. Audiences for awards shows like the Emmys and the Oscars have declined in recent years because viewers now have so many more television outlets available. This year, however, even some of the other networks, which usually defer to the Emmys in hopes of promoting their own stars and shows, were potentially drawing away viewers. ABC scheduled a repeat of the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” film at the same time as the Emmys.

Traditionally scheduled after Labor Day, just before the new fall television season gets going, the Emmys this year were moved up to late August, a time when much of the country is squeezing in a last vacation or beach weekend. The change was made because NBC, which televised the awards this year as part of a four-year rotation pattern among the four major networks, has a contract to televise National Football League games on Sunday nights.

Football’s higher advertising revenue trumped the Emmys, and network executives and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which bestows the awards, deemed it too troublesome to schedule the ceremony on a weeknight, when Los Angeles would be racked by its usually fearsome rush-hour traffic. To accommodate the time difference with prime-time viewers in the East, some people attending the ceremony have to begin arriving on the red carpet here shortly after lunchtime.

The academy generated its own measure of Emmy intrigue this year by changing the nominating procedure in an attempt, its officials said, to give sometimes overlooked shows from the big networks and those from cable channels and the smaller networks more of a chance of being nominated.

The new nominating procedures added a step to the process, using a special screening panel to choose the five nominees from the top 10 or 15 shows or actors as voted on by the broader membership. Previously, the five nominees in the top categories were simply those receiving the most votes in the first round.

The process seemed to work in some cases but created controversy in others. Denis Leary received his first nomination for best actor in a drama series for his role as a New York City firefighter in “Rescue Me,” now in its third year on FX. And two situation-comedy stars from longstanding series — Charlie Sheen of “Two and a Half Men” and Kevin James of “The King of Queens” — received their first nominations.

But critics also blamed the new system for some misses among the nominees. Neither of last year’s big winners, ABC’s castaway mystery “Lost” and its devilish comedy “Desperate Housewives,” was nominated for best show in its category, although each received nominations for lesser awards. Some television industry people believed ABC’s scheduling of “Pirates” to be a retaliatory move for the exclusion of “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” from nominations in the lead categories.

And some of the most popular performers — among them Hugh Laurie, the critically praised star of “House,” and the lead actors from “The Sopranos” — were also left out of the nominations.

Nominations were concentrated on mini-series like “Into the West,” a TNT product that led all nominees with 16 bids, and “Elizabeth I,” which had 13. HBO led all television outlets with 95 nominations, while among the broadcast networks, ABC led with 63 nominations.

The Fox thriller “24” led all series with 12 nominations. “Grey’s Anatomy,” an ABC medical drama, followed with 11. The nominations also were heavily populated with actors and shows from series that will not be back in the fall, including “The West Wing,” “Six Feet Under,” “Will & Grace” and “Commander in Chief.”