The nominations for the 2010 Primetime Emmys are out, and like some sort of idiot, I decided to run the entire list … yes, even “picture editing”.

The most nominated series is Glee with 19, followed by Mad Men at 17.  The most nominated show though was HBO’s mini-series The Pacific with a whopping 24, however a boat load of those were in the technical areas.  Here is a breakdown of some of the shows with the most nominations.

24 Nominations
The Pacific

19 Nominations
Glee

17 Nominations
Mad Men

15 Nominations
Temple Grandin
30 Rock
You Don’t Know Jack

14 Nominations
Modern Family

12 Nominations
82nd Annual Academy Awards
Lost
Saturday Night Live

9 Nominations
Dancing With The Stars
Georgia O’Keeffe
The Good Wife

8 Nominations
Nurse Jackie

7 Nominations
The Amazing Race
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Return To Cranford (Masterpiece)

6 Nominations
American Idol
The Kennedy Center Honors
Life
Two and a Half Men

5 Nominations
The Big Bang Theory
Damages
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
The Special Relationship
True Blood
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert
24

In the most amusing turn of events, The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien earned four nominations, while Jay Leno earned none for his primetime disaster or his return to The Tonight Show.

Overall the big winner this year is HBO with 101 nominations, but that still ranks as only its third highest year for nods.

Nominations are behind the “Continue Reading” link, and my apologies to those of you right now reading via RSS …

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NBC has announced its 2010/2011 schedule, and considering the debacle of last year’s schedule with five nights of The Jay Leno Show (which I predicted they wouldn’t cancel … oops), it is a significantly different looking line-up this year.

(New shows in BOLD)

MONDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Chuck”
9-10 p.m. – “THE EVENT”
10-11 p.m. – “CHASE”

TUESDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Biggest Loser”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “UNDERCOVERS”
9-10 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
10-11 p.m. – “LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES”

THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. – “Community”
8:30-9 p.m. – “30 Rock”
9-9:30 p.m. – “The Office”
9:30-10 p.m. – “OUTSOURCED”
10-11 p.m. – “LOVE BITES”

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Who Do You Think You Are?”/”SCHOOL PRIDE”
9-10 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
10-11 p.m. – “OUTLAW”

SATURDAY
Encore programming

SUNDAY
7- 8:15 p.m. — “Football Night in America”
8:15-11:30 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football”

SUNDAY (beginning March 2011)
7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
8-9 p.m. – “Minute to Win It”
9-11 p.m. – “The Celebrity Apprentice”

Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link

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A total of 51 again this week, not sure how it keeps working out that way, but oh well, it’s a good number.

FunJug.com

• Star Wars WTF
• The Better Marriage Blanket
• MOUSETRAP NEVER WORKS (OK Go “This Too Shall Pass” Parody)
• Foursquare Cops – Episode 4: “Behind the Badge”
• SWAGGER WAGON
• The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told
• Kids Reenact: MTV’s “Jersey Shore”
• Nothing On You, Betty

Mobile.BLORGE.com

• Top 40 Best Free BlackBerry Apps 2010

Photo.BLORGE.com

• Pentax announces new Optio M90 with rubberized body

RememberingChristmas.com

• Bing Crosby – White Christmas Music Video

SeanPAune.com

• Batman 3 Release Date Announced
• Conan O’Brien On 60 Minutes
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 56: Moronic Monday where Sean waxes poetically about farts
• Faisal Shahzad Arrested In Connection With Times Square Car Bomb
• Managing Editor Of BLORGE.com
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 57: Verizon kills its Kin
• Buffy Season 8, Issue 32
• X-Men: First Class Gets Date And Director
• Scattercast Episode 94: Take Two
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 58: Techmeme Friday and The Patent Lawsuit Roadshow
• Buffy Season 8, Issue 33

Tech.BLORGE.com

• Google inching closer to launching Google TV
• Cub Scouts can now earn a badge for video games
• Kindle software update brings folders, Twitter and Facebook
• Ning announces pricing plans, will remain free for educators
• Internet Explorer falls to lowest market share since 1999
• Google set to launch e-book Google Editions store by June or July
• Ellen DeGeneres feels the wrath of Apple over iPhone parody
• Verizon pricing for Microsoft Kin phones may doom them
• ClearWire may switch from WiMax to LTE
• Borders to release Kobo e-reader
• Nintendo sees Apple as “enemy of the future”
• Facebook may add location based check-ins this month

TechnoBuffalo.com

• Five Awesome Tech Sites You Should Be Reading Each Day
• Has Apple Abandoned The Mac?
• Facebook Has Taken Your Profile Hostage
• What The Blippy Disaster Teaches Us About Social Media
• Should Third Party Twitter App Development Stop?
• United States Broadband Speeds Are A Joke
• Internet Explorer Falls To An All-Time Low Market Share
• Are Mobile Broadband Caps Going The Way Of The Dinosaur?
• Where To Buy Transformers: War For Cybertron
• Apple Proves It Has No Sense Of Humor Over Ellen DeGeneres iPhone Parody
• You Can Charge Rental Fees For That Video Of Aunt Gertie’s Birthday Party On YouTube
• Has Apple Extended AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Yet Again?
• Microsoft May Have Missed The Mark With Kin 1 & Kin 2 Pricing
• A Deeper Look Into iPhone OS 4 Beta 3
• Are You Prepared For The War Over Your Location?
• Is The iPhone Nintendo’s Biggest Competition Now?
• Are You Giving Out Too Much Information On Facebook?

NBC’s ban on Conan O’Brien doing television interviews has come to an end, and 60 Minutes wasted no time being the first one in line to interview him.

Despite some saying that he came off as an “oversensitive prima donna whining about losing a show he seems to treat like a sacred birthright,” Mr. O’Brien’s interview laid out how he felt about the whole matter, although he had to measure his words some what as there is a clause in his agreement that says he may not “disparage” the network or Jay Leno, he still got his points across.  I would imagine a lot of these answers were practiced with his lawyer before hand, and can you really blame him?

The interview is embedded below (sorry, USA viewers only)  and you can see some outtakes here.  There will always be naysayers, but personally I felt he came off as a guy who got very publicly sold short, lied about and not having his boss live up to their promises.  ”Prima donna?”  Sorry, I didn’t see a bit of that, but what do I know.

Anyway, here’s the video, I feel it’s very worth watching if you’ve followed this debacle in the least little bit.

A total of 51 again this week, although that only counts what was published, I’m already at work on next weeks stuff.  Ah, the joys of being a writer.

FunJug.com

• Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Contestant Gets First Question Wrong
• Sesame Street Learns To Use Google
• John Mulaney Girl Scout Cookies Rant
• Foursquare Cops – Episode 3: “The FBI”
• Betty White Lines
• Kids Reenact: MTV’s “The Hills”
• Soldiers Remake Telephone
• Seinfeld Trailer – “George”

Photo.BLORGE.com

• Nokia unveils N8 camera phone with 12 megapixels

RememberingChristmas.com

• Watch Christmas Comes But Once A Year (1936) For Free

SeanPAune.com

• Fifth Alien Film To Be A Prequel
• RIM Pretty Much Screwed BlackBerry Tour Buyers Today
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 51: Moronic Monday and we don’t mean Gizmodo vs. Apple vs. Cops
• Jay Leno’s Ratings Dip Below Conan O’Brien’s
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 52: It’s all about the bacon lube and FBI
• ‘True Blood’ Minisode: Eric & Pam
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 53: *YAWN* Excuse me *YAWN* while I *YAWN* nothing personal
• Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 54: Waving from the middle of an empty field
• Scattercast Episode 93: Where’s My Happy Meal Toy?!?
• First Photo Of Thor
• Jonah Hex Trailer
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 55: Techmeme Friday & Google’s support number found – 1.800.you.funny
• Sarah L. Tolzien Sentenced

Tech.BLORGE.com

• Blippy security problems continue
• YouTube launches online video rental store
• RIM introduces two new BlackBerry models
• Blippy pledges greater security going forward
• Redbox strikes new deals with 20th Century Fox and Universal
• Online dating sites get into a war of stats
• HP acquires Palm for $1.2 billion
• Mozilla testing Firefox for Android
• Apple iPhone raid turning into PR nightmare with Jon Stewart ripping on them
• HP killing off Windows 7 tablet
• Microsoft finally confirms Courier tablet while killing it off
• iPad 3G released, but it has some restrictions

TechnoBuffalo.com

• A Look Back At Betamax
• In Case You Missed It, Skype Is Bigger Than Facebook
• A Look Back At Internet Explorer 1
• Three Reasons Apple Hatred Is Growing
• Consumer Group Calls For The Breakup of Google
• Five Boredom Killers
• Should Amazon Have To Tell States What You Bought?
• Five Reasons To Give The Opera Browser A Try
• Is HP Acquiring Palm A Good Idea?
• How To Speak Like A Geek
• Who Is Buying All These E-Readers?
• Is HP Buying Palm Due To The iPhone OS Universal Strategy?
• Are Point-And-Shoot Cameras Days Numbered?
• With Physical Rental Windows Becoming The Norm, Are Online Rentals Next?
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Arrives With Some Issues

Remember how the bad ratings on The Tonight Show were all Conan O’Brien’s fault? Who do you blame it on when he is no longer there?

After seven weeks back on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno’s ratings in the most important demographic, 18 to 49-year-old males, slipped below those of Conan O’Brien.  For the week ending April 16th, Mr. Leno’s ratings in that demographic fell to 1.0, while Conan O’Brien’s ratings in that demo never slipped below 1.1.

What makes this even more amusing is that Leno has stronger lead in programming than O’Brien had, and even more insulting, David Letterman was in reruns all last week.  Yes, he beat Letterman who had a .83 in that demo, but it was reruns for crying out loud, Leno should have been much further ahead.

The overall ratings for the show are up, but the audience is skewing higher than advertisers like to see.

So, tell me NBC, still happy with your decision?

Down to 49 this week, but I’m already knee deep in next week.  One bonus to a lower count, though?  I actually made it out to see a movie … hey, why did everyone faint?

FunJug.com

• April Fools: Math Class Shadow
• Standing Cat
• Chan Ho Park diarrhea
• Cat Uses An iPad
• Foursquare Cops
• Coca-Cola “Happiness Machine”
• Forehead Tittaes w/ Marion Cotillard

Photo.BLORGE.com

• Sanyo announces Xacti CG100 & GH1

RememberingChristmas.com

• Coca-Cola Christmas Trucks

SeanPAune.com

• Sex And The City 2 Trailer
• Conan O’Brien Lands New Show At TBS
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 42: It’s Moronic Monday time and no we don’t want $115 tea
• Deadliest Catch Season 6
• When Your Web Service Lets You Down
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 43: Twitter owns the day & no we don’t have a Steven Segal fixation
• Joss Whedon In Negotiations To Direct The Avengers
• Scattercast Episode 91: Meet Your New King, The Entertainment Industry
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 44: Drizzle is a viable defense for murder in Vancouver
• Lower Merion School District Webcam Case Gets Even More Disturbing
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 45: It’s Techmeme Friday and is there nothing to report on except Apple?
• BBC America To Begin Showing Star Trek: The Next Generation

Tech.BLORGE.com

• New MacBook Pro models numbers showing up in inventory systems
• Report: Palm is for sale
• Rumor: Google working on Android tablet to fight the iPad
• Twitter to announce Promoted Tweets ad system
• Apple updates the MacBook Pro laptop line
• Rumor: New iPhone to be introduced June 22nd
• U.S. Library of Congress to archive all public Twitter messages
• Twitter announcing more official services
• Toshiba planning at least two tablets this year
• Ning cuts free accounts and 40 percent of staff
• Virus publishes porn downloaders Web history to the public
• Ning clarifies its plans for its free customers

TechnoBuffalo.com

• Where’s My TV With 20 HDMI Slots?
• Will Facebook Be The Last Social Network Standing?
• A Look Back At The Introduction Of the iPod
• Apple Vs. Adobe: The War Is On
• Three Reasons Windows Phone 7 Will Succeed
• Netflix Makes Deals With Two More Studios For 28-Day Delays
• Twitter Finally Announces An Advertising Plan
• Will Social Gaming Lead To Real World Debt?
• Android Apps Gaining Momentum
• Is This The End Of Third-Party Twitter Apps?
• Five Reasons To Jailbreak Your iPad
• Why Does Big Tech Care So Much About Which Browser You’re Using?
• Why You Shouldn’t Make Any Password “123456”
• Just How Many Tablets Can The Market Sustain?
• Why Firefox Performance Sucks In Recent Versions
• Photos Of Yet Another Possible iPhone 4G Surfaces

Twitter was definitely the story of the day (look at that!  We actually got to do a show!  Thank you, Talkshoe!), and for once it wasn’t just all hyperbole!  Lots of new features coming out including the kind of awesome @anywhere service that integrates Twitter … well … anywhere.  Don’t believe me, hover over @stevenhodson or @seanpaune and see what I mean.

I rant about Conan O’Brien and The Streamy Awards.  I’m not sure where online video producers have gotten this over-exaggerated opinion of their importance, or the idea they are ready to match basic cable channels, but … well, just listen in.

And apparently Steven was a charter member of the Steven Segal fan club …

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

When Your Web Service Lets You Down – Sean P. Aune
Twitter Announces Live Social Graph Streams – Jesse Stay
Twitter Adds New Terms of Service to Its Developer Platform – Jesse Stay
Twitter’s @anywhere and Why it May Be Too Techie for Their Audience – Jesse Stay

Press the big green button to listen in!

It’s official, Conan O’Brien is coming back to the late night talk show scene, but at a location no one expected.

It was announced today that Conan O’Brien will launch a new show on cable channel TBS this November. The new show will run Monday thru Thursday at 11 EST/10 CST, and it will push the George Lopez talk show, Lopez Tonight, back by one hour.

Although the majority of the reason Mr. O’Brien left NBC was due to The Tonight Show being moved back an hour, apparently Mr. Lopez is all for it, and even went so far as to call O’Brien last week to ask him to join the basic cable channel.  ”I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in,” Lopez said in a statement. “It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.”

According to Nikki Finke, although TBS was never mentioned by the press as a possibility, they have been wooing him since the beginning.  It was George Lopez’s personal phone call last week that pushed to him finally sign with the cable channel.  The most surprising twist is that the untitled new show will have the same budget as The Tonight Show did, and will also give Mr. O’Brien a lot more creative freedom now that he is freed of network constraints.

“For decades, late-night TV has been dominated by broadcast television,”  Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, said. “Now, with a young audience and a growing late-night lineup, TBS is set to be the choice of comedy fans for years to come.”

The rumors had all pointed to Fox being the front runner, but apparently the affiliates weren’t thrilled with the idea of giving up their lucrative syndication shows such as The Office and the pending 30 Rock.  There was also some talks with Microsoft about doing a show on the Xbox Live system, but that never came to fruition.

The timing is of course perfection as Mr. O’Brien’s “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” kicks off tonight in Eugene, OR., providing him with the perfect platform to promote his new show without violating his agreement with NBC.

A total of 53 this week.  May see a major drop next week, trying to make a major decision about one of my blogs.

FunJug.com

• Ben Folds’ Chatroulette Piano Ode to Merton
• Japanese Chip Commercial
• Apology Commercial from U by Kotex
• Lady Gaga Telephone Parody by Key of Awesome
• Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino’s Camera Angel

Photo.BLORGE.com

• Top 40 best photography websites

RememberingChristmas.com

• Turn Your Christmas Cookie Recipes Into Easter Cookies

SeanPAune.com

• Twitter Is 4-Years-Old… When Does It Start Making Money?
• Conan O’Brien And Fox Talks Appear To Be Happening Again
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 29: Moronic Monday’s – your dose of moronic posts of last week
• Chris Evans Cast As Captain America
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 30: Headline lies and how we discover Sean’s a Star Wars dork
• Judge Rules Constance McMillen’s Rights Were Violated
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 31: Who knew – a condom for your remote and Kotex pulls a Dominos
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 32: MG Seigler proves that the end of days are just around the corner
• Scattercast Episode 88: Wherein I Actually Dabble A Bit In Politics?
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 33: Techmeme Friday, Sean thinks suicide when told he could’ve been Scoble
• Fox Cancels “24″

StarterTech.com

• Why I’m Giving Up On The BlackBerry Platform
• Trade In Your CDs, DVDs And Blu-Rays For An iPad
• ShopSavvy Is The Essential Mobile Tool For Shoppers
• Wikipedia Is Down
• Netflix Begins Shipping Watch Instantly Discs For Nintendo’s Wii Console
• Xbox 360 Getting USB Thumb Drive Support
• Hate Trial Software?  Try The Dell Vostro Line

Tech.BLORGE.com

• Happy fourth birthday, Twitter!
• Amazon and Barnes & Noble prep e-book apps for the iPad
• Internet Explorer losing market share rapidly in Europe
• New planet found with Earth-like temperatures
• Warner Brothers gets cozy with Blockbuster for new distribution deal
• Skype coming to Verizon phones this week
• Wikipedia crashes due to overheating problem
• GoDaddy ceases registering Chinese domain names over new rules
• Pricing for iPad magazines emerge, and they won’t be cheap
• Radio Shack quietly shopping for a buyer, possibly Best Buy
• Xbox 360 to get USB thumb drive support on April 6th
• Rumor: Apple launching mobile advertising platform named “iAd”

TechnoBuffalo.com

• Xbox 360 To Receive USB Mass Storage Support
• Rumors Of A Blockbuster Bankruptcy Filing Just Delay The Inevitable
• Happy Birthday, Twitter!
• Will Google Invade Your Television?
• A Look Back At The First Commercial For A Portable Computer
• Viacom Is Suing YouTube Over Clips It Uploaded Itself?
• Buyer’s Remorse: Is It Ever A Good Time To Buy A Gadget?
• People Waste A Fortune On Gadgets They Don’t Understand
• Why Are You Buying A Single Store E-Reader?
• Could Digital Magazines Become Mini-Movies?
• With eBay Out Of The Way, Skype Is On Fire
• The iPhone OS Is Becoming A Serious Mobile Gaming Platform
• Apple Rumored To Be Prepping An Ad Network, Google Sure To Be Unhappy
• Is Your Country The Next To Ban Violent Video Games?

It seems that Conan O’Brien and the Fox network are talking again, and a curious hole in Mr. O’Brien’s upcoming comedy tour could offer a tantalizing hint that he is very open to the network’s offers.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the producers of American Idol, 19 Entertainment, want Conan O’Brien to appear on the April 21st special, “Idol Gives Back”, but NBC is holding on the TV appearance moratorium that keeps him from even doing interviews until May 1st.  While the offer did not come from Fox itself, it does seem to indicate that the network is talking with the talk show host again about him possibly coming to their network when he can launch another show on Sept. 1st.

“The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” does have an odd “off night” on May 17th, which happens to be the date of the Fox upfront presentation where the network will announce its slate of shows for the upcoming fall season.  It’s one of only a handful off nights Mr. O’Brien has on his tour between April 12th and June 14th.  It may be pure coincidence, but it would allow him to appear at the press conference.

Apparently talks had cooled two weeks ago, but they are said to be ongoing again to work out a deal.  If a deal can be struck by April 12th, when the tour begins, it could be turned into a giant promotional vehicle for his new show.

Down to 55 this week from last week’s record of 57, I think I can live with that.

FunJug.com

• Chatroulette Funny Piano Improv #1
• My Mom’s on Facebook (80′s hair band version)
• The TV Theme Medley
• YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A ‘Good’ Video

Photo.BLORGE.com

• Kodak unveils the new Easyshare M580

RememberingChristmas.com

• Watch Jack Benny Show Christmas From 1950 For Free

SeanPAune.com

• Classmates To Pay Up To $9.5 Million To Disgruntled Members
• Introducing Dexter
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 24: It’s Moronic Monday with our own Moronic General and his pretend war
• Erin Andrews Stalker Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 25:  SXSW: Bring on the sponsorships never mind the sharing & learning
• Possible Fox Deal And A Movie Could Brighten Conan O’Brien’s Day
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 26: school’s us on the SXSWi that Jolie O’Dell missed
• Westboro Baptist Church Plans To Protest Kevin Smith
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 27: Google TV – yet more spaghetti thrown against the wall
• Scattercast Episode 87: If I Say Sex In The Headline, Will More People Listen?
• Tim Burton To Direct 3-D Stop-Motion ‘Addams Family’ Movie
• The Braindead Techcast Ep. 28: TechMeme Friday and Apple’s prenup chains developers to dark room
• Why I Left BlueHost
• Doctor Who Season 5 Trailer

StarterTech.com

• Apple Details iPad Battery Replacement Plans
• Happy Birthday, .com
• Skewed Data Makes Facebook Number One Site In The United States
• AT&T Introducing An Eco-Friendly Phone Charger
• Google Coming To Your Television Via Google TV
• Apple Taking iPad Secrecy To Whole New Level
• Palm Is Just Rearranging The Deck Chairs On The Titanic

Tech.BLORGE.com

• Report: Google purchased AdMob out of spite
• Gowalla beats out Foursquare at the SXSW awards
• Majority of online news readers say they will quit their favorite site if forced to pay
• After 74 days, only 135,000 Google Nexus One phones sold
• Apple iPad accessories start to see delivery windows moving
• Mobile app market expected to hit $17.5 billion by 2012
• Panasonic 3D TVs sell out in their first week in the USA
• Amazon release Kindle app for Macs
• Google and partners looking to get into your television set next
• Palm CEO feels Pre & Pixi phones could have been like the Droid
• Rumor: April 10th to be Google’s last day in China
• Palm stock value plummets, some analysts peg it as worthless

TechnoBuffalo.com

• Remember Duck Hunt for Nintendo? Twas the Precursor To The Wii
• How Sony Could Screw Up The Playstation Phone (or whatever it will be called)
• Was Apple TV An Apple Experiment Gone Wrong?
• Does Android Make Sense On A Tablet?
• Will Natal Harm Wii?
• Where TiVo Went Wrong
• Office 2010 Ships Soon … Should You Care?
• Gowalla Vs. Foursquare: It’s On!
• Like Its Print Cousin, Is Online News Doomed?
• The JooJoo Has No Chance
• Will The New AT&T Nexus One Save The Brand?
• Who Coined The Term “Personal Computer”?
• 5 Tips For Speeding Up Your Computer Without Spending A Penny
• Could The Digg Effect Be A Thing Of The Past?
• Is Palm’s CEO A Little Bit Crazy?
• Can We Please Do Away With Video Game Pre-Order Bonuses?