NBC, HBO LEAD THE PACK IN DGA NOMS.Byline: Hollywood Reporter NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy came up big as the Directors Guild of America announced the nominations Tuesday for its 49th annual TV awards. NBC shows accounted for eight of the 21 nominations, while HBO mopped up six, including three in the long-form race, which includes movies and miniseries. The DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) Awards for TV and film will be announced March 8 at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and the Sheraton in Manhattan. As is becoming a tradition with TV trophy shows, cable dominated the long-form races, while the broadcast networks held the majority of remaining category nominations; HBO, however, bagged two of the five nominations for best comedy-series directing, with Todd Holland
Larry Sanders (born in New York) is an Oxfordshire County Councillor. He has lived in Oxford since 1969. He was trained professionally as a social worker and lawyer. Show.'' NBC copped the remaining three sitcom nominations, including Andy Ackerman's third for his work on ``Seinfeld,'' this time for ``The Rye'' episode. Ackerman won in 1995 for the ``Seinfeld'' episode ``The Gum.'' Also nominated for an NBC show is Robert Berlinger, with his first DGA nom, for the ``See Dick Continue to Run'' episode of ``3rd Rock From the Sun.'' And David Steinberg This article is about David Steinberg. For David A. Steinberg, see David A. Steinberg. For David H. Steinberg, see David H. Steinberg. David Steinberg grabbed his second DGA nom, this time for ``The Finale Part II and III'' episode of ``Mad About You.'' In the dramatic series derby, NBC's ``ER'' accounts for three of the DGA's TV nominations. That includes Paris Barclay's first DGA nomination, for directing the show's ``Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies'' episode; Christopher Chulack's second DGA nom, this one for the ``Fear of Flying'' episode; and Mimi Leder's third nomination, all for ``ER,'' this time for ``The Healers'' episode. ABC's ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development Blue'' received the other two drama series-directing nominations; Donna Deitch was given her first nomination for the ``These Old Bones'' episode, while Mark Tinker garnered his fifth DGA nom for the ``A Death in the Family'' episode. NBC racked up two additional nominations, one going to Ellen Brown for directing ``The Tonight Show With Jay Leno's'' broadcasts from Chicago, and the other to Don Mischer for directing the opening ceremonies of the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. . Among Mischer's competitors in the musical-variety category is Jeff Margolis, who has been nominated for a DGA trophy every year since 1990 for direction of the annual Academy Awards broadcasts. He won the derby in 1990 and 1993. HBO's remaining nomination went to Thomas Schlamme for directing ``Tracey Takes on ... Romance.'' And in long form, the directors of HBO's ``Rasputin'' (Uli Edel), ``Gotti'' (Robert Harmon) and ``Late Shift'' (Betty Thomas) will vie for the trophy against the directors of TNT's ``Andersonville'' (John Frankenheimer) and Showtime's ``Bastard Out of Carolina'' (Anjelica Huston). Frankenheimer's DGA nomination is his second in television; he has been nominated three times for his work on feature films. Huston's DGA nom is her first, as are Harmon and Edel's. Thomas' is her third. Accomplished Ryder: Winona Ryder will be honored with the actress of the year award at ShoWest next month, it was announced Tuesday. Ryder, who has starred in such pictures as ``The Crucible,'' ``Little Women'' and ``The Age of Innocence,'' will receive the honor March 6, the last day of the four-day theater-owners convention in Las Vegas. She is in production on the sci-fi thriller ``Alien: Resurrection,'' the fourth in the ``Alien'' series. Throughout her career, ShoWest officials said, ``Ryder has opted to move from light comedy to high drama, from independent to studio feature, from the star turn to the supporting role. As a result, she has had a richly varied body of work, including some of the finest motion pictures of the past decade and at the young age of 25 has already earned two Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe award.'' Ryder has completed 19 features in her career. She was spotted at age 13 by a talent agent during a performance at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a theater company in San Francisco, California, that offers both contemporary and classical theater productions and a wide range of classes. . A screen test led to her film debut in director David Seltzer's ``Lucas'' in 1986, then a leading role in ``Heathers'' (1989). |
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