Let's peek inside HBO's Emmy campaign box
Early this week, members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences began receiving HBO's Emmy campaign box, which includes the DVDs listed below. Under the top two photos, click on the "continue reading" link to see more pix, including a close-up of one key print section in the "Grey Gardens" section: confirmation that the network is campaigning both Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange for the lead actress race for TV movies.
Compare this campaign box to the ones HBO sent to voters in 2008 and 2007.
BOX 1: SERIES, DOCUMENTARIES
"Big Love" ("Prom Queen," "On Trial," "Come, Ye Saints")
"In Treatment" (Week One: "Mia," "April," "Oliver," "Walter," "Gina")
"True Blood" ("Sparks Fly Out," "Plaisir d'Amour")
"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" ("Pilot")
"Entourage" ("Gotta Look Up to Get Down," "Play'n with Fire," "Return to Queens Blvd.")
"Flight of the Conchords" ("A Good Opportunity," "The New Cup," "The Tough Brets")
"Eastbound & Down" ("Chapter One")
"The Life & Times of Tim" ("Angry Unpaid Hooker / Rodney's Bachelor Party," "Latino Tim / The Priest Is Drunk," "Mad Dog Tim / Monday Night Confession")
"Little Britain USA"
"Real Time With Bill Maher" ("Oct. 31, 2008: Amy Holmes, John Legend, Michael Moore, Connie Schultz, Cornel West," "Nov. 3, 2008: Christiane Amanpour, Alec Baldwin, Garry Shandling, Bob Woodward")
"Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"
"The Black List: Volume One"
BOX 2: MOVIES, MINISERIES, SPECIALS, FAMILY
"Grey Gardens"
"Taking Chance"
"My Zinc Bed"
"Generation Kill"
"House of Saddam"
"Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger"
"Ricky Gervais: Out of England — The Stand-Up Special"
"Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies"
"Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen"
"Jacques d"Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World"
"Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression"
RELATED LINKS
See HBO's Emmy campaign box 2007
See HBO's Emmy campaign box 2008
As usual, Showtime launches first major campaign of Emmy season
Peek inside Comedy Central's Emmy campaign package
Turner ships 'The Closer' and 'Saving Grace' DVDs to Emmy voters
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BIG LOVE needs to be nominated this year. It is the best acted show on t.v. I hope CHLOE SEVIGNY gets nominated - she is amazing. Her "Nicki" is so complex. Praise to its writers as well, they are amazing.
Posted by: M.J. | May 29, 2009 at 05:02 PM
Jeanne Tripplehorn for Best Supporting Actress? For those few minutes? She was "okay" but far from award-winning, especially in comparison to Barrymore and Lange. Barrymore and Lange just disappeared into their roles. Tripplehorn just bore a similar appearance, and not much more.
Posted by: Kate | May 22, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Thanks for the scoop, Tom. Some of these DVDs are posted on ebay, where more category placement is clear (like Janet McTeer going lead for Into the Storm). Could you or Boomer possibly add confirmed category placements for these HBO programs in the "official Emmy submissions" thread?
Posted by: NateDoggg | May 07, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Where is the Will Ferrell special?
Posted by: Jack Sparrow | May 07, 2009 at 08:52 AM
What's up with HBO and the episodes they chose from Big Love? ''Prom Queen'' and ''On Trial'' were great, but the big guns are definitetely ''Come Ye, Saints'', and ''Rough Edges'', ''Outer Darkness''. All the leads (Paxton , Tripplehorn, Sevigny, Goodwin) get the chance to shine in these three episodes. I hope this isn't the first sign of something terrible, like the Emmys forgetting about the best family drama on TV AGAIN! Altough, I have to admit... Grace Zabriskie was heart breaking in ''Prom Queen''.
Posted by: Lanie | May 06, 2009 at 04:17 PM