Peace and War

Saturday, June 9, 2007

'American Idol', 'Heroes' compete at TV Critics Awards

MUMBAI: The Television Critics Association in the US has unveiled its 2007 TCA Award nominations. Winners will be announced next month.

The nominees for programe of the year are Fox's music based reality show American Idol, Friday Night Lights trom NBC, the drama show Heroes from NBC, Discovery's show Planet Earth and HBO's The Wire and When the Levees Broke.

NBC leads the list with 13 nominations on the strength of its freshmen series, including 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights and Heroes, which garnered 12 nominations total. The Office got one nomination.

HBO received nine notices overall. Veteran gangster series The Sopranos and The Wire received nominations in the dramatic categories while the Spike Lee documentary When the Levees Broke secured three nominations.

Competing for best comedy show are 30 Rock, The Daily Show, Entourage, The Office and Ugly Betty. For drama the nominees are Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Lost, The Sopranos and The Wire.

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