NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2009 PRIMETIME EMMY’S

Outstanding Comedy Series

ENTOURAGE
FAMILY GUY
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
THE OFFICE
30 ROCK *
WEEDS

Outstanding Drama Series
BIG LOVE
BREAKING BAD
DAMAGES
DEXTER
HOUSE
LOST
MAD MEN *

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama

Brian Cranston, BREAKING BAD *
Gabriel Byrne, IN TREATMENT
Michael C Hall, DEXTER
Hugh Laurie, HOUSE
John Hamm, MAD MEN
Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama

Kyra Sedgwick, THE CLOSER
Glenn Close, DAMAGES *
Mariska Hargitay, LAW & ORDER: SVU
Elisabeth Moss, MAD MEN
Sally Field. BROTHERS & SISTERS
Holly Hunter

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy

Jemaine Clement, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
Steve Carell, THE OFFICE
Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK *
Jim Parsons, BIG BANG THEORY
Tony Shaloub, MONK
Charlie Sheen, TWO AND A HALF MEN

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy

Christina Applegate, SAMANTHA WHO
Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA *
Tina Fey, 30 ROCK
Julia Louise-Dreyfus, NEW ADVENTURES…
Mary Louise Parker, WEEDS
Sarah Silverman, THE SARAH SILVERMAN SHOW

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama

Cherry Jones, 24 *
Rose Byrne, DAMAGES
Sandra Oh, GREY’S ANATOMY
Chandra Wilson, GREY’S ANATOMY
Dianne Wiest, IN TREATMENT

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama

Christian Clemenson, BOSTON LEGAL
Michael Emerson, LOST *
William Hurt, DAMAGES
Aaron Paul, BREAKING BAD
William Shatner, BOSTON LEGAL
John Slattery, MAD MEN

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Kristin Chenoweth, PUSHING DAISIES *
Jane Krakowski, 30 ROCK
Elizabeth Perkins, WEEDS
Amy Poehler, SNL
Kristin Wiig, SNL
Vanessa Williams, UGLY BETTY

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Jon Cryer, TWO AND A HALF MEN *
Kevin Dillon, ENTOURAGE
Tracy Morgan, 30 ROCK
Jack McBrayer, 30 ROCK
Neil Patrick Harris, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Jennifer Aniston, 30 ROCK
Elaine Stritch, 30 ROCK
Betty White, UGLY BETTY
Tina Fey, SNL *
Christine Baranski, THE BIG BANG THEORY

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Alan Alda, 30 ROCK
Beau Bridges, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Jon Hamm, 30 ROCK
Steve Martin, 30 ROCK
Justin Timberlake, SNL *

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Lawrence, GREY’S ANATOMY
Ellen Burstyn, LAW & ORDER: SVU *
Brenda Blethyn, LAW & ORDER: SVU
Carol Burnett, LAW & ORDER: SVU
CCH Pounder, THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Edward Asner, CSI NY
Ernest Borgnine, ER
Ted Danson, DAMAGES
Michael J. Fox, RESCUE ME *
Jimmy Smits, DEXTER

Outstanding Reality Competition

THE AMAZING RACE *
AMERICAN IDOL
DANCING WITH THE STARS
PROJECT RUNWAY
TOP CHEF

Outstanding Host for a Reality Competition Program

Tom Bergeron, DANCING WITH THE STARS
Phil Keoghan ,THE AMAZING RACE
Heidi Klum, PROJECT RUNWAY
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, TOP CHEF
Jeff Probst, SURVIVOR *
Ryan Seacrest, AMERICAN IDOL

Outstanding Reality Program

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
DIRTY JOBS
DOG WHISPERER
INTERVENTION
KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST
MYTHBUSTERS

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Kevin Bacon, TAKING CHANCES
Kenneth Branagh, WALLANDER: ONE STEP BEHIND
Brendan Gleeson, INTO THE STORM *
Kevin Kline, CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Sir Ian McKellen, KING LEAR
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: REDEMPTION

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Drew Barrymore, GREY GARDENS
Jessica Lange, GREY GARDENS *
Shirley MacLaine, COCO CHANEL
Sigourney Weaver, PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
Chandra Wilson, ACCIDENTAL FRIENDSHIP

Outstanding Animated Program

AMERICAN DAD
ROBOT CHICKEN
SOUTH PARK
THE SIMPSONS

Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
THE COLBERT REPORT
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART *

Outstanding Miniseries

GENERATION KILL
LITTLE DORRIT *

36th INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD NOMINEES

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Inheriting a Kabuki Legacy – Ichikawa Ebizo: His Fate and Anguish
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan

Nara Leão: All My Life
TV Globo
Brazil

Richard Serra – To See is to Think
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) and 3sat
Germany

Strictly Bolshoi
Ballet Boyz Productions for Channel 4
United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Pedro Cardoso
The Big Family
TV Globo
Brazil

Karl Markovics
Franz Fuchs – A Patriot
A co-production of epo-film and ORF with the support of Fernsehfonds Austria, Filmfonds Wien and land Steiermark-Kultur
Austria

David Suchet
Maxwell
BBC
United Kingdom

Wang Chengyang
Thei-go King and His Son
China Movie Channel
PR China

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Lucy Cohu
Forgiven
Betty TV for Channel 4 and More4
United Kingdom

Sofie Gråbøl
The Killing
DR/Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDFE / NRK / SVT
Denmark

Irene Ravache
Eternal Magic
TV Globo
Brazil

Yuan Zhibo
Wait for the Birth of the Husband
China Movie Channel
PR China

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

I Feel the Words
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan

Patito Feo, la historia más linda (Ugly Duckling)
Ideas Del Sur S.A. / Televisa
Argentina

Ping-Pong
NRK / SVT / DR / YLE / KRO
Norway

Shaun the Sheep
Aardman Animations / CBBC
United Kingdom

COMEDY

Geile Zeit
Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions GmbH
Germany

The I.T. Crowd
A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Mi Problema con las Mujeres (My Problem with Women)
JC Entertainment S.A.C. (JC Films) / Frecuencia Latina International
Peru

NEO-Office Chuckles
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan

DOCUMENTARY

Asian Corridor in Heaven (Tea-Horse Old Road)
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
South Korea

The Beckoning Silence
Darlow Smithson Productions / C4 / C4i
United Kingdom

Collision over the Amazon
Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic
Brazil

Please Vote for Me
Steps International
Denmark

DRAMA SERIES

Home Affairs
Penguin Films
South Africa

The Killing
DR/Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDFE / NRK / SVT
Denmark

Life on Mars
Kudos Film & Television Ltd
United Kingdom

Mandrake
HBO Ole Originals & Conspiraçâo Filmes
Brazil

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

The Big Donor Show
NPO (Netherlands Public Broadcasting) / ENDEMOL / BNN
The Netherlands

Caiga Quien Caiga (CQC) – Argentina
Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas
Argentina

Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister
CBC Television / Magna International
Canada

Doors
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.
Japan

TELENOVELA

The Invasion Igtiyah
Arab Telemedia Productions
Jordan

Lalola
A Dori Media International and Dori Media Contenidos production based on an idea by Sebastian Ortega for Underground Contenidos
Argentina

One Night of Love
AMEDIA / Sony Pictures Television International
Russia

Tropical Paradise
TV Globo
Brazil

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Britz
A Daybreak Pictures Film for Channel Four Television
United Kingdom

The Miracle of Berlin
teamworx on behalf of ZDF and ZDF Enterprises
Germany

Television por la identidad
Telefe Contenidos – Llorente / Villarruel
Argentina

Wait for the Birth of the Husband
China Movie Channel
PR China

Short-listed in the semi-finals from the Philippines are “Volta” for Best Comedy, “Pangarap na Bituin” for Best Telenovela and Iza Calzado for Best Actress.

Jess is the Assistant Director for the said Simpson’s episode which was named Outstanding Animated Program (for programming lest than one hour) during the 60th Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

According to Ricky Lo’s Philippine Star column:

Jess, who graduated with a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines, is the first ever Filipino to receive an Emmy Award. Although some long-time Filipino residents in L.A. are ambivalent about the distinction, saying that someone else — a Filipino-American engineer — set the milestone in the early ’80s, the claim remains unsubstantiated as of this writing.

Meanwhile, Jess is riding on the crest of mainstream accolade, a feat that validates the common knowledge that Filipino animators are among the best in Hollywood.

“That’s correct, a lot of Filipino artists are in the cutting edge of the animation industry. I guess I am lucky that I worked with The Simpsons,” said Jess.

Actually, this is the second time that Jess got involved in an animation project that won an Emmy. He was also an assistant director for Futurama, an animated show that won the Emmy in 2002. Unfortunately, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences did not include the assistant director in the nomination process then.

How does he feel rubbing elbows with the prime movers of the American entertainment industry?

“It was cool. All of us nominees had a party on Aug. 26 at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences where everybody was given the certificate of honor, but the announcement of winners was set a couple of weeks later on Sept. 13 at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles where the formal announcement was done. During that day, all of us from the studio anxiously waited. And when the final reckoning came, the master of ceremonies called out, ‘and the Emmy goes to…The Simpsons!’ I thought I punched the air and hollered yeah! It was a surreal experience for me. The excitement was just so overwhelming at that moment,” Jess told this writer in an exclusive interview.

Jess, who was given permanent US residency status as a “person with exceptional ability,” has an equally compelling life story.

Raised by a single mother in a depressed area in Central Luzon, Jess used his artistic talent to survive when he came face to face with hunger.

“I experienced real hunger when I was a boy. There was no food on the table most of the time. Sometimes I just imagine I already ate. It was a hard life,” said Jess.

Amazingly, despite the great odds, Jess still remained on top of his class, and people started helping him out when they noticed that he was an exceptionally talented kid. He was among the high achieving students in high school who gained scholarships at the University of the Philippines.

When Hanna Barbera put up Fil-Cartoon, Inc., a subsidiary outfit in Pasig, Metro Manila, Jess was hired as a team supervisor and lead animator. Jess’ works were, and still are, considered standards of excellence in Philippine animation.

2008 Emmy Nominees & Winners
(Winners are in bold)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

Mad Men
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock
Curb your Enthusiasm
The Office
Entourage
Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Julie Louis-Dreyfuss, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary Louise Parker, Weeds

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Gabrielle Byrne, In Treatment
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Ted Danson, Damaged
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
Rachel Griffiths, Brother & Sisters
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Jean Smart, Samantha Who
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION

Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

OUTSTANDING HOST, REALITY SERIES

Jeff Probst, Survivor
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report

Ai-Ai Delas Alas’ defunct ABS-CBN movie-turned-fantaserye “Volta” has been qualified as Regional Semi-Finalist in the Best Comedy Show category of The 2008 International Emmy Awards.

Volta will compete with NEO-Office Chuckles NHK, Telecom Staff of Japan, The I.T. Crowd A Talkback Thames Prod for Channel 4 of Uni­ted Kingdom, The Thick of It – Spinners & Losers, BBC of United Kingdom, Boese Maedchen Biller & Vass TV Produktion of Germany, Geile Zeit Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions GmbH of Germany, and some other shows from Latin America.

“Kami lang ang pumasok mula sa Pilipinas. Go na go na kapatid. Ang taray talaga! Salamat sa Diyos,” said the Comedy Queen after hearing the good news.