NY Observer > John Adams http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/32708/feed Articles from Observer.com en John Adams, Mad Men, 30 Rock Get Top Nods at Emmy Nominations http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/john-adams-mad-men-get-top-nods-emmy-nominations HBO's critical hit miniseries John Adams made out big at the Emmy announcement this morning with 23 nominations. Twenty-three! God bless America! Although HBO was also recognized for Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, the series that has us wired, was totally snubbed!

AMC's Mad Men, where ad men still had their mojo, garnered 16 noms at the top of the drama series category. That's the first time a basic cable program has topped that list. NBC’s "defending comedy champ," 30 Rock, was the most-recognized series overall, with 17 Emmy bids, according to Variety. The winners will be announced Sept.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/john-adams-mad-men-get-top-nods-emmy-nominations#comments Arts & Culture Emmy Awards John Adams Mad Men Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:01:16 -0400 Gillian Reagan 72002 at http://www.observer.com The Week in DVR: The Office, 30 Rock Are Back! Plus, Look Who's Coming Back to Mondays http://www.observer.com/2008/week-dvr-office-30-rock-complete-thursdays-look-whos-coming-back-mondays

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Start fresh! That’s what ABC is begging its viewers to do tonight with Samantha Who? (9:30 p.m.). Its rookie run had been going swimmingly until the writers strike. Starring Christina Applegate and Melissa McCarthy (Sookie from the Gilmore Girls), the show returns in the midst of a heated battle for Monday nights.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/week-dvr-office-30-rock-complete-thursdays-look-whos-coming-back-mondays#comments 30 Rock John Adams Samantha Who? Scrubs The Office Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:37:05 -0400 Jake Brooks 67442 at http://www.observer.com Declaration of Ignorance http://www.observer.com/2008/dont-know-much-about-history

All kinds of people are watching HBO’s seven-part miniseries John Adams, which airs its fifth installment, "Unite or Die," on Sunday night at 9 p.m. Some are HBO loyalists, who will try anything the network puts on the table at least once (even John From Cincinnati, the network’s most glorious failure). Others are people like my parents, who prefer the BBC and PBS and (at least in my dad’s case) war documentaries over edgier network fare. And still others are people more like myself: avid fans of the television, in general, who are bored out of their skulls wandering the post-writers'-strike wasteland of nighttime programming. Is everything on hiatus? Brothers and Sisters, we await your return!

Still, though many young people confess that they are watching the show, nobody seems to talk about it the way they talked about The Sopranos.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/dont-know-much-about-history#comments HBO John Adams Paul Giamatti Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:42:46 -0400 Hillary Frey 67427 at http://www.observer.com At Thomas Jefferson’s Seder http://www.observer.com/node/37052 A new genetic study raises the tantalizing possibility that Thomas Jefferson may have had Jewish anc  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37052#comments Style Aaron Burr Benjamin Franklin John Adams Louisiana Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 37052 at http://www.observer.com Slevin’s Debt to Tarantino: Who Cares as Long as It’s Fun? http://www.observer.com/node/38690 Paul McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin, from a screenplay by Jason Smilovic, masterfully manages  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38690#comments Arts & Culture Bruce Willis Catherine Keener Jennifer Aniston John Adams Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 38690 at http://www.observer.com Not Over Till Fat Boy Drops- Opera Takes on Los Alamos http://www.observer.com/node/51371 Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51371#comments Arts & Culture John Adams Manhattan Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. Peter Sellars Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Charles Michener 51371 at http://www.observer.com Thin-Skinned Founding Father-And a Great Junk-Bond Salesman http://www.observer.com/node/50517 John Adams: Party of One, by James Grant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $30.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50517#comments Arts & Culture Adams Presidency James Grant John Adams Party of One Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Stacy Schiff 50517 at http://www.observer.com Live and Uncensored: It's Dave http://www.observer.com/2004/live-and-uncensored-its-dave At a little past 9 p.m. on Nov.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2004/live-and-uncensored-its-dave#comments Media Bob Geldof Dave Chappelle John Adams John Quincy Adams Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Noelle Hancock, Andrew Rice and Marcus Baram 50118 at http://www.observer.com Mixing It Up Underground: Carnegie Hall Digs Deeper http://www.observer.com/node/48061 "Location, location, location"-the iron rule of the real-estate racket-has become the mantra of the  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48061#comments Arts & Culture Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Hall Charles Ives John Adams Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Charles Michener 48061 at http://www.observer.com Translated Onto the Screen, An Opera Comes Into Its Own http://www.observer.com/node/47587 In the age of reality TV, can reality opera be far behind?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47587#comments Arts & Culture Israel John Adams Leon Klinghoffer Penny Woolcock Sun, 25 May 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Charles Michener 47587 at http://www.observer.com