Wednesday, 6 April 2005: It's that time again, folks. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna run a month late two years in a row!

Yes, it's time for the Primetime Kapgar.com Awards.

As most of you know, and others of you will be finding out for the first time, the Kappys (heh heh) are my answer to the Primetime Emmys. Except that the only opinion that truly matters here is mine. So deal with it. This is the fourth year that I have given these awards. And, again, this is really just recognition since statuettes, or any other sort of physical manifestation of the award other than a printout of this page, is well beyond my budgetary allowance.

A few notes:

• When I say "rookie," I refer only to the fact that a person is new to a show this season regardless of if they've acted on other shows or in films. This can also refer to a brand new show on the air.
• When I say "veteran," I mean that a particular actor/actress was with the show prior to this season.
• I reserve the right to declare a tie if the need should arise.

I have the feeling that it may be a bit more obvious, than in past years, what my favorite shows truly are.

Here goes...

Acting/Hosting Awards

• Best Veteran Actor (Comedy)
  John C. McGinley - Dr. Perry Cox, Scrubs
• Best Veteran Actress (Comedy)
  Sarah Chalke - Dr. Eliot Reed, Scrubs
• Best Veteran Actor (Drama)
  Dennis Franz - Det./Sgt. Andy Sipowicz, NYPD Blue
• Best Veteran Actress (Drama)
  Poppy Montgomery - Special Agent Samantha Spade, Without a Trace
• Best Rookie Actor (Comedy)
  James Denton - Mike Delfino, Desperate Housewives
• Best Rookie Actress (Comedy) (tie)
  Teri Hatcher - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives, and
  Marcia Cross - Bree Van De Kamp, Desperate Housewives - she scares the bejeezus out of me; not many people can do that
• Best Rookie Actor (Drama)
  Terry O'Quinn - John Locke, Lost - easily the best character on TV this season
• Best Rookie Actress (Drama) (tie)
  Evangeline Lilly - Kate Ryan - Lost - you just love her despite her questionable past, and
  Maggie Grace - Shannon Rutherford - Lost - you just love to hate her
• Best Veteran Kiddie/Teen (Comedy or Drama)
  Angus T. Jones - Jake Harper, Two and a Half Men
• Best Rookie Kiddie/Teen (Comedy or Drama)
  Shawn Pyfrom - Andrew Van De Kamp, Desperate Housewives - he's a bastard, but he's good at it
• Best One-Two Punch (Comedy)
  Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer - Charlie and Alan Harper, Two and a Half Men
• Best One-Two Punch (Drama)
  Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon - Drs. Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, Nip/Tuck
• Best Cameo Appearance
  Jimmy Smits - Det. Bobby Simone, NYPD Blue - hell, I almost cried during his cameo
• Best Recurring Guest Star (tie)
  Carlos Bernard - Tony Almeida, 24, and
  Heather Graham - Dr. Molly Clock, Scrubs
• Best Game Show/Reality Show/Talk Show Host
  Craig Ferguson, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• Most Welcome Return to Prime Time - new category
  Tim Daly - Harlan Judd, Eyes (we missed ya, Joe Hackett - and, damn if you didn't come back in a very cool way)

Show Awards

• Best Veteran Sitcom
  Scrubs
• Best Rookie Sitcom
  Desperate Housewives - hey, if ABC can have it nominated in the comedy category, then why can't I?
• Best Veteran Drama (tie)
  24 and Nip/Tuck
• Best Rookie Drama
  NUMB3RS
• Best Game Show/Reality Show/Talk Show - new category
  The Amazing Race
• Best Damn Show on the Tube
  Lost
• Coolest Revelation
  What the heck is inside the sphere on Lost - this is being given in anticipation; here's hoping I'm not disappointed by the results
• Most Overhyped New Show
  Joey - not that it's bad, really; just not as noteworthy as the network and critics made it out to be
• Best Show I Wish I Watched Last Year
  Nip/Tuck - luckily I caught it on DVD
• Most Welcome Return to Prime Time - new category
  Family Guy - okay, so it doesn't officially happen until May 1, but I'm loving it!

Other Awards

• Best Overall Network
  In a shocking turn of events from last season, ABC has jumped up to the head of the pack.
• Best Sports Show
  Best Damn Sports Show Period
• Most Gratifying Sports Moment - new category
  Watching the Boston Red Sox come back from three games down to win the ALCS before going on to win the World Series for the first time since 1916
• Most Painful Sports Moment
  Watching Luther Head miss three three-pointers in a row in Illinois' NCAA title game loss to North Carolina - I don't blame ya, man, but it's painful all the same

You may have noticed that a bunch of categories from last year are not in here this year. That's probably because I couldn't think of anything for them. C'est la vie. There's always next year.

If you have any comments or questions or just want to tell me that I'm full of crap, contact me.

Tuesday, 5 April 2005: Don't mind me if I seem a bit sullen. I'm mourning the Illini loss last night. They had a great year and made it further than any team before them. But it doesn't make it hurt any less.

Monday, 4 April 2005: Three days ago, I posted a link to what I felt was one of the better online April Fool's gags that I'd seen in some time (I'm not linking to it; you can scroll, you lazy mofos). Well, I was just informed that the site is still active, albeit with a new aspect to the gag. Courtesy of Carol ("Miss ShopforSanity"), I found out that there is now a video posted on the site. If you click on my link below, the page will start to load as normal and then a "Transmission Shut Down" screen comes up in its place. If you wait a minute or so, a video of what happened when Sideshow started promoting this gag will load. It's funny as all... well... it's just damn funny. More companies need to have fun like this. I need a job with them.

Sunday, 3 April 2005: I found this headline on the Cubs homepage. I'm going to let it speak for itself.

"Solid Wood leads Cubs past Rox"

Oh my dear, sweet Lord.

The only way that could be any worse is if it said "Solid Wood gets his Rox off."