Bright and early this morning the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced. Like the red-headed stepchild of the Oscars, the Emmys are a chance for Hollywood’s lesser starlets and stars to participate in their own self congratulatory fest. ABC’s campy but fun Desperate Housewives leads this year with 15 nominations. Viewers can look forward to a three way cat-fight between housewives Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, and Felicity Huffman for Best Actress in a…

Ever wonder what pollster John Zogby is doing now that the elections are over? Zogby, famous for getting it totally wrong during the past presidential election, has enough free time these days to poll real people on who they think will win the presidential race on “The West Wing”. Um, has anyone told this guy it’s just a TV show? The Zogby website trumpets the following results:Santos Favored over Vinick; Fictional Democrat Would Beat Fictional…

(From DCist contributor Hemal Jhaveri) DCist apologizes for being a little late with this week’s recap of the West Wing, but we have family in town and the evil minions at our Internet provider have yet to come to our house and fix our connection. This post comes to you from our local library, where they let you use their dial up connection. We hope you appreciate it. This week on the West Wing, guest…

A chill is in the air and DCist’s thoughts turn to November sweeps. For those readers that don’t spend every waking minute of their free time reviewing and updating their DVR recording schedules, sweeps is the period when broadcast networks set their advertising rates for the next quarter based on how many eyeballs they can glue to their programs. Generally, networks pull out all the stops to attract as many viewers as possible. DCist doesn’t…