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features Mounting Your Own Emmy® Campaign Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle) and more speak on ways members can "get noticed" and, quite possibly, get an Emmy. See story. Life Style Their characters may be at odds on NBC's Life — he plays a detective who practices Zen, she's his by-the-book partner — but in real life, actors Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi enjoy a compelling camraderie. See story. Paging All Staff: A Look Back at ER After fifteen seasons and a record 122 Primetime Emmy nominations, the machines will stop beeping, the IVs stop dripping and the gurneys stop rolling. But before the doors swing shut April 2 at Chicago’s County General, producers and stars of ER look back on a medical series like no other. See story. Animating Diversity: Artists & Execs Weigh In Animators, execs and voice actors from all corners of children's animation converged at Nickelodeon in Burbank for a vibrant talk about diversity among the characters—both on screen and off—who fuel the cartoon biz. See story.

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His Place in the Sun: Simon Baker
On his third CBS series, the unassuming Simon Baker suddenly found himself the star of the season’s breakout hit. Now, as The Mentalist approaches season two, this sunny Australian — at home on both sides of the Pacific — has hit his stride as a savvy sleuth with a dark past.
By Amy Dawes. Photographs by Jack Guy.

The Other Woman: Edie Falco on Nurse Jackie
As she launches her Showtime series, Edie Falco — now a topliner — bids ciao to Carmela Soprano and hello to Nurse Jackie, the new woman in her life. By Ann Farmer. Photographs by Mike Ruiz/TheRexAgency.com.

Big Time: Tyler Perry's Next Big Move
He writes, produces, directs and performs — and backs his own projects to bring them to life. He’s launched a studio, broken ratings records and inspired unheard-of series orders (100 episodes, anyone?). So what’s the next big thing for Tyler Perry? A TV network, of course.
By Ronda Racha Penrice

Divine in Primetime: Costume Designers
From heightened reality to unbridled fantasy, primetime series are displaying some of the finest work by television’s costume designers: Eric Daman of Gossip Girl, Joan Bergin of The Tudors and Robert Blackman of Pushing Daisies. By Amy Dawes

Take Three: Writers
Imagination unleashed at the keyboard can spur many kinds of success. A trio of writers who’ve traced their own path — John Pielmeier, Diablo Cody and Al Jean — share a take on their television craft. By Lisa Rosen Photographs by Tom DiMauro, Jordin Althaus and Bradley Meinz

The Set Effect: Production Design
Great production design — done at TV’s breakneck pace — can inspire writers and actors. It can also lure viewers, without their even knowing it. But how do these pros create new worlds in nothing flat? It’s all in the teamwork. By Libby Slate

Freedom in Five Minutes or Less: Web Shows
For financial and creative reasons, successful TV producers — including Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane and Gossip Girl’s Josh Schwartz — are making short-form shows for the web, and getting mixed results. By Eric Taub

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