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Here Are Your People’s Choice Awards Winners!

Ah, the People’s Choice Awards… The place where “Pretty Little Liars” can beat out “True Detective” and old guys like me learns that there are pop bands called One Direction and One Republic. If you voted, then hopefully your choices are represented here (unless you voted for “Maleficent” as “Favorite Movie” – what’s up with that?), and if you voted but don’t see your favorites, well, we apologize. There’s always next year.

Anyway – the full list of winners below (via Entertainment Weekly)!

Favorite Movie
22 Jump Street
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Winner: Maleficent
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Favorite Movie Actor
Brad Pitt
Channing Tatum
Hugh Jackman
Mark Wahlberg
Winner: Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Movie Actress
Angelina Jolie
Emma Stone
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Scarlett Johansson

Favorite Movie Duo
Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Chris Evans & Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum (22 Jump Street)
Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars)
Winner: Shailene Woodley & Theo James (Divergent)

Favorite Action Movie
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Winner: Divergent
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Favorite Action Movie Actor
Winner: Chris Evans
Denzel Washington
Hugh Jackman
Liam Neeson
Mark Wahlberg

Favorite Action Movie Actress
Angelina Jolie
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Shailene Woodley
Zoe Saldana

Favorite Comedic Movie
Winner: 22 Jump Street
Blended
Let’s Be Cops
Neighbors
The Other Woman

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor
Winner: Adam Sandler
Channing Tatum
Jonah Hill
Seth Rogen
Zac Efron

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
Cameron Diaz
Charlize Theron
Drew Barrymore
Winner: Melissa McCarthy
Tina Fey

Favorite Dramatic Movie
Winner: The Fault in Our Stars
The Giver
Heaven Is for Real
If I Stay
Noah

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor
Ben Affleck
Brad Pitt
George Clooney
Matt Damon
Winner: Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress
Winner: Chloë Grace Moretz
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep
Reese Witherspoon
Shailene Woodley

Favorite Family Movie
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
Winner: Maleficent
Rio 2

Favorite Thriller Movie
Annabelle
Dracula Untold
The Equalizer
Winner: Gone Girl
The Purge: Anarchy

Favorite TV Show
Winner: The Big Bang Theory
Game Of Thrones
NCIS
Once Upon a Time
The Walking Dead

Favorite Network TV Comedy
2 Broke Girls
Winner: The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Mom
New Girl

Favorite Comedic TV Actor
Ashton Kutcher
Winner: Chris Colfer
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jim Parsons
Ty Burrell

Favorite Comedic TV Actress
Amy Poehler
Winner: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting
Melissa McCarthy
Sofia Vergara
Zooey Deschanel

Favorite Network TV Drama
Chicago Fire
Downton Abbey
Winner: Grey’s Anatomy
Revenge
Scandal

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
Dax Shephard
Jesse Williams
Justin Chambers
Winner: Patrick Dempsey
Taylor Kinney

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
Alyssa Milano
Winner: Ellen Pompeo
Emily VanCamp
Hayden Panettiere
Kerry Washington

Favorite Cable TV Comedy
Baby Daddy
Cougar Town
Faking It
Winner: Melissa & Joey
Young & Hungry

Favorite Cable TV Drama
Bates Motel
Winner: Pretty Little Liars
Rizzoli & Isles
Sons of Anarchy
True Detective

Favorite Cable TV Actor
Charlie Hunnam
Eric Dane
Winner: Matt Bomer
Sean Bean
William H. Macy

Favorite Cable TV Actress
Winner: Angie Harmon
Ashley Benson
Courteney Cox
Kristen Bell
Lucy Hale

Favorite TV Crime Drama
Bones
Winner: Castle
Criminal Minds
The Mentalist
NCIS

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor
David Boreanaz
Kevin Bacon
Winner: Nathan Fillion
Shemar Moore
Simon Baker

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress
Emily Deschanel
Lucy Liu
Mariska Hargitay
Robin Tunney
Winner: Stana Katic

Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
Winner: Beauty and the Beast
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Once Upon a Time
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries

Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show
American Horror Story
Doctor Who
Game of Thrones
Winner: Outlander
The Walking Dead

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
Ian Somerhalder
Jared Padalecki
Jensen Ackles
Winner: Misha Collins
Paul Wesley

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress
Ginnifer Goodwin
Jennifer Morrison
Jessica Lange
Winner: Kristin Kreuk
Nina Dobrev

Favorite Competition TV Show
America’s Got Talent
Dancing with the Stars
Hell’s Kitchen
MasterChef
Winner: The Voice

Favorite Daytime TV Host(s)
Winner: Ellen DeGeneres
Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan
Queen Latifah
Rachael Ray
Steve Harvey

Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host
Conan O’Brien
Craig Ferguson
David Letterman
Winner: Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel

Favorite Dramedy
Awkward.
Winner: Orange Is the New Black
Shameless
Suits
White Collar

Favorite TV Icon
Winner: Betty White
Katey Sagal
Mark Harmon
Tim Allen
Tom Selleck

Favorite TV Duo
David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel (Bones)
Ginnifer Goodwin & Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time)
Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles (Supernatural)
Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic (Castle)
Winner: Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries)

Favorite TV Character We Miss Most
Winner: Dr. Cristina Yang played by Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)
Dr. Lance Sweets played by John Francis Daley (Bones)
Hershel Greene played by Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead)
Leslie Shay played by Lauren German (Chicago Fire)
Neal Cassidy played by Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time)

Favorite Actor In A New TV Series
Ben McKenzie
Winner: David Tennant
Dylan McDermott
Laurence Fishburne
Scott Bakula

Favorite Actress In A New TV Series
Debra Messing
Jada Pinkett Smith
Octavia Spencer
Téa Leoni
Winner: Viola Davis

Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Kroll Show
Winner: Saturday Night Live

Favorite Animated TV Show
American Dad
Bob’s Burger
Family Guy
Winner: The Simpsons
South Park

Favorite New TV Comedy
black-ish
Cristela
Winner: Jane the Virgin
Marry Me
The McCarthys

Favorite New TV Drama
Constantine
Winner: The Flash
Forever
Gotham
How to Get Away with Murder

Favorite Male Artist
Blake Shelton
Winner: Ed Sheeran
John Legend
Pharrell Williams
Sam Smith

Favorite Female Artist
Beyoncé
Iggy Azalea
Katy Perry
Sia
Winner: Taylor Swift

Favorite Group
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Winner: Maroon 5
One Direction
OneRepublic

Favorite Breakout Artist
Winner: 5 Seconds of Summer
Charli XCX
Fifth Harmony
Meghan Trainor
Sam Smith

Favorite Male Country Artist
Blake Shelton
Brad Paisley
Winner: Hunter Hayes
Luke Bryan
Tim McGraw

Favorite Female Country Artist
Winner: Carrie Underwood
Dolly Parton
Faith Hill
Lucy Hale
Miranda Lambert

Favorite Country Group
The Band Perry
Florida Georgia Line
Winner: Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band

Favorite Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Jennifer Lopez
Jessie J
Sia
Winner: Taylor Swift

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
Drake
Winner: Iggy Azalea
Jay Z
Nicki Manaj
T.I.

Favorite R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Jennifer Hudson
John Legend
Winner: Pharrell Williams
Usher

Favorite Album
G I R L by Pharrell Williams
Ghost Stories by Coldplay
In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
My Everything by Ariana Grande
Winner: X by Ed Sheeran

Favorite Song
“All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor
“Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
“Maps” by Maroon 5
Winner: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
“Stay with Me” by Sam Smith

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January 8, 2015
Golden Globes 2015: The 12 Things You’re Most Likely to See at This Year’s Ceremony

A month from now, are you even going to remember who won the Golden Globes? And should you? After all, it’s not like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the little group of entertainment journalists who give out the prizes, have loads of credibility, either as Oscar and Emmy prognosticators or as discerning film and TV critics.

But they do put on a heck of an awards show. This year’s gala, the HFPA’s 72nd, boasts a pair of popular and funny emcees, a glamorous gathering of TV and movie stars, a tribute to a certain Hollywood royal, and the possibility that the event’s free-flowing alcohol and relaxed vibes will lead to something spontaneous and memorable happening. Oh yeah, and Sunday’s proceedings will also offer a small hint at what could win at the Oscars in February. Here, then, are some things likely to catch your eye at the 2015 Golden Globes ceremony.

The Tina and Amy Show. This is the third and, alas, apparently the last year that Ms. Fey and Ms. Poehler will co-host the ceremony. Expect them to go out with a bang, sparing few with their sweetly-delivered barbs, since they don’t have to worry about being invited back.

More of the same from Ricky Gervais. After all, the HFPA is letting previous three-time host Gervais come back as a presenter, despite his well-established tendency to insult the powerful and hijack the show for his own purposes. You at home will be laughing, even if those in the Beverly Hilton ballroom do not.

A-listers reading cue cards. Along with Gervais, plenty of top-ranking entertainers will be happy to serve as presenters at the Globes, where no one will be writing awkward jokes into their remarks like at the Oscars. Those who’ve agreed to appear so far include Amy Adams, Adrien Brody, Robert Downey Jr., Anna Faris, Kevin Hart, Salma Hayek, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum, Lily Tomlin, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Frasier’s daughter. Miss Golden Globes, the gowned gal who hands out the trophies and escorts the winners offstage, is almost always a celebrity’s daughter. This year, it’s 22-year-old Greer Grammer, star of “Awkward” and daughter of Kelsey. Keep an eye on her; after all, past Miss GGs have included Melanie Griffith and Laura Dern.

A coronation for George Clooney. After all, like Jack Nicholson or Clark Gable before him, Clooney is pretty much acknowledged by one and all to be the king of Hollywood. So why not make it official? On Sunday, he’ll pick up the Cecil B. DeMille award, the HFPA’s lifetime achievement prize. Isn’t the 53-year-old a little young for that? After all, just 20 years ago, before the 1994 debut of “ER,” hardly anyone knew who he was. (Though we shouldn’t discount his earlier career, a decade spent doing things like guest roles on “The Golden Girls” and starring in horror spoof “Return of the Killer Tomatoes!”) Still, he’s a big deal now. And a good sport, judging by the way he canoodled with Poehler during a comedy bit at a previous Globes ceremony. Over the years, the HFPA has nominated him in nine different categories; the organization’s official press release about the DeMille award observes, “At this point, he could only top this if he were to write a song or have a sex change.” Let’s hope not.

Newcomers among the TV winners. The Globe voters like to get out in front of the Emmys when it comes to being the first to recognize new shows. So look for Gina Rodriguez to take home a trophy for “Jane the Virgin” and Viola Davis (who’s a newcomer to primetime, at least) to grab one for “How to Get Away With Murder.”

Newcomers among the movie winners — sort of. Director Richard Linklater has gone Globe-less throughout his quarter-century career, but that’s likely to end with the hosannas over “Boyhood.” Watch for that film’s supporting actress nominee, Patricia Arquette, to pick up her first Globe, too. Of course, “Boyhood”‘s big rival, “Birdman,” could also grab a few prizes, including a Best Actor award for the previously Globe-deprived Michael Keaton.

Jokes about “The Interview.” Nobody came off looking noble in that fiasco, so there’ll be plenty of wisecracks to go around.

Food envy. Potential Globe honorees had better remember to bring some dental floss; you don’t want to go up on stage and on camera with black Tuscan kale from the awards banquet’s second course stuck in your teeth. This year, you can watch as Globe guests nibble on a three-course meal consisting of a modified Waldorf salad with a lemon emulsion dressing, a surf-and-turf course of filet mignon and Arctic char (served with a potato croquette, a fondue of heirloom cherries and tomatoes, and the aforementioned kale), and a triple dessert course of cassis lemon cheesecake, chocolate alliance salted caramel, and hazelnut dacquoise. You know, in case you wanted to duplicate the menu at home.

A moment of silence. Many greats from the worlds of both TV and film passed away last year, probably too many for the show to do justice to them all in the annual “In Memoriam” montage. Hold your applause ’til the end, folks.

Plugs for “Parks and Recreation.” You think NBC is going to miss a chance to promote the final season of Poehler’s cult-fave sitcom? C’mon, people, it’s your last chance to discover this show.

Drunken revelry. There’s never as much of it as we at home would want to see. Still, hope springs eternal that the Globes’ keep-refilling-those-goblets policy will pay off in an on-camera slap fight or wardrobe malfunction. Heck, we’d settle for a loud belch.
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January 8, 2015
First Batch of Golden Globes 2015 Presenters Announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the first batch of presenters for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, and the lineup so far includes an array of past award winners and nominees, as well as stars that got their big breaks in 2014.

The presenters announced this week are:

Amy Adams (Golden Globe Award winner; Five-time Golden Globe Award nominee, including this year for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy)
Adrien Brody (Golden Globe Award nominee)
Robert Downey, Jr. (Three-time Golden Globe Award winner; Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee)
Anna Faris
Ricky Gervais (Golden Globe Award winner; Three-time Golden Globe Award nominee, including this year for Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy)
Kevin Hart
Salma Hayek (Golden Globe nominee)
Kate Hudson (Golden Globe Award winner)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Golden Globe Award winner)
Chris Pratt
Channing Tatum
Lily Tomlin (Golden Globe Award winner; Four-time Golden Globe Award nominee)
Kristen Wiig (Golden Globe Award nominee)
Owen Wilson (Golden Globe Award nominee)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Two-time Golden Globe nominee)

Expect more names to be revealed later this week.

The 2015 Golden Globes are set for Sunday, January 11 on NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are back for their third time as hosts.

[via: Coming Soon]

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January 6, 2015
Netflix Knows You’ve Been Accessing Foreign Content Illegally

International viewers who have previously found ways around Netflix‘s restrictions on certain content may have their work cut out for them from now on: The streaming service has reportedly been fixing vulnerabilities in an effort to cut illegal access to its U.S.-exclusive content from foreign countries.

According to CNN Money, restrictions from country to country are in place thanks to licensing agreements with movie and television studios. But viewers abroad have been able to trick Netflix servers in the past by using a virtual private network, or VPN, to obscure their location and gain access to internationally-blocked content.

Unfortunately for them, Netflix has caught on to that trick, and has begun blocking more international access in recent days, with users reporting on social media sites and Reddit that their VPNs no longer work with the service. Netflix claims that its terms of service have not been altered, but there appears to be some sort of deliberate action on its part to curb the illegal streaming, and CNN Money reports that that’s because studios are complaining that their copyright agreements with Netflix have been violated.

“Our policies have not recently changed,” Netflix spokesman Marlee Moseley told CNN Money. “Virtually crossing borders to use Netflix is a violation of our terms of use because of content licensing restrictions, and we employ standard measures to prevent this kind of use.”

It seems that people who want to watch things illegally will always find a way — but in this case, Netflix may no longer be an option.

[via: CNN Money, h/t Paste]

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January 5, 2015
Here Are the 2014 PGA Awards Film and Television Nominees

The Producers Guild of America announced Monday its list of film and television nominees for its 2014 awards, and the list is as notable for its omissions as it is for its selections.

Among the films in the running for the top prize — known formally as the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures — are “American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “Foxcatcher,” “Gone Girl,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Nightcrawler,” “The Theory of Everything,” and “Whiplash.”

But it’s the films that were left off the list that had awards season prognosticators in a tizzy Monday. “Selma,” “Unbroken,” and “Into the Woods” all failed to score nominations, leading some to wonder if those movies’ Oscar chances have dimmed significantly.

On the television front, “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” “Fargo,” “The Normal Heart,” “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History,” and “Sherlock” all scored nominations in the long-form television category. Those series join the previously-announced nominees in the episodic television category, which includes “Breaking Bad,” “Downton Abbey,” “Game of Thrones,” “House of Cards,” and “True Detective.”

The complete list announced Monday — including the PGA’s nominated animated features — is below. (The full list, including previously announced nominees, can be found here.) The awards will be presented at a ceremony on January 24.

FILM NOMINEES:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producers: Bradley Cooper, p.g.a., Clint Eastwood, p.g.a., Andrew Lazar, p.g.a., Robert Lorenz, p.g.a., Peter Morgan, p.g.a.

Birdman (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole

Boyhood (IFC Films)
Producers: Richard Linklater, p.g.a., Cathleen Sutherland, p.g.a.

Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Megan Ellison, p.g.a., Jon Kilik, p.g.a., Bennett Miller, p.g.a.

Gone Girl (20th Century Fox)
Producer: Ceán Chaffin, p.g.a.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales

The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Nora Grossman, p.g.a., Ido Ostrowsky, p.g.a., Teddy Schwarzman, p.g.a.

Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy

The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Producer: Roy Conli, p.g.a.

The Book of Life (20th Century Fox)
Producers: Brad Booker, p.g.a., Guillermo del Toro, p.g.a.

The Boxtrolls (Focus Features)
Producers: David Bleiman Ichioka, p.g.a., Travis Knight, p.g.a.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 (20th Century Fox)
Producer: Bonnie Arnold, p.g.a.

The LEGO Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Producer: Dan Lin

TELEVISION NOMINEES:

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:

American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Joseph Incaprera, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, James Wong

Fargo (FX)
Producers: Adam Bernstein, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Michael Frislev, Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Chad Oakes, Kim Todd

The Normal Heart (HBO)
Producers: Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto, Scott Ferguson, Dede Gardner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt, Mark Ruffalo

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (PBS)
Producers: To Be Determined

Sherlock (PBS)
Producers: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

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January 5, 2015
Anthrax is on the’Game of Thrones’ Mixtape

“Game of Thrones” is already pretty metal, what with all the swords and dragons and George R.R. Martin’s beard, but the mixtape for next season will really take things to a new level. Last season’s mixtape, “Catch the Throne,” relied primarily on hip hop artists for songs that riffed on “GoT” themes and used samples from the show.

However, this year things are gonna get a little hairy. Anthrax’s Scott Ian, whose impressive goatee rivals GRRM’s, has revealed that his band will be contributing a song to this year’s “Catch the Throne” mixtape, as per Facebook.

Scott Ian told Metal Hammer Magazine that writer, executive producer, and showrunner DB Weiss is a big fan of Anthrax. He said, “I asked Dan, ‘Hey man, what would be the possibility of us recording the drums for the next album in the throne room?’ Like we bring a mobile studio and set up the drums, mic everything and record in here. He says, ‘Oh my God, that would be the sickest thing ever. We know the guys that can make that possible.’

“All of you out there who watch ‘Game Of Thrones,’ much like me, probably think it’s a very metal TV show. And just know: the reason for that is that one of the creators is a huge metalhead.”

Anthrax’s next album will come out in 2015. “Game of Thrones” will return on this spring.

[Via Metal Hammer, EW]

December 31, 2014
New Year’s Resolutions for TV Characters

Sure, that sort of behavior makes for great drama and comedy, but it also makes for messy lives. If our favorite TV characters really want to clean up their acts, they’ll take our advice and adopt these custom-tailored New Year‘s resolutions.

Sansa Stark (“Game of Thrones”): I will not accept any wedding invitations.

Mindy Lahiri (“The Mindy Project”): I will remember that life is not a romantic comedy, and everything doesn’t turn out the way it does for Meg Ryan.

Lisa Simpson (“The Simpsons”): After 25 years, I will finally pass the second grade.

Don Draper (“Mad Men”): Maybe seeing Bert Cooper dancing down the hallway after his death is a sign that I shouldn’t drink so much.

Saul Goodman (formerly of “Breaking Bad,” soon to be seen on “Better Call Saul”): I will find a better class of clientele. Maybe just white-collar criminals.

The cast of “Scandal”: We will stop mixing work and our social lives.

Frank and Claire Underwood (“House of Cards”): Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.

Alicia Florrick (“The Good Wife”): Me, too.

Fitz (“Scandal”): Oh, one more for me: no more presidential phone sex. You never know who’s listening…

Jane Villanueva (“Jane the Virgin”): I’ll go through with the malpractice suit against the gynecologist whose epic blunder left me pregnant, even if she is the sister of hunky, wealthy Rafael. Or at least I’ll make Rafael cough up for daycare.

Jonah (“Silicon Valley”): I will never get into a driverless, computer-controlled car again.

The cast of “Orange Is the New Black”: Is it too late to get time off for good behavior?

Paige (“The Americans”): I know my parents are weird and secretive, but I will not look too hard for the skeletons in their closet, since I might be super creeped out by what I find.

Sheldon Cooper (“The Big Bang Theory”): I will interact more with lesser human beings, and I won’t always bring disinfectant wipes.

Jules Cobb (“Cougar Town”): I’ll stop drinking so much red wine and switch to something less heavy-duty. Like white wine.

Will Graham (“Hannibal”): I will try to get some sleep, though I’ll surely be troubled by nightmares.

Jack Larsen (“Stalker”): Um, maybe I should stop being a stalker? Or at least appearing to be one?

Sterling Archer (“Archer”): You know that whole “Miami Vice” thing we did throughout last season? I’ll forget it if you viewers will.

John Thackery (“The Knick”). Imagine how much more brilliant and trailblazing a surgeon I could be if I weren’t high on liquid cocaine all the time. Maybe I could have invented transplant surgery in 1900 if I weren’t so busy probing the spaces between my toes for injectable veins.

The extended Braverman clan (“Parenthood”): When we have our series finale at the end of January, we won’t make you cry… too much.

The cast of “Parks and Recreation”: Neither will we… oh, who are we kidding? You’ll weep as hard as if Li’l Sebastian died all over again.

Valerie Cherish (“The Comeback”): I’ll be back.

Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham (“Downton Abbey”): I will consult with my family before embarking on any new business ventures, since I’m clearly hopeless at such things. Although that American fellow, Ponzi, seems like a successful money manager…

Dowager Countess Violet Crawley (“Downton Abbey”): I shan’t be making any resolutions, as I do not require any self-improvement. Though I can think of others who do.

December 31, 2014