"Desperate Housewives" picked up two nominations from the Directors Guild of America for directorial achievement. Directors Charles McDougall and Arlene Sanford have been nominated for the pilot show and episode "Pretty Little Picture," respectively.
The show, which follows the sexual and otherwise antics of residents of a superficially quite street, has been a huge hit in the US and its recently begun run in the UK has attracted large viewing figures.
Also up for awards are J.J. Abrams for the pilot of ABC's "Lost" and John Patterson for HBO's "Sopranos" episode "All Due Respect."
The film nominees were announced last week and included Clint Eastwood for "Million Dollar Bay," further details on that in this article.
The winners of all five categories will be announced at the 57th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 29, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
A full listing of the television nominees follows:
Dramatic Series Night
J.J. ABRAMS
CHRISTOPHER CHULACK
WALTER HILL
JOHN PATTERSON
TIM VAN PATTEN
Comedy Series
BRYAN GORDON
CHARLES McDOUGALL
ARLENE SANFORD
TIMOTHY M. VAN PATTEN
ROBERT B. WEIDE
Musical Variety
RON de MORAES
JERRY FOLEY
BRUCE GOWERS
LOUIS J. HORVITZ
CHUCK O'NEIL
Daytime Serials
BRUCE BARRY
JOSEPH BEHAR
CHRISTOPHER GOUTMAN
BRIAN MERTES & MATT LAGLE
CONAL O'BRIEN
Children's Programs
DUWAYNE DUNHAM
STUART GILLARD
PAUL HOEN
JEREMY KAGAN
USA
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