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Backstreet Boys Nominated in 26'th Annual People's Choice Awards
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- Date: Dec 03, 2099 26th Annual People's Choice Awards Names Favorites; First Awards Show of the New Millennium to Be Presented Live on CBS Jan. 9, 2000 LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999--The favorite performers in television, motion pictures and music were announced today for The 26th Annual People's Choice Awards. Sharon Lawrence ("Ladies Man"), George Segal ("Just Shoot Me") and Mark Harmon ("Chicago Hope") made the announcements. The People's Choice Awards, the first awards show of the new millennium, will present awards to winners in 16 categories on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000, 9-11 p.m. ET, 9-11 p.m. PT (tape delayed) on CBS-TV. The top vote getters are: TELEVISION (*)
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The People's Choice Awards are voted by a special nationwide poll conducted by The Gallup Organization, using a representative sampling of more than 210 million Americans who select their favorite actors and actresses, television shows, films and musical performers. No suggestions of entries or nominees are given; pollees can vote for any TV series, film or performer they choose. Fans will be able to vote online for two categories: Favorite New Comedy Series and Favorite New Drama Series. The voting will begin on Dec. 6, by logging on to www.cbs.com. Voting will continue during the actual live awards show. Viewers will be able to watch the tabulations on the bottom of their television screens several times during the course of the two-hour show. Votes will be counted up until a few minutes before the winners for those categories are announced. The People's Choice Awards will be presented for the second year at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. The host will be announced shortly. Emmy and Tony-award winner Walter Miller will serve as executive producer. Supervising producer is John K. Potter. Maggie Barrett is co-producer. Variety's senior columnist, Army Archerd, who was one of the founders of The People's Choice Awards since its inception, is coordinating producer. Emmy-award winner Louis J. Horvitz will direct. The People's Choice Awards is fully sponsored by the products of Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble is represented by MediaVest, supervisors of the broadcast. (*) There were ties in some categories. CONTACT: JAG Entertainment Sheri Goldberg/Jo-Ann Geffen, 818/905-5511 or CBS Andrea Ballas, 323/575-2858
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