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2008 TV Show Music Awards: Nominees
I'm so excited to announce the nominees for our 2nd annual TV Show Music Awards, I'm about to run around the block carrying a big screen TV and blasting the clips listed below to the entire neighborhood. The only problem is, A: my big screen TV is far from a lightweight LCD and B: it's not battery powered. So, that said, let me just resolve to telling you friends what the nominees are. Here they are in no particular order:
Best Song Use
- "Rockers To Swallow" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch)
- "Dice" by Finley Quaye (Chuck) (Watch) [Spoof on a scene from The OC (Watch)]
- "Down Under" by Colin Hay (Scrubs) (Watch)
- "Something To Believe In" by Aqualung (Eli Stone) (Watch @ 7:12)
- "Secret" by The Pierces (Gossip Girl) (Watch)
- "Pocketful Of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield (The Hills) (Watch @ 18:00)
- "Jump" by Madonna (Ugly Betty) (Watch)
Best Song Use - Comedy Scene
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by Scissor Sisters (Private Practice) (Watch)
- "Mas Que Nada" by Sergio Mendes (Private Practice) (Watch)
- "Dice" by Finley Quaye (Chuck) (Watch) [Spoof on a scene from The OC (Watch)]
- "Down Under" by Colin Hay (Scrubs) (Watch)
- "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger (Scrubs) (Watch)
- "Sugar Assault Me Now" by Pop Levi (Chuck) (Watch)
- "Love Train" by The O'Jays (Scrubs) (Watch)
Best Song Use - Sadness Scene
- "The Ocean" by The Bravery (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 4:18)
- "Hawaii" by Meiko (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 3:20)
- "Where I Stood" by Missy Higgins (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 6:38)
- "Revival" by Soulsavers (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch)
- "About Today" by The National (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 1:27)
- "9 Crimes" by Damien Rice ft Lisa Hannigan (Jericho) (Watch @ 3:18)
- "In The Sun" by Donna De Lory (Life) (NA)
Best Song Use - Happiness Scene
- "Believe" by The Bravery (Reaper) (Watch @ 8:30)
- "All We Are" by Matt Nathanson (Private Practice) (Watch)
- "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez (Scrubs) (Watch)
- "Something To Believe In" by Aqualung (Eli Stone) (Watch @ 7:12)
- "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (Scrubs) (Watch @ 8:04)
- "Mercy" by Duffy (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch)
Best Song Use - Drama Scene
- "I Got It From My Mama" by Will.I.Am (Gossip Girl) (Watch)
- "Rockers To Swallow" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch)
- "U.R.A Fever" by The Kills (Gossip Girl) (Watch @ 7:13)
- "Secret" by The Pierces (Gossip Girl) (Watch)
- "Three Wishes" by The Pierces (Gossip Girl) (Watch @ 4:23)
- "Save You" by Matthew Perryman Jones (Kyle XY) (Watch)
- "Feel This" by Bethany Joy Galeotti ft Enation (OTH) (Watch)
Best Song Use - Closing Song
- "Happy Ending" by Mika (Gossip Girl) (Watch)
- "Fresh Feeling" by The Eels (Chuck) (Watch @ 6:48)
- "Something To Believe In" by Aqualung (Eli Stone) (Watch @ 7:12)
- "Pocketful Of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield (The Hills) (Watch @ 18:00)
- "Feeling Good" by George Michael (Eli Stone) (Watch)
- "Apologize" by OneRepublic ft Timbaland (Gossip Girl) (Watch)
- "Jump" by Madonna (Ugly Betty) (Watch)
- "Believe" by The Bravery (Gossip Girl) (Watch @ 7:56)
Best Overall Episode Song Use
- "Hi Society" (1x10) from Gossip Girl
- "Chuck Versus The Truth" (1x08) from Chuck
- "Pilot" (1x01) from Gossip Girl
- "The Heart Of The Matter" (4x04) from Grey's Anatomy
- "Crash Into Me (Part 1)" (4x09) from Grey's Anatomy
- "Paris Changes Everything" (3x19) from The Hills
- "My Hard Labor" (7x02) from Scrubs
Best Overall Song Use By A Show
- Gossip Girl
- Scrubs
- Chuck
- Eli Stone
- Grey's Anatomy
Honorable Mentions
- "Heat Of The Moment" by Asia (Supernatural) (Watch)
- "Toxic" by Britney Spears (Chuck) (Watch)
- "Let Me Out" by Ben's Brother (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 2:20)
- "The Truth" by Precious Bryant (Friday Night Lights) (Watch)
- "Sun Comes Up" by John Legend (Grey's Anatomy) (Watch @ 4:10)
That's it! We'll be announcing the winners in September so keep checking back and after you've seen all of this year's nominees, check out last year's nominees and winners.


