Post by Tim on Sept 21, 2016 11:16:50 GMT -5
Being the big TV viewer I am, I have to comment on the Emmy Awards. As most of you may know, these are annual awards given out every year to TV shows, their stars, directors, writers, etc. Although I don't watch the actual broadcast, I do like to catch the highlights and see which show and which actors won.
I have heard complaints over the years that say cable shows have no place in the Emmys, that it should be for network shows only? Just WHO are making these complaints, I wonder. Disgruntled network people who are jealous that cable shows and their stars clean up at the Emmys every years (just look at the winners in recent years, 95% of them are cable shows and actors). I have no problem with cable shows being part of the Emmys. The Emmys are for television programs, and that included cable shows.
However, one thing I have noticed is the absence of a category for Science Fiction And Fantasy Shows. Why? Over the years there have been many such shows: Charmed, Ghost Whisperer, Buffy, Angel, Supernatural, and lots more. However, none of these shows or their stars get nominated because there is simply no category for them. Would it kill them to add a Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Show and a Best Actor In A Science Fiction And Fantasy Show category?
For those that say the Emmys are too set in their ways to change, I would point out that they have a category for reality shows. No such category existed ten years ago, so the argument that the Emmys cannot change doesn't wash with me.
I mean I've seen one of the few networks shows the Emmys seem to love, Modern Family. Sorry, but I just don't see what the big deal about this show is, yet it gets nominated again and again (and it's won a few times).
So why aren't shows like Supernatural and such given a fair shot?
I have heard complaints over the years that say cable shows have no place in the Emmys, that it should be for network shows only? Just WHO are making these complaints, I wonder. Disgruntled network people who are jealous that cable shows and their stars clean up at the Emmys every years (just look at the winners in recent years, 95% of them are cable shows and actors). I have no problem with cable shows being part of the Emmys. The Emmys are for television programs, and that included cable shows.
However, one thing I have noticed is the absence of a category for Science Fiction And Fantasy Shows. Why? Over the years there have been many such shows: Charmed, Ghost Whisperer, Buffy, Angel, Supernatural, and lots more. However, none of these shows or their stars get nominated because there is simply no category for them. Would it kill them to add a Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Show and a Best Actor In A Science Fiction And Fantasy Show category?
For those that say the Emmys are too set in their ways to change, I would point out that they have a category for reality shows. No such category existed ten years ago, so the argument that the Emmys cannot change doesn't wash with me.
I mean I've seen one of the few networks shows the Emmys seem to love, Modern Family. Sorry, but I just don't see what the big deal about this show is, yet it gets nominated again and again (and it's won a few times).
So why aren't shows like Supernatural and such given a fair shot?