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The Emmy Goes To

Posted on 17. Jul, 2008 by Brad in Television | Twitter: @bradhart |

I am more than a little disappointed in some of the choices, or rather ignoring some of the better choices that could have been made. Most of it is the big networks fault too. They promote their flagship shows to draw more advertising dollars for the winners and ignore or purposefully don’t submit some of their cable shows.

Take this example. BSG (Battlestar Gallactica) run on the Sci-Fi Channel. Sci-Fi is owned by NBC. Fans and critics alike all think it is a superb show, with great acting from the likes of Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, both Oscar nominees.

The show gets nominated for technical and writing awards, but the show itself and the actors fail to get nominated for the big prizes. It isn’t that they couldn’t compete, the fine actors big name or not are wonderful at their craft. The networks are actually afraid of them winning. It all boils back down to advertising dollars.

If a niche show wins a big Emmy because the people are good the actors can demand more money. On the other hand it is still a niche network with a smaller audience and the ad revenue isn’t going up very much even for a win. I can understand the economic reason, but I don’t have to like it. Fine actors like Jamie Bamber, Aaron Douglas, James Callis, or Katee Sackhoff deserve to be recognized by more than those of who watch the show for how wonderful they are.

Here are the List of Big Emmy Nominations:

COMEDY

COMEDY SERIES

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Entourage

The Office

30 Rock

Two and a Half Men

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Steve Carell, The Office

Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies

Tony Shalhoub, Monk

Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?

America Ferrera, Ugly Betty

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine

Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Kevin Dillon, Entourage

Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

Jeremy Piven, Entourage

Rainn Wilson, The Office

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies

Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Jean Smart, Samantha Who?

Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men

Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Will Arnett, 30 Rock

Shelley Berman, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Steve Buscemi, 30 Rock

Tim Conway, 30 Rock

Rip Torn, 30 Rock

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Polly Bergen, Desperate Housewives

Edie Falco, 30 Rock

Carrie Fisher, 30 Rock

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives

Sarah Silverman, Monk

Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

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