Based on a proposal submitted to the board of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Wednesday night, eight out of 28 awards normally presented live during the annual Emmy Awards are being cut from the telecast, according to Variety. Those same eight awards will now be pre-recorded and then “time shifted” back into the live show, a decision that’s expected to get an angry response from writers, directors and producers of long-form programming –like cable and TV miniseries– as well as variety shows. This year’s Emmy Awards will air on CBS and are being produced by Don Mischer.
Jul 30
2009
01:59 AM ET
Eight Emmy categories taken off prime-time telecast
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oh!!! thank god!!! i dont have to sit through the mini series categories anymore???!!!! sweet.
Time shifted? Explain! It’s either in the telecast or not?
I hope the awards cut don’t include the Best Writing for Variety/Comedy Series, where the writers put together a little skit/montage identifying the dozen or so staff writers nominated for each show. It always gets a big laugh from the audience. Wish I felt worse about the movie/mini-series categories getting the shaft, but unless you have HBO, you’ve probably not seen the nominees.
What is the point of taking the awards out of award shows? Don’t people watch to see who wins, rather than some lame skit or overblown production number? It’s not going to improve ratings, those who don’t watch still won’t watch, those who do will be upset at getting less.