Daytime EMmys
Dave Mock
with the September premieres for a Daytime Emmy. I don't know how good
or bad that is -- since a decent-quality show replacing a drek
September series would have to wait until the following year to
compete for an Emmy -- and the 'out of sight, out of mind' syndrome
would probably kick in.
Truth be told, though, how many January replacements are there in
daytime proportional to how many there are in the primetime schedule?
And even with the October-October rule, the Grammys have had some
calendar stragglers walk off with the statuette, so who knows?
BTW -- I have covered the Daytime Emmys for CBS Radio the last two
years, and it is a well run event. (And with Dick Clark at the helm,
it always comes off on time.) I got a chuckle, though, when the media
book listed 'Hollywood Squares' as going for its first Emmy for Best
Game Show last year. I know what the folks meant, but I wanted to yell
'Hello sweetheart, get me rewrite...'
I also got some nice tape in the backstage press room with Bob Barker.
After the interview, someone from NBC-TV said 'you sure know a lot
about TV history.' I could only shrug my shoulders and say that I grew
up watching Barker et al and have a good memory -- as a lot of
ATGSers do.
D
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servo...@aol.com (ServoIn2004) wrote in message news:<20020208001514...@mb-fb.aol.com>...
> Just for the record, while the primetime Emmy eligibility year currently runs
> from June 1 through May 31, a couple of years ago the Daytime Emmys switched to
> a calendar-year eligibility basis (January-December).
>
> The Emmys are given by two different, although affiliated, organizations--the
> L.A.-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) handles the primetime
> and Los Angeles area Emmys, while the National Academy of Television Arts &
> Sciences (NATAS) in NYC handles daytime, sports, news/documentary,
> international, and all other regional Emmy programs. (They even have separate
> websites.) There was a bitter schism in the mid-70's that caused NATAS to split
> into the two groups. Check out Thomas O'Neil's "The Emmys" for more details on
> that brouhaha.
>
> In addition, the "peer groups" who vote on the Emmys can consist of anywhere
> from 6 to 75 people, depending on how many people want to volunteer that year.
> (While the primetime Emmys allowed the panels to use screening tapes last year,
> the New York group is, for now, holding fast to the rule that panel members
> must attend special screenings.)
>
> In a worst-case scenario, assuming there were five hosts nominated and only six
> people on the panel, it would literally take only two votes for someone to win
> (the rules require only a plurality, not a majority)!
>
> Also, when it comes to voting on the best GS category, the panel members see a
> grand total of ONE episode from that eligibility year at the screening.
>
> I don't know if they require the hosts to submit only one episode (the dramatic
> actors have to submit two), but the truth is that one only needs one or two
> really good shows for the entire year to walk away with the statue, no matter
> the quality of your cumulative body of work over the year.