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Jul 12, 2022 · Welp, apparently the Emmys hate Westerns. The stunning lack of nominations for the popular and acclaimed series “Yellowstone” and “1883” were far from the only surprises in Tuesday morning ...
- The Nominees Are Obscure
- There’S Just Too Much Other Stuff on
- The Internet Satisfies The Casual Fan
- There Are Just Too Damn Many Award Shows
- The Shows Are Stodgy Relics
- Making A Case to Disrupt The Status Quo
(Photo by Netflix) There was a time when you could tune into the Oscars to see the biggest moneymakers of that year competing against each other, then later in the year watch as TV’s biggest stars would square off for Emmys. E.T. vs. Tootsie. Cheers vs. The Golden Girls. L.A. Law vs. Murder, She Wrote. These were shows tens of millions of people wa...
(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images) The current glut of television doesn’t just mean the 400-plus scripted shows viewers could choose from this past year (which, according to the most recent estimate from FX Networks CEO John Landgraf, could top 500 titles in 2017). The night the ceremony airs, there’s just so many other entertainment choices ...
In the olden days of awards shows, if you had any passing interest in the Oscars or Emmys — or in any of the nominated movies and shows — you sat down and watched at least part of the ceremony. Now, the casual fan can follow along on social media, looking at a live-feed of the show via news articles about each winner and wise-acre remarks from thei...
(Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage) When the Golden Globes moved from cable afterthought to a big network awards night in the early ’00s, it proved to all networks that they don’t just need to air the major award shows in order to attract an audience. “They’ve cheapened the experience,” Dowling said. “There seems to be a televised awards show for eve...
The Golden Globes holds an audiences every year by keeping the ceremony an intimate banquet where booze flows and generally refusing to take itself seriously. The Grammys were reinvented to look more like the MTV Video Music Awards, filled with performances and light on the actual award-giving, and the excitement generated has boosted the viewershi...
Is there anything the motion picture and television academies can do to modernize their ceremonies? “Let’s start by not having another white, male host,” Dowling said. “Make the show more energetic, shorter, and only give out the awards people really want to see live.” O’Neil said: “They can tweak their voting process to make it more populist, but ...
Emmys Snubs and Surprises: ‘Yellowstone’ Shut Out, ‘This Is Us,’ ‘Black-ish’ and More Welp, apparently the Emmys hate Westerns. The stunning lack of nominations for the popular and acclaimed series “ Yellowstone ” and “ 1883 ” were far from the only surprises in Tuesday morning’s Emmy nominations announcement, of course.
Aug 2, 2022 · Throughout TV and movie history, Western projects have rarely felt the love from awards show voters (via FilmSite). Modern and more recent Westerns have found much more success lately, such as ...
Mar 19, 2020 · That isn't good news for Westerns. In the wake of the failure of 2013's The Lone Ranger, Michael Agresta of The Atlantic took a long look at why Westerns were declining. Among the many factors ...
Apr 4, 2023 · Emmy Moments: Best Western Series. This year the Emmy Awards turn seventy-five! Get in the spirit with our series of time-defying flashbacks. Only one program has ever received an Emmy for Best Western Series: ABC's Maverick — starring James Garner as a skirt-chasing, poker-playing rambler — got the draw on rivals Gunsmoke, The Rifleman ...
Jan 17, 2024 · The day after the ceremony, Variety’s TV critics convened to hash out the show’s highlights. Alison Herman: The Emmys were never supposed to be in January, but because of the actors strike ...
