Reality vs. Writing
From what I've gathered from tweets from one of my favorite Celebs Felicia Day, this year's Emmy awards will not be televising the awards for writing. While I agree this sucks for many reasons, the biggest is that without good writing most shows would be horrible. The writers that make these shows great should really be recognized for the work that they do.
On the other end of the spectrum we've got the "Reality" shows that are still going to be televised. Just what we need, more recognition for "stupid fun" TV. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Wipeout and some of the other reality shows, but I prefer a well written engaging show with long story arcs like Dollhouse over something that I'll watch and forget shortly after. I guess if you feel the need to award the best of the best wow-look-how-hard-that-guy-just-got-nailed-in-the-head-TV show it's best that it's in it's own category, but do we really need to promote this stuff?
Now for the reality check. No pun inteded. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that most people (at least that I know) don't care who the writers of a show are. I think if they did we'd see the good shows rise to the top much faster and the mediocre shows disappear much quicker. The reason I point this out is that this is probably the reason that the writers awards are not being televised. The producers of the show are trying to get as many people to watch the show as possible and they felt something needed to be cut. Am I saying it's right? No. Is there a solution? probably not in the short term.
I know this isn't exactly the most elegant of blog posts, but I'm not a professional writer. Maybe I should start my own reality show.
EDIT: It has been pointed out to me that there will be some writing awards still shown. Please see the first comment on this post for more info. Thanks "Mathew". This is yet another reason why I don't do this for a living
On the other end of the spectrum we've got the "Reality" shows that are still going to be televised. Just what we need, more recognition for "stupid fun" TV. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Wipeout and some of the other reality shows, but I prefer a well written engaging show with long story arcs like Dollhouse over something that I'll watch and forget shortly after. I guess if you feel the need to award the best of the best wow-look-how-hard-that-guy-just-got-nailed-in-the-head-TV show it's best that it's in it's own category, but do we really need to promote this stuff?
Now for the reality check. No pun inteded. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that most people (at least that I know) don't care who the writers of a show are. I think if they did we'd see the good shows rise to the top much faster and the mediocre shows disappear much quicker. The reason I point this out is that this is probably the reason that the writers awards are not being televised. The producers of the show are trying to get as many people to watch the show as possible and they felt something needed to be cut. Am I saying it's right? No. Is there a solution? probably not in the short term.
I know this isn't exactly the most elegant of blog posts, but I'm not a professional writer. Maybe I should start my own reality show.
EDIT: It has been pointed out to me that there will be some writing awards still shown. Please see the first comment on this post for more info. Thanks "Mathew". This is yet another reason why I don't do this for a living
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All the awards are being televised. Two writers' awards, two actors' awards, two producers' awards, and two directors' awards will be taped beforehand, i.e. not televised LIVE.
That hits the writers hardest, as they only had four awards to begin with.
But they're just collateral damage in an anti-cable move by a broadcast network.
More information is here:
http://whedonesque.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2455&p=25448
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