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Block Voting--Daytime Emmy style
I must confess, all this talk of block voting confuses me. Apparently it's bad, as close to cheating as an awards nomination process can get. I also don't get how it can happen if the rules are in place; aren't there smart people in charge of the Daytime Emmys who wouldn't let cheating happen? Aren't the Daytime Emmys important too?
Last Wednesday, on ABC Daytime's The View, selected daytime celebrities announced the 35th annual Daytime Emmy nominees, primarily in the daytime drama categories.
Not a lot excites me lately, what with my health issues, but when I heard about the announcements, I couldn't wait to see which GENERAL HOSPITAL and ONE LIFE TO LIVE actors would make it on the nomination list.
I felt for sure GH's Tyler Christopher (Nikolas) and Kirsten Storms (Maxie), and OLTL's Catherine Hickland (Lindsay) and Robert S. Wood (Bo). At least.
As the names were rattled off, my first and only thought was, "Who are these people?!" Most of them were from CBS shows, shows I don't watch. From what I hear, most of them suck at acting.
If block voting means the judges didn't bother watching any of the reel submissions and only voted for their pals or known entities (Tony Geary, David Canary, Brian Kerwin), then yeah, well that sucks too.
And maybe proves that the Daytime Emmys are just a popularity contest. Like that's a huge surprise.
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May 6, 2008 2:30 PM
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"Who are these people?!" Most of them were from CBS shows, shows I don't watch. From what I hear, most of them suck at acting.
As a voting member, I was prepared to justify my votes until I read that you haven't even seen the competition to judge them for yourself. That's not my fault, or the fault of the actors who were nominated.
One problem I have with the system is the lack of shows to judge from--it weakens an Emmy win. When a show like General Hospital, or any of the other daytime dramas, has a weak creative year, there isn't a big pool of other shows to choose from. Currently, there are less then 10 shows vying for Emmy votes. I'm for dropping this Daytime Emmy charade altogether, especially after The Bold & the Beautiful's Katherine Kelly Lang was passed over for a nomination once again.
Some of my colleagues say, "while the system is far from perfect. It is what it is." In my own opinion, that isn't saying much.
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May 7, 2008 8:57 PM
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Fair enough (about not seeing the competition to judge for myself... life's too short to waste on CBS or NBC).
However...
I do know ABC Daytime's roster. And I trust the opinions of the online soap columnists who almost in their entirety have agreed that this year's list of nominees are suspect. To add to this distrust is recent SPW article about one or two unnamed judges who said they knew of others or themselves planning not to even watch the submission reels because there were just too many and they, too, had busy lives to lead.
More than a few actors have spoken out about the popularity contest that the Daytime Emmys have become. It's getting harder and harder to dismiss them as merely sour grapes.
While it's very true that the shows have sucked of late, there still remains outstanding actors polishing those turds. Check out what Rick Hearst (Ric, GH) has had to deal with. He's award-winning in almost every throwaway (to the writers) scene.
Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH)? C'mon.
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May 7, 2008 11:42 PM
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