Desperate Housewives Snubbed by Emmy Noms
I was shocked when I saw that none of the Desperate Housewives stars were nominated for Emmys this year. Apparently so was ABC’s Entertainment president:
There’s no business like show business. Yesterday they told you that you won’t go far, next day on your dressing room they hang a star.
And vice versa.
Housewives is desperate for Emmy attention.
This year, ABC snagged several Emmy noms for Grey’s Anatomy, but last year’s winners Lost and Desperate Housewives weren’t even nominated in the categories they had won. Speaking Tuesday at the TV Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson offered a novel approach to the age-old problem of Emmy nominations.
"I’ve talked to [TV academy chairman] Dick Askin, and next year you guys get to do the nominations," McPherson said to the laughter of the assembled TV press corps.
This year, the Academy put in place new rules governing nominating shows for Emmy consideration. Now, instead of academy voters simply casting ballots, the top choices will then go to "blue-ribbon" panels who will decide which ones out of the pool will be given nominations.
The results have surprised many. Last year, Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman walked away with the award for best actress in a comedy series. This year, after a season that underwhelmed critics and fans, none of the leads are nominated, and McPherson thinks that’s unfair.
"For one year Desperate Housewives to win best actress and for the next year not to be nominated, I think that’s a problem," he said. "I hope the academy looks at the changes they made and realizes they aren’t all good, and goes back to the old system."
McPherson expressed dismay that last year’s best drama winner Lost, which didn’t suffer the same critical fallout as Housewives, wasn’t even nominated this year.
"Clearly [the oversight] is because of the new system, I would assume," McPherson theorized. "And it’s sad for a show like that. It’s one of the best shows on the air, maybe one of the best shows of all time."
McPherson put the blame for the omissions on the blue-ribbon panels.
"I’ve heard ‘Well, maybe the blue-ribbon panels hadn’t ever seen Lost,’" he said. "Well then, to me, that means there’s a problem with the panels."
Showtime president Peter Greenblatt echoed McPherson’s sentiments.
"I think this new system is as flawed as any I’ve seen in an awards competition," Greenblatt told The Hollywood Reporter in July. "It feels like the electoral college to me as far as being outdated… At some point, they need to try to stop reinventing it every year and give one setup a chance to establish itself."
Other notable omissions from Emmy consideration this year include Jason Lee for My Name Is Earl, Hugh Laurie for House, Gilmore Girl Lauren Graham, and Kristen Bell, TV’s teen detective Veronica Mars. Via TV
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1 opinion for Desperate Housewives Snubbed by Emmy Noms
Alyson
Aug 22, 2006 at 8:16 pm
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