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Sep. 9th, 2007 11:34 amHaving a lazy weekend...
Writing, reading, grocery shopping, watching the telly, cooking, and knitting.
The emmy's are ontonight next Sunday, but I won't watch them and I rarely if ever remember the winners or for that matter care. To me they are a joke. Why? Well, unlike the Oscars or even the Tony's - the voters haven't really watched or seen most of the things they are voting on.
Most people who work in the film and theater industries actually do watch and see films and plays. They even read them. But, the people who work in tv? They rarely if ever watch television. It's the biggest joke in the industry. The people creating the stuff we watch and fall in love with? Rarely watch it.
I've lost count of the number of actors, writers, producers, network executives that I've met, talked to, or read interviews with - who told me - "TV? Don't have the time. Don't care that much about it. Only watch it on occassion and when I do? It's usually a documentary or reality show." LOL!
Television requires more time from the participant and more of a committment than watching a movie sent to you on a DVD. Or going to a performance of a play. Less money sure - but they get free theater tickets and the movies are sent to them often for free - so that isn't an issue.
In short - the reason shows like BSG, the Wire, the Shield, Buffy, Six Feet Under, etc rarely if ever get nominations is not because the people voting don't like them but because they've never had the time or wherewithal to turn them on. There's too many choices.
The tv shows that get the nominations are usually the mainstream, popular, heavily marketed ones - such as Boston Legal, 24, West Wing, ER, Sopranoes...works that are on main channels or HBO and that their producers have spent a lot of money on marketing. Which is why it's the same shows over and over. Or why we'll see a Heroes in the nominations but not a BattleStar Galatica or Supernatural or Buffy the Vampire Slayer or even a Mad Men.
The people voting don't watch tv, they only watch a little of it and only if someone brings it to their attention - ie - they are told about it constantly or get a script for it or their friend is on it. It makes sense if you think about it. After all, would you want to go home after 12-13 hours and relax watching the very thing you've been working on for 13 hours straight? Or even worse - watch your competition - ie the show you auditioned for but lost out to another actor? The show that is beating yours in its time slot? It would be like a lawyer going to a court room after spending all day in court to watch trials? Or going home to watch Court TV. Or a Cop going home to watch COPS. Or a teacher going home to watch the educational or learning channel. When we leave work - we want to REALLY leave it or the stress follows us into bed at night.
So it makes a lot of sense that James Marsters watches the Discovery Channel and Sports in his spare time not fictional tv shows. Or that Sarah Michelle Gellar watched American Idol.
Or that my landlord who films tv commericials for a living and his wife who is a struggling television actress who has only done tv commericials - don't watch television or if they do, watch the news, sports, the Food Network and maybe 24.
Which begs the question how in the hell do they do the Emmy's? If it's anything like the daytime emmy's - Each of the tv shows sends in a montage tape of episodes. And the actors send in montage tapes of their performances. So the voting is often based on the montages. The daytime emmy's have a panel of judges who watch the tapes. I think the evening doesn't, can't remember. But I'm pretty sure they both do the montage tapes. This means that the show with the best montage wins?
LOL!
Writing, reading, grocery shopping, watching the telly, cooking, and knitting.
The emmy's are on
Most people who work in the film and theater industries actually do watch and see films and plays. They even read them. But, the people who work in tv? They rarely if ever watch television. It's the biggest joke in the industry. The people creating the stuff we watch and fall in love with? Rarely watch it.
I've lost count of the number of actors, writers, producers, network executives that I've met, talked to, or read interviews with - who told me - "TV? Don't have the time. Don't care that much about it. Only watch it on occassion and when I do? It's usually a documentary or reality show." LOL!
Television requires more time from the participant and more of a committment than watching a movie sent to you on a DVD. Or going to a performance of a play. Less money sure - but they get free theater tickets and the movies are sent to them often for free - so that isn't an issue.
In short - the reason shows like BSG, the Wire, the Shield, Buffy, Six Feet Under, etc rarely if ever get nominations is not because the people voting don't like them but because they've never had the time or wherewithal to turn them on. There's too many choices.
The tv shows that get the nominations are usually the mainstream, popular, heavily marketed ones - such as Boston Legal, 24, West Wing, ER, Sopranoes...works that are on main channels or HBO and that their producers have spent a lot of money on marketing. Which is why it's the same shows over and over. Or why we'll see a Heroes in the nominations but not a BattleStar Galatica or Supernatural or Buffy the Vampire Slayer or even a Mad Men.
The people voting don't watch tv, they only watch a little of it and only if someone brings it to their attention - ie - they are told about it constantly or get a script for it or their friend is on it. It makes sense if you think about it. After all, would you want to go home after 12-13 hours and relax watching the very thing you've been working on for 13 hours straight? Or even worse - watch your competition - ie the show you auditioned for but lost out to another actor? The show that is beating yours in its time slot? It would be like a lawyer going to a court room after spending all day in court to watch trials? Or going home to watch Court TV. Or a Cop going home to watch COPS. Or a teacher going home to watch the educational or learning channel. When we leave work - we want to REALLY leave it or the stress follows us into bed at night.
So it makes a lot of sense that James Marsters watches the Discovery Channel and Sports in his spare time not fictional tv shows. Or that Sarah Michelle Gellar watched American Idol.
Or that my landlord who films tv commericials for a living and his wife who is a struggling television actress who has only done tv commericials - don't watch television or if they do, watch the news, sports, the Food Network and maybe 24.
Which begs the question how in the hell do they do the Emmy's? If it's anything like the daytime emmy's - Each of the tv shows sends in a montage tape of episodes. And the actors send in montage tapes of their performances. So the voting is often based on the montages. The daytime emmy's have a panel of judges who watch the tapes. I think the evening doesn't, can't remember. But I'm pretty sure they both do the montage tapes. This means that the show with the best montage wins?
LOL!
