On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hear you saying "Was it ever?", but awards maven Tom O'Neil says > that at one time the awards (airing tonight on CBS) was considered a > valuable measurement of public opinion by the industry when it was > conducted through a Gallup survey--ever since the awards switched to > web polls five years ago, it's become more of a "how can we get > Britney on?" event (not to mention a way for "Moonlight" fans to stuff > the ballot box and use a PC award as a talking point) than even a > halfway-respectable indication--and it'll show tonight with fewer A- > listers attending and the TV categories dominated by CBS procedurals > instead of the buzzy cable shows: > > http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/01/peoples-choice.html > > Yes, he can, Queen Latifah.
I remember from about 30 years ago a reporter compared People's Choice Award winners with Procter & Gamble sponsored shows, as P&G was the main sponsor (and now producer) of the awards show. He found that P&G shows won a disproportionate share of awards, especially where the winner didn't seem to be the favorite. Wiki didn't mention it, so it might just have been a slow news day for the reporter. Anybody else remember this? Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
