So, effectively, the Primetime Comedy Emmys would air on ABC, the Primetime Drama Emmys would air on CBS, and...what? V/M/C and mini/ movie goes to PBS?
On Aug 31, 8:08 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > THR: Sounds like the four bigs want to revive the CableACEs, where > > categories of programming primarily on cable/satellite would get a > > separate program... > > >http://ow.ly/2xwlt > > The article missed one important fact: the TV contract with the > networks ended after the broadcast. The previous contract was in 2002 > and the networks overpaid when HBO made a bid. Since the networks use > the awards to raise awareness of the upcoming season, putting the show > on cable (especially premium cable) defeats that purpose. > > HBO isn't interested in bidding for the Emmys now so the broadcast > networks are going to lower the amount they're willing to pay by a > lot. What it looks like from the article is that the ATAS wants to air > multiple award shows in order to make up revenue and the networks are > trying to figure out how to segregate the award shows so that they > won't be promoting cable shows on the networks' awards broadcast. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
