On Monday, September 23, 2013 10:17:53 AM UTC-4, Ed Dravecky III wrote: > > PGage <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > I think tonight's show was different. My subject header does not mean > that > > tonight's Emmy's were horribly bad, just that they were genuinely bad. > > You're spot on. I genuinely like a well done awards show and am a fan > of NPH's work on and off the awards stage but last night was flat. One > of the last winners nailed it as "the most depressing Emmys ever" > after five celebrity obits, two tributes to the same dead writer, plus > an in memoriam reel that had a lot of good people in it. > And a lot of good people missing, too - Gary Collins, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Malachi Throne, Steve Forrest, Frank Thornton, Ed Shaughnessy, Reinhold Weege... You'd think for a show so obsessed with death (some people on Facebook were calling it the Obituary Awards) that they'd include more. And the bit that linked the JFK assassination to Carrie Underwood was an example of awards show self-importance at its worst.
> > The show started flat with the "talking" TV bit that felt like > something Billy Crystal did 20 years ago then the Former Host Fight > (in which only Kevin Spacey's bit made me laugh) but no musical number > until the middle? They needed that energy from the beginning and > sorely lacked it all night. > > Neil said on Leno last week that he decided not to open with a big number because he'd just done one at the Tonys and didn't want to do another one again so quickly. But yes, it was a bad decision. (Or at least it sounds like one - I missed the first hour due to a DVR screwup, and will watch the opening later.) Quick question: in the "Excessive Hosting Disorder" filmed bit, there was a scene where Neil stands up at the table and announces the nominees for a mock award as four women's headshots appear onscreen. I recognized the woman in the upper right as Kate Jennings Grant; she and Neil co-starred in "Proof" on Broadway in 2002. But I didn't recognize the others - does anyone know who they were? -Tim -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
