The Simpsons is only being nominated in the animated category which sometimes is considered ghetto-ization by those who make the cartoons. If you want to bemoan the hardships facing the current crop of sitcom writers, the main ones would be their struggle to come up with innovative new shows and writing scripts that don't seem like tired retreads of old concepts and gags. And those few who do (see Armando Ianucci) sometimes get nominated.
On Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:03:19 PM UTC-8, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks to four nominations in the animation category for separate >> episodes, "The Simpsons" has the most nominations in the Writers Guild of >> America awards (the only other show in the category is "Bob's Burgers," >> with two nods). The Amazon transsexualcom "Transparent" has three nods for >> comedy series, new series and the episode "The Wilderness," the variety >> show (default to late-night) nominees include John Oliver (in what will be >> the first of many awards nominations) along with "TDS," Amy Schumer, >> Colbert, Kimmel, Maher and "SNL," and "Jeopardy!" has competition in the >> game show category with "Hollywood Game Night" (although from the way I >> read the credits, the writers don't write the game material, they write >> what Jane Lynch reads off the prompter while non-union people write the >> game material--a practice often done by game shows with WGA contracts, >> while "Jeopardy!"s clue writers are all WGA members): >> >> >> http://www.thewrap.com/true-detective-modern-family-land-writers-guild-tv-nominations/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=contactology >> >> The WGA awards are given out untelevised (but maybe streamed this year) >> on Feb. 14. >> > > I honestly feel sorry for sitcom writers. All the hardships they have to > go through to get new shows on the air and keep them there, and when the > time comes to recognize their work they can't compete with a dinosaur like > The Simpsons. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
