It seemed like everything on last night's "live" show was pre-recorded except for the reveals -- so why bother with just the one element? Afraid of leaks?
Also, that was the weirdest In Memoriam segment I've ever seen. "We'll scroll the names of every single person who died since last year*, but prevent anyone reading the whole list by superimposing pictures of some people chosen at random." (*it certainly went on long enough to suggest they were inclusive, but odds are they weren't) On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 12:42 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > “As had been done successfully for four-and-a-half nights (even when there > was a tie for Outstanding Children’s Program), Cannavale and Byrne called > for the winner to be announced and a title card revealed the winner, Ron > Cephas Jones. But then the announcer chimed in: “Jason Bateman as Terry > Maitland, The Outsider, ‘Fish In A Ba...’” The recorded announcement > stopped mid-episode title and the shot changed to a bit of Emmys trivia > before abruptly cutting to commercial. > > When the show returned, a title card informed viewers “an incorrect winner > has been announced. We’re fixing it now. Please don’t go away.” (We’re not > sure where they thought we were going—this was by far the most exciting > thing to happen during the six hours of awards.) Then Cephas Jones’ title > card flashed on the screen and footage that seemed to fit with the previous > “the Academy accepts this award on their behalf” played in silence before > the show continued. A few hours after the telecast, the Academy sent an > email of the evening’s winners which verified that Cephas Jones had indeed > won. > > > https://tv.avclub.com/the-emmys-accidentally-give-jason-bateman-an-emmy-quic-1845119861 > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B%3D0mX%2BBAApONvAh5a%3DUm00TyH2DEJ5qpd42EUr%2BAMW8Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B%3D0mX%2BBAApONvAh5a%3DUm00TyH2DEJ5qpd42EUr%2BAMW8Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dn%3D-9wLAP7F8WqRxA80JNyB56CUgJR7KSV-58%2BfsxxfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
