I thought the whole program came off fairly well. The technical aspects of doing so many remote locations and delivering the actual statuette to people in far-flung places worked pretty well. I know the jokes are always a little flat, but I don't expect to get a lot of laughs from people introducing categories at awards shows.
I agree the memorials were tasteful and I only saw a few people online grumbling about someone being omitted. I always get emotional to see the group of talented people we lost. As a longtime fan of Schitt's Creek, I was thrilled to see them sweep the comedy category and break a record. Leaning in hard on diversity seemed to be a theme, but I didn't feel like anyone who won was selected purely because they represented a minority. ~Marti On Monday, September 21, 2020 at 9:03:45 AM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > Meanwhile, I really liked how they did the In Memoriam on the prime time > show last night. Each person got their own slide, with a background image > that pointed to something they were known for, and the song sung underneath > was appropriate for everyone, but then was revealed to be particularly > pointing to the last person remembered, Chadwick Bozeman. And Dave had a > nice Anticipatory shout out to His pal appearing in it earlier in the show. > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 4:40 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dn%3D-9wLAP7F8WqRxA80JNyB56CUgJR7KSV-58%2BfsxxfQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > 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/47671578-5c89-4c8d-8348-b07f3404206bn%40googlegroups.com.
