They tried that at the 2016 Oscars, and it didn't work. A scroll at the bottom said "Alicia Vikander would like to thank..." and a bunch of names - but she thanked them all verbally anyway. And she wasn't alone.
On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 3:23:32 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > I would welcome moving the thanking of the winner’s various employees and > retainers to CC, but not the shortening of speeches themselves. While there > are occasional abuses, an Awards show is basically about the acceptance > speeches. If you are not wanting to feature those, then just announce the > Winners on Twitter. > > I would like to see the evidence that suggests that ratings are down due > to the show going 15 min over. That pressure has always been coming from > East Coast affiliates. > > On Sun, 4 Sep 2022 at 10:05 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the never-ending attempt to speed up the awards show a week from >> tomorrow night and get off by 11 p.m., the Television Academy is requesting >> that nominees submit their thank-you lists in advance to run as a lower >> third during their speech (350 characters maximum, can include telling the >> kids to go to bed) and if they do run over the 45 seconds, the producers >> are threatening to cut off the next winners early to stay on time: >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-winner-thank-yous-advance-speeches-1235211562/ >> >> -- >> 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/31b278d7-7874-480b-8f98-548386644843n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/31b278d7-7874-480b-8f98-548386644843n%40googlegroups.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/4e13cbd1-f8eb-4e80-92ce-62ec25b23560n%40googlegroups.com.
