2014 Emmy Nominations and Comments

Apart from the reality shows, I have not seen a single episode of ANY of those nominees.
How can James Spader not get a mention for The Blacklist?

 

I think he was much better in previous seasons. Just my opinion though

 

And, Laverne Cox was not a guest actress.

 

None of the actresses nominated from OITNB were guest actresses.

 

McConaughey wins best actor in a drama. Period. Hands down. End of discussion.
And Uzo Aduba, aka "Crazy Eyes", is a slam-dunk for guest actress in a comedy.

 

Indeed. My annual rant to go back to the Cable ACE Award days. No way network and cable should be judged in the same contest, with the constraints network TV faces.

 

Not just in terms of content, but judging a show with 22 episodes against one with 10 seems kind of dumb as well.

 

You need to watch better television. "Reality" TV is crap.

 

The Good Wife, Parenthood, Hannibal show the networks can present outstanding one-hour dramas, they just don't for the most part.

 

Part of it is the networks are trying much too hard to be a "trash lite: version of cable shows. Networks should veer in the other direction. Of course, that's hard to do -- make clean(er) but compelling entertainment -- when most of the writers have no interest in clean(er) entertainment.

 

This is changing a bit, but the networks are also too beholden to the idea of a traditional TV season. They want 20-25 episodes, start in the fall and end in the spring, etc. People like Larry David, Matthew Weiner and big-name actors want more flexibility than that.

Some of the really good networks shows have some things going for them. Hannibal is partially funded by a European channel, so it's not much a gamble for NBC and it gets more leeway. The Good Wife shoots in New York and they use a bunch of Broadway people who can do the show and still do their plays.

 

"Better television."

Hold on a minute...... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

I think I will stick with The Amazing Race instead of some bullshit trendy shows.