Emmys are a joke.
What you need to know but probably don't.
For starters, a local Emmy is awarded but you need to buy it. Yes, I'm serious, in order to accept a station/individual Emmy, you must buy it first. I'm not kidding. (You have to pay for the ceremony, there's no other way to pay for the event so you might as well have the stations pick up the tab)
Not to discount the fact that recognition should be noted and a local Emmy does that and there's good people out there that should be awarded something for their work, but the gist of the industry has a local Emmys dinner to satisfy their ego. One night, I remember a guy who was a sports producer at Comcast cable who took his award to a local bar in Oakland and was trying to impress some women. You can use your imagination as to what he was trying to accomplish.
Again, there are good people; anchors, reporters, producers, writers, who who should get recognition for their work but they are in the minority. The Emmys are essentially a night out for TV News people to get drunk and have a chicken dinner. Believe me, I've been to a few and covered them.
Sounds just like something someone who works for Comcast would do. A garbage company that is cancer to everything it touches...TV, internet, mobile, whatever.
ReplyDeleteRich, this is true of ALL awards, from Emmys to Oscars to stars on the H'wood Walk of Fame. You must pay for them, and in the case of the stars on the walk, you must furthermore pay for their upkeep afterwards. If someone vandalizes them or they crack you or someone in your name must pay for repairs. That's life. That's one reason I'm not big on awards, any awards. They're a racket.
ReplyDeleteEmmys are a joke. They give them out like candy on Halloween. The group that "awards these things must also own the company that makes them. Cha-Ching
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