The Emmys: Boy Do They Suck
Aside from maybe a humorous moment or two (I’ll be looking online for the video of Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert giving the Best Comedic Actor award to Steve Carell since Ricky Gervais wasn’t there to accept), the Emmy Awards were the inevitable kick to the groin after the nominations’ sand to the eyes.
The only win I can be truly happy about is Terry O’Quinn winning Best Supporting Actor for LOST. If he couldn’t win it for the episode where we found out how he got in the wheelchair, I doubt the writers could give him anything juicier that the Emmy voters and their barely-functional brains could appreciate. And while there are even wins that don’t necessarily upset me, they still sting because it’s less deserving over more deserving. Jamie Pressley is good, but she doesn’t have a moment that matches Jenna Fischer’s facial expression at the end of the THE OFFICE’s third season finale.
There are other minor upsets like these, not to mention the major upsets (if they hate Hugh Laurie so much, why not just punch him in the face instead of teasing him with the possibility that they may recognize an iconic character?) but does it matter? This is the Emmys. These are people who simply don’t know how to award good television. They know how to award popular television but since they’ve been around longer than The People’s Choice Awards, they’ve somehow got more clout. I would say that there needs to be a more official board that watches whole seasons of television and makes well-informed decisions, but that exists, and they’re also mostly wrong (in case you were wondering, HEROES was voted program of the year). It seems like the only group that gets it right are the Peabody Awards. So when do they get their hot shit awards show? Never? Okay. See ya at the Golden Globes!
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