I didn’t watch the Emmy awards, but looking at the list of winners, I’ve come to some conclusions about what is necessary to win one of these television awards.
- If your show is canceled, you will win many awards (Fraiser, Sex in the City)
- If no one watches your show, it will win an award (Arrested Development)
- If you character is killed off on the show, you might just win an award (Drea de Matteo, The Sopranos)
- If the theme of your program is AIDS or being gay, you will win an award (Angels in America, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy).
- If you show id not funny at all (The Daily Show), it will win over a show that’s extremely funny (Chappelle’s Show).
- A 78-year-old actress best known for her work on a soap opera (Elaine Stritch) should always beat out a unctuous pseudo-comedian who stopped being funny at the start of his career (Bill Maher). And she did.
One thing I was happy to see. The Emmy folks didn’t give an award to another awards show.
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