Travesty of the Daytime Emmy Awards

Meantime silence continues from the National Academy of Television Arts ampamp Sciences separate from the Academy of Television Arts ampamp Sciences responsible for the primetime Emmys about the farflung fiasco that was the Daytime Emmy presentation they oversaw several weeks agoFor the first time in its history this event was reduced to being watched on the Web only after two terrible years on HLN Anyone unfortunate enough to see this play out live bore witness to a red carpet preamble that should live in infamy Social media talent contracted to host this portion clearly unprepared for the job showed they had no business interviewing the talent they approached A number of their questions were tasteless at minimum racial at max and will not be dignified in this spaceThings didn39t get better from there Kathy Griffin a funny presence elsewhere went on an expletive spree during the ceremony while many of the notable Emmy winners were absent leaving many a presenter to accept on their behalfHow has an event that at one point in the 1990s was one of the toprated award programs of any entertainment venue on television reach the point where it A can39t get any TV network to carry it and B can39t capture the attention of both viewers and the key players of daytime TV HowMaybe it is due to the overemphasis on one aspect of the daypart the daytime dramas There39s so much more to daytime than four soap operas game shows talkvariety court shows morning news lifestyle series newsmagazines kidvid and educational programming all over the broadcast and cable landscape Yet despite the reduced presence of daytime dramas in number and ratings daytime Emmy organizers continue to steer the majority of coverage and promotion their way As that Crazy Eddie spokesperson would bellow insaneNo wonder fans of Jeopardy whose 30th anniversary was given zip attention or Judge Judy or Sesame Street or Good Morning America or Inside Edition or Litton39s Weekend Adventure turn off For them the Daytime Emmy ceremonies don39t get itAnd while these organizers haven39t lifted their voices to answer everyone who has about their latest travesty I39ll raise mine to acknowledge the one breakthrough achievement they did introduce Original Spanishlanguage programming from Univision Telemundo and other players were given their first opportunity ever to win national Emmys competing in a trio of categories Long overdue and the primetime Emmys should follow in quick orderRight now here39s what NATAS should do Stop the silence and acknowledge the total screwup this Daytime Emmy event turned out to be Then apologize to both the public and daytimeproducing community alike Then plot out a 2015 ceremony which gives the variety of programming out there a worthy showcase Daytime dramas are one fine part but not the only part Set the production and host duties up with people who respect the medium not those who would shred or trash itAnd bring it back to a TV set near usNew observations from the passing paradeThat was wonderful World Cup coverage by both ESPNABC and Univision over the last month Best announcer team play ESPN Deportes39 Fernando Paloma and Alexander Moreno doing ESPN games in English Their byplay passion and analysis were joyful to hearA World Cup plea to FIFA soccer39s organizing body You give fans a bad taste in their mouths when overtime games are decided by penalty kicks That39s like determining a tie baseball game with a home run derby or basketball with a slamdunk contest Simple solution cut out extra time and just play one overtime period in which the first team that scores a goal winsIn a recent column Netflix was invited to do a press event in New York on its growing roster of original series As we wait to see if Netflix follows through let39s extend that invite to Amazon and the original series up its sleeve that were touted at the current TCA tour in Beverly HillsUntil the next time stay well and stay tunedThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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