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Posted Jul 20th 2009 10:01AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free

The Emmy nomination process is clearly more flawed than a line of
Dora the Explorer lawn darts.
The system is outdated and always in need of a revamping, as technology and the proliferation of programming increases every year. Some contenders are just going to get a big, ugly, high school prom date snub.
That doesn't mean the process is without its no-brainers. I'm referring, of course, to the shows that deserve special recognition for changing the course of the medium and showing the world its possibilities and not to the people actually doing the nominating. The last season of
The Wire will go down as one of the biggest no-brainers of all time.
Continue reading Is The Wire the biggest Emmy snub of all time, forever and ever, amen?
Posted Jul 17th 2009 2:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free

Tina Fey's surprise return to
Saturday Night Live as
Sarah Palin was one of the ten greatest TV moments of 2008 (and quite possibly the decade, the century, the millennium and the eon).
So it's no surprise that Fey's name and show
30 Rock came up so many times in the recent list of Emmy nods. I'm no longer convinced that she's a woman. I'm convinced she's an experimental humanoid prototype designed by studio executives solely to win awards like Tom Hanks (aka "Project Red Shoe").
It's also no surprise that one of the two acting nods she scored included
her Palin performance on SNL.
Continue reading Tina Fey's Sarah Palin earns a big 'You betcha' from the Emmy people