The Emmy's
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shadowkatWatching the Emmys, and realized the following:
1.) looking at the nominations? I've actually watched most of the television series that have won or were nominated. The only ones I didn't see - were
* the third season of Hacks (seen three episodes of it so far and yes based on those episodes alone? Jean Smart deserved the win.)
* Second Season of Gilded Age,
* Second and third Season of the Morning Show (based on what I've seen Billy Crudup deserved the win.)
* Shogun (was up for series not limited series, which is interesting. Saw part of it.)
* the third and fourth seasons of Only Murders in the Building,
* Abbott Elementary (I saw about ten episodes of the first season enough to know it didn't work for me)
* all the reality shows up for it (I only watch the nice ones which don't get nominated, such as Great British Bake Off, Pottery Throw Down and BBQ Show Down...and maybe Alone.)
* Mr. and Mrs. Smith
* The Gentlemen ( I saw about five episodes and got bored.)
* Girls5Evah (tried, got bored)
*The Other Two - never heard of
* What We Do in the Shadows - made it through two seasons, gave up in the third. (documentary style humor shows irritate me to no end. I can't watch people give interviews in a fictional television series. Less is more in that. Admittedly this is the best of that genre, and the only one I made it through two seasons of...)
* 3 Body Problem (seen three-four episodes of it)
Following television mini/limited series
* Griselda
* Feud: Capot vs. the Swans ( I found it unwatchable and gave up)
* Baby Reindeer ( I just can't - the trailer along made me cringe.)
* Ripley (that's been overdone, I've seen five versions of it, I liked maybe one, I don't feel the need to see it again with Adam Scott. (I liked the Alain Delon version).)
* Fellow Travelers (only recently available)
* The Sympathizer (tried - couldn't get into it)
* Under the Bridge (made it five episodes in and gave up, it's slow and I found the based on true events cringe inducing. I don't like the true crime genre)
* The Other Two (didn't know it existed)
ETA: Oh, figured it out - these are for shows that aired in 2023, not shows that aired in 2024. Which means I've seen more than I thought. I saw S2 of Hacks.
***
Damn, there are a lot of television shows. I've seen most of them, and there's a ton I haven't seen or didn't see the most recent season of, because no time. It is humanely impossible to see all these television series.
Those were just the ones I hadn't seen. Also I don't watch Late Night - because I get up at 5:45 am in the morning, and have no time to do so. I did years ago, on occasion, when I didn't get up early in the morning, such as in the 20th Century, when it was a big deal.
The ones that I've not seen and want to catch up with?
* Shogun
* S2 and 3 of the Morning Show
* S3 and 4 of Only Murders in the Building
* Palm Royal
* Griselda
* Fellow Travelers
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith
* S3 of Hacks
* 3 Body Problem
2.) I hate insult humor. And 90% of the humor on this is insult humor or at the expense of people.
But there are some bits that are hilarious. Don Levey and his son's bit in the audience, where the father was in the wrong aisle and couldn't read the teleprompter is hilarious.
I like a good sight gag. Getting into the wrong aisle is relatable.
Also, I have to say that Candace Bergen's political joke landed.
"I played Murphy Brown, and was even the target of a Vice President when my character decided to raise her child as a single mother. And I have to say that now, all these years later, a Republican Vice Presidential Candidate will never condemn a woman for having kids on her own."
No, just Single women for not having kids. Worse having cats instead.
3.) Why aren't more fantasy and sci-fi shows nominated.
This year we got two - Fallout (Amazon Prime) and 3 Body Problem (Netflix).
Neither of which I liked all that much. And I only made it through one.
Frigging Emmy's and television industry is run by the mainstream.
Although to be fair, there really weren't any good fantasy series on this year? Animated maybe, but they don't do animated - again why is that? There's a lot of animated series? Is that a separate group?
Oh, I looked it up, they did it already.
Creative Awards - Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program
Non-mainstream creative awards aren't televised.
Who won?
Blue Eye Samurai
"The Tale Of The Ronin And The Bride"
Who was nominated?
Blue Eye Samurai
Bobs Burgers
The Simpsons
Scavenger's Reign
X-men '97
I've seen all of them? Blue Eye Samurai by a mile. The only other one I've made it all the way through so far was X-men '97.
Simpsons and Bobs Burgers is mediocre animation - they were nominated for comedic writing. X-men '97 was uneven animation, but above average in most places. Scavenger's Reign falls somewhere in between X-men 97 and Blue Eye Samurai, with much better writing than X-men '97. The styles are however very different, and it depends on taste? I'm admittedly not a fan of the cartoon style, I prefer the more anime style, with pristine color template, and innovative differences. (I like styles I can't draw as well, I can draw Bobs Burgers and the Simpsons - it's not hard. But Blue Eye Samurai, X-men '97 and Scavenger's Reign are harder. Blue Eye blew me away. As did certain episodes of X-men '97.)
4. So far, I'm agreeing with the awards. Although I kind of have to see Shogun to determine how I feel about it. It cleaned up on the creative awards, got 25, but not so much in the acting and writing awards.
Hacks got best Comedy Writing. It's really been Hacks and The Bear cleaning up in Comedy. (The only two I like.)
And Slow Horses got best writing in Drama. Best supporting went to Morning Show and I can't remember the other one...
There's too many comedic routines. I really wish they'd just do clips from the series nominated instead, and do what the Grammy's do - advertise the shows, as opposed to make presenters do comedy routines they aren't comfortable doing.
5. My main take away after watching creative arts awards - is how the frigging heck do you give out awards for Arts? I never understood that.
It's so subjective.
And in regards to television? There's about 1000 television series. Limited and otherwise. How do you pick just 100 or so of them? How do you see enough to actually nominate one?
And they are so different from each other. I mean can you really compare them?
Same with movies - there's so many. Or books? Or plays and musicals? Or art work?
And who should even judge this? Those who create them? The audience?
And do we really need these awards? Isn't being paid, getting the show renewed, enough?
I don't know the answers.
6. They did a presentation of including the Latino actors in the awards, and nominations, along with POC, and transgender.
This year had more than previous years. And more wins. Including the first transgender latino nomination.
This was leading up to the Governor's Award for Greg Berlanti, who helped push forward LGBTQA community. Humanitarian causes.
(What did he do? Dawson's Creek, Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Batwoman, and various others. He's known for doing the first gay kiss in a drama on television with Dawson's Creek.)
I was moved however by the speech about the Latino inclusion and my take away was - that with the increased inclusion of POC, LGBQT and Latino, etc, is we create empathy. The more inclusive we are, the better our world becomes.
It is also proof that we are winning the culture wars. I'm finally getting the inclusive television shows that I dreamed of in the 20th Century.
Okay off to bed. I think. I'll tape the rest.
1.) looking at the nominations? I've actually watched most of the television series that have won or were nominated. The only ones I didn't see - were
* the third season of Hacks (seen three episodes of it so far and yes based on those episodes alone? Jean Smart deserved the win.)
* Second Season of Gilded Age,
* Second and third Season of the Morning Show (based on what I've seen Billy Crudup deserved the win.)
* Shogun (was up for series not limited series, which is interesting. Saw part of it.)
* the third and fourth seasons of Only Murders in the Building,
* Abbott Elementary (I saw about ten episodes of the first season enough to know it didn't work for me)
* all the reality shows up for it (I only watch the nice ones which don't get nominated, such as Great British Bake Off, Pottery Throw Down and BBQ Show Down...and maybe Alone.)
* Mr. and Mrs. Smith
* The Gentlemen ( I saw about five episodes and got bored.)
* Girls5Evah (tried, got bored)
*The Other Two - never heard of
* What We Do in the Shadows - made it through two seasons, gave up in the third. (documentary style humor shows irritate me to no end. I can't watch people give interviews in a fictional television series. Less is more in that. Admittedly this is the best of that genre, and the only one I made it through two seasons of...)
* 3 Body Problem (seen three-four episodes of it)
Following television mini/limited series
* Griselda
* Feud: Capot vs. the Swans ( I found it unwatchable and gave up)
* Baby Reindeer ( I just can't - the trailer along made me cringe.)
* Ripley (that's been overdone, I've seen five versions of it, I liked maybe one, I don't feel the need to see it again with Adam Scott. (I liked the Alain Delon version).)
* Fellow Travelers (only recently available)
* The Sympathizer (tried - couldn't get into it)
* Under the Bridge (made it five episodes in and gave up, it's slow and I found the based on true events cringe inducing. I don't like the true crime genre)
* The Other Two (didn't know it existed)
ETA: Oh, figured it out - these are for shows that aired in 2023, not shows that aired in 2024. Which means I've seen more than I thought. I saw S2 of Hacks.
***
Damn, there are a lot of television shows. I've seen most of them, and there's a ton I haven't seen or didn't see the most recent season of, because no time. It is humanely impossible to see all these television series.
Those were just the ones I hadn't seen. Also I don't watch Late Night - because I get up at 5:45 am in the morning, and have no time to do so. I did years ago, on occasion, when I didn't get up early in the morning, such as in the 20th Century, when it was a big deal.
The ones that I've not seen and want to catch up with?
* Shogun
* S2 and 3 of the Morning Show
* S3 and 4 of Only Murders in the Building
* Palm Royal
* Griselda
* Fellow Travelers
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith
* S3 of Hacks
* 3 Body Problem
2.) I hate insult humor. And 90% of the humor on this is insult humor or at the expense of people.
But there are some bits that are hilarious. Don Levey and his son's bit in the audience, where the father was in the wrong aisle and couldn't read the teleprompter is hilarious.
I like a good sight gag. Getting into the wrong aisle is relatable.
Also, I have to say that Candace Bergen's political joke landed.
"I played Murphy Brown, and was even the target of a Vice President when my character decided to raise her child as a single mother. And I have to say that now, all these years later, a Republican Vice Presidential Candidate will never condemn a woman for having kids on her own."
No, just Single women for not having kids. Worse having cats instead.
3.) Why aren't more fantasy and sci-fi shows nominated.
This year we got two - Fallout (Amazon Prime) and 3 Body Problem (Netflix).
Neither of which I liked all that much. And I only made it through one.
Frigging Emmy's and television industry is run by the mainstream.
Although to be fair, there really weren't any good fantasy series on this year? Animated maybe, but they don't do animated - again why is that? There's a lot of animated series? Is that a separate group?
Oh, I looked it up, they did it already.
Creative Awards - Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program
Non-mainstream creative awards aren't televised.
Who won?
Blue Eye Samurai
"The Tale Of The Ronin And The Bride"
Who was nominated?
Blue Eye Samurai
Bobs Burgers
The Simpsons
Scavenger's Reign
X-men '97
I've seen all of them? Blue Eye Samurai by a mile. The only other one I've made it all the way through so far was X-men '97.
Simpsons and Bobs Burgers is mediocre animation - they were nominated for comedic writing. X-men '97 was uneven animation, but above average in most places. Scavenger's Reign falls somewhere in between X-men 97 and Blue Eye Samurai, with much better writing than X-men '97. The styles are however very different, and it depends on taste? I'm admittedly not a fan of the cartoon style, I prefer the more anime style, with pristine color template, and innovative differences. (I like styles I can't draw as well, I can draw Bobs Burgers and the Simpsons - it's not hard. But Blue Eye Samurai, X-men '97 and Scavenger's Reign are harder. Blue Eye blew me away. As did certain episodes of X-men '97.)
4. So far, I'm agreeing with the awards. Although I kind of have to see Shogun to determine how I feel about it. It cleaned up on the creative awards, got 25, but not so much in the acting and writing awards.
Hacks got best Comedy Writing. It's really been Hacks and The Bear cleaning up in Comedy. (The only two I like.)
And Slow Horses got best writing in Drama. Best supporting went to Morning Show and I can't remember the other one...
There's too many comedic routines. I really wish they'd just do clips from the series nominated instead, and do what the Grammy's do - advertise the shows, as opposed to make presenters do comedy routines they aren't comfortable doing.
5. My main take away after watching creative arts awards - is how the frigging heck do you give out awards for Arts? I never understood that.
It's so subjective.
And in regards to television? There's about 1000 television series. Limited and otherwise. How do you pick just 100 or so of them? How do you see enough to actually nominate one?
And they are so different from each other. I mean can you really compare them?
Same with movies - there's so many. Or books? Or plays and musicals? Or art work?
And who should even judge this? Those who create them? The audience?
And do we really need these awards? Isn't being paid, getting the show renewed, enough?
I don't know the answers.
6. They did a presentation of including the Latino actors in the awards, and nominations, along with POC, and transgender.
This year had more than previous years. And more wins. Including the first transgender latino nomination.
This was leading up to the Governor's Award for Greg Berlanti, who helped push forward LGBTQA community. Humanitarian causes.
(What did he do? Dawson's Creek, Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Batwoman, and various others. He's known for doing the first gay kiss in a drama on television with Dawson's Creek.)
I was moved however by the speech about the Latino inclusion and my take away was - that with the increased inclusion of POC, LGBQT and Latino, etc, is we create empathy. The more inclusive we are, the better our world becomes.
It is also proof that we are winning the culture wars. I'm finally getting the inclusive television shows that I dreamed of in the 20th Century.
Okay off to bed. I think. I'll tape the rest.
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Date: 2024-09-17 01:33 am (UTC)The days in which we have to record things are slowly disappearing. Or worrying about racing home to catch it. Remember to watch it. Etc.