Tom O'Neil reports in his Gold Derby column today:
"Some actors who have received the 24 DVDs for the category they were assigned to judge for this year's Daytime Emmys are saying privately that it's not possible to watch it all," reports Soap Opera Weekly.
"With three actors per show in each category, there aren't enough hours in a weekend," one judge told the mag. Another whined: "We are voting on 24 20-minute tapes in every category," says another actor. "That's eight hours minimum, never mind taking notes."
An actor confessed: "Someone already told me they don't have time to watch all the tapes. They are just going to vote for their friends. So I did all this work and it could wind up being a popularity contest anyway."
Today I got a phone message from our pal Nelson Branco of TV Guide Canada, who fumed over the lazy academy members: "They shouldn't accept the job if they won't devote the necessary time. I think the TV academy should test the voters to make sure they really watched everything!"
At the Primetime Emmys, voters can participate in a maximum of four categories. That means, with five nominees per race, those judges see 20 DVDs. All judges of a single acting race at the Daytime Emmys, by comparison, see 24 DVDs because of differences in the voting systems.
A new system is being tried at the Daytimes this year that requires a judge to view two episodes of all candidates submitted by the nine soap operas, which can enter as many as three actors per category. Lucky for the Daytime Emmy judges, extraneous footage is edited out of the videos submitted. They view only the scenes featuring the acting contender. Thus, each DVD usually runs a wide span between 10 to 70 minutes.
There's only one voting round this year. The five contenders with the highest scores will be the nominees announced on April 30. The rival with the highest score determined even before nominees are unveiled will be proclaimed winner on June 20.
TV Guide Canada's weekly "Nelson Ratings"
Last week’s soap reviews, this week’s viewing cheat sheet, and top-rated actors!
GREEK's Paul James On Playing One Of TV's Few Gay Characters
"You know, I think the show has changed a little bit. And I think every show does sort of when the actors become more comfortable with the characters they are playing and the material and the writers become more comfortable writing for the actors and they know their voices a little bit more. And it’s always funny because when you audition for a show you just have the pilot, so that’s just what you’re going off of, you never really know where it’s going to go. And I think that’s part of the fun about being on a TV show, you really don’t know what’s going to happen, so part of I guess my change has just been adapting with where Calvin is going. And it’s difficult because some episodes Calvin definitely is allowed to have a background role and he’s allowed to have a little bit more fun sometimes. And then when there are episodes that deal with Calvin directly he still has fun, because he’s a fun character, but he has to sort of navigate things a little bit more carefully. So, that’s been a really fun thing to talk about with Sean to see where we’re going to go. I realize more now that Calvin is, he’s not one of the only out gay characters on television, but there’s still not that many."
Don't Smite the Strike-busting Soaps
TV Guide's Michael Logan opines: "DAYS OF OUR LIVES and ALL MY CHILDREN are in hot water with the Writers Guild for barring certain scribes from returning to work after the strike and keeping their scab replacements. Not OK, says the union. But let's not get hasty here! DAYS went from tedious to terrific when the strike material started airing, and AMC has been slowly, surely recapturing its glory days. (Love that Sugar and Erica!) The dumped writers should of course be paid off per their contracts. But rehired after doing a crap job? No way!"
PHOTOS: Jesse Metcalfe is shirtless once again
Summertime is just around the corner and former PASSIONS and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES hunk Jesse Metcalfe gladly goes shirtless in his latest set of pics posted on MySpace.
More on Trace Adkins' Y&R appearance
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS will get a flavor of Country Music Friday May 2 as Trace Adkins makes an appearance in Genoa City to help Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) surprise his wife, Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), for their first anniversary. He performs his #1 country single "You're Gonna Miss This."
SAG kicks off second week of talks
With the usual minimum of fanfare, the Screen Actors Guild and the majors have launched their second week of contract talks on the feature-primetime contract. With SAG scheduled to negotiate only until this Saturday before AFTRA begins its talks next week, this week's sessions will be critical in revealing whether SAG leaders want to make a deal.
UGLY BETTY's first official podcast
Long-time GENERAL HOSPITAL star Tristan Rogers on soaps
"The soaps, in their own way, have been particularly resistant to change over the years. Even Gloria Monty could not bring any form of lasting change to the genre. After 1981 there was a gradual return to the way things had been done in the past. Today, apart from some cosmetic changes, the real nuts and bolts of a soap are the same. We have long running characters, families and situations still going strong. What is the significance of this? In an ever changing and hostile world your daytime soap can still be counted on to give the viewer a moments relief with familiar faces in familiar environments, dealing with situations that they dealt with for thirty-years or more. In short they are a small oasis of comfort.
"Was the time when the foundation of daytime story telling was in the hope and promise 'of better times'. This has been replaced with the 'turmoil and torment' of characters who offer little in the way of 'hope' for themselves or the viewer. Right now would be a wonderful time to introduce some stories with this underlying theme. What I am saying is let’s 'suspend change' and give the viewer that moment of relief, with some familiar characters dealing with problems that have a positive outcome.
I don’t think anybody out there is immune to the stress and pressure’s that we currently have in the world. A moments relief, wrapped in the familiarity of your favorite soap would, to me, make a lot of points. I realize this is a sentimental vision and something I am not prone to. However, there are some difficult times ahead and the comfort and security of looking at shows that have been around for decades, with characters who 'survive' would seem to offer the public some positive elements to bask in."
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