tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post4945222567894044478..comments2023-11-02T09:08:08.645-04:00Comments on We Love Soaps: OPINION: The Good and Mostly Bad of the Daytime Emmy TelecastKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659344675956886092noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-39411242148262611182011-06-29T21:38:30.550-04:002011-06-29T21:38:30.550-04:00C- Mainly because of the winners. Tricia Cast wa...C- Mainly because of the winners. Tricia Cast was robbed but I am happy for Heather Tom!!!!<br /><br />What's with the performances and YES, Oprah's tribute was longgggg!!!!!!<br /><br />If the winners didn't interest me then it would have gotten a D- or an F!!!!!!!!!!1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-41512414053027210552011-06-21T21:47:29.183-04:002011-06-21T21:47:29.183-04:00I wasn't expecting much after last year's ...I wasn't expecting much after last year's cr*pfest, but this year's show was even worse, for all of the reasons discussed above. Most disappointing of all was Colleen Zenk's loss in the Best Actress category. Her nomination was LONG overdue, and I had hoped against hope that the Academy would finally recognize this outstanding talent. I truly was hoping she would join the winner's club instead of the unfortunate group of wonderful actresses who deserved to win along the way but had also been overlooked: Beverlee McKinsey, Dierdre Hall, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Victoria Wyndham, Melody Thomas Scott, Mary Stuart, Rachel Ames, Leslie Charleson, Constance Ford, Anna Stuart, etc., etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-9684128077839392492011-06-21T20:28:49.061-04:002011-06-21T20:28:49.061-04:00I did not mind the Oprah tribute because she is th...I did not mind the Oprah tribute because she is the most powerful woman in the entertainment industry in North America. And Oprah has been the driving force in daytime television and philanthropy for 25 years! The only problem was the length(it was way too long). The Oprah tribute along with the Sajak and Trebek tributes should have only been 4-5 minutes in length each. All 3 tributes should have totaled 12-15 minutes. <br /><br />I so could not agree more with how awfully boring and pointless this year's Daytime Emmy telecast was. I agree that the main problem was that the producers could not decide if they wanted to telecast a telethon, a travelogue, or an infomercial so instead decided to do ALL three. Forgetting to actually honor the soaps, soap actors, and entertain the fans(audience)! The show was so rushed, slopped together, and kept the soaps, the actors, and the fans in the shadows with no focus at all which killed the show. <br /><br />There should have been nominee clips, show montages, soap actors performing, and focus on the fans in the show. I think ATI and Jim Romanovich produced an extremely dull and insulting ceremony for the 3rd straight year in a row. I hope the Emmys will not be televised next year or at least done by more capable producers. If this was the last televised Emmy show for daytime then its an even bigger failure. I think next year the Daytime Emmys should just be streamed online with nothing but focus on honoring the soaps that are left, actors, etc. The Webby Awards and other award shows seem to do it very well online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-35048575263878142032011-06-21T18:49:38.421-04:002011-06-21T18:49:38.421-04:00That was an awards show? I thought it was a trave...That was an awards show? I thought it was a travel ad for Vegas and an informercial for a crappy new cosmetics line with a Children's Miracle Network telethon thrown in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-54663423321592499182011-06-21T12:51:34.653-04:002011-06-21T12:51:34.653-04:00The Awards Show was in a word DREADFUL. I've b...The Awards Show was in a word DREADFUL. I've been watch the Daytime Emmys for years and never have I been so disappointed and embarassed. A total disgrace and disrespect for the actors and crew of DAYTIME!Mitch L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-64021234184012361792011-06-21T12:36:58.710-04:002011-06-21T12:36:58.710-04:00Finally a year where I like most of the winners an...Finally a year where I like most of the winners and they barely even get to speak. I do not mind product placement but this was beyond anything I have ever witnessed. If NATAS cares about this show, they will work with new producers next year.Aimeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-27829135323844030752011-06-21T09:36:05.679-04:002011-06-21T09:36:05.679-04:00Sorry, but I would rather not see the Daytime Emmy...Sorry, but I would rather not see the Daytime Emmys on TV at all than have ATI produce them, before or again. <br /><br />Jim Romanovich heralded himself as some sort of daytime expert and the New Messiah of opinion, and yet he and the team at ATI have gotten every Emmys they've produced as wrong as can be. <br /><br />Listening to the supposed one-time actor talk the talk about the legacy of soaps and then watch the absolute guano his company produces....well, maybe he IS a soap expert after all, since that's what so many writers, producers and executives do these days....promise the moon and give us the finger instead. <br /><br />I've had pee breaks that lasted longer than the onscreen tributes to GL and ATWT. And yet we wasted 15 minutes on a woman (Oprah) who has already been fawned over to the point that she will not need toilet paper for years! <br /><br />If we didn't get the message from the networks, let it be loud and clear: They. Don't. Give. A. Damn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-80961646160161001532011-06-21T09:28:23.426-04:002011-06-21T09:28:23.426-04:00There was so much wrong with this telecast I'm...There was so much wrong with this telecast I'm not sure where to begin...<br /><br />1. What's with all the musical numbers? If you needed filler why not show the nominees clips?<br /><br />2. We had long tributes to Oprah and two game show hosts? Where were the tributes to AMC & OLTL? What about the "in memory of" for the the people, actors/directors/writers, etc who passed away?<br /><br />3. What's with pushing the charities? Again, if you needed filler, why not let the winners have their time to give speeches that are longer that a rushed 30 seconds. These actors, hosts & production staff worked their butts off and they only get 30 seconds, if that, to thank people?<br /><br />4. Where was the scroll or heck, even a mention of the Emmys that were awarded on Friday night?<br /><br />I had more fun Friday night refresher twitter to see if Crystal Chappell & Co won for Venice than I did wasting two hours of my time on Sunday night. I should have stuck with my regular Sunday night programming, Ice Road Truckers.junebuggnchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410249865842578814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-47879947038144583152011-06-21T07:12:54.801-04:002011-06-21T07:12:54.801-04:00Kevin & Damon,
Thank you! It's mind-bogg...Kevin & Damon,<br /><br />Thank you! It's mind-boggling that after 2 other Emmy shows, Jim R. and ATI could so royally screw up the Daytime Emmys. All of the complaints that viewers had about the previous 2 Daytime Emmys show were twice as bad. <br /><br />Every time I saw another vacation infomercial, I kept thinking, what does this have to do with Daytime TV? Why am I not seeing soap stars singing and dancing instead of Marie Osmond and the Evil Elvises? Why did we need a 15 minute tribute to Saint Oprah? Nice woman but 15 minutes? We had no tributes to OLTL or AMC. We all know that with 4 soaps in 2012, there will be no Daytime Emmys network broadcast of the show. <br /><br />Based on this disastrous show, I pray that next year's Daytime Emmy's escape the grasp of ATI. Let it be like the Golden Globes, a bunch of industry types, actors, crew, producers, etc. telling jokes and celebrating without the infomercial infection.<br /><br />Finally, Jabot, Jabot, Jabot. WTF? How could any cosmetic company bungle its national television introduction so badly? Tracey Bregman and Christel Khalil are smart, savvy, and beautiful women. Why didn't Sony/Jabot actually spend a few dollars to craft a decent commercial for the products? <br /><br />Television viewers have been watching cosmetic commercials for decades. None of the key messaging was there. We were told Jabot does wonders but no visual example as given. It was just bad marketing. Watch a Loriel or Maybelline commercial!!!<br /><br />P.S.<br /><br />OLTL was robbed of a directing Emmy! <br /><br />Tricia Cast and Lexi Ainsworth deserved to win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com