Tuesday, August 26, 2014

2014 Emmys: "Breaking Bad" Wins Just About Everything It Was Nominated For (Nostalgia/End of Series Factor?), While "True Detective" Is SHUT OUT of All the Top Awards!













Frankly not sure how "True Detective" could be completely left out of all the top Emmy awards Monday night, but I do know two things...

(1)  Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are guaranteed to be saying tonight, "This is the last freakin' time I ever do television -- Fuck This Shit!"

(2)  "True Detective" picked the wrong damn year for Detective Rustin to stop sniffin' smack.

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Postscript:  Not just "Nostalgia/End of Series Factor" that might've broke in Bad's favor -- I also wonder if there wasn't a blow back from the voters of the "academy" upon HBO for submitting True Detective as a drama, whereas an almost identically postured series (American Horror Story) has always been submitted under the "Mini-Series" category?

The two shows are identically postured because they involve new seasons with completely different settings, time periods, and stories, with any common actors from previous seasons playing entirely different characters.  My simple solution to the "academy" (whatever the fuck that is):  DEFINE and REQUIRE these submissions to be consistent amongst offerings, such that AHS and TD can ONLY be submitted one way.  This Ain't Rocket Science!  Regardless of which category you require, Make It Consistent!  Duh!