Oh the Emmys Are On or Something

On ABC NBC.

No wonder I didn't know it was on. Unless an NBC show has spinning chairs, people just don't care.

Open thread for that and TV I guess.

So I see Modern Family has won another one, with Ty Burrell winning for best supporting actor in a comedy. I guess he's supporting because it's an ensemble, even though he's the "lead" (if I understand this show).

I have a dirty theory about why shows like Modern Family win every year. I don't want to suggest it's not a good show. I hear it's a good show.

But here's my dirty theory:

If you assume that everyone in the industry is a jealous, bitter egomaniac, Is it in your own best egotistical interest to give the award to Ty Burrell every single year or to spread the awards around?

I say it's in your own best interest to just pile so many awards onto Ty Burrell that he can't even walk. Because, if you're a bitter, jealous egomaniac, it's better that all the awards to go one guy, because, 1, he can't possibly enjoy them much after the second, so you're really not helping him much at this point, and, more importantly, 2, it keeps awards from going to other people.

If Ty Burrell has all the awards, this can't hurt you as a competitive matter too much, assuming you're not competing with Ty Burrell for a part.

But the more you spread them around, the higher the odds that you'll be giving an Emmy to someone you are in direct competition with at some point, and thus will cede the winner an advantage over you.

So it's better to just throw awards at the same show every year than to scatter them around. If people are going to get Emmys, and those people are Not You, you want them in as few a hands as possible, even if that means that Modern Family has sixty three bazillion awards.

Just don't give it to any tv show in your own timeslot.

posted by Ace at 08:42 PM

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