Inside broadcast TV's Emmy drama struggles
Following its veritable shutout from the 2012 drama series nominations, where does broadcast TV go from here? I explore the issue in a piece for today's Variety Road to the Emmys section.
(For more of today's Emmy preview coverage, keep reading below.)
The thrust of today's lead story: The broadcast networks do have it harder in drama come Emmy time, but excuses don't explain everything. Read the rest here, and then check out the rest of today's Emmy countdown stories.
-- As instinctive as it is to try to find trends in the annual nominations, sometimes the TV Academy is just plain idiosyncratic.
-- "Antiques Roadshow" is the longest-running program to earn a series nomination this year, showing it still has a youthful glow in the Academy's eyes.
-- There's no such thing as a second-class honor in the eyes of the Creative Arts Emmy nominees.
-- Finally, here's our annual network-by-network look at the top 20 channels in the noms scoreboard.
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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