#LatheredUp 38th Annual Daytime Emmys Disaster
Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by patti in B&B, DOOL, Opinion, Y&R
Last night, June 19th, the 38th annual Daytime Emmys were held in Las Vegas. To say it was a disaster would be a huge understatement. I’m glad I writing this today, instead of last night, as I wouldn’t have been as kind. The Daytime Emmys used to be held exclusively in New York City, of course that’s where the majority of the Soap Operas were produced. Some years back they were alternated between Los Angeles and NYC and now for the 2nd year in a row they are in Las Vegas. Yes, it gives the stars a new playground to go to, but why were they held on Father’s Day and opposite the popular Miss USA Pageant?? From the very beginning it was a travelogue for Las Vegas, including commercials, and that got old really fast. Don’t forget the showgirls, Marie Osmond and the 15-20 minute tribute to Oprah! Speaking of Oprah, they created a new special Emmy for her, supposedly the first annual, had this way too long tribute to her and guess what? She couldn’t even attend the awards to accept, but had a ‘nice’ taped acceptance speech.
There was no televised Red Carpet coverage! Normally SoapNet televises awesome coverage, oh yeah, they are owned by ABC/D and have been cancelled in 2012. Couldn’t CBS do the awards from 9-11 EDT and do Red Carpet from 8-9? Now THAT would have been a coup. Due to all of the Vegas promos and so much time for Oprah, there was no time to show the clips of the nominees. That was a travesty as many fans were upset by who did win and who they thought should win. However, if we had seen the clips, we might have been able to understand it better. On Twitter @SoapsInDepthCBS stated several times that they had seen the clips and COULD understand why some won. It was all about the clips that the stars, or shows, had sent in. Having the right clips for the judges to view makes a huge difference.
There was little mention of AMC or OLTL being cancelled much less a tribute to them. Okay, I hear the argument – they are technically still on the air until September and January. However, shouldn’t there at least been a tribute to ATWT? After all, Julie Pinson was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Colleen Zenk for Outstanding Lead Actress and Michael Park WON for Outstanding Lead Actor (he was performing on Broadway and couldn’t be present). Surely, some kind of tribute should have been done.
On the upside Tracey E. Bregman introduced that Jabot Cosmetics was going public, and I don’t mean stock wise LOL. Jabot has been a storyline on Young and Restless for about 20 years and it’s nice to see that the viewers can now purchase their own line of Jabot Cosmetics, in fact I purchased my Red Carpet Collection last night. ShopJabot. They had several short interviews with Tracey and some commercials. Also, the spot on Children’s Miracle Network, featuring several of our Soap Opera stars was excellent. Wayne Brady introduced Susan Lucci, as Erica Cane, having been married 8 times – big gaff. Enter Shemar Moore (YEAH), ex-Malcolm on Y&R who quickly corrected that and said 11 weddings. They did a tribute to all of Erica’s weddings and spoofed her getting married to Regis and Ellen, it was humorous but they couldn’t do something for the incredible Erica Slezak?
Did you know that the ratings were down 27% last night? That should tell TPTB something and why I called it a disaster!
Enough of my ranting now, I do want to congratulate all of the winners especially B&B for being Best Drama for the 3rd year in a row. it is now time for the fan base to unite and stick by our remaining soaps. Keep tuned in for more information and SEND IN YOUR COUPONS!
