. “But our goal as always, is to really maintain both the relevance and the prestige of the Emmy brand. Some of that also had to do with, how many submissions you have. We are always open to having conversations with the industry, our partners, the studios, the networks, our members, if they are having concerns about a decision we’ve made. We want to discuss it, we are absolutely open to that dialogue.
“SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels recently told Variety he also didn’t think it made sense to pit his sketch comedy series against something completely different like “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” After the December rule change announcement, the talk shows — which have an open line of communication, something that became even more active as they compared production notes at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — began mobilizing to lobby the Academy about reversing their decision.
I have never understood what the big deal is about film and television people giving shiny objects to themselves.
Good. Now separate categories for sketch performers and comedy series actors.
Now if they could only keep sketch-show & comedy acting categories separate. Comparing SNL-comedians & actors in serialized dramedys with character arcs & serious moments is insane.