New rules open Emmy race
Los Angeles - While Desperate Housewives and Lost sought to repeat their Emmy Awards dominance, changes to nomination rules gave lower-profile series a new shot at recognition.
Bids for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are to be announced on Thursday by past Emmy winners Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld) and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond).
The Emmy Awards are on August 27.
In February, Emmy officials revamped the awards rules for the second time in as many years to try to make the field more inclusive.
Although ABC newcomers Desperate Housewives and Lost captured top awards last year, critically acclaimed shows on smaller networks, such as WB's Gilmore Girls, once again couldn't even get into the contest.
Under the new approach, blue-ribbon panels picked the five nominees each for comedy and drama series from 10 front-runners as decided by a vote of the academy's general membership.
Videotapes of shows were used by panellists in their decisions.
Previously, leading vote-getters in the general vote were declared the final nominees.
Another change occurred in the comedy and drama series acting categories, with the performers who make the first pass at picking the nominees joined by directors and casting executives.
A panel decided the final nominations list.
A brief ceremony focused on nominees in the top 11 categories was set for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Leonard H Goldenson Theatre, with the academy's chairperson, Dick Askin, joining Louis-Dreyfus and Garrett.
There are 94 Emmy categories.
The ceremony will air live on August 27 on US network NBC, with Conan O'Brien as host. The awards, traditionally held in September at the start of the TV season, were moved up because of NBC's addition of Sunday-night football to its schedule.
Other Emmy honours, including those for technical achievement and guest actors and actresses in series, will be given at the creative-arts ceremony on August 19.
News source: www.news24.co.za
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