A column chronicling conversations and events during award seasons. Welcome to a special edition of Notes On The Season, Emmy Season that is.
Well if you think the Writers Guild strike and looming possible actions by the DGA and SAG/AFTRA are doing anything to slow down the momentum of the Emmy campaign season as it heads into the stretch with just two weeks to go before TV Academy members get their nominating ballots (I am among them) , then think again.
If anything, I can’t remember a year when I, as an Emmy voter, have gotten more email invites of various types, many for shows, even networks, I have never heard of.
Clearly hope springs eternal. I also happen to a longtime member of the Writers Guild (although not active for years on any guild sanctioned projects) and fully support their goals (and my pension) with this strike, and the old adage “if it ain’t on the page….” But I also realize that it seems a shame that the great work already seen during the past year would become a victim here.
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