David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. And the Emmy for Worst Hosting Choice goes to...
Yet another reason not to care about the Emmys: Less than a month before the Sept. 16 event, Ryan Seacrest has been named host of the ceremony.
Usually, of course, they get someone funny.
Usually, of course, they announce the host much earlier.
Usually, of course, they recruit someone who won’t look so out of place as the TV Academy “celebrates” “excellence” within its ranks. And getting the host of a reality competition show seems like a smack in the face of all the scripted programming that will be honored that night.
One of the broadcast’s producers threatened that Seacrest would be “a perfect match for some of the innovative things we have planned."
Amongst the innovations: Forcing supporting acting nominees to perform duets of Ashley Simpson songs; allowing Paula Abdul to burble to the nominees about how they really made their roles their own; and allowing 14-year-old girls to vote for Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series nominees during the ceremony via text-messaging.
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When I heard about this today, my first thought was: Ew. And, that's still pretty much my thought now.
Posted by: Suzy Q | August 20, 2007 5:24 PM