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. The three stages of death Emmy presenting
Presenters at the Emmy Awards, it seems, falls under three categories:
1) This is Mutually Beneficial: The Presenter is hot, but not so hot that s/he couldn’t use some additional publicity, so Presenter’s presence gives his/her show a little more juice and spruces up the ceremony while it’s in its doldrums.
2) I Need Help Promoting My Show: Someone with a new show, or a show that needs a boost in the ratings.
3) I’m Doing You a Favor: Someone so successful that if they said “No” to presenting no feelings would be hurt, but – omigod! – they said “Yes!”
The first batch of Emmy ceremony presenters was announced today, and herewith, we thoughtfully parse them into the aforementioned categories:
This is Mutually Beneficial: Hayden Panettiere of “Heroes,” the cast of “Entourage.”
I Need Help Promoting My Show: Kyle Chandler (“Friday Night Lights”), Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton (“Back To You”), Jimmy Smits (“Cane”), Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”), the cast of “Entourage.”
I’m Doing You a Favor: Steve Carell (“The Office”), Jon Stewart (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”), Kiefer Sutherland (“24”), Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”), the cast of “Entourage.”
But, wait, you interject, practically sputtering – how can you possibly put the cast of “Entourage” in all three categories? Are you off your meds, or did you just happen to wander too close to Anne Heche and catch whatever it is she has?
Hear me out, I respond. I almost gave Kiefer Sutherland the same treatment (mainly due to “24’s” stumble last season and its subsequent stagger out of the gate in production for next season), but in the end refrained because, after all, Mr. Sutherland already has his Emmy.
The “Entourage” group, on the other hand, are still trying to make a name for themselves. Yes, Entertainment Weekly does a story about them every other week, but that hasn’t translated into the sort of mainstream hit for HBO that “Sopranos” or “Sex and the City” were. In that way, that makes it a mutually beneficial arrangement.
On the other hand, it seems the heat has drifted from the show a bit, so the “Entourage” guys need the publicity.
On yet another hand, few in Hollywood seem to recognize that fact, and everyone here still loves the little wish-fulfillment fantasy (with a side-order of snark) that is “Entourage.” So the live audience will be far more jazzed to see the show’s cast up onstage (I think they’ve been pegged to present the prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Makeup in a Multiple Camera Production trophy) than most of the viewers at home will be.
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