There was a time, back when I made real money, when I used to treat my wife to tickets to the Daytime Emmy Awards. It was a big deal - a night in the city, fancy dress, and the awards show at Radio City Music Hall, or the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The show was on television back then, and I'd actually find myself watching to see if I could catch a glimpse of her.
My, how the mighty have fallen. Clearly the demise of the soap opera has precipated the demise of the prestige of the Daytime Emmy Awards. Now, they have categories like best legal show. And, seriously, in the daytime drama category, isn't every remaining soap opera going to be nominated - there are only four aren't there?
But even worse than the dearth of categories and importance is the ceremony itself. It's on right now as I'm writing. It's on HLN. For those that may have missed the latest alphabet soup that is cable television, HLN is Headline News. Headline News!! Having the Daytime Emmy Awards on HLN is like the NHL broadcasting on local access channels (which probably is not far in their future if they don't settle their contract soon enough).
And the setting - it looks slightly larger than my neighbors sweet 16 party! It looks like there are about 11 tables. Unbelievable.
Much like the wasteland that has become daytime television, these Emmys are bound to be relegated to the wasteheap of lost TV programs. Which is too bad. It was once a nice night out.
