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TV GUIDE: Ask Matt: The New Doctor, Fosters, Emmy Snubs, Dance, Glee
Aug 12, 2013
by
Matt Roush
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Question: The characters in
The Big Bang Theory are the best on TV. The continued snub of
Kaley Cuoco is hard to understand. She is fabulous and deserving of an Emmy nomination. What is the criterion for nominations? Why not separate cable from traditional TV? Has
NCIS ever been nominated? It's very discouraging to see the same shows nominated year after year. —
Efmelt
Matt Roush: I would love to see
Big Bang rewarded this year — it's as funny as it has ever been, and that style of comedy has been too long neglected at the Emmys (not since
Everybody Loves Raymond in 2005 has a multi-camera comedy won the big prize) — and couldn't agree more about the underrated
Kaley Cuoco, who may be considered by some as the show's "
straight man" but has proved as adept at delivering zingers as any of her co-stars. To address your question, there are no set criteria for nominations. It's purely subjective. As long as you're on TV within a given time frame — or in the case of Netflix, streaming on TV — you're eligible. But fair or not, nominations tend to go to shows that are more distinctive and envelope-pushing than formula franchise fare like
NCIS, which the masses tend to watch and enjoy more than those in the industry. The irony in all of this is that the people who work in TV don't necessarily watch a lot of TV — and their tastes tend to run toward cable and/or shows with more of a niche sensibility. Even so, segregating network and cable series in not an idea that appeals to me, despite the inequity at the Emmys. Beyond the issue of adding even more categories to the clutter, look at the current comedy field, where network and cable shows are both fairly well represented. Wouldn't it diminish a win by
Modern Family or
Big Bang if they weren't allowed to compete against shows like
Louie and
Veep? That said, there's no excuse (except for the glut of first-rate drama) for
The Good Wife to have dropped out of the best drama category for two years running...
The BiG Bang Theory season seven premieres on Thursday, September 26 at 8/7C on
CBS.
