Do you watch television?: Sometimes I do, it really depends on if there's a show I've already planned to watch beforehand on (for example, certain celebrities going on Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel, the BB M A's etc). I really don't think that it's peak TV era at all, mostly because almost nobody watches cable TV anymore at least. We're all usually on Netflix, Hulu, the Amazon Firestick, etc watching shows there.
Do you think award shows have a 'diversity problem'?
Only certain shows like the BBMA's and the SAG's are really that diverse when it comes to nominees and awardees. The ones that are absolutely terrible with diversity are The Oscars, Emmy's, and the Golden Globes. The Emmy's have only given around 50 awards to people of color, the Oscars 120 awards, and the Golden Globes a little over 50 awards as well.
No, I do not normally watch award shows. I do not think they are worth watching. Personally, I do not care who wins. The actors and actresses get awarded enough with their paycheck. Giving a trophy to someone who done it better is a waste of time. I did watch some of the Emmys, but I will not be doing it again. That is because they talked about politics a lot. Also, on the Emmys this year someone said you are a crackhead if you believe in Jesus. They have no business calling anyone crackheads. The actors and actresses should not be saying things like that. Instead, they should be trying to set a good example for children that are looking up to them. They are not setting a good example. I do not watch or support shows that display this behavior.
In my personal opinion, they show to much political bias towards the left which is why losing viewers. They are not lacking diversity at all. I did watch the Emmys It was the worst one I have ever seen, soon as they had Hillary Clinton on the screen I turned off the TV. I cant even remember the last time I watched TV we are not in a TV golden age at all.
films deserve recognition for there hard work and dedication, it takes time and money to produce a phenomenal piece of art. movies are also criticized and risky to create because nobody knows if it will be a hit or not. Films, however, do deserve awards but the problem is nobody has the time to watch the Oscars, Grammies etc. People no longer have the time to watch award shows and can easily have access to the highlights of the show or just google who won a certain award. young adults and teenagers are to busy with work and education, so they can't watch the entire 2 hour show
I think almost all mainstream award shows lack diversity. Even though there has been an increase in diversity from audience members, nominees, and winners for the past few years, there is still a huge gap in what the diversity should be. The lack of different types of people and cultures at award shows like the Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys have always been a small percentage. It is even smaller when you look at the percentage who are nominated and actually win. For as long as I can remember, it would almost always be the same people who get nominated and win every time. It also doesn't help that the board who nominates these shows, movies and actors isn't diverse as well, so there is only a one-sided view on whether something should be nominated and win. To see the same people win every time gets tiresome and unfair to the dozens of movies, shows, and actors who truly deserve it. There are plenty of subjects that should be touched upon and acknowledged but aren't brought up because a certain actor, director, movie or show didn't touch upon it. Diversity is a more popular issue today then it was 50 years ago and to see award shows not acknowledge someone for doing something to acknowledge it isn't what viewers want anymore.
Wait, the Emmy's were on this recently? Are you sure? Huh. I never would have guessed. To be fair to them, I wouldn't have noticed if it was the Grammy's, or any other awards show for that matter. In another concession, I've never really cared for these shows, and their importance to me is limited exclusively to mentions in rap lyrics, so it doesn't affect me in any way. The recent problems with the hosts and the lack of diversity amongst award recipients have only added on to the general disillusionment that I, along with what seems to be the majority of my generation has towards these shows. Awards shows like these have gone out of style, and whether that is due to the seemingly discriminatory panel judgement or to the simply unfunny commentary I don't know, but what I do know is that I just don't care, and they aren't making me.'
No, I do not watch televison. The only time I would watch it is when my favorite show has a new season, but stick to Netflix. I think tv is losing it's "touch" little-by-little because most people are watching streaming programs, where they could watch the whole entire show. No, I did not watch the Emmy or any other award show because they are kind of lackluster for me. I only find out about winners from social media, I could know about what happened in five minutes than watching the award show for two or more hours. Award shows do have a " diversity problem" because they are "all talk, but no action." Sure, there are nominees that are apart of a minority group, but they do not win. Out of the 26 winners, 4 won. If they want to show diversity, the people that pick the winners should pick minority people because there are people that are from minority groups that are as talented as some winners that should have won, like Sandra O and the show "Atlanta."
I personally do not watch or really even keep up with award shows like the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys or Tonys, and I do not think I am the only one that doesn’t really pay attention to them. I think nowadays people are more into the fiction shows and the more thrilling shows because they can possibly connect to them one way or another but with award shows you are just watching other people win awards and I personally do not see the point of it. Especially in this time, I feel like Netflix and Youtube have taken over majorly when it comes to what people watch. When I ask people what shows to watch they also say a show that's on netflix and that I need to watch it. People rarely talk about tv shows that you can watch on regular tv. The awards shows are fun to hear about on social media and from friends that actually keep track of who wins and who doesn’t, but sitting and watching celebrities win awards for multiple hours sounds so boring to me. I think that we are in a different type of peak-TV era, I think that we are in more of the Netflix era rather than a tv era. As for the diversity problem in awards shows I like that they should choose the best person for each a word no matter the race, I don’t think any person would be happy if a person won an award just because they were a different race from the rest of the people.
It is becoming more and more evident that television is not in its peak era. I think this is because people would much rather watch Netflix or Hulu. Personally, I prefer watching shows and movies on Netflix because there are no commercials and usually there is only one new episode released per week on regular tv. I along with many others, like to watch more than one episode at a time and with online streaming, I can watch it wherever I want to. I believe that overall, streaming platforms make the viewers’ experience much more enjoyable. TV has remained the same for years and has had no major advancements for viewing pleasure. With less people watching the current tv series, it gives them less of a reason to watch the awards. I did not watch the Emmys this year, mainly because I have not seen the majority of the shows and movies that were nominated. I think that people watch award shows to see their favorite actors and actresses get recognized for their amazing performances. However, award shows have become overly political and they have a diversity problem. It is clear there is an issue when twenty two out of twenty six awards were all given to white recipients. More people of color need to be recognized for their outstanding performances and hard work. In my opinion, the Emmys should have spent less time creating a production number that claimed the diversity problem has been solved, and instead should have included more diverse groups in the awards.
The 70th anniversary Emmys award show started off with a lack-luster and strikingly false song, titled “We Solved It”, about how diversity was finally clear up. Taking a look at the performance and prelude, I noticed that Sandra Oh, an asian-canadian actress, best known for her work as Cristina on Grey’s Anatomy, and more recently, Eve from Killing Eve, was mentioned to be the first asian woman to be nominated for lead actress in a drama series. Ever. In continuing the song, Kenan Thompson, a black comedian, was enlightened by a phone call presented by RuPaul, that the problem of diversity had not actually been solved. Quickly after that, the performers proceeded to ignore what was just said and continued to celebrate the “abolishment” of diversity. In addition, out of all 26 awards presented that night, only 4 of those awards were given to people of color. It had also been said that the Emmys had had the most diverse group of nominees in their entire history. It is outrageous to me that such influential people would pass over the topic of diversity like it was a tiny speck of dust. Especially with our current political climate, I think the issue with diversity should be talked about and dealt with instead of turning it into some kind of insignificant sidenote.
To answer the question yes I do watch television during my free time. I feel as if it has become a new era for this century because pretty much everybody in the world will go home and watch television. Therefore, I believe that there is a new era in the world of electronics revolved around television. Personally I do not watch the emmys, so I do not know what to think about the winners, but believe that the emmys could have been a bit rigged due to the fact that pretty much only white actors and actresses were winning the awards. I feel that this is a problem with the diversity due to the fact that out of 25 awards they were all white winners, but then finally a African American won an award. This is a bit unjust because they are excluding many extraordinary actresses and actors because of this somewhat prejudice action that they made towards the actors/actresses. I believe that in order to solve this they should allow more African Americans to win awards so that there is a chance for everybody to win. Therefore, there has been a large shift in the world through the action of using a television, but in order to make it a better future prejudice has to be taken out of these types of shows.
I do not think that the award shows are worth watching anymore because no one really cares after a while. If they maybe did it over radio I could see that happening but I just don't see it as a logical thing to do over television. At a certain point you don't even care that the person is getting an award.
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Award shows, in my opinion, are not worth watching because you are filling your head with things that are going on in other peoples' lives when you should be focusing on your life and looking at things that are going to actually affect you. I mean, award shows are cool and all, but unless it's for me or my family, I really don't care that much about what's going on that isn't going to affect the way that I live and breathe.
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By rights, I should have watched the Emmys. I enjoy many of the nominees as winners, like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Americans, the USS Callister episode of Black Mirror. But I didn't, why? Because I don't bother to watch broadcast TV anymore. The shows I mentioned are not on broadcast. Why are the Emmys still on broadcast? Put them on Netflix or Amazon, or why not both? The Emmys are just one big extended advertisement. Since when are advertisers shy about getting their message out.
With the increase in mobile devices and online streaming, tv and award shows have experienced an immense decline in views and interaction. I don’t watch tv or award shows because I much prefer Netflix, where there are no commercials to disturb my viewing experience. Many others feel the same way, they would rather binge watch a Netflix series on their phone or tablet while lounging in bed, then a show on television, inevitably leading to the decline in “Peak-Tv Era”. I do not watch award shows such as the Emmys because I am uninterested in the categories and celebrities. I can always find the results all over the internet the following morning. Occasionally, award shows receive some viewer backlash from lack of diversity or celebrities inflicting personal political views onto the audience. Upon research, only white actors have been nominated for an award on multiple occasions, raising negative attention from viewers. To fix this, award shows have begun diversifying their productions in hopes of bringing not only viewers, but positive feedback. Broadcasting political views has also result in some backlash because it’s difficult for many to speak about politics without forcing their beliefs onto others or offending those who disagree. Personally I feel political issues should be openly talked about while respectfully acknowledging others disagreement; it is not often that people have the platform or opportunity to inform the audience of such matters.
No, I do not think award shows are worth watching anymore in this generation. I personally watch around 4 hours of tv each week and none of those hours contribute to watching any type of award shows. I do think that we are a “Peak-Tv era” because of the amount of movies and tv shows that have become popular over the last few years and the rising actors that have taken people's attention. I definitely can agree that award shows have a “diversity problem” due to the evidence from the Emmys this year. The Emmys opened up with a number called “We Solved It”, implying that their industry's diversity has been “solved”. The awards proceeded and handed out 22 out of 26 awards to white people. Only four awards wen to people of color. This is extremely hypocritical to have the awards open up with a strong topic like this and then only give awards to those four people of color. I think award shows like the Emmys, Oscars, and Grammys point out political issues in the industry making it less entertaining for people. Therefore, I do not think that these award shows are worth watching anymore due to the scandals and topics they bring up.
Awards shows such as the Emmys not only should, but need to address political issues within their industry. While performative speeches don't need to be forced into the program, acknowledgement is obligated. Satirically singing praises about the industry "solving" their diversity issue and then turning around to hand only four out of twenty six awards to people of color is hypocritical at best. The awards show proceeded to dance around topics like the #MeToo movement, even with sexual harassment allegations making headlines so frequently, in a display that clearly conveyed that they don't truly care about the political issues plaguing their industry. Pertinent political comments need to be authentic, respectful and meaningful. Musical numbers that use real political issues for entertainment value rather than taking the topic seriously are transparently out of touch.
After reading this article i think now days most teens are not watching tv. I can agree with Veronica Morarie she had a point on how teens now days watch mostly youtubers and Netflix. I don't watch the Emmy's because i think it over rated. I used to watch the teen choice awards but not anymore since they would announce the winners by popularity and not by votes.They would announce the winners a few days before and then people knew who won.I don't watch the teen choice awards because it's rigged. I watch tv sometimes when the internet isn't working. Tv shows now days are just so cringy. I liked Veronica's comment. If tv shows addressed political issues people probably wouldn't watch them.
After reading the article, "Are Award Shows Worth Watching Anymore?" I relise that I don't watch as much TV anymore, and I don't think a lot of kids around my age do. I definately don't think that this is the "peak TV era." Most kids now days perfer to watch youtubers rather than TV shows. One of the main reasons I would say this is because there isn't many "Teen Shows" made anymore. There are shows like "Riverdale" are faored by alot of teens, but it can get pretty inapropriate. Making our parents not want us to watch them. Another good reason is because most shows for "younger" veiwers aren't funny and inspiering, and can get pretty cringy. That is why I believe tht this isn't the "peak TV era."
I would like to add I am not a student, I didn't see that. Thanks for printing my comment.
The short answer is no. The Emmys I haven't watched in many years. I looked at the red carpet photos & winners and I didn't know 80% of the people or shows. I also think it's ridiculous to pit HBO and Netflix shows against commercial TV. How can they compete. HBO allows swearing & nudity, real life situations. It's ridiculous. Add to the fact that most of it is garbage. Plus fashion nowadays I just don't get. Very unattractive to me.
The Oscars. Stopped watching a few years ago. Most movies are horrible. Way too many lame and no talent actors. The picks for best of are terrible. Just more stupidity.
The Grammys I might watch if nothing else is on just to see who's who and what's what, (since that's my field). Over the years there's been some bright moments. But that too has degenerated into celebrating junk. They have never really been on top of it all anyway. And again most commercial music I don't even understand anymore, So unappealing, and really irritating.
The Tonys I don't have much interest in. But that's probably the best and most honest of the major awards shows.
When I was younger I used to love to watch the awards shows. But then again, in the 60's-70's-80's , and to a lesser extend the 90's and early 2000's, most major artists & performing art work had some merit & was worth checking out. Overall that hasn't been the case for quite some time, in fact just the opposite. The bar is set so low.
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