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Emmy Predictions

When the Emmy nominations came out in July, it was glorious. For the first time in … ever? … the Emmy people seemed to get things right honoring the best TV has to offer.

There was no Boston Legal to laugh at, no Mentalist to scratch our heads over, no Entourage to make us think the voters just woke up in Doc Brown’s DeLorean in 2004. Just the best actors, actresses and TV shows vying for the prizes.

What make it even more impressive is that with more shows every year from HBO, Showtime, USA, FX, TNT and whomever, there are twice the amount of shows in contention than there were 20 years ago. So every year from now on in — as long as they keep getting the nominations right — will be the hardest year to pick Emmy winners.

That’s what I’m here for!

Before we start, we need some changes to the Emmys:

Change 1: The rotating network thing is a joke. It gives the impression that no one cares about it, so they just shift the show to a different network every year. Make people fight over this show !

Change 2: Jimmy Fallon has it right -- make this thing more interactive with the viewers. TV will survive by being interactive. The reality TV craze has made everyone think they can be part of any show, so just go a step further and let people be part of the show.

Change 3: Get rid of “OUTSTANDING” for the category distinction. Does anyone even use that anymore? It’s a funny word that when used in a sitcom, always seems to get a laugh. That makes it a stupid word, like “Walla Walla.” I always think of the Wings episode where Brian was forced to go out with the scary lady cop and she kept saying, “Outstanding” as her affirmative answer to everything. And don’t change it to “superb” because then I’ll just think of Beautiful Girls.

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