NYT/Athletic: ESPN used fake names to secure Emmys for 'College GameDay' stars
https://theathletic.com/5193316/2024/01/11/espn-emmys-fake-names-college-gameday
Rule: shows that win an Emmy cannot give statuettes to the on-air talent, who are eligible for winning other awards. No double dipping.
ESPN: Okay, we'll submit fake names to get some extra Emmys for the show, then replace the plates so our on-air talent will feel good about themselves.
Intent to deceive from ESECPN. In fairness, the on-air talent themselves didn't seem to know what was going on. Although, those on-air talent 'represent' ESPN, so even if they weren't fully aware ...
January 11th, 2024 at 1:09 PM ^
I don't want to pretend to be an awards expert but this actually makes sense. There's an award for best on-air talent on that type of show and those folks are eligible for that. If the show itself wins, or wins for some technical category, the producers of the show get it. Its like at the Oscars, the cast of the film that wins Best Picture don't get Oscars to take home, the producers do. In this case, where many of these shows have the on-air talent listed as producers (even though they are such mostly in name only), they only give it to the "real" producers.
January 11th, 2024 at 5:36 PM ^
They could, but the Emmy "academy" or whatever judging firm they use is only allowed to use the tapes of their work that come directly from the studio camera feeds.
Instead, they paid former on-air talent to sit next to the cameramen and take videos with their smart phones. Completely unfair.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:05 PM ^
Think about all the other shows that didn't cheat and didn't get an Emmy...that's the real tragedy here.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:06 PM ^
But did they pay for their tickets and ask them to record the show on their iPhones? Cuz that would be severely punishable.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:07 PM ^
This happens more often than we'd think on these non-televised/technical awards. My buddy Kosmo once got a Tony Award just for being a seat filler at the right time.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:28 PM ^
To be fair, he did have to fire Raquel Welch off the production.
January 11th, 2024 at 2:43 PM ^
Yeah but it was worth it. That Tony took us to Sardi's and then we had a great night at Liza's.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:31 PM ^
Al Haller thinks this impacts player safety.
January 11th, 2024 at 1:40 PM ^
That seems like it would create a distinct competitive advantage for their employees?
January 11th, 2024 at 2:19 PM ^
Pete Thamel is waiting for Ryan Day to call him up and tell him what happened.
January 11th, 2024 at 2:32 PM ^
Doesn't matter - after the investigation is complete, all those Emmys will be vacated.
January 11th, 2024 at 2:47 PM ^
Is the amount of Emmys' one has used in the negotiation of a new broadcast deal or is it just whoever has the most money?
January 11th, 2024 at 2:51 PM ^
There are people out there that believe that whatever ESPN does is tainted. That's up to you to decide.
January 11th, 2024 at 4:21 PM ^
Hail, hail, ESPN.
January 11th, 2024 at 3:04 PM ^
Just chimin in bacause I cant believ how delusionale most of you are! The Emmy clowns wont do a dam thing to those cheeters! Downvote all you want too, butt Mark my words, they will got away with it.
January 11th, 2024 at 4:18 PM ^
I heard that one of the fake names was "Emmy Stalions."
January 11th, 2024 at 4:19 PM ^
EDIT: Never mind. Someone beat me to it.
January 11th, 2024 at 6:45 PM ^
"Additionally, many at ESPN thought the rule preventing on-air personalities from getting statuettes for a win by the show was stupid. They may have just decided to do something about it, the rules be damned."
Huh. Hypocrisy thy name is ESPN. Now all the people there can really take their moralizing and shove it where the sun don't shine.
January 12th, 2024 at 8:43 AM ^
"Kirk Henry (Kirk Herbstreit), Lee Clark (Lee Corso), Dirk Howard (Desmond Howard), and Tim Richard (Tom Rinaldi) appeared in all seven years. Steven Ponder (Sam Ponder) and Gene Wilson (Gene Wojciechowski) appeared in five from 2014-18. Chris Fulton (Chris Fowler) appeared in 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. Shelley Saunders (Shelley Smith)"
It's like ESPN gave them all porn star names.