I came across the annual ...
Question: I came across the annual Dream Emmy Ballot in TV Guide recently and saw that once again you picked
Lauren Graham as an Emmy nominee for best leading comedy actress! Why do you always keep nominating her every year, when you probably know that the Emmy voters won't? In my opinion, I don't think that she deserves to be nominated this year because: 1) Both WB and UPN are shutting down this year to form CW, which will probably leave most of the deserving and incredible shows from the two soon-defunct networks completely out of the Emmy race; 2) The previously concluded season of
Gilmore Girls was probably the worst season creatively for that show; and 3)
Amy and
Dan Palladino have left the show. Now, don't get me wrong: I love
GG and Lauren Graham, as well as the rest of the talented cast, but I don't want you guys at TV Guide to get your hopes up too high every year!
Answer: So what you're really saying here is that you don't want us to get our feelings hurt. That's actually kind of sweet. But we're used to it (as is everyone involved at
Gilmore Girls, I'm sure). The reason we call it a "dream ballot" is because we're simply trying to put a few names out there that the Emmy membership is likely to overlook. Even in a lesser season, which this most definitely was, Lauren Graham is always deserving of notice, and even if a nomination now would be seen as compensation for having been ignored in better seasons, so be it. No harm in dreaming.
