So what's with the big snub ...

Question: So what's with the big snub of NYPD Blue at the Emmys during its final year of consideration? And what's with the critics not noticing the snub? Sure, the show went a few seasons too long and had a few cast changes too many, but it seems that with this show's final episode, fans, critics and now awards ceremonies have forgotten all about it. I just hope that the recent musical numbers announced for the Emmy broadcast don't take away from the annual look back at the best television moments of the year (my favorite part of the Emmys), including goodbyes to all our favorite shows.
Answer: Good point about the Emmys having an obligation to reflect TV milestones, even when a show is not nominated, and NYPD Blue's departure certainly qualifies as one (at least as much as Everybody Loves Raymond's). But the reason there was little fuss made about NYPD's no-show in the nominations is that, unlike Raymond still towering in a depleted field of TV comedies, NYPD's faded glory had been subsumed the last few years by a glut of powerful dramas, on the networks and on cable. I'm more upset that none of FX's dramas made the cut. But if the truly groundbreaking NYPD Blue, and more specifically the great Dennis Franz, are denied a final bow, that will be just plain wrong.