OK, I just had to say this. ...
Question: OK, I just had to say this.
The Wire — in my opinion the greatest television series that has ever aired — has received a total (a total!) of
two Emmy nominations in its history. One for writing in 2005 and one for writing this year. Meanwhile, A&E's horrific
The Andromeda Strain received
seven this year.
Two And A Half Men: seven.
Dancing With the Stars: eight! I'm going to go over to the corner and weep for a while.
Answer: Yes, that's a truly shameful statistic. It would almost be funny if it weren't so tragic. But your anger at these other nominees is slightly misplaced. None of them took away slots that would have gone to
The Wire, being that they're in the easily maligned genres of comedy, reality and hokey miniseries, where the competition is much less intense (and in the case of movies and minis, almost nonexistent). More upsetting should be the seven nominations going to
Boston Legal, the two going to
Nip/Tuck, and so on.
