Online Soaps and Emmy Awards

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:39am

Now that All My Children and One Life To Live have moved to the web, do they lose their eligibility for Emmy Awards?

They're no longer considered "daytime", but "anytime" TV. If they are still eligible, in which Emmy (daytime or primetime) category should they be considered?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 11:41am

I was actually talking to my friend about this regarding House of Cards. In any just world, Robin Wright would be winning an Emmy for her work. But there doesn't seem to be precedent yet regarding shows originating on a streaming service.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:24pm

There's been a lot of talk about this on the soap boards. There already is a specialty category for web content--but no real precedent for this. With how diminished the "daytime drama" category has become, it would make sense, but also feels unfair (they won't have the restrictions that have crippled soaps in ages, for one.)

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:49pm

The notion regarding "no precedent" is what I find so interesting. I can see how shows that have been developed specifically for the web might not qualify, but do shows that migrate (and particularly those that have previously won Emmys) lose some kind of credibility if they can no longer be recognized by their previous circle of peers? Is there an as-yet-unwritten "grandfather clause" that would allow them to remain eligible?

If other TV shows should choose to migrate, what might happen to the cachet of winning an Emmy if eligibility gets forfeited? Do previous Emmys become less meaningful when the opportunity for continued recognition is no longer achievable? Updated On: 4/25/13 at 01:49 PM

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:52pm

With the Primetime Emmy Awards, online content is definitely eligible for the normal awards. I would assume the Daytime Emmys would follow suit, but I'm not entirely sure.

Thanks to a 2008 rule change, the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences allows shows like Netflix's House of Cards and Arrested Development to be nominated for Emmys in the same categories as broadcast and cable contenders; that means a show that isn't regularly scheduled on a linear TV channel might wind up competing against broadcast and cable shows for one of Emmy's top series awards.

Online Eligibility

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 1:57pm

>> Thanks to a 2008 rule change, the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences allows shows like Netflix's House of Cards and Arrested Development to be nominated for Emmys in the same categories as broadcast and cable contenders"

Mystery solved. Thanks!

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/26/13 at 2:40pm

Seems like they still haven't decided for sure in what categories the online soaps will be up for C0375281