Swept Away
Whatever the reason for the press being shut out of the process, it stinks. It stinks for many reasons, number one being that it looks like the Academy is hiding something. Why not be open and honest about the voting process? Help us understand this incredibly complicated attempt to reward a year's worth of work with only a handful of episodes. Do they want us to trust them when Anthony Geary inexplicably picks up another Emmy and we have no idea what it is for? Do they want us to shrug our shoulders when Guiding Light after a horrendous year wins best soap? At least give the press and the fans a chance and some credit. Now that we know the process much better, we can at least figure out how some people get on the podium unfairly, but not if you try to keep us in the dark about why. But there will be plenty of time to argue that next week after the winners are announced. Meanwhile the state of soaps during sweeps can be addressed now.
First let's deal with sweeps for the sister soaps As the World Turns and GL. Oddly enough, despite ATWT having so many abrupt storyline changes lately, by keeping their strongest stories going, they are actually having a pretty good sweeps month. GL on the other hand is going through too major a transition to really make an impact during this sweeps period. I suppose it is a good thing they have that as an excuse going by the mob redux and this insane Tammy behavior eating up so much airtime. But what is actually happening onscreen may take a backseat in comparison to the behind the scene "shakeups" both have suffered recently. After trying to salvage the nonsense that GL's headwriter Ellen Weston had put on the canvas, someone somewhere grew a brain and kicked her out! Now I'm not one to leap to the conclusion that this means the show will now brim with quality. But the potential with Wheeler at the helm, honestly trying to reinvigorate this soap with quality and history is a lot greater now that Weston's poisonous pen is out. Weston's exit, however surprising, wouldn't really be considered a shock so much as a necessity to GL's survival. Lesli Kay's exit from ATWT to take on the role of Lois over on General Hospital on the other hand would
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