Buffy Staked Again By Emmys

jonerik writes "Despite six witty, intelligent seasons, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' has never been able to catch a break from the folks at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences who vote on the annual Emmy Awards, with the show's nine nominations to date (with no wins) being mostly in technical categories. And, according to this piece from E! Online, when the ballots for this year's Emmy nominations were sent out in early June, this season's musical tour de force, 'Once More With Feeling,' was inexplicably left out of list of shows eligible for the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series catefory. The academy has attempted to correct its error by sending out postcards to Emmy voters informing them that they can, in fact, vote for the episode, but the fix is probably too little, too late. According to awards-show expert Tom O'Neil, 'It entailed such extraordinary effort that it was unlikely the voters would do it even if they loved the episode. So it definitely curses its chances.' If you missed it the first time around, 'Once More With Feeling' will be re-run tomorrow evening at 8pm eastern time on UPN."

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Slashdot

[Bouncings]

Slashdot has hit a new low by announcing news that didn't happen. And in related news, Star Wars Episode 2 will not be nominated for best picture. Sorry to let you all down in advance. ;-) </bitch>

Dare I say, who cares about shows on the WB and why is this a headline?

Seriously guys.

[red5]

Just because watching Buffy's err, fists movie really fast and willow doing some hot girl on girl action. get's you all hot and bothered doesn't make it a good show.

The acting is week, the story is lame and it's pretty much on par with Charmed.

What next Xeana and Shiva?

And..?

[photon317]

I'm sorry, but I don't think Buffy is deserving of any awards. It's not really a very good show - the plots are pretty unoriginal, the dialogue is pretty uninspired, etc, etc..

It's just another trashy sitcom with a twist.

You people are on crack

[vandelais]

Even the shittiest episodes of NYPD Blue are better than any Buffy episode. The show sucks; face it.
Go back to buying your Britney Spears and Weird Al albums.

Umm, maybe it's just the show

[n-baxley]

I know I'm going to get blasted for this, but maybe the reason that it doesn't win emmy's is because it's not that great a show. let me see if I get the plot down right. A hot girl runs around in tight shirts and does kung foo on the undead. Is that pretty much it? Oh wait, this year they stole a line from Drew Carey and did a dance number. Wow, the originality is just killer. Seriously people. The main characters name is Buffy!