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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Rerun is edited

[gwernol]

The rerun of Once More With Feeling is defintely worth catching, but be warned that this is a cut down episode. The full length episode is 8 minutes longer than the standard "1 hour" slot, and it was announced at the time of the original showing that future airings would be of a much shorter version without the additional 8 minutes of footage.

I believe you'll have to wait for the Season 6 DVD to be published before you can see the full episode again.

Re:Rerun is edited

[ttyRazor]

the whole "Britney Spears a Demon" is a perennial rumor that has been repeatedly debunked yet keeps getting dug up and reported as truth by entertainment news hacks. Not gonna happen.

Re:Rerun is edited

[Anonymous Coward]

The main cuts are:
- The overture -- people bustling around upstairs getting ready for the day while Buffy lies in bed listening to her alarm clock ring.
- Buffy's "It doesn't matter" verse from "I've Got a Theory"
- A verse from Spike's "Rest in Peace"
- Dawn's dance
- a verse from "Walk Through the Fire"

Various and sundry bits of dialog were also cut here and there.

Re:Geez... Buffy Rocks!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Look what happened to Millenium. Two or three seasons on the air before it got the axe. That show was nothing but serious.

Re:Slashdot

[Anonvmous Coward]

Don't get shitty over somebody getting WB and UPN confused. Niether network is very distinct, they're very easy to confuse. It's kind of like comparing dog poop and cat poop. At a glance, they are virtually indistinguishable. Both are poop, but they have sublte differences in shape.

Fox would be like rabbit poop because it's round and easily identifiable.

Not on the list *eligible* to be nominated

[Anonymous Coward]

I think that the fact which most of the previous posts have missed (hey didn't read the article, there's a shocker) is that the episode was left off the list of *eligible* episodes. Not that the show wasn't nominated, but that it *couldn't* be nominated (without following a complex series of instructions applicable only to the Buffy episode). The nominations aren't out yet. Perhaps, though, there will be enough publicity about the mishap, nominators will actually go out and watch the episode, which was, indeed, groundbreaking and unlike anything else on TV last year (or maybe even ever)...

Re:Very very very dumb

[tfoss]

Did you even see the episode?

It actually fits in amazingly well, considering the major departure in form. The whole point is that this, like everything else in Buffy-world, is caused by some really bad creature. They admit the singing/dancing are not normal, not pretend to try and work it into the world of the show...

-Ted

Re:Very very very dumb

[lightPhoenix]

Then you didn't actually see the episode, because there was actually a reason for their dancing. Hell, the episode gave small explanations left and right even, before the proper reaon came forward. So go complain about jumping the shark elsewhere.