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Buffy Staked Again By Emmys

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dead-in-the-water dept.

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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  1. Rerun is edited by gwernol · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

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    Sailing over the event horizon
    1. Re:Rerun is edited by ttyRazor · · Score: 3, Informative

      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.

    2. Re:Rerun is edited by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      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.