As usual, I didn't watch the Emmy Awards but I did peek in on a few YouTube clips. John Oliver won? What a surprise…almost as big as Stephen Colbert winning for Best Talk Show.
And somewhere on the Internet right now, there are forums full of folks outraged because So-and-So was left out of the "In Memoriam" reel. That's a complaint that will go on as long as they show those montages. The Academy made a good step towards calming a few people down by posting on their web page, as they now do, a list of everyone who might have been in such a presentation because their lives or careers somehow touched The World of Television. It's a very long list and it makes clear how impossible it is to do a segment short enough that people would sit through it that would cover everyone who could be in it. This year's list can be viewed in a video on this page and it runs seven minutes with names just scrolling by.
I look at it every year because it always tells me that someone I knew passed away in the previous twelve months and I just plain didn't hear about it. This year, I see the names of Sandy Krinski, Lane Sarasohn and Michael Swanigan. Sad to see them there but at least I know.