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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

The Office had a pretty diverse cast, actually. I'm surprised you don't know that! The four leads were white (Jim, Pam, Michael Scott, Dwight) but the rest of the cast was a real mix.

It's not that similar to The Office - The Office was much pricklier. I think the main similarity is that they're both single camera shows, done in the mockumentary style (enough of the mockumentary style!), set primarily in a workplace. But the tone is different, the characters are very different, the office setting is very different. I mean at its root, The Office is essentially about finding meaning in the middle of something meaningless - it's set at a paper factory, which is devoid of real purpose, but these weirdo characters find friendship, pathos, love, drama, hilarity, authenticity, and the full range of human experience there. While Abbott Elementary is set at a place with real stakes - but where the environment is designed to make it difficult to fulfill the important purpose. The characters primarily struggle with this contradiction (or not) in their various ways, together and alone. They rise to the occasion, and don't. I would say the main flaw so far of Abbott Elementary is that it's not much about the relationships between the characters yet, so much as the relationships of the characters to the setting - and how they bump up against each other in that.

Anyway, I also think Parks & Rec is different from both those shows, even with its workplace setting and single camera, and mockumentary style.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

I mean, it seems very similar to The Office, which ran for what, 9 seasons? And was primarily white, if you want to bring race into it in that way. And that show launched some great careers. This is just as funny and we are still getting to know the characters.

I wanted better call Saul to win!

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

It is, in fact, award-winning. 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why the In Memoriam segments are always so poorly executed, at least for the viewing audience. We don't need to see John Legend playing the piano. We want to see the images of the deceased, and it would be nice to be able to read their names. Just have some unobtrusive background music playing and put the full images on the screen.

I totally agree. It’s like this every time. Just zoom into the in memoriam screen for the TV audience once it’s been established who’s performing. We don’t need to see them again.

I bet John Legend's contract stipulated that he must appear on screen for x number of minutes.

Gosh, if only there were any other professional musicians in the country who would not have insisted on that. They could have hired one of them!

I don't think any other Voice stars were there and I didn't notice other Emmy nominees who could have performed In Memoriam. Legend is a past Emmy winner, was a current Emmy nominee and has a new album out. The choice to have him perform was solid. I agree the production could have been better.

I don't know why they need to have anyone perform during the In Memoriam. There usually ends up being too much attention given to the performer(s), and not enough to those being remembered.

That’s a production issue. But it makes sense if you have a Grammy & Emmy (& Oscar & tony) past winner and current Emmy nominee in the neighborhood, you invite him to accompany himself singing. I’m not a big John Legend fan but I like the idea of him or someone like him performing rather than having the segment over prerecorded music. But agree there should be more focus on those in memorium.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

It’s a cute little sit com that will last a couple of seasons and then be forgotten. I like watching it but the fact is if the cast was white or set in a high poverty white area this show would never ever have made even the hint of nomination. It’s just not that amazing. The acting is ok. It’s standard sitcom acting. Again it’s enjoyable. I like watching if I remember to do so but it’s by no means award winning. 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why the In Memoriam segments are always so poorly executed, at least for the viewing audience. We don't need to see John Legend playing the piano. We want to see the images of the deceased, and it would be nice to be able to read their names. Just have some unobtrusive background music playing and put the full images on the screen.

I totally agree. It’s like this every time. Just zoom into the in memoriam screen for the TV audience once it’s been established who’s performing. We don’t need to see them again.

I bet John Legend's contract stipulated that he must appear on screen for x number of minutes.

Gosh, if only there were any other professional musicians in the country who would not have insisted on that. They could have hired one of them!

I don't think any other Voice stars were there and I didn't notice other Emmy nominees who could have performed In Memoriam. Legend is a past Emmy winner, was a current Emmy nominee and has a new album out. The choice to have him perform was solid. I agree the production could have been better.

I don't know why they need to have anyone perform during the In Memoriam. There usually ends up being too much attention given to the performer(s), and not enough to those being remembered.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

Used to be on Hulu, not sure if it still is.

I DVR that show, it's my favorite show on tv. So then I can just watch the recording, skip the commercials. My son and I have watched it since the pilot, it's awesome, comes back in a week!!!

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.

If you have HBOMax, Abbott is streaming there. The whole first season is up.

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Anonymous wrote:I just want to give props to Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary). So happy that she won because I love her on the show but she also looked amazing. I cannot believe she is 65 years old.

+100. She is amazing on the show and she is incredible.

She is so perfectly cast in this role.

I love her and I love the show!

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Anonymous wrote:I just want to give props to Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary). So happy that she won because I love her on the show but she also looked amazing. I cannot believe she is 65 years old.

+100. She is amazing on the show and she is incredible.

She is so perfectly cast in this role.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why the In Memoriam segments are always so poorly executed, at least for the viewing audience. We don't need to see John Legend playing the piano. We want to see the images of the deceased, and it would be nice to be able to read their names. Just have some unobtrusive background music playing and put the full images on the screen.

I totally agree. It’s like this every time. Just zoom into the in memoriam screen for the TV audience once it’s been established who’s performing. We don’t need to see them again.

I bet John Legend's contract stipulated that he must appear on screen for x number of minutes.

Gosh, if only there were any other professional musicians in the country who would not have insisted on that. They could have hired one of them!

I don't think any other Voice stars were there and I didn't notice other Emmy nominees who could have performed In Memoriam. Legend is a past Emmy winner, was a current Emmy nominee and has a new album out. The choice to have him perform was solid. I agree the production could have been better.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, five out of the seven nominations are for The White Lotus

That’s crazy, it just wasn’t that good.

I agree. It wasn't all that.

Anonymous wrote:I just want to give props to Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary). So happy that she won because I love her on the show but she also looked amazing. I cannot believe she is 65 years old.

+100. She is amazing on the show and she is incredible.

Anonymous wrote:I love all of the nominations for Abbott Elementary--such a great show.

Agree about Reese Witherspoon--I think Jennifer Aniston is much better.

I was hoping for a nomination for Millie Bobby Brown.

I finally started watching and love Abbott Elementary. So mad though that it isn't like the other tv shows I can watch on demand. I already pay to much for tv and now I have to pay extra for the shows that I missed.