Why Aren't the Emmys In HDTV?
INHD: No Emmys In HDTV
The high-def network says it will not air the 'Live From the Red Carpet' show this Sunday.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2006) -- INHD says it will not simulcast this Sunday's 'Live from the Red Carpet' Emmy Awards show produced by E! Entertainment.
This will be the first time since 2003 that the High-Definition TV network will not offer the pre-awards show coverage. Live From the Red Carpet, which features interviews with TV celebrities before they enter the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, will still air in standard definition on E!.
Ellen Cooper, a spokeswoman for INHD, said Wednesday that E! Entertainment decided not to air the pre-show in HDTV this year.
Sarah Goldstein, a spokeswoman for E!, told TVPredictions.com Thursday that the channel's HD awards coverage is decided on a "case by case basis." However, she said she could not explain why E! will not broadcast this year's Emmys pre-awards show in HD after having done so for three straight years. Pressed for a specific reason, Goldstein responded: "What is this? Woodward and Bernstein?" Goldstein said she would call back after trying to get a better explanation. She had not returned the call as of Saturday.
With the exit of INHD and E!, HDTV viewers will not be able to see coverage of the 2006 Emmys in high-def. NBC, which will broadcast the awards show at 8 p.m. ET, does not plan to show it in HDTV.
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7 Comments:
Come on, NBC. If you're not going to produce it in HD, then let some other network show it.
I would like to know what's up with E! Do you think Teri Hatcher got to them?
If it ain't in HD, I ain't watchin!
NBC You F'n suck!!! I'm not watchin the Emmy's.
NBC has been cheap about HDTV from the beginning. No question. ABC did the Oscars in HD; why not the Emmys, NBC?
We need more shows in hd not less..watchin the emmys will suck.
The idea that Teri Hatcher or someone connected with her read Swanni, then called or had her representative call E! to say that she would not walk the red carpet if they did it in HD is the most brain-dead thing I have read since - well, since the recent Swanni column where a Microsoft sr mgr said 1080i was the same as 1080p. When preposterous, totally unfounded conjecture like this is treated seriously, it makes one wonder about the accuracy of all the other items in Swanni.
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