Emmy Rules Change!

It was recently announced that there will be a groundbreaking change in the Emmy eligibity rules. A number of shows, mostly on HBO, air the final two to six episodes after the May 31st cutoff date. Since a show is required to have six episodes to be eligible for the following year's Emmy Awards, most of those episodes fell into oblivion and were unrewarded. The biggest instance of this is "Six Feet Under", which aired its season two finale, "The Last Time" (which makes my list of the top ten episodes ever), on June 2 and thus was ineligible. Many people say that Peter Krause (Nate) would probably have won the Emmy were that episode, in which he was amazing, eligible.

In any case, those episodes are now eligible for this year. "The Sopranos" is set to air its final two episodes ever over the next two weeks, sure to gather a great deal of Emmy attention and to alter everyone's predictions for the dramatic writing, directing, and series categories. The stars may also be allowed to submit the series finale for consideration if they are nominated. Additionally, the season finales of "Entourage" and "The Shield" are set to air next week. All this change will really do is help drive "The Sopranos" towards an easier chance at the top trophy, with no other show really a strong frontrunner. I agree with this change and think that it is strange (not necessarily unfair) to separate out a season and declare that networks should change their schedules based on awards eligibility.