11. The AMC/OLTL tribute was horribly botched with no photos, no film clips, no people talking about what the shows meant to them. The clips of Agnes and RPG before Susan came out were great, but if they wanted to do a tribute to Susan, it would have been better to have someone else introduce a bunch of clips of Erica and people talking about the character and actress and then have her come out and say a few brief words. The mini tribute to Susan/Erica was poorly executed and came off as Susan talking about how great she was, which I highly doubt was her intention. Cam Mathison had no business being up there with Susan and Erika. Darnell Williams or Michael E Knight would have been much better choices.

Agreed. She should've been introduced and called up on stage. I mean, those AOL kids got better treatment.

Agreed. She should've been introduced and called up on stage. I mean, those AOL kids got better treatment.

to be honest, given that she was the worst part of the show im glad she wasnt given much more

And i see a lot of people didnt like it. I dont think many people will ever love it. This was a completely different show from last years and basically everything people had been asking for. I dont see what more they could have done. Of course, there were issues (that amc/oltl tribute! getty) but every award show has issues every year. overall, id give this years telecast a solid A.

I also loved the way it was set up. The stage was beatiful and the table seating is classic. I hope it is just like this next year, weather it airs or not.

Were we watching the same telecast? This was the worst awards ceremony I have ever seen.

1. The set up was ridiculous. It took the recipients forever to get to the stage, which wasted valuable time.

2. No clips were shown of anyone or anything. I don't consider two seconds of film while the names were being read to be real clips. I have small children, I work from home, and I'm home pretty much all day long. The television is on a lot at my house. Give me a reason to watch some of these shows you're awarding. Without seeing any clips, why should I tune in to Giada or some legal show I've never heard of? They didn't need cheesy musical numbers for each drama like they've done in the past, but a short reel would have been nice.

3. The music was horrible. There were no show themes for any of the shows or actors, and I'm counting all daytime shows, not just the drama.

4. There were filler awards like best viral video that had no reason to be there and took away from time that could have been used for film clips. Awards like best new approach in whatever should have been part of the Creative awards that were given out the week before.

5. Jack Hanna and Debbie Gibson on stage with animals. Why? That was such a waste of time that could have been used better.

6. In a year in which two long-running beloved shows were axed, the lifetime achievement award was given to a talk show producer. Okay, fine, he's had a long career, but being subjected to Barbara Walters talking like that was just painful.

7. The microphone was placed in such a way that presenters had to step in front of each other to speak.

8. The camera work was sloppy. We were subjected to shots of chandeliers and far away shots of tables with only minimal audience close ups. When they did show Susan in the audience, she wasn't lit at all. The Emmys used to have great shots of the cast, spouses, etc., and that was definitely missing.

9. There were technical flops like Bethanny Frankel standing in on stage with a blank teleprompter and no clue who the winner was.

10. The soap winners were all the same predictable people who win over and over again. Days was a surprise for writing, but other than that, it was same old, same old.

11. The AMC/OLTL tribute was horribly botched with no photos, no film clips, no people talking about what the shows meant to them. The clips of Agnes and RPG before Susan came out were great, but if they wanted to do a tribute to Susan, it would have been better to have someone else introduce a bunch of clips of Erica and people talking about the character and actress and then have her come out and say a few brief words. The mini tribute to Susan/Erica was poorly executed and came off as Susan talking about how great she was, which I highly doubt was her intention. Cam Mathison had no business being up there with Susan and Erika. Darnell Williams or Michael E Knight would have been much better choices.

For all of these reasons...the technical, production and tribute issues being the most egregious.

were we watching the same telecast? This was the worst awards ceremony I have ever seen.

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Eden Riegel won for playing a gay character first, although yes, she is an actress and not an actor, but still...

ER didn't win for playing a gay character. She won for allegedly being the best actress in her category.

This ceremony was a throwback to the ceremonies from many years ago - the ones that were not televised! HLN doesn't have a lot of experience producing awards shows and it was painfully obvious

The show only brought in 912,000 viewers

That's actually not bad for HLN, which isn't a very high-rated network anyway.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/486396-Daytime_Emmy_Ratings_Sink_in_Move_to_Cable.php

The show only brought in 912,000 viewers

That's actually not bad for HLN, which isn't a very high-rated network anyway.

http://www.broadcast...ve_to_Cable.php

That's great for HLN. More people watched the Emmys than an episode of Piers Morgan.

Oh that's good.! I've not seen much ratings rise for HLN so I was just assuming that was a decent rating.

Those are pretty great numbers for HLN. Joy Behar's show was pulling in half that audience if I recall correctly.

Then that's good!

HLN has out-rated CNN a number of times for specific programs over the past couple of years...

http://daytimeconfid...ime-emmy-awards

http://daytimeconfid...ime-emmy-awards

http://daytimeconfid...ime-emmy-awards

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