312newswannabe 7 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 The awards were handed out Saturday night...the major broadcast winners were: http://www.chicagoemmyonline.org/images/stories/2010emmywinners--list.pdf WBBM/CBS 2: None WMAQ/NBC 5: 3 Emmys *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Spot Coverage & Breaking News (News team) *Outstanding Achievement for Alternate Media/New Media Interactivity (Marion Brooks) *Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence Off Camera: Technical Achievement (NBC 5 Tech Team) WLS/ABC 7: None WGN 9: 4 Emmys *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Specialty Report/Series: Science/Weather/Environment (Tom Skilling + crew) *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Specialty Report/Series: Education (Antwan Lewis and Sean Lewis for two separate entries) *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Specialty Report/Series: Culture Hispanic Heritage Month (Lourdes Duarte, Ana Belaval same entry) *Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence Off Camera: Writing – News (Pam Grimes, she also won w/ Tom Skilling) WTTW/PBS 11: *Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence Off Camera: Lighting WFLD/FOX 32: 6 Emmys *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Single Investigative Report and Series (Dane Placko) *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Hard News Single Feature (Dane Placko) *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Soft News Feature Series (Mark Saxenmeyer) *Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Specialty Report/Series: Transportation/Traffic (Mark Saxenmeyer for 2 entries) *Outstanding Achievement for Informational Programs – Public Affairs/Current Affairs – Single Program (Jan Jeffcoat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Like these really mean anything to the viewers/audience (or even much of the people that work at TV stations).. It's all just something that certain people at stations use to rub in the faces of others. There is no correlation between the Emmys a station won and the station's ratings or audience growth. Promos showing/promoting Emmy(s) that a station won have proven unsuccessful in the Chicago market.. Other than for the self satisfaction of station on-air talent, management, a few writers, producers, promo people, photogs, and maybe some technical people, the Emmys are pretty pointless. Even for management.. A station can win all the Emmys in the world, but if ratings are in the shithole, they are meaningless. Yes, I know I may get some angry e-mails, private messages, or texts about saying that.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5279 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 WFLD will still be last place, WLS will still be first. The other three will still duke it out for second. This only gives bragging rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
312newswannabe 7 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 There is no correlation between the Emmys a station won and the station's ratings or audience growth. I agree completely, because as we all know, ABC7 news didn't win an Emmy, but they've been the highest rated station in town for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 818 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Nothing wrong with being recognized for your work even if some may consider the award meaningless. The bigger issue is that these awards don't create enough (if any) competition between the stations to do more in-depth pieces outside of the normal rating periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5279 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I started seeing some Emmy award commercials on Channel 5 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Nothing wrong with being recognized for your work even if some may consider the award meaningless. The bigger issue is that these awards don't create enough (if any) competition between the stations to do more in-depth pieces outside of the normal rating periods. Based on my experience in town, I can assure you MOST consider the award meaningless. The thing too is A LOT of talent/producers in town (that would be very deserving of an award) don't care to submit their work to the Emmys because they know what it's really about and they'd rather not be in that crowd. You have the same few in town that submit tons of stuff to them every year. There's alot more "backdoor" stuff going on that many may think. There are a couple GM's/ND's in town too that really prefer that their staff doesn't focus so much on stuff for the Emmys and you'd be surprised which stations they are. There's a couple GM's/ND's in town that really push their newsrooms for Emmy subs. Emmy awards haven't saved anyone's job in town who's won them; however, they look good on resumes so that's probably the most they'd help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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