2013 emmy ballot

The Emmy ballots have recently been revealed. Recently, I've been looking through the list, already guessing who will and will not be nominated. True, there are always surprises thrown in, but a lot of the winners tend to be fairly predictable. (Some are deserving, and some are not, but that's another discussion.)

Really, it's only been in the past two-three years that I've actively been following critics, other writers, and fans "nominations". I like to see who wants to nominated, and who they think will be nominated. A lot of the same nominations have been thrown in year after year, with most people consecutively losing. (You only have so many winners each year.)

I was looking at the last, and I'll admit, I don't watch quite as much TV as I used to, though I know of almost every, if not every, show on the ballot list. So, I thought about it - what if I just made a list of Emmy nominees based on the shows I watch (while throwing in names of shows I should have watched)?

I think this will be fun.

summer television

I've got a lot of catching up to do.  

 

Last night, as I set up my DVR to record the entire season two marathon of "Falling Skies" this Saturday, I realized that I really need to start watching shows when they air as opposed to catching up on them right before the new season starts.

Sometimes I'll catch up on my DVR when I get home from work, but usually I'm just lazy and I lay around, playing "Candy Crush" or catching up on social networking while shuffling the music on my iPod. My two days off, Tuesday's and Sunday's, usually consist of me somewhat catching up on my DVR. Most of the shows I watch are on a summer hiatus right now, so while I still have some catching up to do, I've got a few months to get caught up on those shows. (Lately, I've been recording a lot of "House Hunters International". I'm crazy addicted to that show, and I'm terribly jealous of all of those people, but that's another story.)

This is a list of shows that I'm very excited to watch this summer! (In order by premiere date.)

survivor 26 recap

Ah, Survivor. Have we really just finished season 26? It feels like just a few years ago as I, a then 10-year-old, was sitting down in my living room watching "Survivor: The Australian Outback". (I didn't watch season one, "Borneo".)

I love the setup of the show - find a bunch of people and throw them into the wilderness, only giving them the basic essentials to survive. The show started out really basic: you have a "Reward Challenge" (you play for rewards), you have an "Immunity Challenge" (you play for immunity), then you have "Tribal Council" (you vote somebody out), then there's the "Final Tribal Council" (the "Jury", a handful of previously voted out contestants, votes for the winner). Like I said, it started out pretty basic.

Over the course of 26 seasons, or 13 years (the show premiered on May 31, 2000), we've seen a numerous amount of additions to the show. You've got tribe switchups ("Gabon" had two of them), "Exile Island", "Redemption Island", hidden immunity idols, the "Medallion of Power", former players returning... just to name a few.

When talking about last night's finale to my parents, I said, "This is the first really good season of Survivor since... well, last season was good, but before that, it's been a long time since there's been a good season of Survivor!" I'll admit, there have been a few seasons of Survivor that I haven't really cared about. I've always watched the show, but I know I haven't seen every episode.  I'm not a "super-fan" (like this season's winner, John Cochran), but I'm more than a casual fan.

[spoilers ahead]