The animation community was taken aback at the July 12 announcement that there would be no Emmy awarded this season for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. The category was shut out for the first time since its inception in 2008 (when it was called Outstanding Special Class Short-Format Animated Program). The TV Academy stated: “Submissions were prescreened to determine nominations. None of the submissions received nine-tenths approval, resulting in no nominations this year.”
For the first time, there were only seven submissions for the category, which triggered a special rule calling for a select panel of animation members to review them. A nomination required nine out of 10 votes of approval. None of the entries passed the threshold.
The seven submissions consisted of: “Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection” (Max), eight shorts created by 12 underrepresented artists as part of a special HBO/Warner Bros. program; “Maggie Simpson In: Rogue Not Quite One” (Disney...
For the first time, there were only seven submissions for the category, which triggered a special rule calling for a select panel of animation members to review them. A nomination required nine out of 10 votes of approval. None of the entries passed the threshold.
The seven submissions consisted of: “Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection” (Max), eight shorts created by 12 underrepresented artists as part of a special HBO/Warner Bros. program; “Maggie Simpson In: Rogue Not Quite One” (Disney...
- 7/21/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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