Emmy Predictions: Scripted Variety — Pending ‘Last Week Tonight’ and ‘SNL’ Showdown Proves This Category’s Definition Still Needs Work
10.05.2023 - 00:13
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UPDATED: May 9, 2023 Weekly Commentary: We’re still in the land of make believe when viewing “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and “Saturday Night Live” as “the same scripted variety show” — when that’s far from the case. Since the announcement of the rule changes in Dec. 2022, Variety reported HBO’s long-running “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” would move into the scripted variety category (formerly variety sketch series) where it will face off with NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and its cable counterpart “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” It had been reported that Apple attempted to move “Schmigadoon!” into this category. However, the TV Academy confirmed to Varietythe switch would not be occurring. The scripted variety category is open to series with at least six episodes. It is defined as shows that are “primarily scripted, or loosely-scripted improv” and “discrete scenes, satire, musical numbers, monologues, comedy stand-ups, sketches, etc.” Last year, Netflix’s “Murderville” was denied
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