Emmy Award - Hat Tip to Group Think

The Emmy nominations (News & Documentary) have been announced. Public Broadcasting (PBS) reaped the most, 37.

The public television system was followed closely by CBS, which had a particularly good showing, scoring 31 nominations, including 16 for its long-running Sunday newsmagazine “60 Minutes.” HBO placed third with 20 nominations, one of its largest hauls ever, followed by National Geographic, which earned 19. NBC had 17 and ABC got 9.

“CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” may trail its rivals in the ratings, but it earned eight nominations, the most of the network evening broadcasts, including two for its “Follow the Money” investigative series. The top-rated “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” got six nods, while ABC’s “World News,” anchored last year by Charles Gibson, had one.

Crikey! I'm so-o-o out of touch with news and documentaries. I watch absolutely none, nada, zero, zilch of the programming offered by the award nominees.

In fact, on those rare occasions when I accidentally surf into one of the aforementioned "news" sources, I'm reminded that many important stories are common knowledge within the public by the time the award nominees start reportage. Of course, that's assuming that the mainstream media actually, finally report.

The Emmy Award process appears to have gone to school on the Nobel Prize process, just another official hat tip to group think.