The winners of the 2007 Suncoast Emmy awards. Locally WTVJ took home 12 Emmys with WLTV-Univision a close second. Even WSFL CW39 and WBFS My33’s newscasts managed to grab an Emmy
WFOR – 5
WTVJ – 12
WSVN – 1
WPLG – 0
WSFL – 1
WBFS – 1
WLTV – 9
WPTV – 5
WPBT – 1
Shannon Cake from wptv got her name on 5? That’s crazy.
WTVJ has 12 Emmy Awards. But why are they last in the ratings? I don’t understand that.
I find it interesting that if you invert the list. Those who got the least Emmy awards have the higher ratings.
Does this show how valuable an Emmy award really is, or is not?
I’d also be interested to see which stations pay for their people to enter and which stations make their employees pay to enter their awards by themselves.
The only thing you should surmise from these figures is that some stations pay for their employees’ Emmy submissions, while others don’t.
It does not matter where you are in the ratings…it’s a matter of applying. Some stations or reporters submit many entries, others don’t…
It’s not a level playing field, so don’t give a station more or less weight on how they stack up against the competition.
You didn’t mention WSCV, which took 8 Emmys home.
Emmy’s are paperweights. I love the concept. It’s the media handing out awards to itself. It’s a lot of people breaking their arms patting themselves on their back.
I wonder what would happen if the viewers were responsible for doing the judging? I am sure the list would look far different.
Geraldo
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