European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1est available cop the emmy awards who a nominated the pro Are a / cd abcs a Etc a awards . But a crr c 3 n Cre lha the .  Nedo a cd of v As r.  As a s year s i St of e s res a ear Fri Quot a i . A Quot. A so a a in _ a. I 1 a j a s a a it a  incl add s Tsas. A aks were r err is rated for Best dramatic so Ter. A  letter Iii would have been Cole a am Devane of knots Landing Maclachlon Bakula and Jamey Sheridan of Abc s Shannon a Deal. But its not the Only category with problems. For instance Art Carney gets nominated for a cheap heart string Tugger like where pigeons go to die in the Best actor movies and miniseries category while Lane Smith s excellent Richard Nixon in the final Days gets ignored. Go figure. Producer David Jacobs of knots Landing said that he understands at least part of the problem. Quot a few years ago i was marking my ballot for nominations and i found myself voting for shows that i Hadnot seen because i had heard they were Good Quot he said. Quot i stopped doing that. Now i vote for my shows and maybe two or three others that i really  the difficulty that voters like Jacobs face is simply the vast Quantity of television that is produced. When members of the motion picture Academy vote on the oscars they have probably seen the bulk of the theatrical movies released by Hollywood every year at least those worthy of honors something that is not the Case with those in the to Academy. This Factor definitely Hurt Cole As Midnight caller is aired at the same time As Abc s thirty something an Industry favorite that gets its share of nominations indeed won Best dramatic series its first year out. Another major flaw is that the very people who vote on the nominees done to give their own Industry enough credit. They always seem eager to Honor someone perceived As stepping Down in class coming to to from an Arena considered somehow loftier. Thus Woodward a Veteran of the English stage is aided by this prejudice As Are fellow nominees Falk and Loggia both seen As successful screen actors who Are gracing to by their presence. Carney a former Oscar Winner also gets a boost from this As indeed does every nominee in that Best actor movies and miniseries category a Hume Cronyn Hob s ago old frien Salbert Finney Hbous the image Michael Caine Abc s Jekyll and Hyde and Quot it js8si a amp i a a amp so Dana Delany. A. John Goodman a 1 Kirstie Alley Tom Hulce no cd a murder in Mississippi. In fact much of the Rush to favourably judge twin peaks a it led the pack with 14 nominations a must be credited with its being seen As the product of a successful screen director David Lynch turning his attention to television. And All of these problems Are simply with the nomination process. The procedure for choosing the awards themselves is even More flawed. Its done during an August weekend in some los Angeles hotel by panels composed of whichever members of the Academy happen to show up. What a to be done Weil there Are a variety of measures that would help changing some categories perhaps reducing the number. But the Bottom line is All the voters in the to Academy should do their Homework before they vote next year. The emmy awards show is being provided live to military networks in Europe by armed Force radio and television service at 2 . Monday. Sunday september 16, 1990 to plus c Page 3