European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Franz cops a saving trophy for baffled show by John Engstrom Seattle. Post intelligencer he cast and Crew of Nype Blue were baffled. Confused and disheartened when the Abc cop drama did t win the emmy for Best to drama according to Dennis Franz who received the Best actor Tinory for his work on the show. Franz s emmy was one of six that went to Nype ethic but the show missed the one it was counting on Ai last week s emmy awards when lbs picket font seas named Best drama for the second year in a Row. \ " ". -. involved with the show Felt pretty title it and comfortable that we were going to walk away with the emmy Franz said in a conference Call with reporters monday. When that was not the Case it certainly did put a Damper on my working on two hours sleep and still besieged by Well wishers fran said he did t have the foggiest idea Why Nype Blue did t win. It seems pretty Odd to me when the show receives 2 nominations sweeping the writing category and Damn near sweeping the directing category and they say the writing s great direction s great acting s uie at. It does t make Franx said he went to the emmy awards show hot expecting to win As Best actor in a drama series for his work As detective Andy Sipowicz. He said lie thought the statue would go to co Star David Caruso who will leave Nype Blue this season because of a salary dispute. The show will premiere its second season on oct. Ii. Caruso s detective John Kelly will be gone after i he fourth episode replaced in the fifth by a new role played by Jimmy Smits Lawi realized the popularity of David s character and the publicity he has had Over the year and i Felt it would keep steam rolling Franz said. I was pre pared for it and i would have been very 1 in said lie had not been poking Forward to emmy night because he wanted to ride for about a year Oil the elation of simply being among the five Nomi nees in his category. When the emmy went to him on his first Nomi nation he was overwhelmed he said. It seemed like it took presenter Meredith Bax Ter about an hour and a half to Complete my name lie said. There was a big thud in my Chest and it sort of knocked the wind out of Franz said he went into a kind of suspended state that was finally broken by a major kiss from his Long time companion Joatie Zeck she sort of woke me out of a trance he said. I kind of left for a. While i Don t know where i was. It s a very Odd phenomenon that happens. Time stands still and Bells ring and it s sort of an extra terrestrial kind of win for Franz was hugely popular with the i Niy audience which responded to his name with. Yelps and prolonged applause. Franz said he wanted to wrap my arms around everyone in the auditorium and give them a big hug and a i be got a lot of friends it appears he added and they were glad for me and i was touched by he said. He finally encountered Nype Blue Cre Ator Steen Bochco about 2v. Hours after he received the emmy. He wrapped his arms around me and i said i feel so bad that the show did t win Franz re called. And he said Don t feel that Way. We Are All winners and we Are All thrilled by your Success. We love you and Don t give this another thought " new York times service Scala Ward of Sisters and Dennis Franz of Nype Blue enjoy their emmy for acting in dramatic series. If Nype Blue Over dramatic snub it should be by Diane Werts new Day hat s the Deal with those emmy Vot ers huh How can Nype Blue not get the award for Best drama so Ries when they be already said it s the Best written and Best directed How come the Best made for to movie in t the Best writ ten or Best directed either let s get worked up Here we be gotta get worked up about something or it s hardly an emmy ceremony is it and Abc s telecast last week makes it hard to air the usual gripes since it ended slightly before its appointed three hour Mark did t have much of that agonizing Jovial banter was t bogged Down by elaborate production numbers and hardly had self serving political statements or Industry serving lectures about television As a medium for the Ages. There was plenty of fun thanks largely to Ellen Degeneres who nearly co Host Patricia Richardson of Home improvement on her whirlwind tour of the Pasadena civic auditorium Balcony and other assorted locations. One time offender Kirstie Alley showed the spirit of Compromise in accepting her movie actress statue for Pav a s Mother playfully threatening a big one repeat but not actually delivering. Oddly enough in a show that was Long on Youthful newcomers and Short on older Industry veterans there was an undercurrent of age and dying. Jessica Tandy s death reverberated throughout the show with homage paid separately by presenters John Lith Gow and Faye Dunaway the latter in a this town has heart speech so archaic it was later inked by David Letterman in his variety show acceptance speech. The Best movie win of Hob s and the band played on was dedicated by producer Aaron spelling to the Book s author Randy Shilts who died of aids earlier this year. And septuagenarian supporting actor Fivush Finkel of picket fences nearly bounced off the auditorium Walls with Joy at his Victory i waited 51 years to get on this stage he got there by defeating a couple of actors from Nype Blue As did his supporting co Star Leigh Tay Lor Young. Finkel s lbs drama topped the controversial Abc hour too. That seemed strange yet not so strange. The reason is the emmy voting system. After nominations Are made by Academy members according to peer groups actors vote on actors i. Rectors on directors Blue ribbon panel for each category gathers one weekend in August to decide the Winner by watching tapes of submitted work. That s How Nype Blue can win for writing and directing but not for Best drama series. The Best pro Gram awards Are voted by All members that s How John Frankenheime is named top movie director for Hob s against the Wall by Peers who be scrutinized strictly his work on the film while the Channel s band played on takes Best movie. And that s also How actors who impress us week in and week out with their performances John Goodman in Roseanne Helen Hunt in mad about you keep getting passed Over. The emmy panel members Are supposed to judge by the tapes submitted. That process can Reward occasional histrionics rather than consistent strength is that also Why picket fences shockingly topped Nype Blue As Best drama David Kelley s lbs drama specializes in making a big Point every week about a big Issue like guns Street crime incest Reli Gion discrimination. Each episode tells an entire big Story. Steven Bochco s Abc drama on the other Jeand unfolds its continuing character Saga Over the course of weeks even months with each episode just a piece in a larger Puzzle. Maybe the nuanced emotionally Complex storytelling of Nype Blue does t provide emmy voters with the neat weekly satisfaction that the speech making in picket fences does. Bochco will just have to Content himself with the fact that despite emmy decisions both critics and viewers seem to vote More for Nype Blue week after week after week. I Pago 26 sunday september 18,1994 5 i i
