Well, Phil can't win the host one, as that was decided last weekend. But he'll be apart of the overall celebrations when TAR wins tonight!
Well, it's the night the AR fans have been waiting for on an annual basis! The night where the streak and fate of TAR is on the line, natually. I’m pretty much in agreement with some of the people that are critical to the selections of the Emmy finalists. It’s pretty much the same finalists and same eventual winner year in and year out. While one could defend the fact that the selections deserve to be there, it doesn’t take a genius to realize that there were several negative points in some of those shows.
This may sound stupid, but I think TAR needs to lose in order to win in the long run. What I mean is that there hasn’t been a lot of effort put into the show over the past few seasons. However, if TAR keeps winning, no one is going to change anything because they’re doing something right. OTOH, with a loss, it might be a sign for the producers to restart and put a spark back into the show to best bring TAR back to its glory days.
I think what was disappointing (for me) was the fact that Probst went back-to-back-to-back as host in a show that wasn’t even nominated for best reality show (and hasn’t since 2007). I don’t even hate Jeff, but it’s baffling because his show totally deserved to get nominated this year. I don’t think it would’ve won over TAR (easily), but it totally dominated over American Idol, which was a complete nightmare. On the other end, Seacrest totally deserved the host Emmy over Probst, who some have argued that some of his questions/comments (like how the jury got it wrong with Natalie vs. Russell) were very critical. Seacrest is so outgoing and neutral. IMO, in the end, the Emmy team got it reversed between Idol and Survivor. But to a point; can't argue, as mentioned, that Jeff earned it. If you go by personality more than actions, Ryan wins. If it by actions, while Ryan doesn't a lot more than Phil, it pales in comparison to Jeff.
Point is that while TAR deserves the Emmy for best show, it doesn’t for host. Phil is awesome and full of class, but the show isn’t built for him to be able to do too much more than checking in and giving instructions for Route Info and the other tasks. And it sucks because it would change the show more than it’s been changed already! OTOH, as for the show itself, no doubt about it that it should win.
Either way, I won’t be surprised. If TAR wins, I’ll be happy of course, but I won’t be as excited and full of joy like I was during the first few years of its winning streak. OTOH, if it loses, then whatever! Maybe because the show has lost its magic it was destined to happen.
