Customer Reviews

The Emmys

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Great! All the winners are here plus nominees in top categories and year-by-year essays that give you all the Hollywood dirt and are fun to read. Best part: the HUGE trivia section in the back of the book is broken down into easy bits that make you an Emmy expert fast.

You can see a list of most every nominee and winner of any TV award ever bestowed, including sports, news, and daytime Emmys. That much is certain. But what you can't find is anything close to a complete index. Apparently, only the "big" winners and nominees are listed in the index. Even if a performer was nominated for a writing award, you'll find only his or her performance nominations indexed.

It's a good bathroom or coffee table book, but if you hope to use this book for research, you'll end up creating your own crossreferences, so what's the use? The only reason to purchase this one is because there isn't an alternative.

I really enjoy Tom O'Neil's other two books -- "Movie Awards" and "The Grammys" -- and now that I have "The Emmys," too, I'm THRILLED. All three books are full of really really interesting info, lists, trivia, photos, all that -- but JUICY DISH. WOW. Some of the stories he tells are OUTRAGEOUS! Hilarious! The best part: Every one of O'Neil's books is superbly written. They're a joy to read and full of laughs. I cannot recommend these books stronger to you guys. I'm addicted to them. Get all three -- you'll thank me. (...) Get these books and follow along

It's full of lots of nifty trivia (Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner are tied for the most Emmys--7 each), curious facts (poor Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy! Angela Lansbury's the biggest loser among current stars now that Susan Lucci finally got one), thorough listings and gazillion photos. Nice surprise about this book: it's sassily written. The text chapters are full of dish, fascinating history and bitchy humor. O'Neil REALLY tells you what goes on BEHIND the scenes. O'Neil's that guy on TV on the red carpet at all those award shows: Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys. Turns out that he's a smart writer in addition to being a pretty good awards guru. (I remember that he predicted Lucci would finally win just before she did.) Loved his book on the Grammys. This one's even better -- or maybe I just think so because I like TV more than music?

This book is like a twin version of "Movie Awards," also by author Tom O'Neil. That one covered all the major movie awards, this one covers the TV awards in a fun and insightful look at the Emmys. It's filled with trivia and inside information on all the major TV programs and movies that were up for Emmys from the early beginnings to the present, easily indexed and compiled by years.

If you are interested in TV, then this is a very interesting work to have around the house. It is the type of book that I like to pick up now and again and just scan through it picking out bits of trivia. As the book says, there are over 6,000 complete listings of winners in prime time, day time, et al. I do have to agree with another reviewer here in that the indexing leaves a bit to be desired, ergo, the four stars rather than the five. This is a nice reference book, and to my knowledge, the only one out there that is this complete.