Get this: The "Television Critics Association" has awarded the 2009 grand prize to Battlestar Galactica. All I can add is this group's standards are pretty low, considering they are already rating an arena made for limbo dancing.
Battlestar Galactica is listed as playing on "Syfy". What, as in syphilis? For some reason I don't think most fans of that show risk contracting a venereal disease.
The story...
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/02/10340606-sun.html
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Apparently these groups' standards (courtesy of Wikipedia) should be considered similarly low:
2005
* Hugo Awards, Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form ("33")
* Spacey Awards, Favorite Limited TV Series
2006
* Peabody Award[1]
* Saturn Awards, Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
* Saturn Awards, Best Supporting Actor on Television, James Callis
* Saturn Awards, Best Supporting Actress on Television, Katee Sackhoff
* Scream Awards, Best Television Show
* Scream Awards, Most Heroic Performance, Edward James Olmos as Commander William Adama
* Spacey Awards, Best Television Show
* VES Awards, Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video (Cylon Centurion in "Fragged")
2007
* ALMA Awards, Outstanding Actor in a TV series, mini-series, or TV movie, Edward James Olmos
* Emmy Awards, Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series ("Exodus, Part 2")
* RedEye, Best TV Character, Kara Thrace a.k.a. Starbuck[2]
* Saturn Awards, Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
* VES Awards, Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program ("Resurrection Ship, Part 2")
* VES Awards, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series, Commercial, or Music Video ("Exodus, Part 1")
2008
* ALMA Awards, Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series, Edward James Olmos
* Emmy Awards, Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-action Entertainment Programs ("Razor Featurette #4")
* Emmy Awards, Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series ("He That Believeth in Me")
* VES Awards, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special (Razor)
2009
* Golden Reel Awards, Best Sound Editing - Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television ("He That Believeth in Me")
* Saturn Awards, Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
* Saturn Awards, Best Television Actor, Edward James Olmos
* Saturn Awards, Best Television Actress, Mary McDonnell
* Television Critics Association Awards, Program of the Year
* VES Award, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series ("BSG space sattle, season four")
With almost no exceptions, those are technical or "dedictated" (SF, in this case) awards.
Rob Salem of the Toronto Star did a write-up the other day on BG and mentioned the fact that the Emmys have ingored the show, save two technical awardings.
Anyway, awards don't mean anything to me at all; so it's not as though I am really arguing any points outside of stating the obvious.
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