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Top Emmy contenders leaked online

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-03 14:02





Tony Sirico (L), Michael Imperioli (C) and Steve Van Zandt of the
television show 'The Sopranos' pose during the 13th Annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards in Los Angeles, January 28, 2007. [Reuters]

An online leak about the Primetime Emmy Award finalists in the comedy and
drama series categories raised questions Monday about the security and
future of the Emmy voting process.

When TheEnvelope.com (http://www.theenvelope.com) posted the list of the
top 10 finalists in each category during the weekend, citing multiple
judges who were screening the series as sources, it also shed light on
this year's voting process.

According to the Los Angeles Times-operated site, the drama finalists are
ABC's "Boston Legal," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost"; NBC's "Friday Night
Lights" and "Heroes"; Fox's "House" and "24"; Showtime's "Dexter"; and
HBO's "Rome" and "The Sopranos."

The comedy finalists, according to the site, are ABC's "Desperate
Housewives" and "Ugly Betty"; NBC's "My Name Is Earl," "The Office,"
"Scrubs" and "30 Rock"; CBS' "Two and a Half Men"; HBO's "Entourage" and
"Extras"; and Showtime's "Weeds."

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which oversees the Primetime
Emmy Awards, declined comment on the accuracy of the lists. The final
five nominees in each category -- or six, if the vote is close enough --
will be unveiled on July 19.

It is unclear whether the academy plans to investigate the sources of the
leak. But in a statement, it said all Emmy judges are required to sign a
confidentiality agreement.

"The Primetime Emmy nomination process should not be compromised by
premature disclosure of nominations information prior to the announcement
of the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees on July 19," the statement
read. "All television academy members who take part in the judging
process are asked to sign a confidentiality agreement; the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences will not comment on any violations of that
agreement or on any speculative reporting of nomination data."

At least one network source was pleased that the lists of finalists were
leaked. The source, who did not wish to be identified, said the academy
should make it a policy to start announcing the top 10 finalists on its
own every year.

The leak could be linked to a change in the Emmy voting procedures this
year.

The finalists -- selected by the entire academy membership -- are being
screened in Los Angeles and New York by blue-ribbon panels consisting of
several hundred academy members.

One rule change this year ensured that all panelists would know all
series that made the cut as the top 10 in a certain category instead of
only a few apiece, as they did last year. That makes it more difficult to
keep the identity of the finalists under wraps. It remains to be seen
whether the academy will revamp the voting process again as a result of
the leak.













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