Shut in cast 201612/27/2023 ![]() How come?” And then it’s like, “Well who cares, it doesn’t matter.” I love that it goes back and forth. ![]() But then it’s like, “Well, wait, hold on a second. KAITLIN OLSON: Yeah, it isn’t about that. It’s just like winning a trophy, it shouldn’t be about that. GLENN HOWERTON: That episode was our way of saying it sucks and it hurts to not win an award, but we also don’t care, but we do, but we don’t because we know. ROB McELHENNEY: Is this the craze of Emmys season?ĭAY: It still feels like some sort of high school party that we’re perpetually not invited to. Looking back on “The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award,” especially right now in the craze of Emmys season - how do you guys feel about it? Sheryl Lee Ralph Confronted Jimmy Kimmel After Emmys Bit: 'The Disrespect, Jimmy'Ģ022 Emmys Parties Celebrate the Changing Face of Awards Winnersīest Movies Never Made: 40 Lost Projects from Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and Moreĭuring a recent visit to the set of “Sunny” Season 12, Indiewire asked McElhenney, Day, Howerton and co-stars Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito about what went into declaring publicly that they don’t care about winning Emmys… except maybe they kind of do? Their answers say an awful lot about the awards race - as well as what kind of show “Sunny” really is, at its core. As each of them tries a different approach to winning over the forces which rule over Emmys consideration, the show’s feelings regarding its perennial shafting become intensely clear. In the episode, the gang tries to get their bar considered for a city-wide bar competition, and the parallels to the awards season circus could not be more clear. That inspired Season 9’s “The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award,” in which executive producers Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton vented their frustrations about the awards race, and the fact that the closest they’ve come to an Emmy is three nominations for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or a Variety Program. ![]() READ MORE: Indiewire’s 2016 Emmy Predictions The FXX comedy first premiered in 2005 (originally on FX), and over the following 11 seasons and 123 episodes, it’s garnered a loyal and fervent fanbase - but never much in the way of awards attention. If this year’s Emmy nominations were a disappointment to you, the guys who make “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” get where you’re coming from.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply.AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |