REALITY show judges often make news (think Paula Abdul or Simon Cowell, for starters).
Now, they’re going to be honored for their efforts.
The Emmys will create a separate category for reality show judges for the first time in its history, according to a TV Academy spokesman.
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This follows on the heels of the Emmys honoring reality show hosts for the first time this year (“Survivor’s” Jeff Probst won the first Emmy in this category).
And, of course, the TV Academy began conferring Emmy statuettes on the reality shows themselves a few years back.
There’s certainly no end to the list of reality-show judges the Academy can choose from, but it’s not clear, at this point, what criteria will be used to determine the nominees.
There’s also no word on when this will be put in place.
One thing that apparently won’t happen, though, is amending the Emmy rules to include a category for reality show contestants.
“We don’t want to turn into ‘Survivor’!,” TV Academy chairman John Shaffner told TV Guide Canada.