UPDATE: 1 of the night's biggest winners is apparently suddenly in danger of cancellation, all because of another stupid scandal... I mean, when the media starts focusing more on T.V. show stars' private lives instead of the success (or lack thereof) of their shows, or more important events, such as economic/political/sociological events, even though those types of events all seem to be overly sensationalized to make it seem as if this world has gone to absolute ****, when it's almost always seen similar courses of events throughout history, that's when you know our media has hit rock bottom in terms of its severely lacking prioritizing capabilities! (just my 2 cents)
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You know where I think the ceremony should be held next year? How about making some history & moving it outdoors, for the 1st time ever!
See those lists of nominees? You'd think, given the network's many connections to various other networks (CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, & so on & so forth), through its ownership by the (post-2005) Viacom Media Networks, that the network would give its ownership slightly more representation, but apparently, that was not the case this year among the movie category nominees, given the massive Disney representation in those categories!
As troubling as the movie category nominee lists were, the television lists were not only more promising for the networks' own talents, but dominated among those nominees/eventual winners by multiple-time KCA winners, showing, if nothing else, the network's loyalty to its own people:
See all the (Nickelodeon-representing) winners in these categories? Those shows, combined, have aired for a total of over 2 decades, showing (once again) that the network might not be willing to monopolize its own awards show (thus doing itself a major disservice, at least in my opinion), & obviously, until the network starts getting back into the business of reality shows, I think you'll continue to see the other networks fill up that category year after year, at least for the foreseeable future, that is, unless all of those shows end up getting canceled within relatively short order...
As with the movie category, given the network's long history of producing TV characters-turned-chart toppers (which goes back to the network's very beginning in the early 1980s, with a certain French Canadian performer), I think the network could have represented itself here even more than earlier years (after all, wasn't that the reason Nickelodeon signed its 2007 deal with Sony Music?)
Considering the recent jump for all those series, I'm not surprised at the app game/video game/book series nominees, & I'm sure the comedy & sports categories are to be expected (although where are Comedy Central's (& the Garden State's own) 2 late-night hosts?)
This final category, however, was 1 that I 1st made note of a month & a 1/2 ago, & in there, I mentioned some of the following points, which I'll reiterate to you after I show you this:
That's right, people: this year's lifetime achievement award went to none other than the guy responsible for much of Nickelodeon's historical success stories: producer Dan Schneider! Since he started at the network sometime in the mid-1980s, the network has generally seen more success with shows he's gotten involved with in some capacity than shows in which he hasn't gotten involved, &, as I noted in mid-February, he was responsible for so much of the network's overall history that without him, the network might not have even reached the new millennium (note the fittingly orange text):
"If it wasn’t for this man and the people around him, you might not have heard of at least half of the actors/actresses/performers/shows to have emerged from Nickelodeon over the past bunch of years!"
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| I already visited this place once... why can't the network follow suit? |
(edited to add the following links: http://anytandeverything.blogspot.com/2014/02/nickelodeons-rise-to-ratings-dominance.html & http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-tech-of-disneys-frozen-and-get-a-horse/)
When you think of a modern-day awards show, you probably think of businesspeople voting behind closed doors for the people the rest of us all hope we could vote for to win awards bankrolled by huge, multinational movie or music studios, worldwide... This awards show, however, is different, in that kids (obviously...) vote for the winners, &, in the process, get to witness some wacky moments unfold, live (East Coast only!) The 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, contrary to popular belief, didn't further any common stereotypes of this country's under-18 demographic, but instead, they simply confirmed what we've always thought of this demographic (that there are some über-talented people among us), as well as Nickelodeon (that has produced the vast majority of those "teen talents", as I've taken to calling them in recent days, weeks, & months!) With a few shows that dominated the show over the past few years leaving the network over the past few months, if you were in Nickelodeon's position, you'd probably be hard-pressed to figure out how to fill the show's traditional 90-minute time slot without going beyond the normal demographic(s), & this year proved to be 1 of the toughest in the show's history to fill, given the circumstances:
As troubling as the movie category nominee lists were, the television lists were not only more promising for the networks' own talents, but dominated among those nominees/eventual winners by multiple-time KCA winners, showing, if nothing else, the network's loyalty to its own people:
This final category, however, was 1 that I 1st made note of a month & a 1/2 ago, & in there, I mentioned some of the following points, which I'll reiterate to you after I show you this:
"If it wasn’t for this man and the people around him, you might not have heard of at least half of the actors/actresses/performers/shows to have emerged from Nickelodeon over the past bunch of years!"
Since it's only fair to recognize him, I figured I might as well also mention the role of the Prudential Center, in downtown Newark, New Jersey in launching 1 of the aforementioned winners' 2nd career:
(EDIT: the arena removed its "news" page! Well, "news" page or no "news" page, my point still stands: your state might have been responsible for starting so-&-so's career in something, be it movies, music, sports, television, or something else, but the Prudential Center in our state (sorry, Boston! I just couldn't help myself!) played host to the (on-stage) debut for the (almost) 21-year-old Ariana Grande, so I'll repeat myself, yet again: your state might have some of its own "best-kept secrets", but trust me, starting somebody's career here, I think, is infinitely more rewarding than any of the more typical "best-kept secrets" that your states might have held onto... I mean, if she already made it here:
...then why can't she return to this state, in a different arena? (insert shameless plug for my own (grassroots) campaign here)
speaking of "secrets":
the world absolutely demands to know your secret... just kidding!
On the topic of annual events, stay tuned right back here later today (EDT & all points east)/ tomorrow (everywhere west of the East Coast) for not another recap of this, but instead for a recap of the NCAA regionals & a preview of the Frozen Four, to be held this year in the Wells Fargo Center in south Philadelphia!
