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    Daytime Emmys: Food Network Pulls in Eight, ‘Everyday Italian’ Nets Three

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    Posted on May 1st, 2008

    Yesterday the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 35th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations. For anyone living in a cave, this in the American television industry’s highest awards and seperate from the Evening Emmys which concentrate on the big network prime time shows, these are for … well, as they say, “daytime” TV, everything from the soap operas to animated cartoons, from kid shows to heavyweights like “The View” and “Oprah” to game shows, and include some (not all) synidcated programming and cooking shows.

    Our interest here of course is anything mentioned in regards to the food and cooking shows, which there was plenty of. The Food Network was nominated for eight Daytime Emmys. In regard to multiple nominations for food shows, the leader is Everyday Italian (FN) with three — and not just any old three, but best show, host and directing — followed by Food Trip with Todd English, Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (both PBS) and Nigella Express (FN) tied with two a piece.

    In the category of Outstanding Lifestyle Host all the candidates are food shows: Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa (FN); Bobby Flay, Boy Meets Grill (FN); Giada De Laurentiis, Everyday Italian; Todd English, Food Trip With Todd English; Nigella Lawson, Nigella Express.

    In the category of Outstanding Lifestyle Program four of the five candidates are food shows (the fifth being a DIY Network craft show): Everyday Italian, Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, Lidia’s Italy (PBS), Nigella Express.

    In terms of Outstanding Directing In A Lifestyle Show only a single food show was up: Everyday Italian with the others being a smorgasbord from a travel show to a Cargnegie Hall special on PBS.

    The remaining nominations in which a food show was involved are: Outstanding Achievement In Single Camera Photography (Film Or Electronic): Chefs A’ Field (PBS) and Food Trip With Todd English. Outstanding Achievement In Single Camera Editing: Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie.

    And, in what seems to be a major oddity, at least to me: Outstanding Achievement In Hairstyling: Semi-homemade Cooking With Sandra Lee (FN). I mean she’s going up against “The View”, which is a whole lot of hair and wigs! Also “The Price Is Right” is up for this same award; we assume it must be for the models — either that or Drew Carey’s crewcut is a much more complicated affair than anyone could ever have imagined!

    The Daytime Emmy Awards are to be broadcasted June 20, 2008 on the ABC Network 8pm Eastern, shown live from from Hollywood’s’ Kodak Theatre.


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