So many awards, so little significance

Does anyone really care about award shows any more? Whether it's the Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Tonys, the ESPYs, the Emmys, the Writer's Guild Awards, the Director's Guild Awards, the Screen Actor's Guild Awards, the Grammys, the MTV Movie Awards, the MTV Music Video Awards, the BET Hip Hop Awards or Bravo's A-List Awards, I have a distinct feeling that they don't really matter as much as they used to. Whether you see awards shows as elitist, media garbage or the definitive answer to the best the year had to offer, you can't deny that their importance is dwindling. Take, for example, the Emmy Awards. The nominees were announced last week. Didn't know about it? Neither did I until I stumbled upon it while randomly browsing around the Internet. And I'm someone who followed the two previous year's races from the first day... [read full story]