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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 167951" data-attributes="member: 746">I think the Emmy nomination process worked against "Dallas" and the other prime-time soaps. Actors must chose a single episode to be considered for nomination (not an entire season of work - an exception will be made for a two-part episode). In an ensemble drama each actor receives less screen-time than an actor in a standard drama. In a serialized drama we only see an actor play part of the story - out of context. It's much easier to judge a performance if we see a story from start to finish.Didn't Barbara Bel Geddes win her Emmy for the breast cancer storyline? That played out over just a couple of episodes. I wonder if she might have even been allowed to submit two episodes under the two-part episode rule.</blockquote>