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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 219697" data-attributes="member: 27">I have no idea of how talented DT Bell might or might not be, but the &quot;Younger Actor&quot; and &quot;Younger Actress&quot; Emmy categories have always been problematic in my opinion.&nbsp; They would place young adults like Bell into the same category as &quot;truly&quot; young (like nine year-old) actors and attempt to judge them equally despite radically different demands and material.&nbsp; Shows would often submit anyone in the cast who fit the criteria (that they&#039;re younger than 25) hoping to increase their &quot;Nominated for ___ Emmys!&quot; number, whether they felt the material was Emmy worthy or not.&nbsp; The Emmys organization recently decided to combine the male and female categories to one &quot;Outstanding Younger Performer&quot; in an effort toward quality over quantity.&nbsp; Some truly great actors and actresses have earned these awards, but there have also been a few times when it appeared the winner was chosen more as &quot;who&#039;s the best of a bad lot?&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 219697, member: 27"] I have no idea of how talented DT Bell might or might not be, but the "Younger Actor" and "Younger Actress" Emmy categories have always been problematic in my opinion. They would place young adults like Bell into the same category as "truly" young (like nine year-old) actors and attempt to judge them equally despite radically different demands and material. Shows would often submit [I]anyone[/I] in the cast who fit the criteria (that they're younger than 25) hoping to increase their "Nominated for ___ Emmys!" number, whether they felt the material was Emmy worthy or not. The Emmys organization recently decided to combine the male and female categories to one "Outstanding Younger Performer" in an effort toward quality over quantity. Some truly great actors and actresses have earned these awards, but there have also been a few times when it appeared the winner was chosen more as "who's the best of a bad lot?". [/QUOTE]

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