the buzz log
You really like her. Emmy execs, on the other hand, had second thoughts about the former flying nun.
Actually, Sally Field channeled her "Norma Rae" days in her rebellious acceptance speech for best actress in a drama series Sunday night. Her anti-war comments got cut from the broadcast, but the people had to know: Cumulative searches for "sally field," "sally field emmy speech," and "sally field censored" sent her buzz profile soaring 1,000% percent, making her the hottest Search mover in the glitzy crowd.
As far as total number of searches, she squeezed in between the comely Katherine Heigl (whose mother discouraged her from preparing an acceptance speech) and Jaime Pressly (who thanked, among others, her lawyer).
Another big buzz came for Current TV (610%), the interactive channel that added to Al Gore's award haul. Others getting some overdue love included Robert Duvall (461%) and the miniseries "Roots" (147%) for its 30th anniversary.
However, neither farewell accolades nor much buzz were heaped upon "The Sopranos." The drama may have won best show, but the actor nominees were knocked off like mob hits. James Spader leapfrogged James Gandolfini in total buzz for his shocking outstanding actor/drama upset. In fact, the Buzz nearly embraced all category winners, but the HBO victor lagged behind loser "Grey's Anatomy" by nearly three lengths.
Speaking of bumps, a multitude of searches for "christina aguilera pregnancy" bore fruit. Her counterpart and Emmy winner Tony Bennett got some respectable attention as well, although some were distracted by his blonde at his side. Tittering look-ups for "britney spears emmy"—allegedly for the singer to make up for her MTV VMA performance—turned out to be moot.
As for the show itself, the Emmys could beat its own rating lows last year, and perhaps similarly its Buzz. In an example of searches you don't want to get, day-after inquiries on who won popped up more than 1,800%. Worse, searches for nominees were nearly a third lower than last year—which could mean people didn't care enough going into that long night. Maybe Sally should've run the show instead of Seacrest.
Filed under: Award Shows, Awards, Emmy Awards
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comments
Posted by tallkers | Tue, September 18, 2007, 6:35 am PDT
That was pretty baddd....sally! She even swore in God's name! What side is she on? oh yaa, it is freedom of spe ee chh..,! Maybe she is living out her youthiszm. like me-bye bye!......
Posted by easterrise | Sun, September 30, 2007, 11:49 am PDT
I always used to like sally fields but after hearing from people her remarks and also the taking of GOD;s Name in the way she did at the emmy. I consider her as trashy her language.I'll never see her in the same light I used to seeher nor will I watch any more of her movies
Posted by easterrise | Sun, September 30, 2007, 11:59 am PDT
I did see the griffen woman accepting her award. How pathetic her attitude and her arrogance.Poor thing doesn't she know that her very next breath is a gift from THE ALMIGHTY GOD.that HE will not be mocked,We who are christians are saddend to hear such as the griffen woman's insults at THE NAME THAT GOD HAS PLACED ABOVE ALL NAMES
Posted by easterrise | Sun, September 30, 2007, 12:12 pm PDT
I never watched The Pianos, It was enough for me to be forced to see the commercials when they would pop up while looking at a different program.People say "Oh this is the sighn o f The time" or "This is how the world is" This is how society is,This how people talk" Well I have news for the media and those who conjure up these sewerage from where they dwell,most of the American people just don't feed on that type of grub.We like our food to be clean and appetizing.So TV quite trying to force feed such as The sopranos and their ilk down the American people stomaches
Posted by easterrise | Wed, February 11, 2009, 9:10 am PST
Feb 11 09 11.00
Seems the programes and adverts on TV are getting more and more sexually explicite .Even the murder scenes are more and more graphically displayed. Isee more and more ugliness in the programmes also in the commercials.I ask myself "Why do I want to sit here and look at ugly faces and stupid characters" I turn the tv off and go on my computer. At least I can choose to read something of more intelligence than The idiot box mostly is showing these days
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