Emmy choices are hardly unanimousPAUL BROWNFIELD apparently...

Emmy choices are hardly unanimous

PAUL BROWNFIELD apparently has a different criteria for what makes “good television” than Emmy voters [“Steps and Stumbles,” Aug. 28]. He sounds like a network executive when he bemoans the fact that this year’s winners Megan Mullally, Blythe Danner, Tony Shalhoub (all of whom were previous winners for the same roles) are for some reason unworthy of their statues because they were not on the most popular and highest rated shows of the year.

The Emmy Awards recognize excellence. If anything, the list of this year’s winners clearly shows that Emmy voters are indeed watching.

STEPHEN TROPIANO

Los Angeles

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IT’S unbelievable that the only perfect show on TV, “Deadwood,” has not only been canceled by HBO but also wasn’t honored at the Emmy Awards as the best drama with the best cast and writing on TV today.

SANDY ALTO

Bothell, Wash.

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Quality sells

AS a producer and creator of special-edition DVDs, I couldn’t help but read with some amusement the whining and clucking of studio executives over the slowdown in the growth of DVD sales [“A Blue Period for Hollywood?,” by Rachel Abramowitz, Aug. 29].

To read quotes calling high DVD sales “the old reliable standard” or claims that it’s “always been this catchall,” you would think they were bemoaning the loss of a decades-old institution, not a recent bonanza they’ve only experienced for the past six years or so.

If the slowdown translates into more thought and less waste, then in the long run it bodes well for the film business.

DAVID PRIOR

Los Angeles

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Anchor’s role

I just read Matea Gold’s profile of NBC’s Brian Williams and Hurricane Katrina [“After the Storm,” Aug. 29]. I’m confused, I thought it was Anderson’s story.

These are the pitfalls of celebrity journalism. No anchor should be bigger than the story he/she covers.

JEFF PRESCOTT

La Jolla