According to Entertainment Weekly's James Hibberd, the writers of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be doing an episode in the show's upcoming ninth season where the show will mock the fact that the Emmy voters have constantly snubbed the show for Emmy awards throughout its run. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some scoop on the episode as well as several season 9 episodes:
But the cast is going to tackle the issue in an episode this fall titled “The Gang Desperately Tries to Win an Award.” The setup: They realize all the other local bars win awards and so they visit the competition to see what they’re doing “right.” Then they change Paddy’s Pub to try and fit the formula. Naturally, the makeover doesn’t go very well.
When the subject was brought up while the gang was on a press tour panel in Beverly Hills on Friday, there was naturally some riffing about this:
“I didn’t even realize the nominations came out until a couple days later,” said co-star Kaitlin Olson. “I was like, ‘oh, it’s a shame again this year.’”
“Gary Oldman hasn’t won an Academy Award,” said co-star Glenn Howerton. “We’re the Gary Oldman of shows.”
“There’s traffic and then you have to put the suit on…” co-star Danny DeVito said.
“You have to do makeup and stuff…” Olson added.
More seriously, creator Rob McElhenney thought that the show’s trajectory may be a reason for being overlooked, too. “We were off the radar for so long, by the time we’re [more visible] in the fifth season, the Emmy voter is thinking, ‘That’s not the new show, it’s the old show,’” he said. “Honestly, we haven’t made a concerted effort to [try to win].”
Other episodes next season include an Flowers for Algernon-inspired episode penned by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss where Charlie takes a drug that makes him smarter, a Thanksgiving-themed episode where the gang invites all their enemies to dinner, they’re also doing another Lethal Weapon parody, plus Gale the Snail (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and Bill Ponderosa (Lance Barber) are coming back.
Link to the full article:'It's Always Sunny' episode to mock Emmy snubs | Inside TV | EW.com
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Starting with the show's upcoming ninth season, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will air on the FX network's new comedy focused spin-off channel FXX.
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My thoughts: Personally, I think this sounds like a great idea for an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. As much as I love Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, which are two shows that are constantly being nominated and winning Emmys, I for one love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a trillion times more. It's definitely the best and funniest comedy TV series that I've ever seen in my entire life, and I've watched a lot of TV in my lifetime, so that's really saying something. I've always felt like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was far more deserving of winning a lot of awards than Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory have ever been. I would definitely say that's especially true when it comes to Modern Family's fourth season. As much as I love Modern Family, I'm actually hoping that it doesn't win another Emmy award for best comedy TV series this year, because I don't think that season four was good enough to deserve winning an Emmy for the season.
One of the countless things that I love about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is how they've constantly tackled a variety of social and political issues in an extremely absurd and funny way. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is probably the only comedy TV series that's consistently been able to make me laugh hysterically simply by thinking about it. That being said, I think it's a shame that some of what I think are the funniest comedies on TV right now are the ones that don't get the greatest ratings. I would say that's definitely the case when it comes to Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings and to some extent Community. Finally, if you're not already watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, I strongly urge you to check it out immediately, especially if you are a fan of the show Seinfeld. A critic once described the show as being "Seinfeld on crack", and if I had to describe It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in just one sentence, that's definitely the perfect way to describe the show. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia truly is the funniest TV show that I've ever seen in my entire life.
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