It's Time for Awards Shows to Stop Ignoring Reality TV Acting
Caity Weaver · 01/15/14 01:30PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/19cmzjtyzmf6sjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Every year, Americans are treated to a long procession of assemblies in which Hollywood's most creative minds boldly suggest there is intrinsic entertainment value in watching people give prizes to themselves. On Sunday, we passed the first of these. And yet, for the 71st straight year, the most deserving martyrs of all—the actors pretending to be humans on our favorite reality shows—went uncanonized.