The typical award show acceptance speech usually goes something like this, “I’d like to thank …” with a slew of names very few viewers recognize. According to EW.com, however, viewers will see less of that at the Primetime Emmy Awards set to air this September on CBS.

Emmy Producer Don Mischer said he has plans to smooth out the award reception process at this year’s show. Namely, to save time during the live broadcast of the show, Mischer wants to pre-tape and edit eight of the writing award presentations.

The saved minutes “will be used to showcase more of TV’s best programming from the year,” Mischer said in a statement at the Television Critics Association (TCA) tour in Pasedena, Calif.

Determined to prove that he was going to make the change in the most dignified way possible, Mischer showed critics and reporters a sample edited clip from last year’s awards. According to EW.com, the edits made a nearly invisible difference.

Mischer said he also wants to make the change in response to potential viewers’ complaints that the awards focus on series that mainstream viewers are not familiar or interested in and, as a result, opt out of watching the telecast of the awards.

Prior to addressing the TCA, Mischer recieved a letter from the Writers Guild, signed by high-up executive producers, in protest to the proposed changes. The letter stated that the change “conveys a fundamental understatement of the importance of writers in the creation of television programming and a symbolic attack on the primacy of writing in our industry.”

While writers, actors and critics are decrying the changes, Emmys host Neil Patrick Harris reportedly has backed Mischer.

Some people are interpreting the change as meaning the Emmys feel that the writers don’t count while others are happy to see the drawn-out speeches go.  Many tweeters are using the hashtag #emmysfail to express their disagreement:

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   RealShowingOut The Emmy Time-Shift:
   Either this was a really smart move, or they’re going to have to be fending off the .. http://bit.ly/qIFFa 30 Jul 2009 from twitterfeed
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   tulipmedia Emmy Broadcast Time Shift-5 years in the making and critical step to trying to get a number for the Show.WGA is mad.. can’t please everyone. 31 Jul 2009 from web
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   RoushTVGuideMag By time-shifting & editing some Emmy speeches, more time for clips and entertainment, sez Emmy producer about uproar from showrunners. 04 Aug 2009 from web
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   RoushTVGuideMag Attention Emmy winners who read from laundry list of agents, etc.: You’re vulnerable for a time-shift trim. Keep it riveting or else. 04 Aug 2009 from web
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   majornelson What? The Emmy’s are not going to present the Writer awards during the telecast? Not cool. #emmysfail 05 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   wordsleadmeon @feliciaday That is complete and utter fail on Emmy’s part. Some of us actually want to see the writers get their awards. 05 Aug 2009 from web in reply to feliciaday
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   Kacey3 RT @majornelson: The Emmy’s are not going to present the Writer awards during the telecast! Not cool! #emmysfail 05 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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   notbeing_Honest Emmys to pre-tape 8 awards, including all WRITERS, to save 12 minutes…for more commercials—> http://bit.ly/15nU8N #emmysFAIL 05 Aug 2009 from TwitIQ
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   icanhazatweet I doubt I’m going to watch the Emmys after this, no matter how much I adore NPH. It just isn’t fair to the writers in the world. #emmysfail 05 Aug 2009 from web
10. 
    VincentEL Sudden urge to hashtag #trashbag. P Hilton can go on talk shows but writers can’t even go on Emmys? Logical? #emmysfail 05 Aug 2009 from twhirl

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   kateleeNY I always feel bad for the award winners who get cut from the live broadcast! Emmys to pre-record 8 of usual 28 awards. http://bit.ly/LLQnk 30 Jul 2009 from web
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   SlingSays Emmys will show “memorable moments” from shows of interest to mainstream viewers, some from non-nominated shows. …Okay. (Weird.) #TCA 03 Aug 2009 from web
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   moryan What Don Mischer is saying at Emmy panel is what I deplore: Idea that Emmys shd be more about what’s popular than about rewardg quality #TCA 04 Aug 2009 from web
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   moryan She is 100 percent correct. RT @KateAurthur Wow. This Emmys beef is going to get worse and worse based on Mischer’s remarks. #TCA 04 Aug 2009 from web
5. 
   jordanislol How about…the Emmys aren’t supporting the writers= #emmysfail BUT the Emmys still have NPH hosting= #emmyswin 05 Aug 2009 from web
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   Campe79 If the Emmys snub the writers, I snub the telecast. Pity. I was excited to see what NPH could do. #emmysfail @feliciaday 05 Aug 2009 from TweetDeck
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   matthewgeiger Watching how quickly #emmysfail has spread, and seeing who is RTing has been really interesting. If it wasn’t for NPH I’d boycott the emmys 05 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
8. 
   CodePoetic NPH an Emmys producer claim they’re “trimming the fat” by cutting footage of stage-walks and hugs. Why only writers then? #emmysfail 05 Aug 2009 from web

Emmy nominees were announced last month.

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