After the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences announced plans to “time shift” eight less-starry categories this year — airing winners’ acceptance speeches in pretaped, edited-down form — a bunch of affected writers threw a fit. So executive producer Don Misher changed his mind and now all 28 categories will be presented live at September 20’s ceremony, presumably at the expense of host Neil Patrick Harris’s monologue and comedy bits. Nice going, writers! [HR]
