I don't know how the Leos work, but in many awards schemes, the shows have to pay a nomination fee to submit an episode/person. those with bigger budgets can enter a lot hoping for nominations, while those with smaller budgets only have a few.
Not saying it's not an honor, not saying it's not good, but in SOME awards, people can pretty much buy themselves a chance to win.
(there was a huge kerfluffle years ago about the academy awards, because the big studios could afford to make thousands of screeners to send to academy members, thus refreshing their memory about how 'good' the movie ie (promoting name recognition) while smaller studios couldn't afford to do that. I think there was an attempt to stop the mailing of screeners - i think academy members can get dozens/hundreds of them just before oscar season) but that attempt didn't go anywhere beyond the whole process being made public...kinda like how the 'swag bags' attendees at awards shows get are now such a highly sought after advertising scheme that recipients need to notify their accountants when they get them because they can be worth tens of thousands of dollars.)
Not saying it's not an honor, not saying it's not good, but in SOME awards, people can pretty much buy themselves a chance to win.
(there was a huge kerfluffle years ago about the academy awards, because the big studios could afford to make thousands of screeners to send to academy members, thus refreshing their memory about how 'good' the movie ie (promoting name recognition) while smaller studios couldn't afford to do that. I think there was an attempt to stop the mailing of screeners - i think academy members can get dozens/hundreds of them just before oscar season) but that attempt didn't go anywhere beyond the whole process being made public...kinda like how the 'swag bags' attendees at awards shows get are now such a highly sought after advertising scheme that recipients need to notify their accountants when they get them because they can be worth tens of thousands of dollars.)
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