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Oh wow, Tyme. This is really noble of her. Good to see someone who's not let fame get to their heads.

I agree. And in a twisted set of events, Britney Spears is eligible for an Emmy for her two guest appearances on How I Met Your Mother. The list is reduced to the final nominees but the fact she is on the list for 2 appearances is puzzling.

You could go the other route and say this is her being a snob to her writers and telling them to give her better material because she feels she is worthy of such material. But let's assume that isn't the case and in this instance she is acting quite noble. Of course if she gets nominated again this act of nobility will probably help her and some people will assume she won because of this act.

She had a great story line last season and since it is an ensemble cast she did not have as good a story line this season. It does not take away from her acting abilities. She has stated she did not like the direction her character was taking and I believe she is hoping for a different direction next season.

Reading more about it she is simply removing herself from a list of nominees, I thought it was the list of finalists. She probably wouldn't have been nominated anyways so to me she is simply sending a message to her writers and producers.

You could go the other route and say this is her being a snob to her writers and telling them to give her better material because she feels she is worthy of such material. But let's assume that isn't the case and in this instance she is acting quite noble. Of course if she gets nominated again this act of nobility will probably help her and some people will assume she won because of this act.

Noble or not, in the entertainment world this is potentially career suicide because she risked (intentionally or not) the perception that she is basically not a team-player and is actually selling out the Grey's writers. Who really knows what's going on inside her head but it is a pretty risky move. Add to this that entertainment work in L.A. is very guild (union) -oriented and even centered. It doesn't necessarily mesh well when you break solidarity - it better be for good reason.

@estarla - Definitely risky but she doesn't deserve the nomination and I can see her getting it for popularity. Britney received one for her two appearances on How I Met Your Mother so it would be weird if she didn't get nominated for something.

I have no sympathy for the writers. They went on strike and turned the season upside down. I imagine breaking solidarity could be a career ending move but I'm assuming she knew exactly what she was doing when she did it. If not - she's about to possibly learn a lesson.

@Tyme - Yeah that whole Britney nomination thing boggles my mind. Good indication that something's severly wrong with the nomination process.

About the writers' guild strike, I guess it's easy to get pissed that the seasons got screwed up. All the same, if you look at the cut the writers have gotten over time, their share has shrunk over time despite their part in the creativity process as the driving force behind scripted, non-reality shows. It's a natural, known cycle that the writers' guild strikes every 20 years because otherwise they can barely make a living. They can barely make a living as it is. I have friends who make in the hundreds per episode that airs that they co-wrote - whilst actors get easily in the thousands if not tens of thousands. It really is unfair IMHO. Writers themselves suffered a LOT as a result of the strike; I've done my fair share of taking up the tab when out with writer friends - but it was something they really had to do in order to invest and negotiate for their future in the industry.