History WebVideo / AnEmmyForMegan

''An Emmy for Megan'' is a six-episode web series by Megan Amram, about her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plan for the series to win]] an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward. An absurdist take on OscarBait, the series is designed to do the [[TakeThat absolute minimum]] to qualify for the Emmys in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. Remarkably, the series has in fact earned four Emmy nominations, though no actual wins.

''[[http://anemmyformegan.com An Emmy for Megan]]'' is a six-episode web series by Megan Amram, about her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plan for the series to win]] an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward. An absurdist take on OscarBait, the series is designed to do the [[TakeThat absolute minimum]] to qualify for the Emmys in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. Remarkably, the series has in fact earned four Emmy nominations, though no actual wins.

''[[http://anemmyformegan.com An Emmy For Megan]]'' is a six-episode web series by Megan Amram, about her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plan for the series to win]] an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward. An absurdist take on OscarBait, the series is designed to do the [[TakeThat absolute minimum]] to qualify for the Emmys in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. Remarkably, the series has in fact earned two Emmy nominations, one for Amram as an actress, and one for the series as a whole.

* DyeingForYourArt: In episode two, Amram's agent tells her she weighs too much and needs to lose weight fast. She is immediately put in touch with a trainer. Of course, Megan soon hears that the Emmy folks want curves in their leads, so by the end of the episode she's eating red velvet cake with her bare hands. %%In-Universe
* RulesLawyer: Amram sets out to create the series to meet the exact rules for the category -- six episodes, all less than fifteen minutes, posted online by April 27. For episode four, she simply says that she realized that there was no minimum episode length, rolled the credits, and filled the episode out with [[TheCameo cameos]] from Hollywood stars wishing her luck on her Emmy quest.

[[http://anemmyformegan.com An Emmy For Megan]] is a six-episode web series by writer Megan Amram, about her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plan for the series to win]] an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward. An absurdist take on Main/OscarBait, the series is designed to do the [[TakeThat absolute minimum]] to qualify for the Emmys in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. Remarkably, the series has in fact earned two Emmy nominations, one for Amram as an actress, and one for the series as a whole.

[[http://anemmyformegan.com An Emmy For Megan]] is a six-episode web series by writer Megan Amram, about her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plan for the series to win]] an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward. An absurdist take on Main/OscarBait, the series is designed to do the [[TakeThat absolute minimum]] to qualify for the Emmys in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category. Remarkably, this may happen; the series [[MagnificentBastard has in fact earned two Emmy nominations]], one for Amram as an actress, and one for the series as a whole.

* DyeingForYourArt: In episode two, Amram's agent tells her she weighs too much and needs to lose weight fast. She is immediately put in touch with a trainer. Of course, Megan soon hears that the Emmy folks want curves in their leads, so by the end of the episode she's eating red velvet cake with her bare hands.

* StagingAnIntervention: In episode one, when her initial discussion about the plan is met with skepticism, Amram immediately descends into a [[DrowningTheirSorrows booze-fueled breakdown]], leading to an intervention that instantly fixes the problem.

->''"Hi, my name is Megan Amram. But a fictionalized version of myself for this webs eries."''

* StagingAnIntervention: In episode one, when her initial discussion about the plan is met with skepticism, Amram immediately descends into a [[DrowingTheirSorrows booze-fueled breakdown]], leading to an intervention that immediately fixes the problem.