Emmy Award
Emmy Award
Awarded for	Excellence in television
Presented by	ATAS/NATAS
Country	United States of America
First awarded	1949

The Emmy Award is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Oscars. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS) is the Los Angeles - organization which awards the Primetime Emmys. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. ^[1][2]

Three related but separate organizations present Emmy Awards:

• the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honors national prime time entertainment excluding sports;
• the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes daytime, sports, news and documentary programming, and;
• the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honors all programming produced and originally aired outside the United States. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS) is the Los Angeles - organization which awards the Primetime Emmys. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences an organization of global broadcasters, with members from nearly 70 countries and over 400 companies

The best-known within the US are the Primetime Emmys, and the Daytime Emmy Awards, with both having categories classified as Creative Arts Emmys. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Primetime Television The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming

Contents 1 History 2 Primetime Emmys 3 Daytime Emmys 4 Sports Emmys 5 Technology and Engineering Emmys 6 Regional Emmys 6.1 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chapters 7 International Emmys 8 Student Emmys 9 Other Emmys 10 Performers with the Most Prime-Time Emmys 11 See also 12 References 13 External links

History

The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The name "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras. In older Video cameras before the mid to late 1980s a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a Charge-coupled device (CCD A professional Video camera (often called a television camera even though the use has spread is a high-end device for recording electronic moving images (as opposed Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy in the first awards ceremony. Shirley Dinsdale Layburn ( October 31 1926 - May 9 1999) better known by her maiden name of Shirley Dinsdale, was a Ventriloquist The Emmy Awards trophies are currently made by a private company with a manufacturing site at the maximum security El Dorado Correctional Facility, in El Dorado, Kansas. The El Dorado Correctional Facility, or EDCF is a maximum security Prison located in Butler County Kansas east of the town of El Dorado. El Dorado is a City situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County, located in south-central Kansas, in the Central

The statuette of a winged woman holding an atom has since become the symbol of the TV Academies' goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size

Primetime Emmys

For more details on this topic, see Primetime Emmy Award. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Primetime Television

The Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Primetime Television Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Ceremonies generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season, and are currently seen in rotation among the ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX networks. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

Daytime Emmys

For more details on this topic, see Daytime Emmy Award. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy

The Daytime Emmy Awards are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, but the first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was not held until 1974.

Sports Emmys

For more details on this topic, see Sports Emmy Awards. The Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Sports television

The Sports Emmys are presented for excellence in sports programming. The Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American Sports television The awards ceremony takes place every Spring, usually sometime in the last two weeks in April or the first week in May, and is held on a Monday night in New York City. The City of New York

Technology and Engineering Emmys

For more details on this topic, see Technology & Engineering Emmy Award. A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS for outstanding achievement in technical or

Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards are presented to individuals, companies, or to scientific or technical organizations in recognition for their significant developments and contributions to the technological and engineering aspects of television. A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS for outstanding achievement in technical or

Regional Emmys

There are twenty chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, located across the United States, that conduct regional awards to recognize excellence in all the regional television markets. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the Population Because the headquarters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are located in Los Angeles, the Academy also handles the Los Angeles area membership and regional awards. These awards are less glamorous than the Prime Time Emmys and are sometimes technical. The Regional Emmy Award is 11. 5 inches (29 cm) tall with a base diameter of 5. 5 inches (14 cm) and weight of 48 oz (1. 4 kg), as opposed to the Primetime Emmy, which stands 15. 5 inches (39 cm) tall with a base diameter of 7. 5 inches (19 cm) and weight of 88 oz (2. 5 kg).

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chapters

Boston / New England Chicago / Midwest Cleveland Heartland Lone Star Los Angeles Michigan Mid-America Mid-Atlantic Nashville / Midsouth

National Capital/Chesapeake Bay New York Northern California Northwest Ohio Valley Pacific Southwest Rocky Mountain Southwest Southeast / Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina Suncoast Upper Midwest

International Emmys

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents the International Emmy Award to the best television programs produced, and initially aired, outside the U. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences an organization of global broadcasters, with members from nearly 70 countries and over 400 companies S. There are fourteen program categories for the International Emmy Awards: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actor; Best Performance by an Actress; Children & Young People; Comedy; Current Affairs; Documentary; Drama Series; Interactive Channel; Interactive Program; Interactive TV Service; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; and TV Movie/Mini-Series.

The awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala - the world’s most prestigious international television event. Held each year in November at the Hilton Hotel, New York City, the Gala attracts over 1,200 television professionals, who gather to celebrate excellence in television and network with their peers.

The three Interactive categories are awarded in a separate ceremony held during MIPTV in Cannes.

Student Emmys

High school students can submit productions to their region's charter and receive recognition in the categories of News, Arts & Entertainment, Documentary, Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service, Sports, Technical Achievement and Writing. The school or after-school program attached to the students then receives a plaque with the name of an adult advisor and the student film-makers. Up to one-hundred students are allowed to be attached to an award.

From there a "blue-ribbon" panel judges the winners from each region and awards the National Student Television Award for Excellence.

Other Emmys

• National TV newscasts and documentaries
• Business and financial reporting
• Public Service - for public service announcements and programming to "advance the common good"
• The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award - awarded by the Academy Board of Governors
• The Governors Award honors the achievements of an individual, company or organization whose works stand out with the immediacy of current achievement. A public service announcement (PSA or community service announcement (CSA is a non-commercial advertisement broadcast on radio or television ostensibly for the Public The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of Bob Hope 's trailblazing It is the highest award presented by the Academy. ^[3]

Performers with the Most Prime-Time Emmys

• Cloris Leachman’s Emmy, her eighth, made her the winningest female performer in Emmy history. Previously, she had been tied with Mary Tyler Moore and Tracey Ullman (although afterward, in the press room, Leachman correctly pointed that not all of Ullman’s Emmys are for performing). Leachman, who won in this same category—and for the same role—in 2002, could extend her career-high among female performers next week at the Primetime Emmys, where she will vie for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her performance in the HBO movie Mrs. Harris.
• Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show (1961-1963, 1966-1967). Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21, 1924 &ndash February 24, 2006) was an American comedic Actor best known Bernard "Barney" P Fife is a fictional dramatic character in the American Television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1
• Kelsey Grammer has won five Emmy Awards: four for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on Frasier (1994-1995, 1998, 2004) and one for his voice-over work as Sideshow Bob on the series The Simpsons (2006). Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21 1955) is an American Actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr Dr Frasier W Crane (b 1952 is a fictional character on American television Sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons He has several other nominations as Frasier on that series as well as on Cheers and Wings (for a 1992 guest appearance). Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993
• John Laroquette also won five Emmy Awards; four (in a row) for his portrayal of Dan Fielding on Night Court and one for his guest role on The Practice. John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television Actor. Night Court is an American television Situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992 The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston

See also

• List of Daytime Emmy Award winners
• List of International Emmy Award winners
• List of Primetime Emmy Award winners
• List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies
• Sports Emmy Awards

References

External links

• Primetime Emmy Awards
• International Emmy Awards
• Daytime Emmy Awards
• Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• Emmy Gift Packages August 24, 2006, The Seattle Times article

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