Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards are
United States television production awards, similar to the
Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment.
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 programming originating outside the United States.
The best-known of the awards are the Primetime Awards (some of which are classified as "Creative Arts Emmys") and the
Daytime Emmy Awards.
The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season. They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks (
CBS,
ABC,
NBC, and
Fox). However, the 2006 Primetime Emmys (which will be seen on NBC) will air a few weeks early, on Sunday,
August 27,
2006, in order to accommodate the Peacock network's coverage of
Sunday Night NFL Football beginning in September.
Primetime Emmys are awarded in the following categories:
Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards are awarded in the following categories (some of which separately recognize work based on whether a
single-camera and
multi-camera setup was used):
* Animation
**
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) **
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More)**
Outstanding Voice-Over Performace (Awarded by commitee. No nominations)
* Art direction
** Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
** Art Direction For a Single-Camera Series
** Art Direction For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
** Art Direction For A Variety Or Music Program
* Casting
** Casting For A Comedy Series
** Casting For A Drama Series
** Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
* Choreography
**
Outstanding Choreography* Cinematography
** Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series
** Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series
** Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie
** Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming
* Outstanding Commercial
* Costumes
** Outstanding Costumes For A Series
** Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
* Directing for Nonfiction Programming
* Picture Editing
** Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series
** Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
** Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
** Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Series
** Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries, Movie or A Special
** Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming
* Hairstyling
** Hairstyling For A Series
** Hairstyling For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
* Outstanding Lighting Direction
*
Outstanding Main Title Design* Makeup
** Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (
Prosthetic)
** Makeup For A Series (Non-Prosthetic)
** Makeup For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Non-Prosthetic)
* Music
** Music Composition For A Series
** Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
** Music Direction
** Outstanding Music And Lyrics
** Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
* Guest Role
**
Guest Actor In A Comedy Series**
Guest Actor In A Drama Series**
Guest Actress In A Comedy Series**
Guest Actress In A Drama Series* Outstanding Special Class Program
* Outstanding Children's Program
* Nonfiction
** Outstanding Nonfiction Special
** Outstanding Nonfiction Series
* Reality
** Outstanding Reality Program
** Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
* Sound Editing
** Sound Editing For A Series
** Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
** Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming
* Sound Mixing
** Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series
** Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Miniseries Or A Movie
** Multi-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Or Special
** Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special
** Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming
* Visual Effects
**
Special Visual Effects For A Series**
Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special* Stunt Coordination
* Technical Direction
** Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Series
** Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
* Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
* Writing for Nonfiction Programming
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. 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 International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hands out awards which honor the best of non-US television.
Identifying these recipients can take months, with judging taking place at various international TV festivals. The best two programs from a particular genre in four regions are selected to go to a semifinal round, from which the nominees are derived. Every nominee is screened at a festival in New York the day before the awards ceremony.
Awards are also handed out for:
*National TV newscasts and documentaries
*Sports programs and coverage (See
Sports Emmy Awards)
*Business and financial reporting
*
Technology & Engineering*Public Service (for
public service announcements and whenever TV programs "advance the common good")
The
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award is also awarded.
The first Emmy Awards were presented on
January 25,
1949 at the
Hollywood Athletic Club. The name "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the
image orthicon tubes that were common in early
television cameras.
Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy in the first awards ceremony. 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
statuette of a winged woman holding an atom has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science. It was created by television engineer
Louis McManus, using his wife as a model.
*
List of Emmy winners*
List of Daytime Emmy winners*
2006: 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards*
2005: 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards*
2004: 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards*
Primetime Emmy Awards*
International Emmy Awards*
Daytime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Awards]
* 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**
North California**
Northwest**
Ohio Valley**
Pacific Southwest**
Rocky Mountain Southwest**
Southeast (Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
**
Suncoast**
Upper Midwest*
Emmy Awards coverage on DigitalHit.com
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Emmy Awards Online with Emmy news, nominees, and winners.
