The 2018 Emmy Awards are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 17, NBC and the Television Academy announced today. Airing live coast-to-coast (8-11 p.m. ET / 5-8 p.m. PT) on the Peacock from the Microsoft Theater at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, the host and producers for the 70th Annual Primetime ceremony will be announced at a later date.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organization that bestows the Emmy Awards has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against the […]
ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are in talks with the Television Academy about a new licensing deal for the Primetime Emmy Awards. The TV Academy has retained heavyweight lawyer Ken Ziffren, who led the previous two negotiations in 2002 and in 2010-11.
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The Television Academy has rejiggered the Interactive Media award categories for the 69th Emmy Awards — aiming to bring new and innovative digital approaches to TV storytelling into the tent.
The academy said Thursday its board of governors elected Hayma “Screech” Washington as chairman and CEO. Washington, an award-winning producer and a former Walt Disney Co. executive, has served as co-governor of the producers’ branch of the academy.
The Television Academy has crowned the long-running Fox singing competition show with its annual Governors Award, which honors exceptional achievement in the television arts and sciences.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge blocked the sale of an Emmy Award that Whitney Houston won 30 years ago after it was put on the auction block by […]
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against Heritage Auctions and the late pop star Whitney Houston’s estate, saying the sale of her Emmy trophy would violate academy rules.
The Television Academy announced on Monday that the first round of online Emmy Awards nomination voting has opened. Although Emmy campaigning has been ongoing for the past few months, Academy members are now able to start making some choices.
Thursday night was truly a regal one at the Television Academy, which threw its 70th anniversary gala — an event that was three celebrations in one. And NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt could not have said it better, exclaiming at the end of the night, “Long live broadcast television.”
In a move to recognize the boom in digital content, the Television Academy has added new categories to the Emmy Awards recognizing short-form series. The Emmys has expanded the short-form series awards to four categories: comedy or drama, variety, reality/non-fiction and animation
A+E Networks will receive the Television Academy’s 2015 Governors Award, the Academy announced Thursday. The award is in recognition of A+E corporate social responsibility programs. It will be presented during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 12.
With the 2015 Emmy telecast still almost six months away, the Television Academy announced Monday that its online entry site is now live for submissions at http://www.emmys.com/downloads. The various rule changes that were announced last month to be implemented for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards are also available in detail on the new site.
The interactive media wing of the Television Academy handed out six juried awards for the 66th annual Emmy Awards at an event Wednesday at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre.
FX Networks CEO John Landgraf today threw his hat in the debate over what constitutes a drama series and a miniseries for Emmy consideration and whether an hourlong series can enter as a comedy, challenging the TV Academy to stiffen its criteria and create stricter category guidelines.
Television Academy Chairman-CEO Bruce Rosenblum said: ”It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the passing of our dynamic and passionate president and chief operating officer, Lucy Hood, after a courageous battle with cancer.”
Other inductees by the Television Academy this year are Julia Louis-Dreyfus; David E. Kelley; and former ABC executive Brandon Stoddard, who shepherded breakthrough shows including Roots. Sound pioneer Ray Dolby was inducted posthumously.
After nearly 68 years as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the nonprofit organization has changed its name to simply the Television Academy and is rebranding as part of a “New Look — New Vision — New Destination” fundraising campaign.
