n Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry, and corresponds

to the Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theatre), and the Grammy Award (for music).[1][2]

Because Emmy Awards are given in various sectors of the American television industry, they are
presented in different annual ceremonies held throughout the year. The two events that receive the
most media coverage are the Primetime Emmys and the Daytime Emmys, which recognize
outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively.
Other notable Emmy Award ceremonies are those honoring national sports programming, national
news and documentary shows, national business and financial reporting, and technological and
engineering achievements in television, including the Primetime Engineering Emmy
Awards. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through
the year, recognizing excellence in local and statewide television. In addition, International
Emmys are awarded for excellence in TV programming produced and initially aired outside the
United States.

Three related but separate organizations present the Emmy Awards: the Academy of Television Arts
& Sciences (ATAS), the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), and
the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS).[3] Each is responsible for
administering a particular set of Emmy ceremonies.[4]

Contents

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1History

2Emmy statuette

3Area-specific ceremonies

o 3.1Calendar

o 3.2Primetime Emmys

o 3.3Daytime Emmys

o 3.4Sports Emmys

o 3.5News and Documentary Emmys

o 3.6Engineering Emmys

o 3.7Regional Emmys

o 3.8International Emmys
 o 3.9College Television Awards

o 3.10Other Emmys

4See also

5References

6External links

History[edit]

The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) established the Emmy Award
as part of an image-building and public relations opportunity.[4] The first Emmy Awards ceremony took
place on January 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club, but solely to honor shows produced and
aired locally in the Los Angeles area. Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very
first Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Television Personality, during that first awards ceremony.[4]

In the 1950s, the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event, presenting the awards to shows
aired nationwide on broadcast television. In 1955, the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences (NATAS) was formed in New York City as a sister organization to serve members on
the East Coast, and help to also supervise the Emmys. The NATAS also established regional
chapters throughout the United States, with each one developing their own local Emmy awards
show for local programming.[4] The ATAS still however maintained its separate regional ceremony
honoring local programming in the Los Angeles Area.[5]

Originally there was only one Emmy Awards ceremony held per year to honor shows nationally
broadcast in the United States. In 1974, the first Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held to
specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming. Other area-specific Emmy Awards
ceremonies soon followed. Also, the International Emmy Awards, honoring television programs
produced and initially aired outside the U.S., was established in the early 1970s. [4] Meanwhile, all
Emmys awarded prior to the emergence of these separate, area-specific ceremonies are listed along
with the Primetime Emmy Awards in the ATAS' official records.[6]

In 1977, due to various conflicts, the ATAS and the NATAS agreed to split ties. However, they also
agreed to share ownership of the Emmy statue and trademark, with each responsible for
administering a specific set of award ceremonies. [4] There was an exception regarding the
Engineering Awards (those honoring individuals, companies, or to scientific or technical
organizations in recognition of significant developments and contributions to the engineering and
technological aspects of television): the NATAS continues to administer the Technology &
Engineering Emmy Awards, while the ATAS holds the separate Primetime Engineering Emmy
Awards.

With the rise of cable television in the 1980s, cable programs first became eligible for the Primetime
Emmys in 1988[7] and the Daytime Emmys in 1989.[8] In 2011, the ABC Television Network cancelled
the soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live, and sold the two shows' licensing rights to the
production company Prospect Park so they could be continued on web television; this prompted
NATAS to create a new Daytime Emmys category for the 2013 ceremony to honor such web-only
series.[9] The ATAS also began accepting original online-only web television programs in 2013. [10]

Emmy statuette[edit]

The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television
engineer Louis McManus, who used his wife as the model. The TV Academy rejected a total of forty-
seven proposals before settling on McManus' design in 1948. The statuette "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." [11]

When deciding a name for the award, Academy founder Syd Cassyd originally suggested "Ike", the
nickname for the television iconoscope tube. However, "Ike" was also the popular nickname of World
War II hero and future U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the Academy members wanted
something unique. Finally, television engineer and the third academy president, Harry Lubcke,
suggested the name "Immy", a term commonly used for the image orthicon tube used in the early
cameras.[11] After "Immy" was chosen, it was later feminized to Emmy to match their female statuette.
[11]

Each Primetime Emmy statuette weighs six pounds, twelve-and-a-half ounces (3.08 kg), and is
made of copper, nickel, silver and gold. The statue 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). The Regional Emmy Award statuette 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).
Each takes five and a half hours to make and is handled with white gloves to prevent fingerprints.
The Regional Emmy Awards are made by Society Awards, a New York-based company that also
makes the Golden Globe Awards. The Primetime Emmy statues are manufactured by R.S. Owens &
Company based out of Chicago, Illinois which is also charged with manufacturing the Academy
Award statues.[12][13]

As its trademark owners, the ATAS and the NATAS hold firm rules on the use of the "Emmy" image
as well as its name. For example, the Emmy statuette must always appear facing left. Any copyright
notice for the statue should read "ATAS/NATAS", listing both academies. Academy members must
also obtain permission to use the statue image or name for promotional uses even though they are
winners of the award. Furthermore, DVDs of Emmy-winning shows may reference the fact that they
received an Emmy, but cannot use the statue image unless it is capable of being removed from all
copies after one ye