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{{Short description|American television award ceremony}}
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| name        = Emmy Awards
| image       = Emmy Awards.png
| imagesize   = 250px
| caption     = Emmy Awards logo.
| awarded_for = Excellence in the world of television industry 
| presenter   = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|ATAS]]/[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|NATAS]]/[[International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|IATAS]]
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| country     = United States
| year        = {{Start date and age|1949|1|25}}
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The '''Emmy Awards''', or '''Emmys''', are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the [[television industry]]. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and the [[Daytime Emmy Awards]], which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the [[Children's and Family Emmy Awards|Children's & Family Emmy Awards]] for children's and family-oriented television programming, the [[Sports Emmy Awards]] for sports programming, [[News & Documentary Emmy Awards]] for news and documentary shows, and the [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards]] and the [[Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards]] for technological and engineering achievements. [[#Regional|Regional Emmy Awards]] are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, recognizing excellence in local television. In addition, the [[International Emmy Award]]s honor excellence in TV programming produced and initially aired outside the United States.

The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, is named after "immy", an informal term for the [[Video camera tube#Image orthicon|image orthicon tube]] that was common in early television cameras.<ref name="emmyHistory"/><ref name="History of the Emmy Statue"/> It is considered one of the [[EGOT|four major annual American entertainment awards]], along with the [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] for music, the [[Academy Awards|Oscar (Academy Award)]] for film, and the [[Tony Awards|Tony]] for Broadway theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/09/070917_emmy.shtml |title=BBC Learning English &#124; Emmy awards |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=September 17, 2007 |access-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref>

The Emmys are presented by three related, but separate, organizations: the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] (ATAS), the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] (NATAS), and the [[International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] (IATAS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/index.php |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |title=Awards |access-date=June 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914122914/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/index.php |archive-date=September 14, 2008 }}</ref> Each of these three organizations is responsible for administering a particular set of Emmy Award ceremonies. The ATAS first awarded Emmys in 1949 to honor shows produced in the [[Los Angeles]] area before it became a national event in the 1950s to honor programs aired nationwide. Over the next two decades, the ATAS, the NATAS, and the IATAS expanded the award to honor other sectors of the TV industry.<ref name="emmyHistory"/>

==History==
[[File:NASA Television 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Primetime Emmy Award.jpg|left|thumb|The [[NASA Television]]'s 2009 [[Philo T. Farnsworth Award|Philo T. Farnsworth]] [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy trophy]]]]
The Los Angeles–based [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] (ATAS) established the Emmy Award as part of an image-building and [[public relations]] opportunity.<ref name="emmyHistory">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/content/history-emmy-1940s | title= A History of Emmy – The 1940s | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref> The [[1st Primetime Emmy Awards|first Emmy 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 first Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Television Personality, during that first awards ceremony.<ref name="emmyHistory"/> The term "Emmy" derives from "Immy", the television industry slang for a TV camera [[image orthicon tube]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories |date=1991 |language=en |isbn=978-0-87779-603-9 |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/merriamwebsterne00merr/page/337/mode/1up?q=emmy 337] }}</ref>

In the 1950s, the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event to honor 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 of the United States|East Coast]]. While the ATAS maintained a separate ceremony to honor shows aired locally in the Los Angeles area,<ref name="ATAS Los Angeles"/> the NATAS established regional chapters throughout the rest of the United States, with each one developing their own local Emmy ceremony for local programming.<ref name="emmyHistory"/>

Originally, there was only one Emmy event held per year to honor shows nationally broadcast in the United States. In 1974, the first [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmy]] ceremony was held to specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming. Other area-specific Emmy events soon followed. Also, the International Emmy Awards, honoring television programs produced and initially aired outside the U.S., was established in the early 1970s.<ref name="emmyHistory"/> Meanwhile, all Emmys awarded prior to the emergence of these separate, area-specific events are listed along with the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] in the ATAS's official records.<ref name="emmyRecords">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search |title=Advanced Primetime Awards Search |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref>

In 1977, due to various conflicts, the ATAS and the NATAS broke ties. They agreed to share ownership of the Emmy statue and trademark, with each responsible for administering a specific set of award events.<ref name="emmyHistory"/> There was an exception regarding the Engineering Awards (those honoring individuals, companies, or 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 Award]]s, 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,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-15-ca-7117-story.html | title=Cable Executives Pleased Over Shot at Emmys | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=July 15, 1988 | access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref> and the Daytime Emmys in 1989.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-30-ca-3020-story.html| title=NBC's 'Santa Barbara' Is Top Daytime Emmy Winner | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=June 30, 1989 | access-date=September 22, 2015 | quote=In the first year that they were eligible for Daytime Emmys, cable programs did not win any during Thursday's ceremonies. But the cable industry had picked up four of the golden statuettes at the non-televised [Creative Arts Emmy Award] event last Saturday}}</ref> In 2011 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] 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 (production company)|Prospect Park]] so they could be continued on [[streaming television]]; this prompted NATAS to create a new Daytime Emmys category for the 2013 ceremony to honor such web-only series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/natas-hopes-make-40th-daytime-emmys-winner-113943 | title=NATAS Hopes to Make 40th Daytime Emmys a Winner | website=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NextTV | date=December 24, 2012 | access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref> The ATAS also began accepting original online-only [[streaming television]] programs in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/watching-for-the-2013-primetime-emmy-nominations/|title=Netflix Does Well in 2013 Primetime Emmy Nominations|access-date=July 18, 2013|date=July 18, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In December 2021, the ATAS and the NATAS announced a major realignment of the national Emmy Award ceremonies in response to the growth of streaming television programs, blurring the lines in determining which shows fall under Daytime or Primetime. Each of the ceremonies' scopes would now revolve around factors such as the themes and frequency of such programming, rather than [[Dayparting|dayparts]]. Among the major changes, daytime dramas would remain in the Daytime Emmys but most other scripted dramas and comedies would move to the Primetime Emmys, all children's programming would move to the newly created [[Children's & Family Emmy Awards|Children's & Family Emmys]] that the NATAS previously announced in November 2021, [[Breakfast television|morning shows]] would move from the Daytime Emmys to the [[News & Documentary Emmy Awards|News & Documentary Emmys]], and talk shows would now be divided between the Daytime and Primetime Emmys based on "format and style characteristics reflective of current programming in the daytime or late night space". The realignment of game shows and instructional programming categories was determined later in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Libby|title=Television Academies Announce Overhaul of Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award Categories|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/12/tv-academy-natas-overhaul-primetime-emmys-daytime-categories-1234685438/|work=IndieWire|date=December 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Emmys: Primetime & Daytime Awards Get Realigned Based On Genre Not Airtime; Dramas, Talk Shows & Game Shows Impacted|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/emmys-primetime-daytime-awards-realignment-genre-not-airtime-dramas-talk-shows-game-shows-1234890534/|work=Deadline|date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Statuette==
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 ATAS rejected forty-seven proposals before settling on McManus's 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."<ref name="emmyOrigin">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/academy/about/statuette | title=History of the Emmy Statuette |first=Sandra |last=Parker | publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date= October 1, 2014}}</ref>

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

The weight and dimensions of the Emmy statuette vary among the events. Each Primetime Emmy statuette weighs {{convert|6|lb|12+1/2|oz|kg|spell=in}}, and is made of copper, nickel, silver, and gold. The statue stands {{convert|15.5|in|cm}} tall with a base diameter of {{convert|7.5|in|cm}} and weight of {{convert|88|oz|kg}}. The Regional Emmy Award statuette is {{convert|11.5|in|cm}} tall with a base diameter of {{convert |5.5|in|cm}} and weight of {{convert|48|oz|kg}}. Each takes five and a half hours to make and is handled with white gloves to prevent fingerprints. The Primetime Emmy statues are manufactured by [[R.S. Owens & Company]] based in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], which was also charged with manufacturing the Academy Award statues until 2016, when [[AMPAS]] switched to Polich Tallix in [[Walden, New York]].<ref name= "History of the Emmy Statue">{{cite web|last=Award|first=Emmy|title=History of the Emmy Statue|url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/history-emmy-statuette|work=NATAS History|publisher=NATAS|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="R.S. Owens manufatures the Emmy Award Statue">{{cite web|last=|title=Chicago Company R.S. Owens & Company Makes Emmy Statues|url=http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/chicago-emmy-statues-made-rs-owens-company-20110913|work=Fox Chicago|access-date=|date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202201706/http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/chicago-emmy-statues-made-rs-owens-company-20110913|archive-date=February 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Spadaro, Amanda (January 27, 2017). [http://www.recordonline.com/news/20170127/foundry-seeks-tax-breaks-in-move-to-walden "Foundry seeks tax breaks in move to Walden."] ''Times Herald-Record'' (Middletown, NY). Retrieved from RecordOnline.com, October 2, 2018.</ref>  The Regional Emmy Awards are made by both R.S. Owens & Company and [[Society Awards]], a New York–based company that also makes the [[Golden Globe Awards]].

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 one year after the award is presented.<ref name="ATAS Trademark and Copyright">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/trademark-policy | title=ATAS Copyright and Trademark Policies | publisher=ATAS |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NATAS Trademark and Copyright">{{cite web | url=http://emmyonline.com/trademarks | title=NATAS Copyright and Trademark Policies | publisher=NATAS | access-date=January 23, 2018 | archive-date=February 2, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095208/http://emmyonline.com/trademarks | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Types ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px; margin-left:1em; float:right;"
|+  Emmy events (partial list)
! Administering academy !! Events
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|ATAS]] || [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime]], [[Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Creative Arts]], [[Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards|Primetime Engineering]], [[Los Angeles Emmy Awards|Los Angeles Area]], [[#Student|College TV]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|NATAS]] || [[Daytime Emmy Awards|Daytime]], [[Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Daytime Creative Arts]], [[Children's and Family Emmy Awards|Children's & Family]], [[Sports Emmy Awards|Sports]], [[News and Documentary Emmy Awards|News & Documentary]], [[Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards|Technology & Engineering]], [[#Regional|Regional]] (except for Los Angeles), [[#Student|National Student Production]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|IATAS]] || [[International Emmy Awards|International]]
|}
Various Emmy events competitions are held annually throughout the calendar year, ranging from honoring nationally televised shows to regionally and locally produced programs. Each event has its own set of award categories, nominating and voting procedures, and rules regarding voting committees, among others. It is not uncommon for one event to have some of the same category names that another event uses. (e.g. [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|''Primetime'' Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series]] and [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|''Daytime'' Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

A show that enters one of the Emmy events generally cannot also be entered into any of the others. For example, [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated shows]] whose air times vary between media markets may be eligible for both the Daytime and Primetime Emmys, but cannot enter in both.<ref name="PrimetimeEmmyRules">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.tv/sites/emmys.tv/files/pte11_rulesandproced_rev6.pdf | title=63rd Primetime Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=March 3, 2012 | quote=Syndicated programs that have reached a cumulative audience of at least 50% of the total potential U.S. television audience during the eligibility period, but not 50% exclusively in Daytime or Primetime, may enter either in Daytime or Primetime, but not in both | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810054229/http://www.emmys.tv/sites/emmys.tv/files/pte11_rulesandproced_rev6.pdf | archive-date=August 10, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In general, a show is considered national if it reaches more than 50 percent of U.S. households; programs that do not reach at least 50 percent of the country may enter into the Regional Emmys instead. [[Streaming television]] shows are treated similarly to syndicated shows: they must be available for downloading or streaming by more than 50 percent of the US national market to be eligible in one of the national Emmy competitions, and they can only enter into one of those national Emmy ceremonies.<ref name="41stDaytimeEmmyRules">{{cite web | url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime/daytime_41st_rulebook_full.pdf | title=41st Daytime Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=September 22, 2015 | quote= Series and Specials (depending on the category), and their related craft achievements must have originally aired or been made available for viewing, downloading or streaming by more than 50% of the US national market | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325160849/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime/daytime_41st_rulebook_full.pdf | archive-date=March 25, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> And a primetime show that is a [[Co-production (media)|co-production]] between U.S. and overseas companies might be eligible for both the Primetime and International Emmys, but also cannot enter in both.<ref name="InternationalEmmyFAQ"/>

Regardless of which area-specific competitions in which one wins an Emmy, all winners are called an "Emmy Winner".

===Primetime===
[[File:Dana Delany 1992 Emmys retouch.jpg|right|thumb|Actress [[Dana Delany]] holding a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] in 1992]]
[[File:Garry Shandling (211280631).jpg|left|thumb|Comedian [[Garry Shandling]] during the rehearsal of the [[45th Primetime Emmy Awards]], in September 1993]]
{{main|Primetime Emmy Award|List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies}}

The [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmys]] are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. Ceremonies generally are held in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season, and are currently broadcast in rotation among the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]], and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] networks, each network taking turns to air the ceremony every four years.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Some award categories presented to behind-the-scenes personnel such as [[art director]]s, [[costume designer]]s, [[cinematographer]]s, [[casting (performing arts)|casting directors]], and [[sound design]]ers are awarded at a separate [[Creative Arts Emmy Award|Creative Arts Emmys]] ceremony held a few days earlier.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=12 September 2021 |title=2021 Creative Arts Emmys: See the full list of winners |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/awards/emmys/2021-creative-arts-emmys-full-list-of-winners/ |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>

The Primetime Emmys are run and voted on by members of the ATAS. For most categories, members from each of the ATAS's branches vote around June to determine the nominees only in their respective categories. All members can vote for nominations in the best program categories. The final voting to determine the winners is held in August.<ref name="PrimetimeEmmyRules2">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.tv/sites/emmys.tv/files/pte11_rulesandproced_rev6.pdf | title=63rd Primetime Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=February 29, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810054229/http://www.emmys.tv/sites/emmys.tv/files/pte11_rulesandproced_rev6.pdf | archive-date=August 10, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Daytime===
[[File:Bradley Bell 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards.jpg|right|thumb|TV producer and writer [[Bradley Bell]] accepting [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for his work on the daytime [[soap opera]] ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' in 2010]]
{{main|Daytime Emmy Award}}

The [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s, generally held in May or June, are presented in recognition of excellence in American [[daytime television]] programming. 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Like the Primetime Emmys, a separate Creative Arts Emmy ceremony is also held a few days earlier to honor the behind-the-scenes personnel working in daytime television.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The Daytime Emmys are run and voted on by members of the NATAS. Voting is done by peer judging panels. Any active member of the NATAS who has national credits for at least two years and within the last five years is eligible to be a judge. Depending on the category, voting is done using either a ratings score criteria or a preferential scoring system.<ref name="DaytimeEmmyRules">{{cite web | url=http://www.daytimeemmys.tv/ | title=39th Daytime Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=February 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301180603/http://daytimeemmys.tv/ | archive-date=March 1, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> All the drama acting categories have an additional preliminary voting round called the pre-nominations, where one or two actors from each show is selected to then move on and be considered for the primary nominations for the awards.<ref>{{cite web | title=2010 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations Announced | url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/2010_daytime_emmy_pre_nominations_announced/ | work=Soap Opera Digest | quote=Those are the names put forth by each show for consideration to be nominated for the awards. | access-date=March 15, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205052/http://soapoperadigest.com/features/2010_daytime_emmy_pre_nominations_announced/ | archive-date=March 25, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Sports===
{{further|Sports Emmy Award}}

The Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the NATAS for excellence in [[Broadcasting of sports events|sports programming]]. 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.

Voting is done by peer judging panels. The NATAS solicits anybody with significant experience in national sports production to serve as judges. The panels are organized so that they only have one representative from each corporate entity (i.e. [[Paramount Global]], [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], [[NBCUniversal]], [[Fox Corporation]], [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] etc.) Most categories only have a single voting round using preferential scoring system. The top 5 entries in each category are announced as the nominations, and then the top entry is announced as the Emmy winner later at the awards ceremony.<ref name="SportsEmmyRules">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmyonline.org/sports/applications/33rd/sports_33rd_annual_rulebook.pdf | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6D4g2SJ53?url=http://www.emmyonline.org/sports/applications/33rd/sports_33rd_annual_rulebook.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 21, 2012 | title=33rd Sports Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=March 2, 2012 }}</ref>

===News and documentary===
{{further|News & Documentary Emmy Award}}

The News & Documentary Emmy Awards are presented by the NATAS for excellence in [[Television news in the United States|national news]] and documentary programming. The awards ceremony takes place every fall.

Voting is done by peer judging panels. The NATAS solicits anybody with significant experience in national news or documentary reporting or production to serve as judges. Most categories have two voting rounds, with separate judging panels in each round. The top entries in each category are announced as the nominations, and then the top entry is announced as the Emmy winner later at the awards ceremony.<ref name="NewsEmmyRules">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/news/applications/33rdNewsEntryForms/33rd_nd_rulebook.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6D4g2XrIu?url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/news/applications/33rdNewsEntryForms/33rd_nd_rulebook.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |title=33rd News & Documentary Emmys Rules and Procedures |publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>

=== Children's and family ===
{{Main|Children's & Family Emmy Awards}}
On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced that it would begin to present the Children's & Family Emmys Awards beginning in 2022, for excellence in children's and family television.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2021-11-17|title=Children's & Family Emmy Awards Set As Stand-Alone Competition Beginning In 2022|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/childrens-and-family-emmy-awards-launch-2022-1234875735/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> Previously, most award categories for children's and family television programs fell under the scope of the Daytime Emmys, while those programs that aired primarily in primetime fell under the Primetime Emmys. The NATAS stated that this new ceremony was necessary due to an explosive growth of children's and family programming within the last several years. Secondly, the ATAS retired its primetime children's television categories in 2020, agreeing with the NATAS to move all such award categories to the Daytime Emmys, citing that the proliferation of [[Streaming media|streaming services]] had created confusion over whether children's programs should fall under the Daytime or Primetime awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=November 2, 2020|title=Primetime Emmys Drop Children's Program Category, as All Kids Awards Move to Daytime|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/primetime-emmys-childrens-daytime-category-1234821285/|access-date=November 2, 2020|website=Variety|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":1"/>

===Engineering===
{{main|Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards|Technology & Engineering Emmy Award}}
[[File:Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award 2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[Goddard Space Flight Center]] Engineer Richard Nafzger, actress [[June Lockhart]], and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] accepting the [[Philo T. Farnsworth Award|Philo T. Farnsworth Emmy Award]] on behalf of [[NASA]] in 2009, honoring the technological innovations first used during the broadcasts of the [[Apollo 11]] Moon landing]]
The [[Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards]] presented by the ATAS and the [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Award]]s presented by the NATAS are two separate competitions that honor individuals, companies, or to scientific or technical organizations in recognition of significant developments and contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/scope_and_procedures.html | title=Technology and Engineering Emmy Award: Scope and Procedures | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=September 8, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011004/http://emmyonline.org/tech/scope_and_procedures.html | archive-date=July 28, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/primetime-emmys/2013/engineering-emmys | title=Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards | archive-date=December 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226154302/http://www.emmys.com/awards/primetime-emmys/2013/engineering-emmys | access-date=March 4, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref> Generally, the NATAS's Technology & Engineering Emmys ceremony is held in January, while the ATAS's Primetime Engineering Emmys are presented in October.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Each academy has its own separate panel of highly qualified, experienced engineers in the television industry to determine their respective award recipients. Among the ATAS's Engineering Emmy Award repertoire is the [[Philo T. Farnsworth Award]], given to honor companies who have significantly affected the state of television and broadcast engineering over a long period of time.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===Regional===
[[File:Charlie Moore with Emmy Award.JPG|thumb|New England sports personality [[Charlie Moore (television personality)|Charlie Moore]] holding a [[New England Emmy Award]] in 2011]]
[[File:Maria Rozman at the 2018 National Capital-Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|[[WZDC-CD]] news director [[Maria Rozman]], winner of three [[National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards|National Capitol/Chesapeake Bay Regional Emmy Awards]] in 2018]]

There are 20 regional chapters located across the United States that each conduct regional awards to recognize excellence in all the regional [[Media market|television markets]], including state to state programming as well as [[local news]] and [[Local programming|locally produced shows]]. Nineteen of the regional chapters are affiliated with the NATAS,<ref name="19Locals">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmyonline.org/chapters.html |title=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: Chapters |access-date=October 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922040419/http://www.emmyonline.org/chapters.html |archive-date=September 22, 2009 }}</ref> while the Los Angeles–based ATAS acts as the regional chapter serving the Los Angeles area.<ref name="ATAS Los Angeles">{{cite web | url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/membership/nationalacademy.php | title=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: National Academy | quote=because our headquarters, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, are located in Los Angeles, our offices handle regional membership and awards for the Los Angeles area only | access-date=October 6, 2009}}</ref><ref name="LALocal">{{cite web | url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/contact/faq.php | title=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: FAQ | quote=The Academy also encompasses a Los Angeles branch whose members work in Southern California | access-date=October 6, 2009}}</ref>

In general, a show is considered regional if it does not reach more than 50 percent of U.S. households; programs that reach more than 50 percent of the country must enter into one of the national Emmy competitions instead.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Like the national awards, each region goes through their own nomination and voting procedures. Committees are formed to review entries for eligibility and high standards. Once accepted, each entry goes before different review committees, and their votes are cast to determine the final nominees. The final votes are then calculated by certified accounting firms within each region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-30 |title=Emmy Explained: A Guide to Understanding Television's Top Awards |url=https://www.documentary.org/feature/emmy-explained-guide-understanding-televisions-top-awards |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en|author-first1=Andrea|author-last1=Van Hook}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=not seeing anything about committees, votes, regions or accounting firms in this article|date=March 2025}}

Donn Johnson, president of the Pacific Southwest chapter said in 2018: "The Emmy Award is considered the most prestigious award a television professional can receive".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-25|title=10News Wins 'Overall Excellence' as Local TV Takes Home 340 Emmy Awards|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2018/06/24/10news-wins-overall-excellence-as-local-tv-takes-home-340-emmy-awards/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Times of San Diego|language=en-US}}</ref>

Originally, each Regional Emmy Awards ceremony primarily focused on only honoring individuals in local news programming.<ref name="emmyHistory" /> The regionals have since been expanded to encompass all locally and state to state-produced shows that receive less than fifty percent of the country's viewing audience.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Regional chapter{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}<ref name="19Locals"/><ref name="ATAS Los Angeles"/><ref name="LALocal"/>
! States in region
|-
| [[New England Emmy Award|Boston / New England]]
| Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Most of Connecticut
|-
| Chicago / Midwest
| Parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
|-
| [[Heartland Emmy Awards|Highlands Ranch / Heartlands]]
| Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma; Parts of Nebraska
|-
| [[Lone Star Emmy Awards|Dallas / Lone Star]]
| Texas; Parts of New Mexico
|-
| [[Los Angeles Emmy Award|Los Angeles (ATAS)]]
| Greater Los Angeles only
|-
| [[Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards|Brecksville / Lower Great Lakes]]
| Parts of Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
|-
| [[Michigan Emmy Awards|Southfield / Michigan]]
| Michigan
|-
| [[Mid-America Emmy Awards|Arkansas / Mid-America]]
| Arkansas, Iowa, and Missouri; Parts of Illinois and Louisiana
|-
| [[Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards|Delaware / Mid-Atlantic]]
| Delaware; Most of Pennsylvania; Parts of New Jersey and Ohio
|-
| [[Midsouth Emmy Awards|Nashville / Midsouth]]
| The [[Huntsville]], [[Alabama]] television market; All of [[North Carolina]] except the [[Asheville]] television market; [[Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nashville.emmyonline.org/#89 |title=nashville.emmyonline.org |author=The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |publisher=[[NATAS]] |access-date=2009-04-10 |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713045932/http://nashville.emmyonline.org/#89 |url-status=dead }} The National Academy of Television of Arts and Sciences boundaries</ref>
|-
| [[National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards|Maryland / National Capitol/Chesapeake Bay]]
| Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D. C.
|-
| [[New York Emmy Awards|New York / New York]]
| New York; Parts of Connecticut and New Jersey
|-
| [[Northwest Emmy Awards|Alaska / Northwest]]
| Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
|-
| [[Ohio Valley Emmy Awards|Kentucky / Ohio Valley]]
| Kentucky and West Virginia; Parts of Indiana and Ohio
|-
| [[Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards|San Diego / Pacific Southwest]]
| Most of Southern California (except Greater Los Angeles); Parts of Nevada
|-
|[[Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards|Rocky Mountain / Southwest]]
| Arizona and Utah; Most of New Mexico; Imperial County, California
|-
| [[San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Awards|San Francisco / Northern California]]
| Northern California and Hawaii; Parts of Nevada
|-
| [[Southeast Emmy Awards|Atlanta / Southeast]]
| [[Mississippi]] and [[South Carolina]]; Most of [[Alabama]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; The [[Asheville, North Carolina]] television market<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southeastemmy.com/about |title=ABOUT US |website=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Southeast Chapter |publisher=[[NATAS]] |access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Suncoast Chapter|Suncoast]]
| Florida; Parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia
|-
| [[Upper Midwest Emmy Awards|Minnesota / Upper Midwest]]
| Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Parts of Nebraska and Wisconsin
|}

===International===
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The International Emmy Awards recognizes excellence in TV programming that is produced initially outside the United States. They have been presented annually by the IATAS since 1973.<ref name="thefreelibrary.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/20+years+of+the+International+Emmy+Awards.-a013370692 |publisher=thefreelibrary.com/ |title=20 years of the International Emmy Awards}}</ref> The award ceremony generally takes place in November in [[New York City]].

In general, any non-U.S. organization or individual (such as a network, a local or regional television station, producer, director, or writer) may submit a program, regardless of whether they are a member of the IATAS. For shows that are [[Co-production (media)|co-produced]] between U.S. and foreign production companies, they may be eligible if they initially aired outside of the U.S., or if their broadcast dates were within a few days of each other. A program that enters into the international competition cannot also be entered into any of the domestic ones.<ref name="InternationalEmmyFAQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.iemmys.tv/files/EntryFAQ.pdf|title=Frequently Asked Questions (Submissions)|publisher=International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110346/https://www.iemmys.tv/files/EntryFAQ.pdf|archive-date=April 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Student===

The '''College Television Awards''' are presented by the ATAS in recognition of excellence in college student-produced works. College students nationwide can submit productions and receive recognition in such categories as Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music, Newscasts, and Series.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards | title=About the College Television Awards | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422135013/http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards | archive-date=April 22, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Entries are first judged by members of the ATAS specializing in each respective field. Winners are then selected by Blue Ribbon Panels.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards-2014-categories | title=2014 College Television Awards categories | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209142651/http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards-2014-categories | archive-date=February 9, 2014 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Any work submitted must include a form signed from a faculty advisor to verify that it was produced for a school related group, project, or class.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards-2014-rules | title=2014 College Television Awards rules | publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] | access-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209131921/http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards-2014-rules | archive-date=February 9, 2014 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Similarly, the '''National Student Production Awards''' are presented by the NATAS in recognition of excellence in high school student-produced works. High school students nationwide can submit productions and receive recognition in news, craft and programming categories.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://emmyonline.com/nationalstudent | title=National Student Production Awards | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

===Governors and trustees===
The Governors Award is the highest award presented by the ATAS, honoring the achievements of an individual, company or organization whose works stand out with the immediacy of current achievement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/governors-award | title=Governors Award | publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

The Trustees Award is the highest award presented by NATAS, honoring the unusual or enduring achievements of an individual.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://emmyonline.com/trusteesaward | title=Trustees Award | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date=July 25, 2019 | archive-date=September 24, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924181712/http://emmyonline.com/trusteesaward | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Humanitarian and public service===
The [[Bob Hope Humanitarian Award]] is awarded by the ATAS Board of Governors to an individual in the industry whose humanitarian work has a lasting impact on society.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/news/news/george-clooney-receive-bob-hope-humanitarian-award-0#sthash.pno6mdeC.dpuf | title=George Clooney to Receive Bob Hope Humanitarian Award | publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | date=July 21, 2010 | access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>

The Public Service Award is for [[public service announcement]]s and programming to "advance the common good".

==Criticism==
Some advocates of [[gender equality]] and [[non-binary]] people have criticized the separation of male and female acting categories in the Emmys, [[Academy Awards]], and [[Tony Awards]]. Though some commentators worry that [[gender discrimination]] would cause men to dominate unsegregated categories, other categories are unsegregated. The [[Grammy Awards]] went gender-neutral in 2012, while the [[Daytime Emmy Awards]] introduced a single [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series|Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series]] category in 2019 to replace their two gender-specific younger actor and actress categories.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1015863360/nonbinary-gender-neutral-emmy-awards-oscars-tonys-mj-rodriguez-asia-kate-dillon |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |title=Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose |date=July 14, 2021 |author=Melissa Block}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/daytime-emmy-awards-natas-national-academy-of-television-arts-and-sciences-gender-identity-1202772702/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |title=Daytime Emmy Awards Eliminates Gender Distinction From Outstanding Younger Performer Category |date=October 30, 2019 |author=Dino-Ray Ramos}}</ref>

==See also==
===Emmy related===
* [[List of Daytime Emmy Award winners]]
* [[List of Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
* [[List of International Emmy Award winners]]

===Other similar awards===
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* [[List of American television awards]]
* [[British Academy Television Awards]] ([[Television in the United Kingdom|UK]])
* [[National Television Awards]] (UK)
* [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
* [[Streamy Awards]]
* [[Directors Guild of America Award]]
* [[Producers Guild of America Award]]
* [[Writers Guild of America Award]]
* [[TCA Awards]]
* [[Canadian Screen Awards]] – film and television industry awards in Canada
* [[Logie Awards]] – television broadcasting industry awards in Australia
* [[CableACE Award]] – defunct award for Cable-based programming

{{divcolend}}

==References==
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