Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television.
History
Syd Cassyd considered television a tool for education and envisioned an organization that would act outside the "flash and glamor" of the industry and become an outlet for "serious discussion" and award the industry's "finest achievements". Envisioning a television counterpart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cassyd founded the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946 in conjunction with leaders of the early television industry who had gathered at a meeting he organized.
Cassyd's academy in Los Angeles merged with a New York academy founded by Ed Sullivan in 1955 to form the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Los Angeles chapter broke away from NATAS in 1977, keeping the Primetime and Los Angeles Emmys.
In 2014, alongside its Hall of Fame induction ceremony and announced plans to expand its headquarters, the organization announced that it had changed its public brand to the Television Academy, with a new logo designed by Siegel + Gale. The new branding was intended to downplay the organization's antiquated formal name in favor of a more straightforward identity, and features a separating line (typically used to separate the organization's wordmark from a simplified image of the Emmy Award statuette) used to symbolize a screen, and also portrayed as a "portal".
In 2016, producer Hayma Washington was elected chairman and CEO of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, becoming the first African-American to hold the position.
Emmy Award
In 1949, the Television Academy held the first Emmy Awards ceremony, an annual event created to recognize excellence in U.S. television programming, although the initial event was restricted to programming from the Los Angeles area. The name "Emmy" was derived from "Immy", a nickname for the image orthicon camera tube, which aided the progress of modern television. The word was feminized as "Emmy" to match the statuette, which depicted a winged woman holding an atom.
The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organizations that focus on various sectors of television programming: the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (primetime), the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (daytime, sports, news and documentary), and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (international). The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also presents the Los Angeles Emmy Awards.
Publications and programs
In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy publishes the award-winning emmy magazine and through the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, is responsible for the Archive of American Television, annual College Television Awards, Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship, acclaimed student internships and other educational outreach programs.
Current governance
Frank Scherma (Chairman and CEO)
Sharon Lieblein, CSA (Vice Chair)
Rickey Minor (Second Vice Chair)
Ann Leslie Uzdavinis (Treasurer)
Allison Binder (Secretary)
Casey Bloys (Chair's Appointee)
George Cheeks (Chair's Appointee)
Pearlena Igbokwe (Chair's Appointee)
Gloria Calderón Kellett (Chair's Appointee)
Lisa Nishimura (Chair's Appointee)
Zack Van Amburg (Chair's Appointee)
Eddie Bonin (Governors' Appointee)
Debra Curtis (Governors' Appointee)
Jill Dickerson (Governors' Appointee)
Troy Underwood (Governors' Appointee)
Cris Abrego (Chair, Television Academy Foundation)
Board of Governors
Animation
Kaz Aizawa
Lamb Chamberlin
Art Directors/Set Decorators
Kimberly Wannop, SDSA
James Yarnell
Casting Directors
Marc Hirschfeld, CSA
Kim Taylor-Coleman, CSA
Children's Programming
Gloria Poncé
Troy Underwood
Choreography
Tessandra Chavez
Dominique Kelley
Cinematographers
Patrick Cady, ASC
George Mooradian, ASC
Commercials
Yvette Cobarrubias
Charlie McBrearty
Costume Design & Supervision
Laura Guzik
Luke Reichle
Daytime Programming
Eva Basler
Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic
Directors
Anya Adams
Mary Lou Belli
Documentary Programming
Megan Chao
Senain Kheshgi
Emerging Media Programming
Kevin Dreyfuss
Eric Shamlin
Lighting, Camera & Technical Arts
Eric Becker
David Plakos
Los Angeles Area
Stephanie Hampton
Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh
Makeup Artists/Hairstylists
Nikki Carbonetta
Vito Trotta
Motion & Title Design
Ana Criado
Steve Viola
Music
Sherri Chung
Jeff Russo
Performers
Kim Estes
Kate Linder
Picture Editors
Nena Erb, ACE
Robert Michael Malachowski Jr., ACE
Professional Representatives
Hillary Bibicoff
Bryan Leder
Producers
Tony Carey
Keith Raskin
Production Executives
David Hartle
Hollann Sobers
Public Relations
Shannon Buck
Christina Lee
Reality Programming
Jill Dickerson
Scott Freeman
Science & Technology
Wendy Aylsworth
Barry Zegel
Sound
Joe Earle, CAS
Phillip W. Palmer, CAS
Sound Editors
Bobbi Banks
Chris Reeves
Special Visual Effects
Eddie Bonin
Derek Spears
Stunts
Eddie Perez
Larry Rosenthal
Television Executives
Debra Curtis
Jo DiSante
Writers
Nicole Demerse
Lynn Renee Maxcy
Television Academy Honors
See footnote
The Television Academy Honors were established in 2008 to recognize "Television with a Conscience"—television programming that inspires, informs, motivates and even has the power to change lives.
1st Annual (2008)
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Boston Legal
Girl Positive
God's Warriors
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Harm"
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Planet Earth
Shame
Side Order of Life
2nd Annual (2009)
A Home for the Holidays (10th Annual)
Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football
Brothers & Sisters, "Prior Commitments"
Extreme Makeover Home Edition, "The Martirez & Malek Families"
Masterpiece Contemporary: "God on Trial"
Stand Up to Cancer
30 Days
Whale Wars
3rd Annual (2010)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Coup De Grace"
Glee, "Wheels"
Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver
Explorer, "Inside Death Row"
Private Practice, "Nothing To Fear"
Taking Chance
Unlocking Autism
Vanguard, "The OxyContin Express"
4th Annual (2011)
The 16th Man
The Big C, "Taking The Plunge"
Friday Night Lights, "I Can't"
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
The Oprah Winfrey Show, "A Two-Day Oprah Show Event: 200 Adult Men Who Were Molested Come Forward"
Parenthood, "Pilot"
Private Practice, "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?"
Wartorn 1861–2010
5th Annual (2012)
The Dr. Oz Show
The Five
Harry's Law, "Head Games"
Hot Coffee
Men of a Certain Age, "Let the Sun Shine In"
Rescue Me, '344"
Women, War & Peace
6th Annual (2013)
A Smile as Big as the Moon
D.L. Hughley: The Endangered List
Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide
Hunger Hits Home
The Newsroom
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
One Nation Under Dog: Stories of Fear, Loss & Betrayal
Parenthood
7th Annual (2014)
The Big C: Hereafter
Comedy Warriors
The Fosters
Mea Maxima Culpa
Mom
Screw You Cancer
Vice
8th Annual (2015)
black-ish, "Crime and Punishment"
E:60, "Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest"
The Normal Heart
Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert
Transparent
Virunga
9th Annual (2016)
Born This Way
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Homeland
The Knick
Mississippi Inferno
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
10th Annual (2017)
Before the Flood
The Night Of
Speechless
This Is Us
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
11th Annual (2018)
13 Reasons Why
Andi Mack
Daughters of Destiny
Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
LA 92
One Day at a Time
12th Annual (2019)
Alexa & Katie
A Million Little Things
I Am Evidence
My Last Days
Pose
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
RBG
13th Annual (2020)
16 Shots
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Queen Sugar
Unbelievable
Watchmen
14th Annual (2021)
For Life
I Am Greta
I May Destroy You
Little America
The Daily Show
The Social Dilemma
Welcome to Chechnya
15th Annual (2022)
Black and Missing
Dopesick
Insecure
It's a Sin
Reservation Dogs
Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition
The Year Earth Changed
16th Annual (cancelled)
Profiled: The Black Man
37 Words
As We See It
Mo
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
The U.S. and the Holocaust
We're Here
Hall of Fame
The Television Academy Hall of Fame was founded by a former president of the ATAS, John H. Mitchell (1921–1988), to honor individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. television. Inductions are not held every year.
See also
List of American television awards
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Primetime Emmy Award
Notes
References
External links
Television Academy
Television Academy Foundation
Television shows and discussions by ATAS interviewees
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Television organizations in the United States
1946 establishments in the United States
Organizations based in Los Angeles
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Organizations established in 1946
501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations