page_title: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
section_title: Emmy Award
hierarchical_section_title: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences / Emmy Award
caption_attribution_description: English: The courtyard and Emmy Award statue at the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences facility on Lankershim
context_page_description: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States.
  Founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television.
context_section_description: 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 who 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).
caption: The courtyard and Emmy Award statue at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences facility on Lankershim
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