Emmy Awards Online History of the Emmys






				Emmy Awards Online: A History of the Emmys Movies have the Oscars, Broadway has its Tonys, and television has... the Emmys. Ever since January 1949, when the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences first presented them at the Hollywood Athletic Club, the Emmy Awards have been the most highly visible and prestigous honor earned for achievement in television. The first Emmy recipient was Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet, Judy Splinters, winning for the category of "Most Outstanding Television Personality". The name "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras. The statuette of a winged woman holding an atom has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the arts and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science. It was created by television engineer Louis McManus, using his wife as a model. The Emmy Awards have not, however, been without their share of controversy. Foremost is the fact that actors and actresses who win for a recurring role in a show that lasts years can keep winning over and over, leaving no room to recognize other talents. Though the academy has weathered much of this controversy, some still remains. The awards themselves are broken down into three distinct categories, two of which are popularly recognized. They are the Prime Time Awards, the Daytime Awards. The LA Area Awards are given to excellence in broadcast by local LA television or cable television systems. In 1949, when they were new, only six trophies were handed out. Today, hundreds of Emmys are won each year for both these national and local programs.

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