The prestigious Emmy Award is an analogue of the famous Oscar. Emmy is awarded by the American Academy of Television to the best prime-time actors and TV projects.
The word "Emmy" is derived from the English "immy" - the cathode tube in the first television cameras. The first Emmy Awards were held on December 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Sports Club. The laureates were presented with statuettes of a winged woman with an atom in her hands, made of an alloy of gold, silver, copper and nickel, and symbolizing television, as art (the symbol of "wings"), and television, as a science (the symbol of "atom").
Since 1974, there have been several Emmy awards: prime time, daytime, sports, tech, and international. This is due to an incident at an awards ceremony in 1972, when the series The Doctors and General Hospital were nominated in the Daytime Drama category. Due to disagreements, the judges could not decide whether to award the nominees with one Emmy for two or not to award them at all. The case ended with the decision not to award the prize at all. This fact caused a negative reaction from the public. In 1974, an Emmy was awarded specifically for daytime television.
There are currently one hundred and one nominations for this television award. Emmy awards are given to the best comedies, dramas, TV series, miniseries, television films, as well as the best leading and supporting actors. The annual awards ceremony is held on one of the main television channels in the United States.
The 64th Emmy ceremony will take place in Hollywood on September 23, 2012. The event will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Kerry Washington. It is already known which films have been nominated for Best Comedy Series, Best Drama Series, Best Miniseries, as well as the names of nominees for an Emmy in the categories of Best Dramatic Actor and Best Dramatic Actress.
The largest number of awards in the history of "Emmy" (twenty-one) went to Sheila Nevins, in the past - an American screenwriter, producer. She is currently President of HBO Documentary Films.
