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The Television Academy lived up to its promise to spread the presentation of the (Virtual) Creative Arts Emmys over several nights in September, and today it announced just how it will be done. The 2020 Creative Arts Emmys will be spread across the entire week beginning September 14 and continuing for five nights, all…

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its new Code of Conduct. Read the letter below and the revised code here. The Television Academy's governance previously voted to expel Harvey Weinstein from the Academy for life. Here is the message from chairman/CEO Hayma Washington announcing the revised Code…

Madeline Di Nonno, chief executive officer of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, has been named the new Board Chair of the Television Academy Foundation, the charitable arm of the Television Academy. She succeeds Robert Cook, who has served in the role since January of 2015. Di Nonno leads the institute’s…

Last night was truly a regal one at the Television Academy, which threw its 70th anniversary gala — an event that was three celebrations in one. And NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt could not have said it better, exclaiming at the end of the night, “Long live broadcast television.” Not only did several…

The LAPD has found the Ed Sullivan statue that was swiped from the TV Academy’s Hall of Fame Plaza on Sunday. North Hollywood detectives said the piece — estimated to be worth $45,000, making it grand theft — is in good condition but offered no details about how or where it was recovered or potential suspects. The…

A statue of Ed Sullivan worth about $45,000 was taken from its pedestal at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza in North Hollywood on Sunday. The solid bronze statue, which weighs about 20 pounds and stands 18 inches tall, was being displayed in an outdoor exhibit, along with several other TV…

Lucy Hood, President and COO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has died following a battle with cancer. Hood was named to the Academy post after an extensive search last June, just 10 days after longtime COO Alan Perris announced his retirement. She joined the Academy from the University of Southern…

The journalist-turned-PR man who went on to serve two terms as president of the TV Academy died Wednesday in Oceanside, Calif. Hank Rieger was 95. In 1977, he became the first elected president of ATAS following the split between the East and West Coast factions of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences…

TV Academy chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum continues to bring in top TV industry types to the Academy as part of his efforts to modernize the veteran organization and make it more relevant. Rosenblum’s 2014 appointees to the TV Academy’s Executive Committee are FX Networks’ John Landgraf, HBO’s Michael Lombardo, Sony…

The ill-timed consolidation of the best TV movie and miniseries Emmy categories will likely be short lived. The TV Academy has started a procedure for the two longform categories to be restored for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, putting an end to the category’s two-year merger. "The recommendation has been made to…

EXCLUSIVE: Two years ago, Bruce Rosenblum rocked the establishment at the TV Academy with his surprising decision to run for chairman. He won over veteran TV Academy officer Nancy Bradley Wiard to become the first Hollywood heavyweight to lead the organization in almost two decades. Back then, Rosenblum was president…

It was obviously another huge night for AMC, which took home the most prestigious Emmy prize of Outstanding Drama Series for the 5th time in the last six years, this time for long overdue Breaking Bad. Inside the Governors Ball following the Emmys, a raucous celebration at the 400 tables, 3-time Emmy winner Bryan…