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The rushed nature of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be addressed at a Governors meeting I am assured by someone who said, quite correctly, “we need to stop turning this thing into a track meet”. (Full disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Governors repping the Writers Branch). Certainly there was concern…

June Foray‘s 80-year career has including voicing Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale on The Bullwinkle Show, Nell Fenwick on The Dudley Do-Right Show, Cindy Lou Who in How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Tweety and Sylvester’s owner Granny from The Bugs Bunny Show, and Jokey Smurf on The Smurfs. The Academy of Te…

James Loper, a founder and past president of KCET, LA’s former longtime PBS outlet, and longtime head of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has died. His family tells the Los Angeles Times that Loper died Monday at his Pasadena home. He was 81. Loper helped establish KCET while a doctoral student at USC in the…

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline's TV coverage. (SPOILER ALERT! This report outlines news events that are covered in Season 2 of HBO’s The Newsroom.) Creator-showrunner Aaron Sorkin took the wraps off a chunk of the forthcoming second season of his controversial HBO journalism drama tonight as a gift to voting…

Alan Perris, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Academy Foundation longtime Chief Operating Officer, will retire at the end of the year. His departure is expected to widen the vacuum at the top of the TV Academy as chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum is not likely to seek a second term. Perris, who joined the…

NoHo Arts District, CA, April 16, 2013 – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has hired Marc Wade for the newly-created position of Executive Producer, Digital. The announcement was made by Television Academy COO Alan Perris. In this role, Wade will be responsible for the production of the Academy's digital…

Six more names were formally inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences‘ distinguished Hall Of Fame on Monday night in front of a packed audience at the Beverly Hilton. Joining the 140-plus TV legends who are already members were Les Moonves, Ron Howard, Al Michaels, Bob Schieffer, Dick Wolf and, at long…

NoHo Arts District, CA, March 11, 2013 – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has hired Maury McIntyre as its Vice President of Digital, bringing all of the Academy's digital initiatives and platforms under his purview. The announcement was made by Television Academy COO Alan Perris. McIntyre will report directly…

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced a strong list of showbiz notables as presenters for this year’s Hall of Fame gala on March 11. They include Will Arnett (Arrested Development) who will be presenting to inductee Ron Howard; NFL Hall of Fame Coach and Commentator John Madden presenting to Al…

NoHo Arts District, Calif. – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Committee has selected a distinguished group of television innovators and icons to be inducted into the 22nd Hall of Fame. Additionally, for the first time ever, this year's Hall of Fame ceremony will benefit the Television Academy…

The 6th annual Television Academy Honors is accepting entries for programming that aired from January 1-October 31 until December 14 (the deadline for programming that aired from November 1-December 31 is January 14). Entries can be submitted for fiction/nonfiction series as a whole, for a single episode, or for a…

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that submissions are being accepted for its 6th annual Television Academy Honors. The awards celebrate network, cable and online programming that inspires, informs, motivates and has the power to change lives. The entry deadline for programming that aired from…