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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is all set to open the doors for entries for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards as well as "What's New In Daytime” on October 31 — but they are making some changes. As gender identity becomes an ever-larger part of the conversation about inclusion, representat…

The Daytime Emmy Awards is adding another night for 2020. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said today that next year’s celebration of all things daytime TV will be divided into three soirees: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 12-14, all at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. “We are thrilled to add a…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the longtime organizer of the Daytime Emmy Awards, the News & Documentary Emmys, Sports Emmys and International Emmys, has taken the wraps off a new logo and branding campaign. “The Emmy Awards are stronger than ever, with new distribution platforms driving…

Linda Giannecchini, who worked for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for five decades, died at home on June 11th in San Francisco, CA of natural causes. She was 70 years old. Giannecchini held nearly every elective office in NATAS, serving as a chapter president, governor, vice chair and secretary of…

Chad Hurley and Steven Shih Chen, two former PayPal colleagues who co-founded YouTube in 2005, were once so reviled in traditional-media circles that their company elicited a billion-dollar lawsuit by Viacom. Today, they were named as recipients of Emmy Awards for Lifetime Achievement. The entrepreneurs, who founded…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the Digital Drama Series Pre-Nominations for the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The Pre-Nominated Digital Drama Series were decided by an online judging ballot containing all entrants in the category. The ballots were sent to all registered…

The organization behind the International, Daytime, Sports and News/Documentary Emmy Awards has a new leader. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said today that Adam Sharp, whose career includes stints at NBC, C-SPAN and Twitter, has been named as its new President and CEO. Sharp, who has been working…

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has responded to the threat by all four daytime dramas to boycott the Daytime Emmy Awards unless changes are made in a joint letter they sent to the organization’s leadership yesterday. “Today I received correspondence raising concerns about some elements of the…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED with NATAS’ response: The Daytime Emmy Awards are in danger of losing one of their biggest attractions, the daytime dramas, whose acting nominees bring star power to the ceremony. I have learned that in an unprecedented show of unity, all four daytime soaps, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Liv…

Patrika Darbo, whose Daytime Emmy for her guest-starring role on Amazon’s soap opera The Bay was rescinded after organizer the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences found submission errors in her and other categories, has called out the group for its actions and wants an outside audit “to restore integrity…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has rescinded the Daytime Emmy Award it gave last month to Patrika Darbo for her guest-starring role on the Amazon soap opera The Bay. The organization said today a submission error regarding her and her The Bay castmate Thomas Calabro in the category of Guest…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with the drama performer pre-nominations for its 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. NBC’s Days of Our Lives leads the field with 20 mentions among the half-dozen categories, followed by ABC’s General Hospital (17( and CBS’ The Young and the Restless (15). Check…