11 Facts About Emmy

Regional Emmy Awards are presented throughout the country at various times through the year, recognizing excellence in local and statewide television.

Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, is named after "immy", an informal term for the image orthicon tube that was common in early television cameras.

Originally, there was only one Emmy event held per year to honor shows nationally broadcast in the United States.

In 1974, the first Daytime Emmy ceremony was held to specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming.

Also, the International Emmy Awards, honoring television programs produced and initially aired outside the U S, was established in the early 1970s.

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Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television engineer Louis McManus, who used his wife as the model.

The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, but the first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was not held until 1974.

Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the NATAS for excellence in sports programming.

Donn Johnson, president of the Pacific Southwest chapter said in 2018: “The Emmy Award is considered the most prestigious award a television professional can receive”.

International Emmy Awards recognizes excellence in TV programming that is produced initially outside the United States.

The Grammy Awards went gender-neutral in 2012, while the Daytime Emmy Awards introduced a single Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series category in 2019 to replace their two gender-specific younger actor and actress categories.