Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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About

The Emmy Awards recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media.

The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organizations, which focus on various sectors of television and broadband programming:

- The Television Academy (primetime)

- National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (daytime, sports, news and documentary)

- International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (international)

The Primetime Emmy Award is a symbol of peer recognition from over 20,000 Television Academy members. Each member casts a ballot for the category of competition in their field of expertise. See more about How an Emmy is Won.

The Interviews team is also on the red carpet every year, interviewing the nominees. Check out past red carpet interviews here.

Highlights

Hector Ramirez on holding the then-record for the most Emmy nominations; on attending the ceremony

02:34

Michael J. Fox on winning an Emmy Award for his role on Family Ties ; getting advice on what to say: "I feel four feet tall"

02:34

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on winning an Emmy for her Seinfeld character "Elaine Benes"

01:08

Betty White on winning an Emmy for Outstanding female personality in 1952

01:20

Leonard Nimoy on his reaction to being Emmy-nominated for Star Trek

00:26

Mary Tyler Moore on winning an Emmy in 1963 for her work on The Dick Van Dyke Show

00:37

Anthony Bourdain on his various awards and Emmy nominations

01:30

Allison Janney on her Emmy wins for The West Wing

02:07

Don Mischer on what makes a good Emmy host

01:25

Steve Binder on producing the Primetime Emmy Awards for four years (1983-1987)

02:20

Who talked about this show

Andy Ackerman

Andy Ackerman on how he got a job editing for WKRP in Cincinnati and winning an Emmy for the show

04:58

Berle Adams

Berle Adams on the controversy over Fred Astaire winning the Emmy for Best Actor for An Evening With Fred Astaire

00:48

Berle Adams on distributing the Emmys internationally

02:58

Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on The Sopranos winning Emmys

02:15

Charlie Andrews

Charlie Andrews on producing the 1969 Emmy Awards

03:10

Alan A. Armer

Alan A. Armer on winning an Emmy for The Fugitive

00:43

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria on winning Emmy awards for his work in The Simpsons

02:06

Thomas Azzari

Thomas Azzari on winning an Emmy for Fish

00:43

George Balzer

George Balzer on being nominated for Emmys and winning an Emmy

01:40

Bob Banner

Bob Banner on winning an Emmy for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show and a number of other awards over the years

01:37

Bob Barker

Bob Barker on his multiple Emmy wins

02:15

Bob Barker in a publicity photo taken with his Emmy

00:15

Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels on winning Emmys for St. Elsewhere

01:42

Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels on winning Emmys for St. Elsewhere

01:42

William Bell

William Bell on winning an Emmy for The Young and the Restless

01:06

Donald P. Bellisario

Donald P. Bellisario on Magnum, P.I.'s multiple Emmy nominations

00:46

Tom Bergeron

Tom Bergeron on his Emmy nominations

03:21

Tom Bergeron on co-hosting the Emmy Awards

11:18

Milton Berle

Milton Berle on Texaco Star Theater winning Best Kinescope show and Milton Berle winning Most Outstanding Kinescope Personality at the 2nd Emmy Awards

01:31

Bruce Bilson

Bruce Bilson on the popularity of Get Smart and winning an Emmy for directing it

03:00

Steve Binder

Steve Binder on producing the Primetime Emmy Awards for four years (1983-1987)

02:20

Steve Binder on producing the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

01:22

Robert Blackman

Robert Blackman on winning Emmys for Star Trek: The Next Generation

02:02

William Blinn

William Blinn on winning an Emmy for Brian's Song

04:43

Allan Blye

Allan Blye on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour winning an Emmy after the show went off the air

01:21

Allan Blye on Van Dyke and Company winning an Emmy

00:37

Haskell Boggs

Haskell Boggs on winning various awards -- including the Emmy -- and highlights of his career

02:01

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain on his various awards and Emmy nominations

01:30

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle on wining an Emmy for his role as "Clyde Bruckman" on The X-Files

00:55

Carl Brainard

Carl Brainard on photographing and attending the early Emmy Awards ceremonies

02:58

Carl Brainard on how the early Emmy Awards voting worked

00:42

Carl Brainard on doing photography for the Television Academy and for the Emmy Awards

02:18

Kevin Bright

Kevin Bright on winning an Emmy for his work on the pilot of In Living Color

01:39

Kevin Bright on Friends' Emmy wins, and the fact that it didn't win any until the show's eighth season

02:27

David Canary

David Canary on his Daytime Emmy wins for All My Children

00:17

Kevin Carlisle

Kevin Carlisle on winning an Emmy for his work on Barry Manilow's TV Specials

00:37

Kevin Carlisle on winning an Emmy Award for his work on the Barry Manilow Specials

00:37

Glenn Gordon Caron

Glenn Gordon Caron on the 16 Emmy nominations Moonlighting received, a record at the time; on his reaction to not winning any Emmys

03:28

Glenn Gordon Caron on Patricia Arquette winning an Emmy for Medium

01:42

Thomas Carter

Thomas Carter on winning an Emmy for directing Equal Justice

01:20

Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright on winning an Emmy in 1992 for Outstanding Voiceover artist

01:35

Dan Castellaneta

Dan Castellaneta on The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Pony" for which he won an Emmy for Outstanding Voiceover Performance

02:15

Dick Cavett with Emerson College

Dick Cavett on writing for Johnny Carson for the Emmys

00:52

Dick Cavett on a line from Jon Stewart at the Emmys

00:29

Tucker Cawley

Tucker Cawley on the Everybody Loves Raymond episode "Baggage" for which he won an Emmy

05:56

Tucker Cawley on winning an Emmy for writing for Everybody Loves Raymond

08:03

Stan Chambers

Stan Chambers on the first Emmy winners Mike Stokey and Shirley Dinsdale

01:37

Marge Champion

Marge Champion on choreographing Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, for which she won an Emmy

03:36

Glen Charles

Glen and Les Charles on Cheers' early Emmy wins

01:02

Les Charles

Glen and Les Charles on Cheers' early Emmy wins

01:02

RuPaul Charles

RuPaul Charles on winning an Emmy for RuPaul's Drag Race

01:46

Roy Christopher

Roy Christopher on how the Academy Awards have changed over the years, and on how it compares with production designing the Emmy Awards

04:18

Dick Clark

Dick Clark on producing the Emmy Awards

01:19

Alf Clausen

Alf Clausen on winning Emmys for his involvement in The Simpsons

00:26

Jeanne Cooper

Jeanne Cooper on her first Emmy-nominated role on Ben Casey for "But Linda Only Smiled"

04:50

David Crane

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on being nominated for an Emmy for Dream On

05:10

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on getting a mistaken Emmy nomination for Friends, due to a teleprompter error

00:40

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on being nominated for an Emmy for Dream On

05:10

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on getting a mistaken Emmy nomination for Friends, due to a teleprompter error

00:40

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal on being nominated for an Emmy for his work on Saturday Night Live

01:56

Billy Crystal on paying tribute to Robin Williams at the 2014 Emmy Awards telecast, and on his friendship with Williams

05:41

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin on winning Emmys for Kate & Allie

01:11

William Daniels

William Daniels on winning Emmys for St. Elsewhere

02:57

Fred de Cordova

Fred de Cordova on his many Emmys

01:25

Joe DeTullio

Joe DeTullio on being nominated for Emmys for Saturday Night Live

00:34

John Debney

John Debney on winning an Emmy for composing for The Young Riders

03:02

Thomas Del Ruth

Thomas Del Ruth on winning Emmys for The West Wing

02:46

Kelley Dixon

Kelley Dixon on being nominated for, and winning Emmys for her work on Breaking Bad

17:25

Patty Duke

Patty Duke on winning an Emmy for her role in the 1970 TV movie My Sweet Charlie; on accepting her award while having a manic episode

01:01

Rebecca Eaton

Rebecca Eaton on Masterpiece Mystery's Sherlock winning Emmys

02:32

Rebecca Eaton on how WGBH and their British co-producers work together in the process of Emmy nominations

01:46

Rebecca Eaton on how it feels to accept an Emmy, and on public speaking in general

03:13

Garvin Eddy

Garvin Eddy on being nominated for an Emmy for Roseanne

01:12

Garvin Eddy on winning an Emmy for Cybill

00:44

Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo on the Chicago Hope episode "Bridge Over Troubled Watters" for which he won an Emmy

02:56

Danny Epstein

Danny Epstein on winning Emmys for Music Direction for Sesame Street

01:05

Edie Falco

Edie Falco on winning and being nominated for Emmys and other awards for The Sopranos

01:51

Edie Falco on the tribute to James Gandolfini that she presented at the Emmys in 2013

01:21

Edie Falco on winning an Emmy for Nurse Jackie in 2010 and her feelings about the series being classified as a comedy

01:31

Elma Farnsworth

Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's colleagues, and Harry Lubcke naming the Emmy Awards after the image orthicon tube

01:43

Sally Field

Sally Field on how playing "Sybil" in Sybil impacted her life, and on winning an Emmy for the role

02:33

Gerald Perry Finnerman

Gerald Perry Finnerman on working with Telly Savalas on Kojak, and on being nominated for an Emmy for the show

02:12

Tom Fontana

Tom Fontana on the St. Elsewhere episode "The Women" and winning an Emmy

03:44

Tom Fontana on the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Three Men and Adena" and winning an Emmy for it

03:16

John Forsythe

John Forsythe on the quality of the live shows in the '50s and his first Emmy nomination

02:48

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox on winning an Emmy Award for his role on Family Ties; on getting advice on what to say: "I feel four feet tall"

02:34

Fred Foy

Fred Foy on announcing the Daytime Emmy awards at ABC in New York

02:59

Ian Fraser

Ian Fraser on conducting the Emmy Awards

05:52

Harry Friedman

Harry Friedman on winning Emmys for Wheel of Fortune andJeopardy!

01:24

Ron Friedman

Ron Friedman on being nominated for an Emmy for his work on The Danny Kaye Show, and on leaving the show

01:24

Eileen Fulton

Eileen Fulton on winning a Lifetime Achievement Emmy for her work on As the World Turns

01:44

Anthony Geary

Anthony Geary on winning a Daytime Emmy

03:25

Paul Michael Glaser

Paul Michael Glaser on directing Miami Vice and being nominated for an Emmy and DGA award

02:21

Lesli Linka Glatter

Lesli Linka Glatter on her Emmy nominations for Mad Men and Homeland, and her 7 total Emmy nominations (at that time)

01:35

Lesli Linka Glatter on her Emmy nominations for Mad Men and Homeland, and her 7 total Emmy nominations (at that time)

01:35

Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Jericho and being nominated for Emmys for composing for Thriller and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

01:38

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for the made-for-television movie The Red Pony for which he won an Emmy

01:17

Julian Gomez

Julian Gomez on winning Emmys for The Amazing Race

08:37

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Louis Gossett, Jr. on winning an Emmy for his role as "Fiddler" in Roots

00:47

Carl Gottlieb

Carl Gottlieb on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour winning Emmys after it was cancelled

03:11

Herb Granath

Herb Granath on a meeting of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences board with actors regarding the Daytime Emmy Awards

00:42

Lee Grant

Lee Grant on working with Mia Farrow who played "Allison MacKenzie" on Peyton Place

02:09

Lee Grant on winning an Emmy for her performance on Peyton Place

01:42

Lee Grant on her Emmy-winning guest starring role in the pilot for Columbo, "Ransom for a Dead Man"

03:59

Donald Hall

Donald Hall on his father receiving a special Emmy in 1961 for Hallmark Hall of Fame

01:08

Dean Hargrove

Dean Hargrove on being nominated for an Emmy for The Bob Newhart Show (which aired 1961-62)

01:41

Dean Hargrove on writing for the NBC Mystery Movie wheel series for Columbo (for which he won an Emmy) and McCloud

02:38

Patricia Heaton

Patricia Heaton on winning an Emmy for Everybody Loves Raymond right after 9/11, on that show being like "lightning in a bottle"

01:21

Dwight Hemion

Dwight Hemion on winning Emmys

02:23

Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on dealing with performers like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. and on winning Emmys

05:39

Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on dealing with performers like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. and on winning Emmys

05:39

Buck Henry

Buck Henry on winning an Emmy for writing That Was the Week That Was in 1965 and also for Get Smart in 1966

Danette Herman

Danette Herman on producing the Grammys, Emmy Awards, and Academy Awards telecasts

03:39

Danette Herman on The Sopranos reunion at the Emmy Awards

03:06

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller on his Emmy nomination for Naked City

01:44

Martin Hoade

Martin Hoade on winning an Emmy for his work in religious programming on NBC

01:41

Silvio Horta

Silvio Horta on Ugly Betty's Emmy nomination

01:04

Louis J. Horvitz

Louis J. Horvitz on how production numbers on the Academy Awards and the Emmys differ

02:58

Louis J. Horvitz on first directing the Academy Awards in 1997 - he got the job based on his abilities directing the Emmy Awards

07:31

Louis J. Horvitz on various hosts of the Emmy Awards

06:31

Felicity Huffman

Felicity Huffman on winning the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives in 2005

01:53

Roy Huggins

Roy Huggins on Maverick winning an Emmy

00:48

Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter on receiving various Emmy nominations

02:38

David Isaacs

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on being nominated for an Emmy for the M*A*S*H episode, "Point of View"

00:27

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on winning an Emmy for Cheers

04:12

Allison Janney

Allison Janney on her Emmy wins for The West Wing

02:07

Herb Jellinek

Herb Jellinek on ABC getting the Emmy Awards for three years starting in 1993, and on the "wheel" agreement

02:31

Lamont Johnson

Lamont Johnson on his winning an Emmy for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

03:33

Lamont Johnson on directing The Kennedys of Massachusetts, for which he won an Emmy

03:25

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten on her Emmy wins for Desperate Housewives

02:32

Hal Kanter

Hal Kanter on working on the Academy Awards shows and winning an Emmy for the show in 1991

04:31

Hal Kanter on The Ed Wynn Show winning Emmys

01:12

Hal Kanter on The George Gobel Show winning Emmys

02:12

Sidney M. Katz

Sidney M. Katz on winning a Emmy for editing The Defenders

02:02

Elodie Keene

Elodie Keene on winning an Emmy for editing L.A. Law

03:18

Elodie Keene on winning an Emmy as producer of L.A. Law

03:07

David E. Kelley

David E. Kelley on Picket Fences' Emmy wins

02:08

David E. Kelley on being the only producer in history to win Emmys for drama and comedy series in one year (The Practice and Ally McBeal)

04:12

Barry Kemp

Barry Kemp on his favorite Taxi episodes and his Emmy nomination

03:58

Don Roy King

Don Roy King on winning an Emmy for The Mike Douglas Show

06:08

Don Knotts

Don Knotts on winning his first Emmy (for The Andy Griffith Show)

00:24

Don Knotts on his subsequent Emmy wins for playing "Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show

00:27

Arnie Kogen

Arnie Kogen on winning Emmys for his work on The Carol Burnett Show

01:15

Buz Kohan

Buz Kohan on how writing for the Emmys differs from writing for the Oscars

01:02

Norman Lear

Norman Lear on All in the Family winning Emmys

02:48

Norman Lear on All in the Family winning multiple Emmys during its run

01:11

Eugene Lee

Eugene Lee on designing the Emmy Awards one year when it was in Pasadena

00:44

Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard on winning Emmys

01:10

Dr. John Leverence

Dr. John Leverence on the history of the split between the National and Hollywood Chapters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and how the Daytime awards were briefly administered by the Hollywood Chapter in the '80s and '90s and why that ended (it is now administered by the National Chapter, or NATAS), and on the background of the "wheel" - the license agreement between the major networks who broadcast the Emmys and the Television Academy on an exclusive, rotating basis

07:37

Dr. John Leverence on the Television Academy switching over from physical DVD-shipping for Emmy ballot voting to an online, digital platform and the technical challenges of that process, and on the influence then-Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum and Academy President Maury McIntyre had on this process

02:39

Dr. John Leverence on the impact of allowing cable to compete in the Primetime Emmy Awards after an appeal by director John Moffitt led to a review of the definition of "national broadcasting", and on how at the time, national broadcasting was then-defined by having a presence in homes of over 50% of the United States -- the definition was modified to include audience numbers of "homes passed" (meaning the program was available to them) rather than "homes entered," making HBO and other cable networks qualified for Emmy eligibility for the first time

05:08

Dr. John Leverence on the similarities between the issues faced by both the Television Academy and the Motion Picture Academy in their approaches to categorizing eligibility for content that is niche programming, not mass-marketed to the general public, and how this impacts viewership of the programs

02:41

Dr. John Leverence on the "gentlemen's agreement" that used to exist among the networks not to air competing content during the Emmys telecast, and on why the Emmys telecast is scheduled in September on the Sunday night before the Fall television season began, and why that is irrelevant now

03:11

Dr. John Leverence on Emmys category classifications and changes, such as with the program Shameless which had elements of both comedy and drama categories, and how the show's producers appealed to change the classification to a comedy

02:28

Dr. John Leverence on the Emmys cutoff rule that almost made the final season of The Sopranos ineligible for an Emmy until the year after it aired and how the award year eligibility calendar always will result in some "orphan shows", and on how then-HBO chairman Chris Albrecht appealed to the Television Academy Awards Department for an accommodation which was made to allow the show to be eligible for an Emmy in its final year

02:32

Dr. John Leverence on the classification of a program for the Emmys based on its running time - if a program is 30 minutes it is considered a comedy and if it is 60 minutes it is considered a drama, and on the process by which programs that wish to change categories submit a number of the show's episodes to an "Industry Panel" (an anonymous group of high-level programming executives)

01:01

Dr. John Leverence on the ambiguity surrounding how programs are categorized, and on the issues surrounding the classification of the documentary Surviving R. Kelly as a documentary rather than as an informational series, resulting in a review by the peer group of the guidelines defining the category

00:55

Dr. John Leverence on the issue with guest actors and the rules around their eligibility for Emmy nominations and the effect of high-profile performers such as on these categories, and on the situation when Peter MacNicol was nominated in the guest actor category for Veep, but was ultimately deemed ineligible because he appeared in more than 50% of the total show, violating the Academy's rules for guest actors

03:36

Dr. John Leverence on the issues surrounding the Emmys category of a supporting player in longform, the so-called "Ellen Burstyn Rule" (Ed. note: Dr. Leverence would like to note he misspoke here and meant Ellen Burstyn, not Ellen Barkin), which states that the actor appear on-screen in no less than 5% of total running time to qualify, and on how the Academy defines "on-screen"

02:59

Dr. John Leverence on the importance of the rules of the Emmy Awards being transparent, on the difficulties in processing the nominations to check eligibility and how 75% of the Television Academy Awards staff's time is spent on checking eligibility in preparing the Emmy ballots, and on issues surrounding the eligibility of "consulting producers" and how award eligibility decisions are appealed, and on the limited number of eligible persons per category per show and an issue in 2019 with a show that had people who were both talent and producers but the producer credit was a vanity credit and did not qualify under the Academy guidelines, and on the basic principle that a person can only win one Emmy for doing one role on a show

08:31

Dr. John Leverence on which Television Academy rules he personally lobbied to change after so many years administering the Emmys - such as giving the Engineering Awards their own awards show rather than being included in the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and on drafting the argument for including casting as its own Emmy award category, and on how stunt coordination became an Emmy category

02:46

Dr. John Leverence on the Televison Academy Rule of 14 - "the lungs of the competition" - where if in two consecutive years a category has fewer than 14 Emmy nominations, the Television Academy Board votes on whether to discontinue the category or merge it with another, such as the miniseries category

01:39

Dr. John Leverence on the 2009 decision to expand the main Primetime Emmy award categories beyond five nominees, and the issues arising from too many awards and overlapping awards, and on an instance with apparent "tiering" where you had an award for lead actor in a drama series as well as overall best actor in a drama series and why that can be detrimental to the awards

03:30

Dr. John Leverence on the issues arising from the same individual winning and Emmy in the same category every year, and on how Jean Stapleton declined to be nominated after winning lead actress in a comedy series (for All in the Family) multiple times

01:46

Dr. John Leverence on serving as the executive producer on the Television Academy Creative Arts Awards, and on how the decisions were made around which awards would be awarded during the Primetime Emmy Awards, and which would be awarded during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

06:14

Dr. John Leverence on the "wheel" which established the Emmy Awards show as a pan-industry event by showcasing it on a different network each year on a revolving basis, and the lingering question of how this might work with different platforms in the future, and on how the networks are selected through the "wheel" process

09:24

Dr. John Leverence on the platinum age of television and the impact of then-current quality of shows being produced and the importance of the Television Academy and the Emmy Awards in celebrating that excellence

01:37

Dr. John Leverence on how and when the names of the winners get affixed to the actual Emmy statuette - since no one knows the names of the winners in advance, all the nominees' names are actually engraved on plates in advance then the non-winning plates are disposed of and the winners' names are affixed to the statuette

02:01

Dr. John Leverence on the origin of and design of the Emmy statuette, designed by Louis McManus, and on the actual weight (about six pounds) and heft of the statuette, made out of compound metal by R.S. Owens

03:39

Dr. John Leverence on the ballot and voting process for the Emmy Awards and how the accounting firm Ernst & Young is able to keep the names of the winners secret - the names of the Emmy winners are only first disclosed when the envelopes are opened live on the telecast

03:15

Dr. John Leverence on Viola Davis winning an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series in 2015 (for How to Get Away with Murder) as the first Black actress to win in that category

00:59

Dr. John Leverence on the single-most valuable asset of the Awards department and his role as the Administrator of the awards: to maintain the integrity of the Emmy, and on how the administration of the award does deal with certain housekeeping measures, but the real challenge is to deal with substantive issues which, if not properly handled, may result in a diminishment of the integrity of the award

02:57

Dr. John Leverence on his advice to those who succeed him in the Emmy Awards department after his retirement: on protecting the integrity of the award as a sacred object

01:48

Dr. John Leverence on an imposter, Barry Bremen, who accepted an Emmy that was intended for Betty Thomas (Hill Street Blues) and who had snuck into the 1985 awards by tricking Leverence into an extra ticket to the show

02:39

Ken Levine

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on being nominated for an Emmy for the M*A*S*H episode, "Point of View"

00:27

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on winning an Emmy for Cheers

04:12

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson on winning two Emmys for his work on The Carol Burnett Show

00:28

Steve Levitan

Steve Levitan on winning multiple Emmys for Modern Family

04:47

Judith Light

Judith Light on winning two Daytime Emmys for playing "Karen Wolek" on One Life to Live

01:22

Hal Linden

Hal Linden on being nominated for and winning Emmys

01:56

William Link

William Link on My Sweet Charlie for which he and Richard Levinson won an Emmy

05:56

Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter on winning an Emmy in 1954 and on the tragic death of his daughter Diane Linkletter

01:56

Daniel Lipman

Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on winning an Emmy for their made-for-television movie An Early Frost

01:07

Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on winning an Emmy for their made-for-television movie An Early Frost

01:07

Charles Lisanby

Charles Lisanby on his multiple Emmy wins for production design

01:15

John J. Lloyd

John J. Lloyd on being nominated for an Emmy for Alfred Hitchcock Presents

00:55

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on winning an Emmy for her Seinfeld character "Elaine Benes"

01:08

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on winning an Emmy for her role as "Selina Meyer" on Veep

00:48

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on winning an Emmy for her Seinfeld character "Elaine Benes"

01:08

Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci on breaking her Emmy losing streak in 1999

03:49

Will Mackenzie

Will Mackenzie on directing Scrubs starring Zach Braff, and on winning an Emmy for his work on that show

06:48

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on his 1997 Emmy nomination for ER

00:21

Jodi Mancuso

Jodi Mancuso on winning six Emmys for her work on Saturday Night Live and on the challenges of doing prosthetics on the show

03:05

Loring Mandel

Loring Mandel on winning an Emmy for the CBS Playhouse episode "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"

01:47

Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann on his feelings on the Emmy Awards

01:14

Martin Manulis

Martin Manulis on receiving numerous Emmy awards

01:34

Sonia Manzano

Sonia Manzano on the number of Emmys she's won for writing

00:48

E. G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall on the fame that resulted from his starring on The Defenders, and on winning Emmys for his work on the show

02:29

John A. Martinelli

John Martinelli on how Emmy awards affected his career

01:46

John Martinelli on his Emmy awards and being the President of ACE (American Cinema Editors)

02:49

Leslie H. Martinson

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Maverick and winning an Emmy

12:48

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller on being nominated for multiple Emmys

01:43

Jim McKay

Jim McKay on winning an Emmy for ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1968

04:02

Emily Meisler

Emily Meisler on a photo of her when she attended the Emmys

00:25

Lee Mendelson

Lee Mendelson on winning and being nominated for several Emmys for his various animated works

01:56

David Milch

David Milch on winning Emmys and other awards for NYPD Blue

03:15

Walter C. Miller

Walter C. Miller on directing 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, starring Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire for which he won an Emmy

01:50

Walter C. Miller on being unhappy with the results from a year he directed the Emmy Awards

01:16

Don Mischer

Don Mischer on producing the Emmy Awards

20:19

Don Mischer on Ellen DeGeneres hosting the 1994 Emmy Awards

02:11

Don Mischer on the difficult decision to cancel the Emmys after 9/11

07:00

Don Mischer on things that have gone wrong with the Emmy Awards and why it's a difficult show

03:54

John Moffitt

John Moffitt on Van Dyke and Company winning an Emmy and Bob Einstein's acceptance comment

00:37

John Moffitt on directing the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards (the first time Steadicam was used on television)

03:05

John Moffitt on being unable to direct the 29th Primetime Emmy Awards (due to a strike, it was the first time the show aired in September)

01:22

John Moffitt on producing the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1979 and his subsequent involvement in other Emmy telecasts

03:03

John Moffitt on producing the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

06:15

John Moffitt on photos from the 28th Annual Emmy Awards

01:27

Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves on the postponement of the 2001 Emmy Awards due to 9/11

01:23

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore on winning an Emmy in 1963 for her work on The Dick Van Dyke Show

00:37

Donald A. Morgan

Donald A. Morgan on attending his first Emmy ceremony and winning for the pilot of Mr. Belvedere

00:41

Thad Mumford

Thad Mumford on winning an Emmy for The Electric Company

01:29

Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy on writing music for Adventures in Wonderland and his Emmy nomination

04:42

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart on his short-lived variety program, The Bob Newhart Show, winning an Emmy

01:22

Bob Newhart on his national big break at the 1960 Emmy Awards

03:11

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy on being Emmy-nominated for all three seasons of Star Trek, yet never winning due to his belief that there's a prejudice against awarding performances in the science fiction genre

01:28

Leonard Nimoy on initially turning down the role that earned him an Emmy nomination in A Woman Called Golda

00:22

Leonard Nimoy on his reaction to being Emmy-nominated for Star Trek

00:26

Bill Nye

Bill Nye on Bill Nye, The Science Guy's Emmy wins

02:49

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on producing the 1977 Emmy Awards

03:20

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos on winning an Emmy award and his favorite Miami Vice episodes

06:48

Suze Orman

Suze Orman on hoping Martha Stewart would win the Emmy the year they were both nominated

Gail Parent

Gail Parent on winning an Emmy for writing The Carol Burnett Show

03:01

Marty Pasetta

Marty Pasetta on directing the Emmy Awards

00:57

Alan Perris

Alan Perris on the significance of the Emmy

01:29

Alan Perris on negotiations for the networks to carry the Emmy Awards

04:36

Alan Perris on the Emmy Awards show

03:02

Bill Persky

Bill Persky on writing, with Sam Denoff, the Emmy-winning The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Coast to Coast Big Mouth"

03:28

Bill Persky on the Kate & Allie episode "The Very Loud Family" which he won an Emmy for directing

02:03

Carroll Pratt

Carroll Pratt on providing audience reaction enhancement for live shows like the Emmy Awards

05:30

Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst on hosting the Emmy Awards and winning an Emmy

04:55

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae on being nominated for an Emmy for The Facts of Life, and on leaving the show

02:14

Hector Ramirez

Hector Ramirez on attending the Emmy Awards

01:09

Keith Raywood

Keith Raywood on winning Emmys for his work on the MTV Video Music Awards and Saturday Night Live

06:56

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner on winning Emmys for All in the Family

01:08

Del Reisman

Del Reisman on popular and critical reaction to the original Twilight Zone series, and on its Emmy wins

03:22

Hank Rieger

Hank Rieger on United Press covering the Emmy Awards

01:15

Hank Rieger on the Emmy Awards during the 1960s

00:16

Hank Rieger on how the Emmy Awards were divided up when NATAS and the Television Academy split

03:14

Hank Rieger on how media coverage of the Emmy Awards evolved over the years; on fees for the show

04:54

Hank Rieger on the agreement to have the Emmy Awards rotate among the three (eventually four) big broadcast networks

01:33

Hank Rieger on memorable moments in the history of the Emmy Awards

09:40

Hank Rieger on Edward Asner, the AFTRA strike, and the Emmy Awards

04:04

Hank Rieger on where the Emmys are headed

01:06

Maria Riva

Actress Maria Riva briefly on being nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in 1951 and 1952 and how little recollection she has of the nominations

00:21

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers on winning a Daytime Emmy for The Joan Rivers Show

01:11

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts on being nominated for an Emmy for her role on St. Elsewhere and what her husband, William Goyen, who was very ill said about her then-recent appearance on The Love Boat

00:27

Doris Roberts on both she and James Coco winning Emmys for St. Elsewhere

01:45

Doris Roberts on her Emmy Award wins, as well as other award wins

01:15

Phil Roman

Phil Roman on winning multiple Emmys

00:57

Meta Rosenberg

Meta Rosenberg on winning an Emmy for The Rockford Files

00:54

Stanley Rubin

Stanley Rubin on winning the first Emmy ever awarded a "film made for television" for Your Show Time at the first Emmy Awards ceremony on January 25, 1949

03:50

Stanley Rubin on the formation of the Television Academy and the Emmys

01:25

Stanley Rubin on his Emmy statue for Your Show Time

01:22

Stanley Rubin on the 50th anniversary of the Emmy win for Your Show Time

00:43

Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford on winning an Emmy for playing "Louise Jefferson" on The Jeffersons

00:55

Ted Sarandos

Ted Sarandos on Netflix winning an Emmy for House of Cards, and on the confusion over whether Netflix should qualify for Emmys because it was a streaming series

01:46

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent on winning the Emmy for The Marcus Nelson Murders

00:45

Thomas W. Sarnoff

Thomas W. Sarnoff on making the deal to broadcast the Emmy Awards nationally on NBC

00:42

Sherwood Schwartz

Sherwood Schwartz on winning an Emmy for writing on The Red Skelton Show

02:00

John Shaffner

John Shaffner on winning Emmys for the David Copperfield specials

01:02

John Shaffner on designing the set for the Emmy Awards

13:24

John Shaffner on reinventing the Emmy Awards

09:26

Garry Shandling

Garry Shandling on hosting the Emmys

02:03

Judith Sheindlin

Judith Sheindlin on Judge Judy being nominated for Emmys

00:35

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd on co-hosting (with Jason Alexander) the 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

01:18

John Singleton

John Singleton on being nominated for an Emmy for American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson

01:33

G.E. Smith

G.E. Smith on acting as musical director for the Emmy Awards in 1988

01:03

Sid Smith

Sid Smith on directing the 1969 and 1979 New York portions of the Emmy Awards

01:51

Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith on winning an Emmy in 1992 for playing "Lisa Simpson" on The Simpsons

04:25

Mark Snow

Mark Snow on composing for the TV movie Something About Amelia, being invited to the set, and the fact that he was nominated for an Emmy for it

04:08

Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster on casting Crime of the Century for HBO, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination

01:37

Jeremy Stevens

Jeremy Stevens on winning an Emmy for The Electric Company

01:47

Bob Stewart

Producer Bob Stewart on Pyramid's Emmy wins

02:31

Norman Stiles

Norman Stiles on winning a Daytime Emmy for the Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper"

01:54

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor on his Emmy nominations

01:01

Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas on winning an Emmy for her dramatic role on Nobody's Child

00:49

Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas on winning an Emmy for playing "John-Boy" on The Waltons

01:52

Grant Tinker

Grant Tinker on his confrontation with Judd Hirsch at the Emmys

01:49

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti on Hill Street Blues' Emmy wins

01:32

Neil Travis

Neil Travis on how producer Stan Margulies described him while accepting Travis' Emmy for Roots

00:33

Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek on winning a Daytime Emmy for hosting Jeopardy!

03:26

Jac Venza

Jac Venza on awards in his career, including the Emmy

03:27

Bruce Vilanch

Bruce Vilanch on how the events of 9/11 impacted the Emmy Awards in 2001 and the Academy Awards in 2002

01:39

Bruce Vilanch on the difference between writing for the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards

01:45

Bruce Vilanch on writing jokes for the Academy Awards on the fly, and on Billy Crystal's Jack Palance jokes, for which they won an Emmy

03:24

Ellen M. Violett

Ellen M. Violett on her Emmy nominations

04:24

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on being nominated for an Emmy for The Cosby Show

01:36

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans on winning an Emmy for In Living Color and his seven Emmy nominations

03:38

Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver on his Emmys for Gunsmoke and on working with the writers and producers

02:29

Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner on winning his first Emmy for Mad Men despite the show being "unknown"; on the 60th Annual Emmy Awards

02:55

John Wells

John Wells on various awards he's received for his work, including the Emmy

02:38

Ellen Wheeler

Ellen Wheeler on winning a Daytime Emmy for playing "Marley" and "Vicki" on Another World

01:20

Ellen Wheeler on winning a Daytime Emmy for All My Children

01:30

Ellen Wheeler on Guiding Light's Emmy nominations and wins

01:36

Betty White

Betty White on winning an Emmy for Outstanding female personality in 1952

01:20

Betty White on winning two Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show

00:50

Betty White on winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding female personality in 1952

01:20

Joseph M. Wilcots

Joseph M. Wilcots on being nominated for Emmys for Roots

00:38

Dan Wilcox

Dan Wilcox on winning a Daytime Emmy for his work on Sesame Street

03:33

Larry Wilmore

Larry Wilmore on being nominated for an Emmy for writing on In Living Color

01:06

Larry Wilmore on winning an Emmy for The Bernie Mac Show

00:55

Hugh Wilson

Hugh Wilson on winning an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Writing for Frank's Place for the episode "The Bridge"

02:37

Dick Wolf

Dick Wolf on the many Emmy nominations and awards his shows have gotten

01:35

David L. Wolper

David L. Wolper on winning an Emmy for The Making of the President: 1964

04:28

David L. Wolper on Roots winning Emmys

00:36

Jane Wyatt

Jane Wyatt on winning three Emmys for her role on Father Knows Best

01:14

Bud Yorkin

Bud Yorkin on being nominated for Emmys for An Evening with Fred Astaire

02:06

Louie Zakarian

Louie Zakarian on his seven Emmy wins for his makeup work on Saturday Night Live

01:26

Kim Zimmer

Kim Zimmer on her Daytime Emmy Award wins

01:32

Alan Zweibel

Alan Zweibel on the early explosion in the popularity of Saturday Night Live, and on the show winning Emmys

06:36