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Dr. John Leverence on his first job, as a ticket-taker at the Roxy Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, which enabled him to sneak a peek at films being shown, and on his early memories of television and the shows he enjoyed
(Topic - Pivotal Career Moments)
04:23
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
Dr. John Leverence on the Emmys "cutoff rule" that almost made the final season of The Sopranos ineligible for nomination until the year after it aired, and how then-HBO chairman Chris Albrecht appealed to the Television Academy Awards department and the accommodation was made to allow the show to be eligible for an Emmy in its final year
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
02:32
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on Emmy 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
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
02:28
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
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)
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
01:01
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
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
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
00:55
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the issue with guest actors and the eligibility rules around their eligibility for Emmy nominations
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
03:35
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the issues surrounding the category of supporting player in long-form and the issues surrounding the so-called "Ellen Burstyn Rule" (Ed. note: Dr. Leverence would like to note he misspoke here and meant Ellen Burstyn, not Ellen Barkin)
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
02:59
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on which Television Academy rules he personally lobbied to change after so many years administering the Emmys
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
01:07
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the Television Academy Rule of 14 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
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
01:39
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the 2009 decision to expand the main Primetime Emmy categories beyond five nominees
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
03:30
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the issues arising from the same individual winning an Emmy in the same category every year
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
01:46
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
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
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
02:01
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the origin of and design of the Emmy statuette, designed by Louis McManus; on the actual weight (about six pounds) and heft of the statuette, made out of compound metal by R.S. Owens
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
03:39
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on the ballot and voting process and how the accounting firm Ernst & Young is able to keep the names of the winners secret - the names of the Emmy winners are first disclosed when the envelopes are opened live on the telecast
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
03:15
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards
Dr. John Leverence on bearing witness through his long tenure as the Administrator of the Emmy Awards to the sheer stupor experienced by those who win an Emmy award and some of his memories of various people getting injured by the physical award statuette, and on sound editor Russ Tinsley, whose son Rusty had a prosthetic leg, winning the award and waiting for his son to put the leg back on before he would go onstage to receive the award
(Topic - Emmy Awards)
04:52
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Topic: Emmy Awards