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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"
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
02:59
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
08:31
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
02:46
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
01:39
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
03:30
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
01:46
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
06:14
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
09:24
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
01:37
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
02:01
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
03:39
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
03:15
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
Dr. John Leverence on Hill Street Blues winning an Emmy at the 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1981, just as the show was on the verge of being cancelled, and on what winning the Emmy meant for the show as well as the genre of the police procedural
(Show - Hill Street Blues)
02:15
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Hill Street Blues
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime))
00:59
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
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
(Show - Emmy Awards, The: 67th Primetime (2015))
00:59
Interview: Dr. John Leverence Show: Emmy Awards, The: 67th Primetime (2015)