Emmy Awards

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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"You know, I’d been nominated twice. I got to the ceremonies and I didn’t expect that one. As a matter of fact, I didn’t expect it a lot. What I remember more than anything else is I should have included my dear wife in thanking. And it was all a blur." - Hector Elizondo, Actor

Interviewees discuss their Emmy-winning/nominated roles and memorable moments from the Awards Ceremonies.

Highlights

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

02:56

Aaron Spelling on winning an Emmy for the HBO movie And the Band Played On

00:45

Melissa Gilbert on being nominated for an Emmy for The Miracle Worker

01:31

Rita Moreno on her Emmy-winning guest appearances as "Rita Capkovic" on The Rockford Files

02:06

Steven Bochco on his 1971 Emmy nomination for Columbo -- complete with denim tux

02:38

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

03:01

Who talked about this topic

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

Robert Adler

Robert Adler on getting an Emmy Award for his invention

00:36

Ray Aghayan

Ray Aghayan on getting an Emmy category for costume designers and winning the first Emmy for costume design with Bob Mackie in 1967

01:58

Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on The Sopranos getting Emmy Awards

02:15

Alan Alda

Alan Alda on doing a handspring down the aisle to accept the Emmy Award for writing

00:39

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander on being nominated for Emmy Awards

03:34

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen on being nominated for several Emmy Awards for the TV show Fame

00:38

Debbie Allen on the Emmy winning "Othello" episode of Fame

01:41

Debbie Allen on her Emmy win for Motown 30, What's Going On? for choreographing "African American Odyssey"

01:23

Charlie Andrews

Charlie Andrews on producing the 1969 Emmy Awards show

03:10

John Aniston

John Aniston on being nominated for an Emmy Award for his role of "Victor Kiriakis" on Days of Our Lives, and on what he hopes happens to the character

01:28

Janet Ashikaga

Editor Janet Ashikaga on winning the Emmy for cutting "The Subway" episode of Seinfeld

02:34

Editor Janet Ashikaga on winning an Emmy for the "Small Town" episode of Sports Night

00:48

Dick Askin

Dick Askin on the Television Academy's mission to honor excellence

03:34

Dick Askin on the importance of the Emmy brand

01:19

Hank Azaria

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

02:06

Alan Ball

Alan Ball on his Emmy win for directing Six Feet Under

01:42

George Balzer

George Balzer on being nominated for Emmy Awards 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

Paris Barclay

Paris Barclay on winning an Emmy for directing an episode of NYPD Blue

05:33

Bob Barker

Bob Barker on his multiple Emmy wins

02:15

Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels on winning Emmy Awards for St. Elsewhere

01:42

Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels on winning Emmy Awards for St. Elsewhere

01:42

William Bell

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

01:06

Donald Bellisario

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

00:46

Tom Bergeron

Tom Bergeron on his Emmy nominations

05:21

Tom Bergeron on co-hosting The Emmy Awards

11:18

Shelley Berman

Shelley Berman on finding out he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on Curb Your Enthusiasm; on Larry David's reaction to the news

02:42

Bruce Bilson

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

03:00

Robert Blackman

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

02:02

Steven Bochco

Steven Bochco on his 1971 Emmy nomination for Columbo -- complete with denim tux

02:38

Steven Bochco on NBC president Fred Silverman's prediction that Hill Street Blues would win the Emmy Award

01:01

Paul Bogart

Paul Bogart on The Defenders' "700 Year Old Gang" and winning an Emmy for it

02:15

Haskell Boggs

Haskell Boggs on winning various awards including the Emmy Award and highlight of his career

02:01

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on how video tape affected documentary editing; on her Emmy nominations

03:09

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on winning her first Emmy for editing ...But What About the Children?

03:20

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on winning her second Emmy for editing CBS Reports: The Defense of the United States: A Call to Arms

01:40

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

Ed Bradley

Ed Bradley on his attitude toward winning awards

00:34

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

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks on Room 222 beating Sesame Street as best new show

00:22

Show co-creator/writer James L. Brooks on Grant Tinker supporting taping of an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that the network was against, and winning an Emmy for it

01:16

James L. Brooks on the two part episode of Taxi: "Scenskees From a Marriage" - Latka's affair, for which Carol Kane won an Emmy

03:08

James L. Brooks on winning Emmys for multiple genres

00:34

Janie Bryant

Janie Bryant on winning an Emmy for her costume design on Deadwood and what made the costumes stand out; on being at the ceremony

Allan Burns

Allan Burns on winning an Emmy for He & She

01:11

Allan Burns on a memorable moment from the night he and Chris Hayward won an Emmy for He & She

01:02

Allan Burns on a photo of an Emmy win for The Mary Tyler Moore Show

00:18

James Burrows

James Burrows on Cheers winning Emmys and feeling like the show was a hit

02:17

James Burrows on Cheers winning Emmys

01:35

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar on winning the Emmy Award in 1952 on the same day his son was born— learning he'd won at the hospital

00:56

Dann Cahn

Dann Cahn on Lucky Strike Showtime winning one of the first Emmy awards

00:26

Dann Cahn on, "The Necklace," the Emmy Award winning episode of Your Show Time (misquoted as part of Lucky Strike Showtime)

00:33

Editor Dann Cahn on editing the pilot of DEA and being nominated for an Emmy and winning the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award

00:52

David Canary

David Canary on his Daytime Emmy wins for All My Children

00:17

Kevin Carlisle

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

Gilbert Cates

Gilbert Cates on winning an Emmy for producing the Oscars

00:24

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett on writing for Johnny Carson for the Emmys

00:52

Tucker Cawley

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

05:56

Tucker Cawley on winning the Emmy Award for writing for Everybody Loves Raymond

08:03

Leo Chaloukian

Leo Chaloukian on Ryder Sound being nominated for 6 Emmys in 1977, and for 14 in 1981 and on winning and Oscar and Emmy in 1986

02:14

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

RuPaul Charles

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

01:46

Les Charles

Glen and Les Charles on Cheers' early Emmy wins

01:02

Tony Charmoli

Tony Charmoli on receiving an Emmy Award and a Dance Magazine Award for his choreography on Your Hit Parade

03:55

Tony Charmoli on winning an Emmy for choreographing and directing for a Mitzi Gaynor special

04:40

Tony Charmoli on winning and Emmy for directing and choreographing the special Gypsy In My Soul for Shirley MacLaine

04:29

Tony Charmoli on highlights of his career, including his Emmy wins

01:50

David Chase

David Chase on how winning an Emmy for writing Off the Minnesota Strip affected his career; on his opinion about how awards can have a negative impact as well

Michael Chiklis

Michael Chiklis on his Emmy and Golden Globe wins for The Shield

01:35

Dick Clark

Dick Clark on producing The Emmys

01:19

Alf Clausen

Alf Clausen on winning Emmys for his involvement in The Simpsons

00:26

Tim Conway

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and winning Emmys

03:55

Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney on her documentary, Poverty, Anti-Poverty and the Poor and winning an area Emmy for the program

02:58

Joan Ganz Cooney on Emmy awards for Sesame Street

00:55

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper on winning an Emmy for his coverage of Princess Diana, and his feelings about awards in general

03:01

Jeanne Cooper

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

04:50

Jeanne Cooper on her and son Corbin Bernsen's Emmy nominations for their work on L.A. Law and her Daytime Emmy Award

02:28

Ken Corday

Ken Corday on primetime specials before the Emmys

00:46

Ken Corday on the daytime Emmys

01:38

Fred de Cordova

Fred de Cordova on his many Emmy Awards

01:25

David Crane

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on being nominated for an Emmy for Dream On; on attending the Emmys

03:54

Judy Crown

Judy Crown on her work on the Television Academy Board of Governors

03:05

Judy Crown on styling hair for The Great Houdini, and on winning an Emmy for it

06:29

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin on winning Emmy awards for Kate & Allie

01:11

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly on winning her first Emmy for Cagney & Lacey

Tyne Daly on being the most-nominated actress for Emmys

Tyne Daly on winning her sixth Emmy for Judging Amy for her character "Maxine Gray"

William Daniels

William Daniels on winning Emmy Awards for St. Elsewhere

02:57

Ann B. Davis

Ann B. Davis on winning two Emmys for The Bob Cummings Show, aka Love That Bob

01:03

Madelyn Pugh Davis

Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on producer I Love Lucy and the Emmy Awards

01:38

Joe DeTullio

Joe DeTullio on being nominated for Emmy Awards for Saturday Night Live

00:34

John Debney

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

03:02

Sam Denoff

Sam Denoff on winning his first Emmy (for The Dick Van Dyke Show) from a hospital bed

02:23

Sam Denoff on winning his second Emmy (for The Dick Van Dyke Show) from a hospital bed

01:20

Sam Denoff on winning an Emmy for his work on the Sid Caesar Reunion special

01:31

Dixon Dern

Dixon Dern on the lawsuit over the Emmy Awards settling by the creation of two separate academys: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark

George Spiro Dibie

George Spiro Dibie on the technique for which he won his first Emmy

00:51

George Spiro Dibie on winning his first Emmy

03:03

George Spiro Dibie on winning 2 Emmys for Growing Pains - largely for lighting night scenes

01:41

George Spiro Dibie on winning his 5th Emmy for Sister, Sister

01:09

Robert Dickinson

Robert Dickinson on his first Emmy win for lighting on Solid Gold

01:36

Robert Dickinson on how winning an Emmy changed his career

00:52

Kelley Dixon

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

17:25

Elinor Donahue

Elinor Donahue on being asked to be a judge for the Miss Emmy contest

00:38

Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue on winning his first Emmy

01:17

Patty Duke

Patty Duke on winning an Emmy for her role in the 1970 TV movie My Sweet Charlie

02:34

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke on winning an Emmy award in 1963

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on Saturday Night Live winning 4 Emmys at the end of the first season

02:29

Stephanie Edwards

Stephanie Edwards on being nominated for a daytime Emmy for Everyday with John Bennett Perry

02:30

Hector Elizondo

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

02:56

Diane English

Diane English on winning her first Emmy Award

00:54

Danny Epstein

Danny Epstein on winning Emmys for Music Direction for Sesame Street

01:05

Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager on his feelings about awards and his Emmys, in particular

00:56

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

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr on Loretta Swit's Emmy win for an episode of M*A*S*H

01:22

Irving Fein

Irving Fein on being surprised and unprepared for his Emmy win for producing The Jack Benny Program

01:24

Norman Felton

Director Norman Felton on Robert Montgomery Presents winning its first Emmy

01:29

Patricia Field

Patricia Field on winning an Emmy for Costume Design for Mother Goose Rock 'n Rhyme; but she missed getting her award because she got lost

02:40

Bob Finkel

Bob Finkel on directing the first televised Emmy Awards broadcast

03:44

Bob Finkel on The Andy Williams Show winning Emmy Awards

00:46

Bob Finkel on producing and directing Emmy broadcasts, and winning an Emmy while producing the Emmys

06:11

Bob Finkel on what he learned from producing and directing Emmy broadcasts, and applying it to other Awards broadcasts

00:51

Tom Fontana

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

03:44

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

Sonny Fox

Sonny Fox on the Television Academy serving the purposes of the Emmy

00:45

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox on winning an Emmy Award for his role of "Alex P. Keaton" on Family Ties

02:34

Richard Frank

Richard Frank on his time as the President of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

04:34

John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer on winning an Emmy with Martin Manulis for Rod Serling's "Portrait in Celluloid" episode of Climax!

00:29

John Frankenheimer on directing the Emmy-winnig episode of Playhouse 90 "The Comedian"

06:44

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz on his Emmy nominations and Emmy awards

01:47

Ian Fraser

Ian Fraser on conducting The Emmy Awards

05:52

Gerald Fried

Gerald Fried on winning an Emmy for the main theme for Roots

00:19

Ron Friedman

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

01:24

Harry Friedman

Harry Friedman on winning Emmy Awards for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

01:24

William Froug

William Froug on "Eddie" for Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre and Mickey Rooney not winning and Emmy for his performance

00:14

Eileen Fulton

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

01:45

Arthur Gardner

Arthur Gardner on the experience of winning The Rifleman winning an Emmy Award

01:20

Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett on winning Emmys for Everybody Loves Raymond

01:59

Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford on the Emmy winning telecast covering Franz Klammer's run at Innsbruck for the Olympics

03:18

Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert on being nominated for an Emmy for The Miracle Worker

01:31

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 7 total Emmy nominations (at the time)

01:35

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless and Barney Rosenzweig on Gless "finally" winning an Emmy for Cagney & Lacey

02:22

Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Jericho and being nominated for Emmy Awards 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 Award

01:17

Julian Gomez

Julian Gomez on winning Emmy Awards for The Amazing Race

08:37

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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

00:47

Curt Gowdy

Curt Gowdy on his Emmy wins and being the first sportscaster to win a Peabody

00:58

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 winning an Emmy for her performance on Peyton Place

01:37

Walon Green

Walon Green on NYPD Blue winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama in 1995, and on leaving the show after one year

01:03

Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume on winning two Emmy awards

00:16

Donald Hall

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

01:08

Earl Hamner, Jr.

Earl Hamner on The Waltons multiple Emmy wins and its resonance with viewers

00:58

Patricia Heaton

Patricia Heaton on winning an Emmy for the "Bad Moon Rising" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond

01:14

Patricia Heaton on winning her first and second Emmy for Everybody Loves Raymond

01:49

Dwight Hemion

Dwight Hemion on winning Emmy Awards

02:25

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

05:39

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

05:39

Danette Herman

Danette Herman on The Sopranos reunion at the Emmy Awards

03:36

Winifred Hervey

Winifred Hervey on winning her first Emmy for The Golden Girls

02:28

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller on his Emmy Award nomination for Naked City

01:44

Martin Hoade

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

01:41

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook on performing Mark Twain Tonight! on CBS in 1967 and being nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance

02:22

Silvio Horta

Silvio Horta on Ugly Betty's Emmy nomination

01:03

Louis J. Horvitz

Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards - the first after 9/11 (cont.)

03:27

Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards - the first after 9/11

03:59

Ron Howard

Ron Howard on Arrested Development's Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series

01:20

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

Al Jean

Al Jean on The Simpsons ancillary products and Emmy Awards

04:15

Geri Jewell

Geri Jewell on why there was an expectation she would be nominated for Emmys for her work on The Facts of Life, and why she thinks she never was

01:40

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 Award

03:25

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten on her Emmy wins for Desperate Housewives

02:32

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

Asaad Kelada

Asaad Kelada on directing "The Dinner Party," an Emmy-winning episode of The Office

02:51

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

H. Wesley Kenney

H. Wesley Kenney on directing ABC Afternoon Playbreak: Miss Kline We Love You, for which he won an Emmy

09:19

Michael Patrick King

Michael Patrick King on realizing Sex and the City was popular after its first Emmy nominations

01:00

Michael Patrick King on Sex and the City being the first cable series to win Best Comedy Show at the Emmy Awards

01:09

Don Roy King

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

06:08

Don Roy King on winning Emmys for his work on Saturday Night Live

03:13

Ernest Kinoy

Ernest Kinoy on winning an Emmy for The Defenders

00:48

William Klages

William Klages on his Emmy nominations and wins

02:17

Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman on "The Blacklist" episode of The Defenders and winning an Emmy for the role

02:33

Harvey Korman

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and winning Emmys

03:55

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury on her many nominations, but no wins, of the Emmy Award

00:41

Vicki Lawrence

Vicki Lawrence on the episode of The Carol Burnett Show which won her an Emmy Award

01:26

Norman Lear

Norman Lear on All in the Family winning Emmy Awards

02:47

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

01:11

David Lee

David Lee on returning to The Jeffersons after his first Emmy nomination for Cheers

02:40

David Lee on the Emmy-winning Frasier episode "The Matchmaker" and various farcical episodes

05:59

David Lee on Frasier's unprecedented number of Emmy wins

01:38

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 Emmy Awards

01:56

Art Linkletter

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

01:56

Charles Lisanby

Charles Lisanby on his multiple Emmy wins for production design

01:15

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd on winning an Emmy for Frasier for Best Series

James L. Loper

James L. Loper on moving the Emmy Awards to FOX and the license fee for the Emmys

00:43

James L. Loper on a 1993 boycott involving the Emmy Awards

01:40

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

Susan Lucci

Susan Lucci on her All My Children fans and their reaction to her Emmy experiences

03:26

Susan Lucci on her notorious Emmy losing streak

05:47

Susan Lucci on breaking her Emmy losing streak in 1999

04:09

Will Mackenzie

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

06:48

Bob Mackie

Bob Mackie on working with producer Alan Handley on Alice Through the Looking Glass - first show to win an Emmy for costume design

01:45

Bob Mackie on winning an Emmy for Alice Through The Looking Glass

00:25

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on his 1997 Emmy nomination for ER

00:21

Loring Mandel

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

01:47

Anita Mann

Anita Mann on being nominated for two Emmy Awards for Solid Gold

02:44

Anita Mann on choreographing the Miss America Pageant for which she won an Emmy Award

03:52

Martin Manulis

Martin Manulis on receiving numerous Emmy Awards

01:34

Bob Markell

Bob Markell on breaking a design rule that won him an Emmy award in 1954 for art direction of a live show

02:22

Bob Markell on the Emmy winning episode of The Defenders, "The Madman"

01:27

Bob Markell on The Defenders winning further Emmy Awards

01:45

Bob Markell on the Emmy winning Bicentennial Minutes

03:09

E. G. Marshall

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

02:29

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall on his Emmy Awards for Hollywood Squares

01:58

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

Jerry Mathers

Jerry Mathers on Leave It To Beaver being nominated for an Emmy Award

00:37

Jerry Mathers on events that lead to the rumor that he had been killed in action

04:32

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller on being nominated for multiple Emmy Awards

01:43

Lee Mendelson

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

01:56

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson on winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in Lackawanna Blues

02:55

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 Award

01:50

Don Mischer

Don Mischer on winning his first Emmy for directing Donahue and Kids

01:14

Don Mischer on producing the Emmy Awards

20:19

John Moffitt

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

00:37

John Moffitt on his long association with the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards

13:45

Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban on his Emmy-winning performance as an American Indian in How the West was Won

03:54

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno on her Emmy-winning guest appearances as "Rita Capkovic" on The Rockford Files

02:06

Harry Morgan

On winning an Emmy for M*A*S*H

01:03

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

Jonathan Murray

Jonathan Murray on winning his first Emmy for Starting Over

00:36

Hal Needham

Hal Needham on his Emmy Award

01:55

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart on his big break at the local Chicago Emmy Awards and recording his first comedy album

06:07

Bill Nye

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

00:28

Bill Nye on Bill Nye, The Science Gu y's Emmy wins

02:49

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill on taking himself out of the lead actor category for an Emmy for his work on Modern Family

03:04

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on winning an Emmy in 1975 for Monday Night Football and on winning an Emmy for the recap of the 1972 Munich Olympics

06:50

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 winning her first Emmy Award and beating out Martha Stewart, who she was rooting for

02:51

Gail Parent

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

03:01

Gail Parent on being nominated for Emmys for The Golden Girls

01:49

Marty Pasetta

Marty Pasetta on directing The Emmy Awards

00:57

Timothy Van Patten

Timothy Van Patten on The White Shadow's Emmy nominations

00:38

Alan Perris

Alan Perris on negotiations for the networks to carry the Emmys

04:36

Alan Perris on The Emmy Awards show

03:02

Alan Perris on the significance of the Emmy

01:29

Carroll Pratt

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

05:31

Carroll Pratt on what awards, including the Emmy Award, have meant to him in his career

00:47

Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst on hosting The Emmy Awards and winning an Emmy

04:55

Jacques Pépin

Jacques Pépin on Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home winning a Daytime Emmy Award, and on working with Julia Child

01:06

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 holding the record for the most Emmy nominations; on attending the ceremony

02:34

Hector Ramirez on his Emmy win for the "Steadicam Tango"

02:50

Jorge Ramos

Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on the receiving Lifetime Achievement Award from the News and Documentary Emmy Awards

01:50

Keith Raywood

Keith Raywood on wining Emmy Awards for his work on the MTV Video Music Awards and Saturday Night Live

06:56

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner on winning his first Emmy on Casear's Hour

02:27

Carl Reiner on Emmy Awards for The Dick Van Dyke Show

00:27

Carl Reiner on wishing he had worn his hair for his first Emmy win

01:31

John Rich

John Rich on working with Gunsmoke producer Norm McDonnell and assisting the editor, who won the Emmy that year

03:02

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 Award 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

Meta Rosenberg

Meta Rosenberg on winning an Emmy for The Rockford Files

00:54

Barney Rosenzweig

Barney Rosenzweig on winning an Emmy for Cagney & Lacey

02:21

Sharon Gless and Barney Rosenzweig on Gless "finally" winning an Emmy for Cagney & Lacey

02:22

Stanley Ralph Ross

Stanley Ralph Ross on writing an episode of All in the Family for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and on working with Norman Lear

05:55

Stanley Rubin

Stanley Rubin on winning the first Emmy Award ever to 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 Emmy nominations for his TV movie, Babe

00:57

Stanley Rubin on his Emmy statue for Your Show Time

01:22

Stanley Rubin on a picture with his Emmy statue for Your Show Time

01:52

Thomas Del Ruth

Thomas Del Ruth on winning Emmy Awards for The West Wing

02:46

Pat Sajak

Pat Sajak on winning his first Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host

01:47

Maria Elena Salinas

Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on the receiving Lifetime Achievement Award from the News and Documentary Emmy Awards

01:50

Jay Sandrich

Jay Sandrich on the episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that won Mary Tyler Moore an Emmy

01:28

Isabel Sanford

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

00:55

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent on winning the Emmy for The Marcus Nelson Murders

00:45

Thomas Schlamme

Thomas Schlamme on winning Emmys for Tracey Takes On and Sports Night

01:51

Arthur Schneider

Arthur Schneider on editing Lorne Greene's American West, and on winning and being nominated for Emmy Awards

01:23

Jan Scott

Jan Scott on doing art direction for NBC Matinee Theater, and on being nominated for Emmys

04:17

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 Charlie Sheen's involvement with The Emmy Awards

05:11

John Shaffner on reinventing The Emmy Awards

09:26

Judith Sheindlin

Judith Sheindlin on Judge Judy being nominated for Emmy Awards

00:35

David Shore

David Shore on being nominated for an Emmy for an episode of Law and Order

00:54

David Shore on House being nominated for Emmys

01:28

John Silva

John Silva on winning Emmys for creating the Telecopter

01:58

John Silva on receiving an Emmy, handed to him by Mary Tyler Moore

00:20

Treva Silverman

Treva Silverman on The Monkeeswinning Emmy Awards, and on the end of the show

02:27

Treva Silverman on being the first female writer to win an Emmy Award

01:23

Treva Silverman on winning the "Super" Emmy Award for writing "The Lou and Edie Story" for The Mary Tyler Moore Show

05:03

Treva Silverman on submitting Mary Tyler Moore Show scripts for Emmy consideration

02:14

Chet Simmons

Chet Simmons on his sports lifetime achievement Emmy Award

02:04

Garry Simpson

Garry Simpson on winning an Emmy at the 1977 Emmys

00:20

John Singleton

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

01:04

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

01:34

Erika Slezak

Erika Slezak on holding the record for most daytime Emmys in one category (at that time)

02:27

Yeardley Smith

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

04:25

Dick Smith

Dick Smith on challenges for his Emmy award winning makeup for Hal Holbrook on Mark Twain Tonight!

02:10

Dick Smith on his Oscar-winning makeup for Amadeus starring F. Murray Abraham and finally winning and Emmy

01:41

G.E. Smith

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

01:03

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

Herbert F. Solow

Herbert F. Solow on memories of Mission: Impossible and Star Trek

01:49

Herbert F. Solow on the Emmy win for the TV show, The Courtship of Eddie's Father

01:29

Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling on winning an Emmy for the HBO movie And the Band Played On

00:45

Darren Star

Darren Star on Sex and the City's Golden Globe and Emmy Award wins

02:29

Leonard Stern

Leonard Stern on how Syd Cassyd got him to be among the very first votes for the Television Academy; his desire to emphasize television as an important medium and the role the new Academy should take

Leonard Stern on the award ceremony associated with the Academy: The Emmys; receiving the first nomination for writing (for The Honeymooners ) but no invitation to the ceremony

On his recollection of the early Emmy award shows in the 1950s

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

Noel Taylor

Costume Designer Noel Taylor on winning the very first ever Emmy Award in the Costume Designer category in 1965 for Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee," along with stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

01:46

June Taylor

June Taylor on winning an Emmy Award for The Jackie Gleason Show

00:42

Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas on winning an Emmy for a 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 The Mary Tyler Moore Show garnering numerous Emmys (29 total) - the most for one show, ever

01:51

Grant Tinker on his confrontation with Judd Hirsch at the Emmys

01:49

Stanford Tischler

Stanford Tischler on winning an Emmy for editing M*A*S*H

00:39

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti on Hill Street Blues' Emmy wins

01:34

Ret Turner

Ret Turner on where he keeps his Emmys

00:46

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams on winning a Daytime Emmy for Fantasy

00:25

Ellen M. Violett

Ellen M. Violett on her Emmy nominations

04:24

W.G. Snuffy Walden

W.G. Snuffy Walden on his Emmy win for The West Win g

02:20

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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

01:36

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick on being nominated for an Emmy for Peyton Place

01:27

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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

Matthew Weiner

Matthew Weiner on winning his first Emmy for Mad Men despite the show being "unknown"

02:55

John Wells

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

02:38

Ellen Wheeler

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

01:20

Ellen Wheeler on Guiding Light's Emmy nominations and wins

01:36

Tucker Wiard

Tucker Wiard on winning an Emmy Award for editing on The Carol Burnett Show

02:59

Tucker Wiard on winning an Emmy Award for the final episode of The Carol Burnett Show

01:55

Tucker Wiard on winning an Emmy Award for Murphy Brown

01:04

Tucker Wiard on Tucker Wiard on favorite episodes of Murphy Brown including the Emmy winning, "On a Plane"

01:44

On winning an Emmy for the mini-series The Scarlett Letter

01:55

Joseph M. Wilcots

Joseph M. Wilcots on being nominated for Emmy Awards for Roots

00:38

Dan Wilcox

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

01:54

Fred Willard

Fred Willard on hosting his talk show What's Hot, What's Not? and being nominated for a daytime Emmy

04:59

Fred Willard on his Emmy nominations

01:45

Larry Wilmore

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

01:06

Hugh Wilson

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

02:37

Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler On being nominated for an Emmy on The Practice but never winning a Primetime Emmy award

02:28

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters on winning an Emmy for his role on Davis Rules

03:53

Ben Wolf

Ben Wolf on working on the special Brigadoon, for which he won an Emmy

03:58

Ben Wolf on shooting various other shows for which he won Emmys

02:39

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

Leo Yoshimura

Leo Yoshimura on Emmy nominations and wins, and on his proudest career achievement

02:30

Alan Zweibel

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

06:36

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