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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Berle Adams on distributing the Emmys internationally

Robert Adler

Robert Adler on getting an Emmy Award for his invention

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

Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on The Sopranos getting Emmy Awards

Alan Alda

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

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander on being nominated for Emmy Awards

Debbie Allen

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

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

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

Charlie Andrews

Charlie Andrews on producing the 1969 Emmy Awards show

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

Janet Ashikaga

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

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

Dick Askin

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

Dick Askin on the importance of the Emmy brand

Hank Azaria

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

Rick Baker

Rick Baker on the production of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and winning the Emmy Award

Alan Ball

Alan Ball on his Emmy win for directing Six Feet Under

George Balzer

George Balzer on being nominated for Emmy Awards and winning an Emmy

Bob Banner

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

Paris Barclay

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

Bob Barker

Bob Barker on his multiple Emmy wins

Bonnie Bartlett

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

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

William Bell

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

Donald Bellisario

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

Tom Bergeron

Tom Bergeron on his Emmy nominations

Tom Bergeron on co-hosting The Emmy Awards

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

Bruce Bilson

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

Robert Blackman

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

Steven Bochco

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

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

Paul Bogart

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

Haskell Boggs

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

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

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

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

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

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain on his various awards and Emmy nominations

Peter Boyle

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

Ed Bradley

Ed Bradley on his attitude toward winning awards

Kevin Bright

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

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

James L. Brooks

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

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

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

James L. Brooks on winning Emmys for multiple genres

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

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

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

James Burrows

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

James Burrows on Cheers winning Emmys

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

Dann Cahn

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

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

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

David Canary

David Canary on his Daytime Emmy wins for All My Children

Kevin Carlisle

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

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

Glenn Gordon Caron on Patricia Arquette winning an Emmy for Medium

Thomas Carter

Thomas Carter on winning an Emmy for directing Equal Justice

Nancy Cartwright

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

Gilbert Cates

Gilbert Cates on winning an Emmy for producing the Oscars

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett on writing for Johnny Carson for the Emmys

Tucker Cawley

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

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

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

Marge Champion

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

Glen Charles

Glen and Les Charles on Cheers' early Emmy wins

Les Charles

Glen and Les Charles on Cheers' early Emmy wins

RuPaul Charles

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

Tony Charmoli

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

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

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

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

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

Dick Clark

Dick Clark on producing The Emmys

Alf Clausen

Alf Clausen on winning Emmys for his involvement in The Simpsons

Tim Conway

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

Joan Ganz Cooney

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

Joan Ganz Cooney on Emmy awards for Sesame Street

Jeanne Cooper

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

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

Anderson Cooper

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

Ken Corday

Ken Corday on primetime specials before the Emmys

Ken Corday on the daytime Emmys

Fred de Cordova

Fred de Cordova on his many Emmy Awards

David Crane

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

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

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

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

Judy Crown

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

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

Billy Crystal

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

Billy Crystal on his HBO special Midnight Train to Moscow, for which he won an Emmy Award

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

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin on winning Emmy awards for Kate & Allie

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

Madelyn Pugh Davis

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

Ann B. Davis

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

Joe DeTullio

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

John Debney

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

Sam Denoff

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

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

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

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

George Spiro Dibie on winning his first Emmy

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

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

Robert Dickinson

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

Robert Dickinson on how winning an Emmy changed his career

Kelley Dixon

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

Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue on winning his first Emmy

Elinor Donahue

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

Patty Duke

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

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke on winning an Emmy award in 1963

Rebecca Eaton

Rebecca Eaton on Masterpiece Mystery's Sherlock winning Emmy Awards

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

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

Dick Ebersol

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

Garvin Eddy

Garvin Eddy on being nominated for an Emmy Award for Roseanne

Stephanie Edwards

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

Hector Elizondo

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

Diane English

Diane English on winning her first Emmy Award

Danny Epstein

Danny Epstein on winning Emmys for Music Direction for Sesame Street

Jeff Fager

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

Edie Falco

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

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

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

Elma Farnsworth

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

Jamie Farr

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

Irving Fein

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

Norman Felton

Director Norman Felton on Robert Montgomery Presents winning its first Emmy

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

Bob Finkel

Bob Finkel on directing the first televised Emmy Awards broadcast

Bob Finkel on The Andy Williams Show winning Emmy Awards

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

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

Tom Fontana

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

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

John Forsythe

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

Sonny Fox

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

Michael J. Fox

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

Richard Frank

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

John Frankenheimer

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

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

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz on his Emmy nominations and Emmy awards

Ian Fraser

Ian Fraser on conducting The Emmy Awards

Gerald Fried

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

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

Harry Friedman

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

William Froug

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

Eileen Fulton

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

Arthur Gardner

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

Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett on winning Emmys for Everybody Loves Raymond

Frank Gifford

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

Melissa Gilbert

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

Paul Michael Glaser

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

Lesli Linka Glatter

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

Sharon Gless

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

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.

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

Julian Gomez

Julian Gomez on winning Emmy Awards for The Amazing Race

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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

Carl Gottlieb

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

Curt Gowdy

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

Herb Granath

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

Lee Grant

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

Walon Green

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

Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume on winning two Emmy awards

Hal Gurnee

Hal Gurnee on The David Letterman Show being cancelled after a short run, and on the show winning a Daytime Emmy

Hal Gurnee on being honored with Emmy Awards for his work on Late Show with David Letterman

Donald Hall

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

Earl Hamner, Jr.

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

Dean Hargrove

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

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

Patricia Heaton

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

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

Dwight Hemion

Dwight Hemion on winning Emmy Awards

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

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

Danette Herman

Danette Herman on The Sopranos reunion at the Emmy Awards

Winifred Hervey

Winifred Hervey on winning her first Emmy for The Golden Girls

Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller on his Emmy Award nomination for Naked City

Martin Hoade

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

Hal Holbrook

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

Silvio Horta

Silvio Horta on Ugly Betty's Emmy nomination

Louis J. Horvitz

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

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

Ron Howard

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

Felicity Huffman

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

Roy Huggins

Roy Huggins on Maverick winning an Emmy

Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter on receiving various Emmy nominations

David Isaacs

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

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on winning an Emmy for Cheers

Allison Janney

Allison Janney on her Emmy wins for The West Wing

Al Jean

Al Jean on The Simpsons ancillary products and Emmy Awards

Herb Jellinek

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

Herb Jellinek on adding an The Emmy Awards category for commercials, and on the Television Academy's relationship with the National Academy

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

Lamont Johnson

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

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

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten on her Emmy wins for Desperate Housewives

Sidney M. Katz

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

Elodie Keene

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

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

Asaad Kelada

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

David E. Kelley

David E. Kelley on Picket Fences' Emmy wins

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)

H. Wesley Kenney

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

Don Roy King

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

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

Michael Patrick King

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

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

Ernest Kinoy

Ernest Kinoy on winning an Emmy for The Defenders

William Klages

William Klages on his Emmy nominations and wins

Jack Klugman

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

Harvey Korman

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

Angela Lansbury

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

Vicki Lawrence

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

Norman Lear

Norman Lear on All in the Family winning Emmy Awards

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

David Lee

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

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

David Lee on Frasier's unprecedented number of Emmy wins

Ken Levine

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

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on winning an Emmy for Cheers

Barry Levinson

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

Steve Levitan

Steve Levitan on winning multiple Emmys for Modern Family

Judith Light

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

Hal Linden

Hal Linden on being nominated for and winning Emmy Awards

Art Linkletter

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

Daniel Lipman

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

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

Charles Lisanby

Charles Lisanby on his multiple Emmy wins for production design

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

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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

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

Susan Lucci on her notorious Emmy losing streak

Susan Lucci on breaking her Emmy losing streak in 1999

Will Mackenzie

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

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

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

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on his 1997 Emmy nomination for ER

Jodi Mancuso

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

Loring Mandel

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

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow on winning an Emmy Award for his first Barry Manilow special

Barry Manilow on his Emmy winning special Manilow: Music and Passion

Anita Mann

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

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

Martin Manulis

Martin Manulis on receiving numerous Emmy Awards

Bob Markell

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

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

Bob Markell on The Defenders winning further Emmy Awards

Bob Markell on the Emmy winning Bicentennial Minutes

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall on his Emmy Awards for Hollywood Squares

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

John A. Martinelli

John Martinelli on how Emmy Awards affected his career

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

Leslie H. Martinson

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Maverick and winning an Emmy

Jerry Mathers

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

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

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller on being nominated for multiple Emmy Awards

Lee Mendelson

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

S. Epatha Merkerson

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

David Milch

David Milch on winning Emmys and other awards for NYPD Blue

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

Don Mischer

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

Don Mischer on producing the Emmy Awards

John Moffitt

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

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

Ricardo Montalban

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

Rita Moreno

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

Harry Morgan

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

Thad Mumford

Thad Mumford on winning an Emmy for The Electric Company

Bill Mumy

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

Jonathan Murray

Jonathan Murray on winning his first Emmy for Starting Over

Hal Needham

Hal Needham on his Emmy Award

Bob Newhart

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

Bill Nye

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

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

Ed O'Neill

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

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

Don Ohlmeyer on producing the 1977 Emmy Awards

Edward James Olmos

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

Suze Orman

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

Gail Parent

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

Gail Parent on being nominated for Emmys for The Golden Girls

Marty Pasetta

Marty Pasetta on directing The Emmy Awards

Timothy Van Patten

Timothy Van Patten on The White Shadow's Emmy nominations

Alan Perris

Alan Perris on negotiations for the networks to carry the Emmys

Alan Perris on The Emmy Awards show

Alan Perris on the significance of the Emmy

Carroll Pratt

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

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

Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst on hosting The Emmy Awards and winning an Emmy

Jacques Pépin

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

Charlotte Rae

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

Hector Ramirez

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

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

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

Jorge Ramos

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

Keith Raywood

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

Carl Reiner

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

Carl Reiner on Emmy Awards for The Dick Van Dyke Show

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

John Rich

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

Joan Rivers

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

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

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

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

Meta Rosenberg

Meta Rosenberg on winning an Emmy for The Rockford Files

Barney Rosenzweig

Barney Rosenzweig on winning an Emmy for Cagney & Lacey

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

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

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

Stanley Rubin on the Emmy nominations for his TV movie, Babe

Stanley Rubin on his Emmy statue for Your Show Time

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

Thomas Del Ruth

Thomas Del Ruth on winning Emmy Awards for The West Wing

Pat Sajak

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

Maria Elena Salinas

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

Jay Sandrich

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

Isabel Sanford

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

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent on winning the Emmy for The Marcus Nelson Murders

Thomas Schlamme

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

Arthur Schneider

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

Jan Scott

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

John Shaffner

John Shaffner on winning Emmys for the David Copperfield specials

John Shaffner on designing the set for The Emmy Awards

John Shaffner on Charlie Sheen's involvement with The Emmy Awards

John Shaffner on reinventing The Emmy Awards

Judith Sheindlin

Judith Sheindlin on Judge Judy being nominated for Emmy Awards

David Shore

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

David Shore on House being nominated for Emmys

John Silva

John Silva on winning Emmys for creating the Telecopter

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

Treva Silverman

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

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

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

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

Chet Simmons

Chet Simmons on his sports lifetime achievement Emmy Award

Garry Simpson

Garry Simpson on winning an Emmy at the 1977 Emmys

John Singleton

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

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

Erika Slezak

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

Dick Smith

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

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

Yeardley Smith

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

G.E. Smith

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

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

Herbert F. Solow

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

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

Aaron Spelling

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

Darren Star

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

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

Bob Stewart

Producer Bob Stewart on Pyramid's Emmy wins

Norman Stiles

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

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor on his Emmy nominations

June Taylor

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

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

Marlo Thomas

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

Richard Thomas

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

Grant Tinker

Grant Tinker on The Mary Tyler Moore Show garnering numerous Emmys (29 total) - the most for one show, ever

Grant Tinker on his confrontation with Judd Hirsch at the Emmys

Stanford Tischler

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

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. Travanti on Hill Street Blues' Emmy wins

Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek on winning a Daytime Emmy for hosting Jeopardy!

Ret Turner

Ret Turner on where he keeps his Emmys

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams on winning a Daytime Emmy for Fantasy

Ellen M. Violett

Ellen M. Violett on her Emmy nominations

W.G. Snuffy Walden

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

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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

Ruth Warrick

Ruth Warrick on being nominated for an Emmy for Peyton Place

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"

John Wells

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

Ellen Wheeler

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

Ellen Wheeler on Guiding Light's Emmy nominations and wins

Tucker Wiard

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

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

Tucker Wiard on winning an Emmy Award for Murphy Brown

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

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

Joseph M. Wilcots

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

Dan Wilcox

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

Fred Willard

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

Fred Willard on his Emmy nominations

Larry Wilmore

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

Hugh Wilson

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

Henry Winkler

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

Jonathan Winters

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

Ben Wolf

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

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

Jane Wyatt

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

Bud Yorkin

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

Leo Yoshimura

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

Alan Zweibel

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

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