Talk:Emmy Awards

Other Emmy Awards
Did you know there are Emmy Awards for
 * Public and Community Service Affairs
 * Advanced media
 * Sport
 * News
 * Business and Financial Reporting

Wow there is so much to find on there website quite interesting and all judged on a very high calibur very nice :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.98.179.187 (talk • contribs) 2004-07-01T21:34:22‎


 * Over six years later, these are only mentioned in passing and dont have an article about them or list of recipients. Does anyone know why? John Vandenberg (chat) 04:29, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Two words: systemic bias. Everybody is interested in editing the Primetime Emmy and the other high profile Emmy articles. Not so with the Emmy ceremonies that receive little or no coverage in reliable, third party sources. Even many of the articles listed on Emmy Awards could be tagged with One source or primary sources. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the Emmys themselves are so fragmented with the various awards and chapters its very hard to keep up. It makes it ultra hard to find reliable sources that support the various levels of Emmys. Even through the various regional chapters, finding reliable sources is like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. I believe one of the worst regional sites for the Emmys is the Nashville site . It is so unprofessionally done and very hard to find information through. Sourcing is a nightmare! I truly wish there were a better way of citing and sourcing for this subject! --Canyouhearmenow 10:51, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Awards prior to 1974
The Emmys were awarded prior to 1974/ The primetime links from this page only acknowledge from 1974 onward. Dogru144

Controversial Momments
Does anyone know any controversial well-known momments that have happened in the Emmys?

Ice12 02:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

a very poor and confusing article
I was looking for the awards that Sopranos have won, but didn't find anything for 2000 or 2001, yet the IMDb says they won several emmys in the periode 1999-2001--Ezzex 21:57, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This would be the wrong place to find individual Emmys awards. You could check the Wikipedia article for the Sopranos or try to find a tabular listing of Emmy winners. One often does not find lists of Things In Question in an article about the general existence of The Thing In Question.2604:2000:C6AA:B400:158E:429:F9D0:F0DD (talk) 20:51, 18 September 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

Congrats ma Emmy wishing you all the best. Stephen Oleh (talk) 07:12, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

And the award can't go to...
Why can't the Emmy telecast win an Emmy? User:Trekphiler 02:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Philo Farnsworth
Did Philo Farnsworth recieve an Emmy and/or have one named for him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.16.1 (talk) 06:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

It's an honor just to be nominated
Did Kelsey Grammar set a record for being nominated for the same character on 3 shows? User:Trekphiler 17:00, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You (or your British great-grammer, if you were typing on her behalf) have made no error in grammar, but you have made an error in "Grammar" in spelling. It's "Grammer".2604:2000:C6AA:B400:158E:429:F9D0:F0DD (talk) 20:51, 18 September 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

This is an incomplete article
Why is there no explanation of the voting and nomination process? Is there one? Also, why is there no discussion of the industry standing of the Emmy's, as it seems to me to be a running joke in Entertainment (particularly movies) that the Emmy's have no value to those in the business. 202.7.196.178 (talk) 00:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Each ceremony (Primetime Emmys, Daytime Emmys, Sports Emmys, etc.) have their own unique set of voting and nomination processes, so these details would be more appropriate in those respective articles. As for a "discussion of the industry standing of the Emmy's", can you provide cited examples? I personally am not up to speed with those to contribute in that topic to this article. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

When is an Emmy winner an "Emmy winner"?
Consider the following (entirely fictional) statement:


 * Today the Emmy-winner Alan Smithee died. Smithee won his Emmy in 2001 for "TV Show X".

Now consider the true/false status of the following cases:
 * 1) "TV Show X" was a prime time drama (Primetime Emmy)
 * 2) "TV Show X" was a day time talk show (Daytime Emmy)
 * 3) "TV Show X" was the brand name of a piece of technology (Technology Emmy)
 * 4) "TV Show X" was from Mexico (International Emmy)
 * 5) "TV Show X" was a student project (Student Emmy)

Now I think everyone would accept that Case 1 is clearly True. I also think Case 5 is clearly false, as a student award is never considered equivalent to the main award (qv. Student Oscars).

So what is the status of the remaining three? Is a daytime award winner legitimately referred to as an "Emmy winner", or are they a "Daytime Emmy winner"? Ditto for the other cases. Manning (talk) 01:56, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I cannot speak for the last two, but in my observations, many media sources seem to just use "Emmy winner" for Daytime Emmy winners, like "Emmy winner Bob Barker" for example, or Sports Emmy winners like "Emmy winner Bob Costas" for example. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I served on the board of directors for the Emmys for 6 years and one of the main things we did was to make sure that no matter what outlet was used (Daytime, Primetime, Regional or Sports etc.,) they were all to be considered and referred to as "Emmy Winners." There were several arguments made through the years that certain levels of Emmy Awards were held to be more prestigious than other. The Academy never wanted that. The only reason they were compartmentalized was due to broadcast time constraints and proper celebrations of the winners, not to reduce their worth. It does not matter if it is Primetime/Daytime/Sports/Regional, an Emmy winner is an "Emmy Winner" and can be referred to as such. In fact they changed the look of the regional Emmys to match the national Emmys for just that reason. Now the discussion is to make the regional statue the same size as the national as they are just a bit smaller in size but identical in design. The only division that is not looked at as an official Emmy Winner is the Student Emmys. The Student Emmy recipients do not receive a statue but rather a certificate or plaque and are acknowledged for their contributions to various projects. --Canyouhearmenow 11:06, 3 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Alan Smithee died? OMG! My favorite director EVER! Surely there is going to be a retrospective on his highly influential oeuvre at Film Forum? P.S. I'm not sure he really did win an Emmy in 2001. There is a suggestion elsewhere in Wikipedia that he never worked after 2000.2604:2000:C6AA:B400:158E:429:F9D0:F0DD (talk) 20:51, 18 September 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

I am evaluating an editor's comment on a different article. They removed the phrase "award-winning" from a biographical lede, because they considered a Regional Emmy as "meaningless puffery". Any thoughts from anyone on that? - AppleBsTime (talk) 19:30, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Midwest Emmys
the midwest emmys link in the regional emmys section leads to a page that describes the upper midwest chapter and not the chicago/midwest chapter. thus there is no page for the chicago chapter. is this because the midwest/chicago chapter's url is chicagoemmyonline (dot) org and the upper midwest chapter is midwestemmys (dot) org? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.182.181.231 (talk • contribs) 2011-01-15T02:06:43

"the electron of science"?
I know that's what it says on the ATAS site, but that makes no sense. Can someone contact ATAS and tell them to update the language on their site? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rperlberg (talk • contribs) 16:22, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

"the rings"
Exactly how many rings comprise the atom on the top of the statuette? It's hard to tell for sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.216.7.5 (talk) 14:09, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

American award?
The fact that separate International Emmys awards exist proves that Emmy is not international in nature: it is American. The fact that the International Emmys are reserved for countries outside the U.S. proves it even further. Jotamar (talk) 14:35, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I do not know that I agree with your logic here. The fact that they are presented on an international basis is one thing. The fact that awards ceremonies are set up in different countries as well is a total different issue. I guess I am confused as to what you are trying to prove here? Are you saying that even though they are presented internationally that they are still based in the US, or are you saying that the international awards do not count when taking into account where the awards originate from? Can you please clarify? Because we may be saying the same thing here. --Canyouhearmenow 15:43, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, forget the question, it is not worth a lengthy discussion. Jotamar (talk) 16:29, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Reformating selected templates
I have initiated a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television regarding reformatting EmmyAward ComedyDirector, EmmyAward DirectingDrama, EmmyAward DramaWriting and EmmyAward ComedyWriting. The intention is to make them look more like WritersGuildofAmericaEpisodicDramaScreenplay, WritersGuildofAmericaEpisodicComedyScreenplay, DirectorsGuildofAmericaOutstandingDirectingDramaSeries and DirectorsGuildofAmericaOutstandingDirectingComedySeries in hopes of encouraging editors to work on the most critically acclaimed episodes and highlight the most critically acclaimed episodes for the readers.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:23, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Governors Ball?
Emmy Awards Governors Ball to be in red. Governors Ball or Governor's Ball. Can somebody explain what this Governors Ball is? Thank you. Komitsuki (talk) 14:25, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Generally speaking, it's a big party held after the awards ceremony. "Governors" in this case refers to the board of governors of the Television Academy, which basically is the responsible group that organizes this social gathering. IMO, its not something to include in this article. Zzyzx11 (talk) 15:08, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to ask because I occasionally see this phrase when I google something about the Emmy Award. Komitsuki (talk) 16:12, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

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What's a "television program"?
I came here to find out what the Emmy-awarding entities say a "TV-show" is and didn't get it. Not only what is a "TV show" today, but has the definition always been the same? It might be the case that in 1976 HBO programs couldn't win Emmys because they didn't go out over "the airwaves" but existed only within arterties connecting homes to sources. If that was so then, it's not the case now, as work on HBO's "Game Of Thrones" has received Emmy recognition. Further, then, was something ever deemed NOT to be a TV-show because it went out on neither arteries (fibers and coax cables) nor the traditional airwaves of what are called "TV stations" with call-letters beginning with "K" or "W") but, rather, from satellites? The next criterion that might be relevant is scheduling. Was anything ever disqualified because it wasn't scheduled? If so, that too is no longer the case because Netflix shows have gotten Emmy recognition, and Netflix has no schedule (other than that obviously they can't load up something that hasn't been finished yet). Whatever Netflix has, you watch it whenever you want. I don't know what a "podcast" is but it'd be nice to be able to read that Emmy-granting entities do or do not consider a "podcast" to be a "TV-show". What about an outfit that produces, edits, and posts, weekly, something on the same "channel" of YouTube week in and week out? I suspect that is not a "TV-show" and therefore can't win an Emmy but I think this article should spell out the Emmy-granting entitities' definitions OF "TV-show", including how those definitions have changed over time, so that I can know for sure.2604:2000:C6AA:B400:158E:429:F9D0:F0DD (talk) 20:51, 18 September 2015 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson


 * Fascinating question, Jim. The Emmy site should have this, and it would be nice if some summer intern of theirs would answer your question. 184.69.174.194 (talk) 23:31, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

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Can we get us a picture of the statue for the statute section?
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Emmys or Emmies
Normally, the plural of English words ending on -y ends with -ies, e.g. hobby --> hobbies. So why is it Emmys instead of Emmies? Bever (talk) 14:14, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * "Emmys" with the "-ys" is treated as another trademark in which both reliable sources and the trademark owner ignore standard English spelling, punctuation, diacritics, or grammar. Zzyzx11 (talk) 01:15, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 26 April 2021

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The result of the move request was: Moved  (t &#183; c)  buidhe  05:20, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Emmy Award → Emmy Awards – As I noted in the successful requested move of the Tony Awards, the issue with the singular title is that firstly, the article is about a collective group of awards usually referred to in the plural unless a single category is being discussed in isolation. It's not about one single award, so the singular title is inappropriate. Also, as had been noted in the move of the Academy Awards, the article is also about the awards ceremony, which is always in the plural. Consistency with those other two parts of the EGOT quartet behooves the reader and the encyclopedia. oknazevad (talk) 01:48, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:39, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. —El Millo (talk) 23:46, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. I believe it should be moved a year ago because nature in awarding ceremony in MTV Music Awards which use plural instead singular. Why not?. 36.77.94.72 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Combefere  ❯❯❯  Talk  21:32, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:06, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

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