Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers the Daytime Awards, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is responsible for the Primetime Awards. The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
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Categories
Emmys are awarded in the following categories:
Regional Emmys
All regional divisions of the National Academy hand out their own awards, for local programming. These awards often border in the mundane; a 2003 Suncoast Emmy Award for Spot Coverage was awarded to coverage of a "Dump Truck Chase".