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Emmy Awards

This television production award is similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but focuses more on entertainment. The Emmy Award is regarded the television equivalent to the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards and Tony Awards. It is presented by three related but separate organizations.

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Why has a black woman never won an Emmy Award in the Best Actress category?

History was made on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the 67th annual Emmy Awards. Viola Davis became the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Davis won for her performances as the demanding criminal law professor Annalise Keating on ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder."

Until recently, very few African-American actresses had ever starred in hour-long drama shows. Before Kerry Washington appeared in the first episode of ABC's "Scandal" on April 5, 2012, there hadn't been a primetime drama series headlined by a black woman since Teresa Graves starred in "Get Christie Love!" on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. Washington was nominated twice as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Olivia Pope in "Scandal."

Among the women nominated with Davis for Outstanding Lead Actress category was Taraji P. Henson of the FOX drama series "Empire." It was the first time that two black actresses were nominated in the category at the same time.

What award did Password win in 1974?

Emmy Award Password won the first-ever Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1974.

Who won emmys for the same role in comedy and drama?

Ed Asner, who won five Emmys playing Lou Grant on two different CBS series. He won three Emmys as the veteran newsman on Mary Tyler Moore's award-winning comedy series from 1970 to 1977. He later won two more Emmys for the "Lou Grant" dramatic series that ran from 1977 to 1982.

How many emmys has bryan cranston won?

The "Breaking Bad" star won four Primetime Emmys as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (for the 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2013-2014 seasons). He also won two other Emmys as a producer of the series, which ran from 2008 to 2013.

Did Susan Lucci finally win an Emmy Award?

Yes. After being overlooked 18 times for a Daytime Emmy, the longtime star of "All My Children" finally was rewarded with a statuette in May 1999. Lucci was named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

How many Emmys has the show 60 Minutes won?

In October 2013, "60 Minutes" won six News and Documentary Emmy Awards, giving the prestigious CBS newsmagazine an unprecented total of 106 overall statuettes.

In what year did 'Roots' win the Emmy Award for 'Best limited series'?

The 'Roots' miniseries aired in January of 1977 and won the Emmy that year for Best Limited Series.

It also won Emmys that year for :

Best Actor - Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance (Lou gossett, Jr.)

Best Director - Drama Series (David Greene for "Part I")

Best Editing - Drama Series (Neil Travis for "Part I")

Best Music Composition for a Series - Dramatic Underscore (Gerald Fried & Quincy Jones"Part I")

Best Sound Editing - Series

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy or Drama Series, Single Appearance (Olivia Cole for "Part VIII")

Best Writing - Drama Series (Ernest Kinoy & William Blinn for "Part II")

Who won the 1997 osar for Best Actress and the 96-97 Emmy in a comedy series?

Helen Hunt won an Emmy award for Mad About You and an Oscar as Lead Actress in As Good As It Gets in the same year.

Which TV sitcom mom won seven Emmy awards?

Mary Tyler Moore has won seven Primetime Emmys, but only two were for her role as a sitcom mom. She won statuettes in 1964 and 1966 for her performances as New Rochelle, N.Y. housewife Laura Petrie in the CBS comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show. But she won her next four Emmys (one in 1973, two in 1974 and one in 1976) as single career woman Mary Richards on CBS' "Mary Tyler Moore" sitcom. Her seventh Emmy was for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for "Stolen Babies" in 1993.

Did Jason Alexander win an Emmy Award?

No. Alexander, who played George Costanza on "Seinfeld" for nine seasons, has never won a Primetime Emmy Award despite eight nominations.

What actor won five Emmys in five nominations and holds the record for going undefeated the most times?

Don Knotts holds the record for going undefeated the most times, he won five Emmy awards for his portrayal of Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960). He won in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967 and has won Five out of Five of the Emmy awards he was nominated for.

Who walked out of the Emmys after his joke about Rupert Murdoch was cut from the opening bit?

Alec Baldwin says it wasn't true that he walked out on the 2011 Emmy Awards

because of a deleted joke about the phone-tapping scandal of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. The "30 Rock" star explained that he did not attend the awards show so that he could be present for singer Tony Bennett's 85th birthday party in New York.

What won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries?

The Outstanding Miniseries Emmy for the 2009-10 season went to "The Pacific" (HBO). It was the fourth miniseries by executive producer Tom Hanks to win the award after "From the Earth to the Moon" (1997-98), "Band of Brothers" (2001-02) and "John Adams" (2007-08).

Who is the youngest person to win an Emmy?

The youngest person to win a Primetime Emmy Award was actress Roxana Zal, who won for her performance in the 1984 made-for-television movie "Something about Amelia." She was 14 years old when she accepted the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special.

Although in 2012 a youtube series "Kids React" won a daytime emmy one of the kids was 6 which would make him the youngest winner.

Who was the only one of Charlie's Angels to get an Emmy nomination and in fact got three in a row?

Kate Jackson was nominated twice for Charlie's Angels (1977 and 1978) and in 1978 she was also nominated for a guest appearance in the pilot episode of "James at 15".

Who sang Believe in Me at the Emmy awards?

The song was featured on the 1982 album "Kids From Fame" where it was sung by the cast of the hit show. It was not sung at the Emmys as at the time best song nominees were not broadcast in that way in the 1980s.

How many Emmys did Carroll O'Connor win?

Carroll O'Connor won five Emmy Awards during his distinguished career on television. He received four awards for his comedic performances as Archie Bunker in CBS' "All in the Family" (for the 1971-1972, 1976-1977, 1977-78 and 1978-1979 seasons). He also won the 1988-1989 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work as Police Chief Bill Gillespie on NBC's "In the Heat of the Night."

What is plucking by moving ice?

Plucking is a type of erosion that results from the relative buoyancy of ice, combined with the material being "plucked". This can occur anywhere ice both 1) is in contact with soils/rock (or other material of concern, such as hard armor erosion control blocks), and 2) has the potential to be moved by some other mechanism, such as flowing water, gravity, or wave action.

For example, suppose a boat ramp is constructed on a riverbank. The boat ramp may be constructed of quarry spall rock between 3-6" in diameter. If the river freezes over the winter, the ice may be thick enough to encompass and envelop some of those rocks. In the spring, when the ice begins to melt, the flow of the river may initiate large chunks of ice to break off from the banks, including at the boat ramp; the rock removed from the boat ramp may be said to have been plucked by the ice.

This phenomenon can occur under glaciers, on rivers and coastlines (on both oceans and on lakes) and even non-glacial ice where movement is induced (such as during an earthquake).

At the age of six she became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Emmy?

Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992, received a Primetime Emmy nomination when she was six years old. She was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1985-1986 season.

What actress won an Emmy Award for her role on ER?

The only regular cast member of "e.r." to win an Emmy was Julianna Margulies, who received the 1994 award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.