The Emmy: History of an Award: On the Emmy Awards

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Emmys in 1998, this book offers a distinguishing look back at the absolute best moments and stars of television.

Since the early days of television, well before most households had a set, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has been handing out honors for the industry's best efforts. Now fans can read about their favorites--and perhaps rediscover some forgotten pleasures--in this reference to prime time and nighttime Emmy winners. Beginning with the heated charade contest known as Pantomime Quiz, which won Most Popular Program of 1948 in the first Emmy Awards ceremony (held in 1949), each of more than 100 winning shows gets star treatment with an entry that includes the year of award or awards, air times, hosts, guests, casts and a full discussion of the show's history and run. Many of the entries include original interviews with cast or crew members. With such rich information, each show's entry constitutes a chapter in the history of television through the story of the show and the people who made it happen. The best of variety, drama, game shows, comedies, adventures and many more categories are featured. An appendix offers interesting facts and figures and ranks shows according to such statistics as longest run, longest delay from debut to win, and most Emmys won.

* Lists of more than 6,500 winners in all categories * Year-by-year awards show anecdotes * All-time Emmy champs and losers * TV Hall-of-Famers * Dramatic victories and surprise moments * Prime time, daytime, sports, news, movies, and documentaries * Emmy facts and records * Who's never won and why * and more