The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) tonight (Saturday, August 21, 2010) awarded the 2009- 2010 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards for programs and individual achievements at the 62nd Emmy Awards presentation at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. Included among the presentations were Emmy Awards for the following previously announced categories: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, and Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special. Additionally, Governors Awards were presented to Norman Brokaw and the Ad Council, and the Syd Cassyd Founders Award was given to John Leverence in recognition of his service to the Academy. ATAS Chairman & CEO John Shaffner participated in the awards ceremony assisted by a lineup of major television stars as presenters.
The awards, as tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows:
Programs Individuals Total
HBO 1 16 17
ABC 2 13 15
FOX – 9 9
CBS 2 5 7
NBC – 7 7
PBS 1 6 7
Showtime – 5 5
Cartoon Network 1 3 4
AMC – 2 2
Discovery Channel – 2 2
A&E – 1 1
Comedy Central – 1 1
Disney Channel 1 – 1
History – 1 1
NBC.com – 1 1
Nickelodeon 1 – 1
StarWarsUncut.com – 1 1
USA – 1 1
VEVO.com – 1 1
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES 62nd PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
At a previous awards ceremony on Saturday, August 14, the following awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development were announced:
Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Awards to Desilu and Digidesign. Desilu was honored for its innovation of using a multi-camera film setup before a live studio audience. Desilu also used conventional film studio materials, production and processing techniques which made “I Love Lucy” immediately available for production and distribution of prints when the series went into syndication at local stations around the country. In addition, the honor is bestowed to commemorate the upcoming 60th anniversary of “I Love Lucy’s” debut. Digidesign is a pioneering digital design technology company founded in 1984 by Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks that later became a part of Avid Technology. This Farnsworth award memoralizes and commemorates Digidesign’s historic role while recognizing its ongoing industry importance.
Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Awards to Robert Seidenglanz and Ron Estes. Seidenglanz was recognized for his invention and development of the early version of the news gathering local station production truck which drastically improved local news gathering. Estes was recognized posthumously as a pioneer in television audio. A long-time sound mixer for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” Estes is widely regarded as the first mixer to transition television broadcast sound from mono to stereo and later to surround and 5.1.
Engineering Emmy Award to NEXUS Digital Audio Routing. The Salzbrenner Stagetec NEXUS Distributed Digital Audio Routing and Interconnect System with the patented True Match(TM) Analog to Digital Converter is the finest, most versatile audio routing system available today.
Engineering Plaque to Showtime Sports Interactive – Showtime Sports(R) Interactive is an interactive TV project that enhances SHOWTIME Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts events with program synchronous on-screen interactivity. Using the technology EBIF, Showtime Sports Interactive offers viewers live polling, fighter stats and bios, ring records, a trivia game and fight calendar.
Engineering Plaque to pCAM application – A Cinematography, Television Production and Still Photography calculator in the form of an application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Palm device that takes complex calculations and puts them in a user friendly environment with graphical displays.
Engineering Plaque to Apple Final Cut Studio – Apple’s Final Cut Studio is a powerful and intuitive software program enhancing the postproduction process for video and film television projects.
Engineering Plaque to Avid Media Access – Unlike any other non linear editor of the market today, AMA has advanced the state of the art by providing users with a faster, more reliable and cost-efficient way to work with media and get productions to air.
Emmys in 26 other categories will be presented at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards telecast on Sunday, August 29, 2010, 8:00 p.m. – conclusion, ET/PT over the NBC Television Network at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE.
A complete list of all awards presented tonight is attached. The final page of the attached list includes a recap of all programs with multiple awards.
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Mad Men AMC
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL The Pacific HBO
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES Modern Family ABC
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (Area Award) The Pacific HBO
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC) The Pacific HBO
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC) Grey’s Anatomy Suicide Is Painless ABC
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR SPECIAL (NON-PROSTHETIC) Saturday Night Live Host: Betty White NBC
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES BETTY WHITE as Host Saturday Night Live Host: Betty White NBC
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) Part 2 PBS
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A SERIES The Tudors Episode #408 SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A VARIETY/MUSIC PROGRAM OR A SPECIAL (Juried award) Jimmy Kimmel Live Episode 09-1266 ABC
So You Think You Can Dance Top 12 Perform FOX
Titan Maximum Went to Party, Got Crabs CARTOON NETWORK
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE Emma (Masterpiece) PBS
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA SERIES OR A SPECIAL Dancing With The Stars Episode 902A ABC
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES Mad Men Souvenir AMC
SYD CASSYD FOUNDERS AWARD JOHN LEVERENCE Senior Vice President of Awards, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (Juried award) So You Think You Can Dance Routines: Gravity/Addiction & Koop Island Blues & One FOX
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony NBC
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) SEAN P. CALLERY, Music by 24 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM FOX
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE) ALEX WURMAN, Music by Temple Grandin HBO
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS RANDY NEWMAN, Composer Monk – Mr. Monk And The End Part II Song title: When I’m Gone USA
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR VARIETY, MUSIC OR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (Area Award) 82nd Annual Academy Awards ABC
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE (Area Award) The Pacific HBO
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (Area Award) The Tudors Episode #407 SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) Modern Family Pilot ABC
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES Lost The End ABC
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE Temple Grandin HBO
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM PICTURE EDITING (Area Award) Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 6-Bee (Episode 226) NBC
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR A SPECIAL (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert HBO
OUTSTANDING PICTURE EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING Intervention Robby A&E
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM DISNEY PREP & LANDING ABC
OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM ROBOT CHICKEN Full-Assed Christmas Special CARTOON NETWORK
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION (Juried award)
WILLIAM M. GEORGE III, Background Key Design Disney Prep & Landing ABC
JOE MATEO, Storyboard Artist Disney Prep & Landing ABC
GREG COLTON, Storyboard Artist Family Guy Road To The Multiverse FOX
NORA MURPHY-BERDEN, Background Painter Generator Rex The Day That Everything Changed CARTOON NETWORK
CHU-HUI SONG, Background Painter Generator Rex The Day That Everything Changed CARTOON NETWORK
CHRIS DO, Art Director Heart Of Stone VEVO.COM
ANDY BIALK, Character Design The Ricky Gervais Show Charity HBO
CHARLES RAGINS, Background Design The Simpsons Postcards From The Wedge FOX
OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE ANNE HATHAWAY as Princess Penelope The Simpsons Once Upon A Time In Springfield FOX
GOVERNORS AWARDS
NORMAN BROKAW, Chairman Emeritus of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
THE AD COUNCIL
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION
FlashForward No More Good Days ABC
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Family Affair CBS
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL The Pacific Part Five HBO
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN TOM BARHAM, Title Designer MARCI ICHIMURA, Title Designer DEAN HASPIEL, Title Designer ANTHONY SANTORO, Title Designer Bored To Death HBO
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC WENDY MELVOIN, Music By LISA COLEMAN, Music By Nurse Jackie SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES JOHN LITHGOW as Arthur Mitchell Dexter Road Kill SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR) Glee The Power Of Madonna FOX
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE The Pacific Part Two HBO
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION (Area Award) Entourage One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car HBO
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR A SPECIAL (Area Award) The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards CBS
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert HBO
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) No Second Chances DISCOVERY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL The Pacific Part Five HBO
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING (SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA) 24 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM FOX
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A HALF-HOUR SERIES Weeds A Modest Proposal SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A ONE-HOUR SERIES CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Family Affair CBS
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) Part 2 PBS
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING Survivor Slay Everyone, Trust No One CBS
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING Life Challenges Of Life DISCOVERY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A SERIES Dancing With The Stars Episode 909A ABC
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO CONTROL FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert HBO
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC, MULTI-CAMERA) FOR VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAMMING Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony NBC
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES NEIL PATRICK HARRIS as Bryan Ryan Glee Dream On FOX
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING BARAK GOODMAN, Director My Lai PBS
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING DAYTON DUNCAN, Writer The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Last Refuge PBS
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN NONFICTION FILMMAKING (Juried award) Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) PBS
OUTSTANDING NONFICTION SPECIAL (Area Award) TEDDY: IN HIS OWN WORDS HBO
OUTSTANDING NONFICTION SERIES (Area Award) THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA PBS
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAMS (Area Award) 63rd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS CBS
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA – NONFICTION (Juried award) The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience NBC.COM
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA – FICTION (Juried award) Star Wars: Uncut StarWarsUncut.com
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES DON ROY KING, Director Saturday Night Live Host: Betty White NBC
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES The Colbert Report #5076 (in Iraq) COMEDY CENTRAL
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS CBS
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE: THE MOVIE DISNEY CHANNEL
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S NONFICTION PROGRAM (Area Award) NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE – THE FACE OF COURAGE: KIDS LIVING WITH CANCER NICKELODEON
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM JEFF PROBST as Host Survivor CBS
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES ANN-MARGRET as Rita Wills Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bedtime NBC
PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS
The Pacific 7
Disney Prep & Landing 4
Modern Family 3
Saturday Night Live 3
The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Concert 3
24 2
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2
Dancing With The Stars 2
Generator Rex 2
Glee 2
Mad Men 2
Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) 2
So You Think You Can Dance 2
Survivor 2
Temple Grandin 2
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea 2
The Simpsons 2
The Tudors 2
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony 2
