The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and Pop, a
newly rebranded television network seen in more than 80 million homes
(formerly TV Guide Network), today announced that the 42nd
Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards will be nationally broadcast live on Sunday,
April 26 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT exclusively on Pop. In
addition, NATAS announced that the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards
gala will take place on Friday, April 24 at the Universal Hilton in Los
Angeles.
Televised from the legendary Warner Bros. Studios lot on Stage 16 – the
location of countless iconic Hollywood films such as “Casablanca,”
“Jurassic Park” and “Ghostbusters” – the 42nd Annual Daytime
Emmy® Awards show will be executive produced by Michael Levitt, one of
the industry’s most acclaimed producers of live events and awards shows.
“Our new partnership with the Pop network is an ideal platform to
present our signature gala,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS. “With the
Warner Bros Studios as our venue, where so many great films and
television shows have been made, coupled together with Michael Levitt,
our executive producer, who created the ‘TV Land Awards,’ and has
produced numerous live event specials including ‘The Producers Guild
Awards,’ ‘The Billboard Music Awards,’ and ‘E! Live from the Red
Carpet’ shows for the Golden Globes and Oscars®, this promises to be a
very special telecast of the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy®
Awards.”
“As a network that celebrates talent, we are thrilled to bring the
Daytime Emmy Awards back to television for the fans,” said Brad
Schwartz, President of Pop. “Daytime audiences are some of the most
amazing and passionate in all of television, and we are proud to honor
the greatest works and achievements of daytime. Adding premium live
events to our schedule is just another exciting way we are building Pop.
We’re going to have a lot of fun with this.”
“As a fan of daytime television, I couldn't be more honored to be
producing this landmark special. The daytime community consistently
generates quality programming and has so much to be proud of. I'm
thrilled to be able to produce this ceremony that will celebrate the
best of daytime in a memorable, fun and reverential way,” said Levitt.
“We are very thrilled about presenting our two premier shows in this new
and exciting way,” said NATAS Daytime Senior Vice President David
Michaels, “And adding the luxurious Universal Hilton as the setting for
our Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards guarantees a very special
celebration!”
The Daytime Emmy® Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields
of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and
programs broadcast during the 2014 calendar year. The Daytime Creative
Arts Emmy® Awards gala honors the crafts behind the many shows that
grace the Daytime genre.
The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards is a presentation of NATAS
in cooperation with the Television Academy. The show will be produced by
Michael Levitt of Michael Levitt Productions with Gary Tellalian and
Mike Rothman also serving as executive producers.
About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a
professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the
arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership
for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the
television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the
coveted Emmy® Award for News & Documentary, Sports,
Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public &
Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership
consists of more than 14,000 broadcast and media professionals
represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards,
NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student
Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding
journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships,
publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and
the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv.
About Pop
Fans don’t sit at the outskirts of pop culture making snarky comments.
They live right smack in the middle of it, sharing, creating, and
connecting their passions with others. At Pop, fans finally have a
destination that celebrates the fun of being a fan. Fans aren’t even
fans anymore – they’re gladiators, tributes, human beings and
blockheads. Seen in more than 80 million homes, Pop gives fans a
dedicated channel that loves being a fan as much as they do. A channel
that respects talent over celebrity. A channel filled with optimism,
passion, humor, and excitement. A channel that understands the fun
doesn’t stop when the credits roll…it’s really just the beginning.
Pop is a joint venture of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF). The partnership combines CBS’s programming,
production and marketing assets with Lionsgate’s resources in motion
pictures, television and digitally delivered content. Pop’s ownership
structure is comprised of the company with the #1 broadcast network and
many of the top first-run syndication series (“Entertainment Tonight,”
“The Insider”) and the studio that produces and distributes the
blockbuster “Hunger Games,” “Twilight” and “Divergent” franchises and
produces such award-winning TV series as “Mad Men” and “Orange is the
New Black.”
Michael Levitt Productions
In less than a decade, Michael Levitt has risen through the Hollywood
production ranks to emerge as one of the entertainment industry’s most
successful and sought-after producers of live event television
programming. Emmy Award-nominated founder, CEO and Executive Producer
Michael Levitt has earned his reputation as a hands-on creative producer
with a strong emphasis on working with talent. Michael Levitt
Productions has produced an array of diverse programs including award
shows, music specials, reality shows, live events, non-fiction
informational series and reunion specials including: “The TV Land
Awards,” “The Producers Guild of America Awards,” “SKIN WARS,” “Ask
Oprah’s All- Stars,” “Radio Disney Music Awards,” “Scream Awards,” “The
ALMA Awards,” “The Billboard Music Awards,” “Cause for Paws: An All-star
Dog Spectacular,” “E! Live From the Red Carpet: Oscars, Grammys and
Golden Globes,” ”VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards,” “Young Hollywood Awards,”
“Game Show Awards,” Bravo’s “A-list Awards,” “Hollywood Squares,”
“Disney’s Make Your Mark: The Ultimate Dance-Off,” “America’s Money
Class with Suze Orman,” “Motown Live!,” “The Soul Train Awards,” “Kathy
Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” “Britney Spears: There’s No Place Like
Home” and four highly-rated network reunion specials: “Dallas Reunion:
Return to Southfork,” “Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion,” “Knots
Landing: Together Again,” and “Dynasty Reunion: Catfights and Caviar.”
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is a global leader in all forms of
entertainment and their related businesses across all current and
emerging media and platforms. A Time Warner Company, the fully
integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most successful
collections of brands in the world and stands at the forefront of every
aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and
home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and
Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games,
product and brand licensing, and broadcasting. Warner Bros.
Entertainment is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142
acres in Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost
motion picture and television production and post-production facilities
in the world and home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world’s
tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more than
two million gallons of water).
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