Television Academy Honors, LA
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When: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Hot Spot: Montage Hotel, Beverly Hills
Deets: The Television Academy announced this year's honorees for the Eighth Annual Television Academy Honors, celebrating and recognizing programs that have used the power of television to shift cultural acceptance and influence the hearts and minds of the viewer.
The honorees for 2014 are: black-ish "Crime and Punishment", E:60 "Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest", The Normal Heart, Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert, Transparent and Virunga.
The Television Academy will celebrate the showrunners and producers of the winning programs during a special presentation and reception, hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Dana Delany (The Comedians) at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills on Wednesday evening, May 27. In the week leading up to the ceremony, the Television Academy will highlight the honored programs and causes with daily postings at TelevisionAcademy.com and Yahoo.com.
"These winning programs have made such a positive impact on society and everyone involved deserves to be commended on their significant contribution. These programs have enlightened viewers, prompted discussion, raised social awareness, and are sparking change," said Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum on the announcement.
The six programs honored this year feature themes and storylines that deal with family values, HIV awareness, healthcare, gender transition, the struggle to protect endangered species, and the impact of a terrorist attack. The honorees have exemplified what it means to use the medium of television to inspire, educate and inform as well as entertain. This year's Television Academy Honors Selection Committee was chaired by Lucia Gervino.
Recipients of the Eighth Annual Television Academy Honors are:
black-ish "Crime and Punishment" (ABC); E:60 "Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest" (ESPN; The Normal Heart (HBO); Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert (HBO); Transparent (Amazon); and Virunga (Netflix).
Eligible programs for this year's Television Academy Honors aired during the 2014 calendar year, and were submitted in the fiction/nonfiction categories as whole series, single episodes or story arcs up to three episodes. Made-for-television movies, miniseries and fiction/nonfiction specials were also eligible to apply for Television Academy Honors.
The honored programs were picked by the academy's honors selection committee.
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