Academy of Television Arts & Sciences


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. A 501 non-profit organization founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television. The ATAS is a sister organization to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the other two bodies that present Emmy Awards to other sectors of television programming.
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History

Syd Cassyd considered television a tool for education and envisioned an organization that would act outside the "flash and glamor" of the industry and become an outlet for "serious discussion" and award the industry's "finest achievements". Envisioning a television counterpart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cassyd founded the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946 in conjunction with leaders of the early television industry who had gathered at a meeting he organized.
Cassyd's academy in Los Angeles merged with a New York academy founded by Ed Sullivan in 1955 to form the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Los Angeles chapter broke away from NATAS in 1977, keeping the Primetime and Los Angeles Emmys.
In 2014, alongside its Hall of Fame induction ceremony and announced plans to expand its headquarters, the organization announced that it had changed its public brand to the Television Academy, with a new logo designed by Siegel + Gale. The new branding was intended to downplay the organization's antiquated formal name in favor of a more straightforward identity, and features a separating line used to symbolize a screen, and also portrayed as a "portal".
In 2016, producer Hayma Washington was elected chairman and CEO of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, becoming the first African-American to hold the position.

Emmy Award

In 1949, the Television Academy held the first Emmy Awards ceremony, an annual event created to recognize excellence in U.S. television programming, although the initial event was restricted to programming from the Los Angeles area. The name "Emmy" was derived from "Immy", a nickname for the image orthicon camera tube, which aided the progress of modern television. The word was feminized as "Emmy" to match the statuette, which depicted a winged woman holding an atom.

Sister organizations

The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organizations that focus on various sectors of television programming: the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also presents the Los Angeles Emmy Awards.

Publications and programs

In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy publishes the award-winning emmy magazine and through the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, is responsible for the Archive of American Television, annual College Television Awards, Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship, acclaimed student internships and other educational outreach programs.

Current governance

Board of Governors

;Animation
;Art Directors/Set Decorators
;Casting Directors
;Children's Programming
;Choreography
;Cinematographers
;Commercials
;Costume Design & Supervision
;Daytime Programming
;Directors
;Documentary Programming
;Emerging Media Programming
;Lighting, Camera & Technical Arts
;Los Angeles Area
;Makeup Artists/Hairstylists
;Motion & Title Design
;Music
;Performers
;Picture Editors
;Professional Representatives
;Producers
;Production Executives
;Public Relations
;Reality Programming
;Science & Technology
;Sound
;Sound Editors
;Special Visual Effects
;Stunts
;Television Executives
;Writers

Hall of Fame

The Television Academy Hall of Fame was founded by a former president of the ATAS, John H. Mitchell, to honor individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. television. Inductions are not held every year.