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5th TCA Awards
The 5th TCA Awards were presented by the Television Critics Association. The ceremony was held on July 21, 1989 at the Century Plaza Hotel The Fairmont Century Plaza is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel in Los Angeles. Located in Century City, the hotel forms a sweeping crescent design fronting the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue o ... in Los Angeles, California. Winners and nominees Multiple wins The following shows received multiple wins: Multiple nominations The following shows received multiple nominations: References External linksOfficial website at IMDb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:TCA Awards, 05 1989 television awards [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century Plaza Hotel
The Fairmont Century Plaza is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel in Los Angeles. Located in Century City, the hotel forms a sweeping crescent design fronting the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue of the Stars complex. At the time of its opening in 1966, the Century Plaza Hotel was the highest building in Century City, with views extending all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It was also the first hotel to have color televisions in all of its rooms. The hotel closed for renovations in 2016, and reopened on September 27, 2021. It is now operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and it is a member of Historic Hotels of America. History In 1961, developer William Zeckendorf and Alcoa bought about from 20th Century Fox after the studio had suffered a string of expensive flops, culminating in the box-office disaster ''Cleopatra''. The new owners conceived Century City as "a city within a city" with the arc-shaped, 19-story, 750-room Minoru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCA Award For Outstanding Achievement In Drama
The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama is an award given by the Television Critics Association. Winners and nominees Multiple wins 4 wins * ''The Sopranos'' 3 wins * ''The Americans'' (2 consecutive) * '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (consecutive) * ''Lost'' (2 consecutive) * ''Mad Men'' (2 consecutive) 2 wins * ''Breaking Bad'' * ''I'll Fly Away'' (consecutive) *'' Succession'' * ''The West Wing'' (consecutive) Multiple nominees 7 nominations * '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' * ''Law & Order'' * ''Mad Men'' * ''The Sopranos'' 6 nominations * ''The Americans'' * ''Game of Thrones'' * ''Lost'' 5 nominations * '' 24'' * ''Better Call Saul'' * ''Breaking Bad'' * ''NYPD Blue'' * ''The X-Files'' 4 nominations * ''The Crown'' * '' Friday Night Lights'' * ''The Good Fight'' * ''L.A. Law'' * ''The Shield'' * '' St. Elsewhere'' * ''thirtysomething'' * ''The Wire'' 3 nominations * '' ER'' * ''The Good Wife'' * ''The Handmaid's Tale'' * '' Justified'' * ''Pose'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCA Award For Outstanding Achievement In News And Information ...
The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information is an award given by the Television Critics Association. Winners and nominees Networks with multiple wins *PBS - 14 *ABC - 6 *CNN - 6 *HBO - 3 *Discovery Channel – 2 *ESPN - 2 *National Geographic Channel – 2 See also *Peabody Awards *Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series *Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special References External links Official website {{TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information News News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WonderWorks
''WonderWorks'' is an anthology series which ran from 1984 to 1992. Produced by the Public Broadcasting Service, the Walt Disney Company purchased the home video rights to the series in 1987 and was responsible for making the series available to the public on VHS and later DVD in addition to airing some of the programs on the Disney Channel. The series consisted of short, made-for-television films out of acclaimed children's books. They included adaptations of ''Anne of Green Gables'', '' Bridge to Terabithia'', ''All Summer in a Day'', ''Jacob Have I Loved'', ''The Box of Delights'', ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' series, ''Miracle at Moreaux'', ''The Hoboken Chicken Emergency'' (starring Peter Billingsley), ''Odile & Yvette at the Edge of the World'' (scored by Blake Leyh), '' How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!'' (by Stephen Manes), ''Gryphon'' (produced by Manuel Arce and Carl Haber, starring Amanda Plummer), ''A Little Princess'', ''A Girl of the Limberlost'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, and includes short films, with humor and cultural references. It premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership. It has aired on the United States national public television provider PBS since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016, then its sister streaming service HBO Max in 2020. ''Sesame Street'' is one of the longest-running shows in the world. The show's format consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect changes in American culture and audien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading Rainbow
''Reading Rainbow'' is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterwards PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go! from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes were produced over 21 seasons. Before its official premiere, the show aired for test audiences in the Nebraska and Buffalo, New York markets (their PBS member stations, the Nebraska ETV ow Nebraska Public Mediaand WNED-TV, respectively, were co-producers of the show). The show was designed to encourage a love of books and reading among children. In 2012, an iPad and Kindle Fire educational interactive book reading and video field trip application was launched bearing the name of the program. The public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including a Peabody Award and 26 Emmy Awards, 10 of which were in the "Outstanding Children's Series" category. The concept of a reading series for children originat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jim Henson Hour
''The Jim Henson Hour'' is a television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the The Muppets, Muppet characters. Nine of the twelve episodes produced aired on NBC before the program was canceled due to low ratings. Two episodes later aired on Nickelodeon in 1992 and 1993, and the final episode "Food" never aired. The show was never broadcast in the UK. After ''The Jim Henson Hour'', the Muppets did not have another prime-time TV show until ''Muppets Tonight'' in 1996, six years after Jim Henson's death. Format ''The Jim Henson Hour'' was modeled after the ''Walt Disney anthology television series, Walt Disney Presents'' specials, in which every week Disney would show off the latest innovations and creations of his production company. At the beginning of each episode, Jim Henson would enter an abstractly-decorated set (alongside the Thought Lion puppet from his series ''The StoryTeller (TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCA Award For Outstanding Achievement In Youth Programming
The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming is an award given by the Television Critics Association. Winners and nominees See also *Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program References External links Official website {{TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ... Children's television awards Awards established in 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory! Glory!
''Glory! Glory!'' is a 1989 televangelism comedy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Ellen Greene that originally aired on HBO in two parts. Plot A radio preacher's operation is controlled by his honest but bland son. When the preacher is made a media superstar by a savvy huckster, the son is left behind. Everything changes when the son wanders into a bar and witnesses the performance of a woman rock and roll singer and he realizes she is just what he needs to rise to the top of the world of televangelism. At first, sister Ruth the rock and roll singer takes the job as a means for fame and money. She uses the church for drugs and eventually has a sexual relationship with the preacher's son named Bobby Joe. She also indulges in cocaine and is sexually promiscuous. We soon discover that she is pregnant and decides to have an abortion to help the church and herself to avoid scandal. She then shoots up the charts and becomes a national sensation. With the prospect of going o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Relief USA
Comic Relief USA was a non-profit charity organization whose mission is to raise funds to help those in need—particularly America's homeless. It has raised and distributed nearly US$50 million toward providing assistance—including health care services—to homeless people throughout the United States. Although Comic Relief's charity work is continuous, its fundraising events were held and televised at irregular intervals—and primarily by Home Box Office (HBO), with comedians Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg as the hosts each time. They—along with many other comedians, celebrities, and occasional politicians—perform various segments—both general-purpose and specific to homelessness—of standup comedy, sketch comedy, speeches, live music, and impressions of persons and characters—all in order to entertain and enlighten. There are also documentary segments dealing with real-life problems of homeless people, in order to raise awareness of not only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Tony Awards
The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury. The Ceremony Musicals represented were:"1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011 * '''', "Music and the Mirror" - Donna McKechnie * '''', "" - Patti LuPone and Company * '' |
What's Alan Watching?
''What's Alan Watching?'' was a 1989 CBS television series pilot. Overview Produced by Eddie Murphy and his company, Eddie Murphy Television, ''What's Alan Watching?'' starred Corin Nemec as Alan, a 17-year-old couch potato who views life, and his family, as if they were on television. Libby (Barbara Barrie) and Leo (Peter Michael Goetz) are his parents, Gail (future sitcom star Fran Drescher) is his sister, Jeff ( David Packer) is his brother and Alyssa (Cheryl Pollak) is his girlfriend. Murphy also had a cameo in the episode, playing a protester decrying James Brown's incarceration, as well as Brown himself. The episode was directed by Thomas Schlamme and aired on CBS on February 27, 1989. The network passed on making it a regular series, but ''What's Alan Watching?'' did win the Television Critics Association's TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials. See also * '' Dream On'' (1990) * ''Remote Control'' (1987) In Popular Culture TV Critic A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
