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Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Made For Television Movie
This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, which is awarded since 1992. The category was originally called Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special. In 1991, Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special category was merged with Outstanding Miniseries category to form Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special and Miniseries and the number of nominations increased from five to six. For this year, two miniseries had competed with four "made for television movies". The following year, 1992, the new category was split to re-form the Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Made for Television Movie categories. In 2011, the category was merged with the Outstanding Limited Series category to create the Outstanding Miniseries or Movie category. However, in 2014, the decision was reversed, and the separate Miniseries and Television Movie categories were reinstated. Rules were also changed in 2019 requiring at least a 75-minute runtime for movies to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the " Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air every September, on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarians At The Gate (film)
''Barbarians at the Gate'' is a 1993 American biographical comedy-drama television film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert. It tells the true story of F. Ross Johnson, who was the president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. ''Barbarians at the Gate'' received generally positive reviews from critics. The film earned nine nominations at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. It also won Best Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Garner at the 51st Golden Globe Awards. Plot Self-made multimillionaire F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, decides to take the tobacco and food conglomerate company private in 1988 after receiving advance news of the likely market failure of the company's smokeless cigarette called Premier, the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Christmas Memory
''"A Christmas Memory"'' is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in '' Mademoiselle'' magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in ''The Selected Writings of Truman Capote'' in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since. The largely autobiographical story, which takes place in the 1930s, describes a period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The woman was Nanny Faulk, elder sister of the household where Capote’s wayward parents deposited him as a young boy. Nanny, whom everyone called Sook, was thought to be developmentally disabled. But Capote later wrote a friend, ‘’I had an elderly cousin, the woman in my story ‘A Christmas Memory,’ who was a genius.” The evocative narrative focuses on country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season, and it also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of A Salesman (1966 U
''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling salesman who is despondent with his life, and appears to be slipping into senility. The play addresses a variety of themes, such as the American Dream, the anatomy of truth, and infidelity. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. It is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. Since its premiere, the play has been revived on Broadway five times, winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. It has been adapted for the cinema on ten occasions, including a 1951 version by screenwriter Stanley Roberts, starring Fredric March. In 1999, ''New Yorker'' drama critic John Lahr said that with 11 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 19th Emmy Awards, later known as the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on June 4, 1967, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Joey Bishop and Hugh Downs. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. The top show of the night was '' Mission: Impossible'', which won three major awards. Don Knotts won his fifth Emmy for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy. This record still stands. Winners and nominees Programs Acting Lead performances Supporting performances Single performances Directing Writing Most major nominations ;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 44 * NBC – 31 * ABC – 22 ; By program * ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS) – 6 * ''ABC Stage 67'' (ABC) / ''Bewitched'' (ABC) / ''I Spy'' (NBC) – 5 * ''Death of a Salesman'' (CBS) / ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In Television
The year 1967 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1967. Events *January 15 **The inaugural Super Bowl is simulcast on CBS and NBC **The Rolling Stones appear on CBS's ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', where, at Sullivan's insistence, they perform "Let's Spend the Night Together" as "Let's Spend Some Time Together." *January 29 – The first CBS Playhouse presentation, ''The Final War of Olly Winter'', is televised. * February 16 – The first airing of "Space Seed", the ''Star Trek'' television episode that introduces popular villain Khan Noonien Singh, as played by Ricardo Montalbán, is aired on NBC. *February 23 – The Beatles make a taped appearance on ABC's ''American Bandstand'', where they premiere their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". *February 25 – Gene Kelly stars in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''; airing on NBC and produced by Hanna-Barbera, it is the first TV special to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inherit The Wind (1965 Film)
''Inherit the Wind'' is the November 18, 1965 episode of the American television series ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' directed by George Schaefer (director), George Schaefer. A videotaped adaptation of the 1955 Inherit the Wind (play), play of the same name, it shortened the text of the original 1955 play which was written as a parable fictionalizing the 1925 Scopes Trial, Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthyism, McCarthy trials. Plot summary Cast * Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond * Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady * Murray Hamilton as E. K. Hornbeck * John Randolph (actor), John Randolph as Rev. Brown * Burt Brinckerhoff as Bert Cates * Diane Baker as Rachel Brown * Adrienne King as Melinda Awards Emmy Awards * Nominated:Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - George Schaefer * Nominated:Outstanding Dramatic Program - George Schaefer (producer) * Nominated:Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama - Diane Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Schaefer (director)
George Louis Schaefer (December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997) was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. Life and career Schaefer was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived in Oak Park, Illinois for much of his boyhood and young adulthood. He was the son of Elsie (née Otterbein) and Louis Schaefer, who worked in sales. Schaefer studied stage directing at the Yale School of Drama. He began his directing career while serving in the U.S. Army Special Services (entertainment), Special Services during World War II. He directed over 50 plays for the troops. After being discharged, he directed for the Broadway theatre. His first production was of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' starring Maurice Evans (actor), Maurice Evans. In 1953, Schaefer won a Tony Award for his production of ''The Teahouse of the August Moon (play), The Teahouse of the August Moon'' which he co-produced with Evans. During the Golden Age of Television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Susskind
David Howard Susskind (December 19, 1920 – February 22, 1987) was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day. Early life, education and military service Susskind was born to a Jewish family of modest means in Manhattan, and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1938. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then Harvard University, graduating with honors in 1942. He served in the Navy during World War II and, as communications officer on an attack transport, , saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Career His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Melnick
Daniel Melnick (April 21, 1932 – October 13, 2009) was an American film producer and movie studio executive who started working in Hollywood as a teenager in television and then became the producer of such films as ''All That Jazz (film), All That Jazz'', ''Altered States'' and ''Straw Dogs (1971 film), Straw Dogs''. Melnick's films won more than 20 Academy Awards out of some 80 nominations. Early life and education Melnick was born on April 21, 1932, in New York City, the son of Celia and Benjamin Melnick, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father was killed in a car crash when Melnick was a child. His mother remarried. Melnick attended the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, Melnick attended New York University.Martin, Douglas"Daniel Melnick, Hollywood Producer, Dies at 77" ''The New York Times'', October 16, 2009. He served in the United States Army during the 1950s, where he produced entertainment for troops while stationed at New Jersey's Fort Dix and in Ok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ages Of Man (play)
''The Ages of Man'' is a one-man show performed by John Gielgud featuring a collection of speeches in Shakespeare, Shakespeare's plays. Based on an anthology edited by Oxford professor George Rylands in 1939 that organized the speeches to show the journey of life from birth to death, the show takes its title from Jaques (As You Like It), Jaques' "Ages of Man" speech from ''As You Like It'' ("All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players..."). Like the book, the show was divided into three parts: Youth, Manhood and Old Age. Gielgud was inspired to do a Shakespeare recital by his great-aunt, actress Ellen Terry, who performed her own recital titled ''Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Heroines.'' Gielgud first attempted such a recital during World War II, when he would perform a collection of speeches he called ''Shakespeare in Peace and War'', culminating in the "Once More Unto the Breach" speech from ''Henry V (play), Henry V''. Gielgud gave the first experimental pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |