This list of American television awards is an index to articles about notable awards that are or were given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of
television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. ...
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General
Emmy awards
An Emmy Award is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry.
Three related, but separate, organizations present the Emmy Award: the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-prof ...
(ATAS), the
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, ed ...
(NATAS), and the
International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS).
Awards include:
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Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Daytime Emmy Awards
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N ...
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International Emmy Awards
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Primetime Emmy Awards
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 ...
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Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards
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Sports Emmy Awards
News and information
Technical
See also
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List of television awards
References
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America
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