Emmy award

The Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers the Daytime Awards, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is responsible for the Primetime Awards. The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the 2003 Suncoast (Florida and parts of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Lousiana) Emmy Award for Spot Coverage was awarded to coverage of a "Dump Truck Chase".

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Other Emmys

It is the National Academy's honor to hand out Emmys for:

National TV newscats and documentaries
Sports programs and coverage
Business and financial reporting
Technology & Engineering
Public Service (for


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