The Television Academy announced today that online submissions are now being accepted for the prestigious Ninth Annual Television Academy Honors, recognizing extraordinary television that inspires and informs audiences worldwide. Separate from the Emmy Awards, Television Academy Honors celebrates network, cable and online programing and programmers that enlighten, entertain and educate viewers with television that powers positive social change.
Entries for the esteemed Television Academy Honors can be submitted via the Academy's website at TelevisionAcademy.com/honors. Programs that aired between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015 are eligible. The entry deadline is January 29, 2016.
Entries may be made for fiction or nonfiction series submitted:
As a whole.
For a single episode.
For a story arc up to three episodes.
Television movies, miniseries or fiction/nonfiction specials may also be submitted. The 2015 Honorees will be announced in early April of 2016.
Submit an entry for consideration at TelevisionAcademy.com/honors.
Established in 2008, the Honors were conceived to acknowledge achievements in television programming that explore and expose issues of concern to our society in a compelling, poignant and insightful way.
In 2015, Honorees included black-ish "Crime and Punishment" (ABC), a comedic look at an American family determined to resolve its issues with discipline, Transparent (Amazon), a stunning portrayal of a family revealing life-changing secrets while figuring out who they really are, Virunga (Netflix), a story of courageous people risking their lives to build a better future in a part of Africa the world has forgotten, Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert (HBO), a personal and unvarnished real life account of a single mom struggling to raise her family, E:60 "Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest" (ESPN), a stirring report on the lives of hundreds of people who were forever changed by the Boston Marathon bombings and The Normal Heart (HBO), an unflinching look at the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s.
Previous Honorees have addressed complex issues ranging from capital punishment, racism, human trafficking, autism and the environment and have included The Fosters, Dr. Oz, Friday Night Lights, Glee and Parenthood.
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