Television Academy Honors Socially Relevant Programs
Whether you lean toward calling it the new golden age of television, peak TV or another catchy phrase, there is no doubt that we are living in an era where the amount of high-quality programming is vast and deep. But a smaller subset of fine shows are those that also serve to educate about socially important issues and to inspire the audience. Those are the kind of programs that the Television Academy awards in its Honors ceremony,...
Television Academy Honors Salute Six Noteworthy Programs
They are the programs on television that are most effective in creating awareness and often social change around important issues, whether they be pure entertainment or documentary in form – or anywhere along the spectrum. Sometimes they are hard to watch, whether they elicit tears, or discomfort– and sometimes, nervous laughter. As a general rule, they are enlightening and challenging. Programs like “Transparent,” “Virunga” and...
Inspiring Shows Merit TV Academy Honors
Television, in its finer moments, seeks to entertain, inform and educate. But when programs also serve to inspire, they reach an entirely new level of audience engagement. Those are exactly the kind of shows that the Television Academy– recently rebranded from its previous and lengthier moniker, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences– awards in its Honors ceremony, the seventh annual edition of which was held June 1....
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