ABC's Boston Legal, HBO's "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq" and Discovery Channel's Planet Earth are among the recipients of the inaugural Television Academy Honors, which recognize "television with a conscience."
Rounding out the list of nine honorees are Lifetime's movie Girl, Positive and its recently canceled series Side Order of Life, the CNN documentary God's Warriers, the Harm episode of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Pictures of Hollis Woods and the Showtime documentary Shame.
The Television Academy Honors, an outgrowth of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Television Cares Committee, are set to be presented May 1 at the Beverly Hills Hotel at a ceremony produced by Phil Gurin (NBC's The Singing Bee).
ATAS chairman and CEO John Shaffner said nearly 200 submissions were received following the call for entries in December.
"It was very difficult to narrow them down to a final group of honorees," he said. "However, we felt the shows and movies we selected best represent what this honor stands for -- programming that enlightens, educates, creates awareness and instigates positive change regarding a wide range of social and health issues."
Shaffner noted that the nine honorees also represent a range of genres, subject material and networks.
Rounding out the list of nine honorees are Lifetime's movie Girl, Positive and its recently canceled series Side Order of Life, the CNN documentary God's Warriers, the Harm episode of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Pictures of Hollis Woods and the Showtime documentary Shame.
The Television Academy Honors, an outgrowth of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Television Cares Committee, are set to be presented May 1 at the Beverly Hills Hotel at a ceremony produced by Phil Gurin (NBC's The Singing Bee).
ATAS chairman and CEO John Shaffner said nearly 200 submissions were received following the call for entries in December.
"It was very difficult to narrow them down to a final group of honorees," he said. "However, we felt the shows and movies we selected best represent what this honor stands for -- programming that enlightens, educates, creates awareness and instigates positive change regarding a wide range of social and health issues."
Shaffner noted that the nine honorees also represent a range of genres, subject material and networks.
- 3/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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