NATAS Announces Host, Performers, Presenters for Three Upcoming Emmy® Award Shows
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 December 2023 10:35
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the host, performers, and presenters for the 50th Annual Daytime Creative and Lifestyle Awards, the 2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards, and Children's & Creative Arts Emmy® Awards.
The three shows will be presented Saturday, December 16, Sunday, December 17 and will air live on apps.theemmys.tv.
The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy® Awards - Saturday, December 16, 12PM PT
Award-winning journalist Connie Chung will bestow the Lifetime Achievement Honor to her husband, legendary television talk show host Maury Povich. Additional ceremony presenters will include Judge Michael Correiro (Hot Bench), Delon de Metz (The Bold and the Beautiful), Gottmik (Book of Queer), Mark Grossman (The Young and the Restless), Abigail Klein (Days of Our Lives), Dominique Jackson (Book of Queer), Judge Rachel Juarez (Hot Bench), Benji Madden (Kings of Leon @02), Joel Madden (Kings of Leon @02), Eden McCoy (General Hospital) and Judge Yodit Tewalde (Hot Bench).
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2nd Annual Children's & Family Creative Arts Emmy® Awards - Saturday, December 16, 8PM PT
Presenters will include Tamara Almeida (Jane), Ceci Balagot (Monster High: The Movie), Eric Bauza (voice of Bugs Bunny and others), Nayah Damasen (Monster High: The Movie), Miia Harris (Monster High: The Movie), Sonia Manzano (Alma's Way) and Ava Louise Murchison (Jane).
2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy® Awards - Sunday, December 17, 5PM PT
Tony Award-nominated and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor Christopher Jackson (Hamilton, And Just Like That, Bull) will host the 2nd Annual Children's and Family Emmy® Awards. 2016 Lifetime Achievement Honoree Frank Welker will present award-winning voice performer Peter Cullen with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the show will also include a special performance by the famed Harlem Globetrotters. The lineup of presenters for the gala celebration will span the gamut of children's entertainment, including W. Kamau Bell (1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed) and his daughters Samaiyah Smithanne Bell and Juno Chrisanne Bell, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (puppeteer for Abby Cadabby of Sesame Street), Tommy Davidson (The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder), Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven), Nonso Anonzie (Sweet Tooth) and Momona Tamada (ONI: God's Thunder Tale).
All three ceremonies will take place at the historic Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and can be streamed live on NATAS' dedicated viewing platform, available on the web at watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).
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About Connie Chung
Connie Chung, pioneer news anchor and reporter, was the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News, the flagship news broadcast on CBS. Connie was the second woman (after Barbara Walters) to anchor any network evening news broadcast in television history. Plus, Connie was the first Asian (Chinese) to anchor any news program at CBS, NBC and ABC. All milestones in broadcast television history. Connie started her thirty-plus year career in 1969 at age 23 at a local TV station in her hometown Washington, D.C. In 1971, she joined CBS News at the coveted Washington Bureau, covering politics, the White House, Capitol Hill, State Department and Pentagon for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. She was assigned significant beats: the 1972 Democratic presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern and Democratic convention, the Vice Presidency of Nelson Rockefeller and her most memorable story Watergate, the impeachment of President Richard Nixon and subsequent resignation. It was in 1993 that Connie was named co-anchor of the CBS Evening News. She anchored the Saturday NBC Nightly News and the Sunday CBS Evening News. She received three Emmy Awards including two for Best Interview, a George Foster Peabody Award and many more. She was named a "Giant of Broadcasting" by the International Radio-TV Society. Connie and Maury Povich, the longest running daytime talk show host in broadcast television history, have been married since 1984. They have two daughters, Susan and Amy and a son, Matthew.
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About Christopher Jackson
Christopher Jackson is a Tony Award nominated actor as well as a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning songwriter/composer best known for starring as George Washington in the critically acclaimed, award-winning musical, Hamilton, on Broadway and Disney+. Jackson currently appears in "And Just Like That…" on MAX and was most recently starred in the CBS drama "Bull." In early 2020, Christopher appeared in Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway which was adapted into a documentary, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, streaming on Hulu. His Broadway credits also include: Holler if Ya Hear Me, After Midnight, The Bronx Bombers, In The Heights, Memphis and The Lion King. Off-Broadway credits include Bronx Bombers, The Jammer, Lonely, I'm Not, In the Heights and Cotton Club Parade. Additional TV and film credits include Freestyle Love Supreme, Person of Interest, A Gifted Man, Fringe, Gossip Girl, Tracers, Afterlife and In The Heights. In music, he has recorded an original song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Disney film Moana and was also the Composer/Songwriter for Sesame Street (6 Emmy nominations and 1 win), and co-music supervisor and writer for The Electric Company. Jackson won an Emmy Award for his song with Will.I.Am, "What I Am." In 2010, he released his first solo album titled, IN THE NAME OF LOVE and is currently working on his 2nd album. Jackson has also performed sold out concerts all over the U.S. including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
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About Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are worldwide icons, synonymous with family entertainment and great basketball skills. The Globetrotters represent 90-plus years of breaking down barriers, acts of goodwill and a commitment to fans that goes beyond the game. The Globetrotters have entertained more than 148 million fans in 123 countries and territories worldwide, introducing many to the sport of basketball. The team are pioneers in popularizing the slam dunk, the fast break, the forward and point guard positions, and the figure-eight weave.
About NATAS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, and Children's & Family programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of more than 18,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including regional student television and its Student Award for Excellence and the National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.
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About the Daytime and Children's & Family Emmy Awards
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime. In addition, in recognition of the marked increase in content and entries for children's programming, 2022 marked the first annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards, with relevant categories separating from the Daytime Emmys into their own competition and ceremony. All awards are judged by a pool of peer professionals from across the television industry.