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All That’s New Under The Sun By Steve Rogers New York: October 21st: She hung up the phone and sighed with relief. Brent Stanton, the Executive Director of The Daytime Emmy Awards, had just got word that the Academy’s Trustees had unanimously voted to adopt some of the biggest changes in years to the administration of the Daytime Emmy Awards. And the changes are considerable. Not only are the Daytime Awards moving to Los Angeles for the first time ever, the awards are sooner, application and voter registration is now quicker, and a newly installed Daytime Emmy Director is learning the ropes as fast as he can! If this sounds like things are moving fast, just wait till next year when we host the Daytime Emmys in the same theater that gentleman Oscar® uses! Want to know more? Here’s a look at what’s going on in the house that Emmy built! Academy Announces New Daytime Director Longtime National Academy executive Brent Stanton was named Executive Director of the Daytime department in September of this year. He fills the very big shoes of retired Director Harry Eggart, who relinquished his post in November of 2004 after eleven years of guiding the contest. Stanton also assumes many of the duties of longtime manager, Mayda Alvarado, who left in July of this year, after ten years of serving the daytime television community. Stanton has been with the National Academy for nine years. His previous work at the Academy included administrating in the News & Documentary and Sports departments and serving as executive assistant to the legendary National Academy President John Cannon. Stanton has been Director of Chapter Relations for over two years. His varied work experiences at the National Academy have proved a good fit for the many aspects of running the Daytime Emmy office and contest. Daytime Emmy Applications Go On-line! For the first time in the contest’s history, the essential pieces of the process, the voter registration and entry forms, as well as the rules and procedure manuals, will be available online. In previous years the National Academy printed thousands of forms and shipped them to members of NATAS and our sister-academy ATAS, (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), in Los Angeles and to programs and individuals in the TV community. Now these Daytime documents are just a click away. This first step is seen as a significant and important move towards a paperless and postage-less process. “The daytime television community has been asking for faster and easier access to the entry and voting processes and we are pleased to provide a better method for both our prospective entrants and to our voting membership,” said newly-appointed Executive Director, Stanton. “We will continue to look for ways to further develop our abilities in this important process.” The change to instant, online access to forms comes appropriately in a year when the contest is in a necessary fast forward because of the earlier than usual ceremony (See: Daytime Emmy’s Go West!). Since the Daytime Emmy Season commences earlier than in previous years, the deadline for all materials will subsequently be one month earlier, on November 11th. The contest’s rulebook and forms are now available in a type-able PDF format at www.emmyonline.tv. Daytime Emmys Go West! The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live on the ABC Television Network during primetime on Friday, April 28, 2006, from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. This will mark the first time the Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast from Hollywood in the 33-year history of the awards which have been regularly held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in late May.
The work of the nominating committee resulted in a roster of 22 New York-based representatives of daytime television whose inaugural meeting occurred on Thursday, October 6th. At the Awards Committee meeting, held the following day at the national offices in New York, it was agreed that the Daytime Emmy Advisory Board would participate in a joint meeting with the ATAS Daytime Peer Group – on April 29th, the day after the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards in LA - with the objective of mutually and efficiently resolving a slate of issues pertinent to both communities. “I believe there will be real synergy between the two daytime communities (East and West) when we convene for a face-to-face exchange of ideas and possibilities,” Ashbrock said. “It's this kind of collaboration that will make the National Television Academy and the entire Daytime Emmy process more relevant and successful.” Additional Changes There are a number of other changes that affect aspects of the contest and segments of those who enter and vote. A complete and detailed list of changes can be found on pg. 2 in the Daytime Emmy Awards Rules and Procedures Manual online at www.emmyonline.tv. Information is also available at:
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