>TV LAND SALUTES THE EMMY AWARDS® WITH TV LAND
>PRESENTS: EMMY’S GREATEST MOMENTS
>
>Jason Bateman Hosts One-Hour Special Celebrating the
>Awards Show’s Most Memorable Highlights on Wednesday,
>September 15
>
>
>Santa Monica, CA, August 25, 2004 ­ TV Land continues
>to roll out its line-up of original specials this Fall
>and celebrates The Primetime Emmy Awards with an
>unprecedented look back at some of the show’s most
>memorable televised highlights over the last 50 years
>as the network premieres TV Land Presents: Emmy’s
>Greatest Moments on Wednesday, September 15 at 10 p.m.
>ET/PT.
>
>Hosted by Jason Bateman, star of FOX’s hit comedy
>Arrested Development, TV Land, in association with the
>Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, was granted
>rare access to the Television Academy’s vast archive
>collection to look back at past Emmy Awards where
>television history was made. Great moments, some of
>which have not been seen since they first aired, will
>be showcased in this one-hour special, including clips
>from 1955, the year of The Emmys’ first national
>broadcast hosted by Steve Allen, to 1977, when the
>year in television could be summed up in one word:
>Roots, to 2001, when the Emmy Awards were postponed
>twice and ultimately aired to prove once again that
>laughter is the best medicine. The show is executive
>produced by Dann Netter (AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies
>specials) and Gary Smith (Executive Producer, 54th
>Annual Primetime Emmy Awards) in conjunction with the
>Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ executive
>producer Michael Rosen and Television Academy Governor
>(Production Executives Peer Group) Barbara Wellner.
>Gary Smith also directs.
>
>“Television history unfolds every year at The
>Primetime Emmy Awards,” explains Sal Maniaci, Vice
>President, Development and Production, TV Land and
>Nick at Nite. “The event itself has become a global
>affair, and with the help of the Television Academy,
>TV Land has been able to compile a special which
>highlights some of the most unforgettable, funniest
>and moving moments from these awards shows.”
>
>“For more than 50 years, the Emmys have been a
>landmark event in television,” Television Academy
>Chairman Dick Askin commented. “Every generation of
>television viewers has favorite memories from the
>telecast, and this is the best way to combine these
>exciting moments.”
>
>TV Land Productions was created in 2003 to create
>original programming that complements the network’s
>successful acquired programming slate. TV Land
>Productions is headed by Sal Maniaci, Vice President
>of Development and Production, TV Land and Nick at
>Nite. In addition to this production, TV Land
>Productions has also produced The TV Land Awards Show:
>A Celebration of Classic TV (March 2003 and 2004) and
>the Emmy-nominated The Dick Van Dyke Show, Revisited,
>the network’s first original special for broadcast,
>which premiered on CBS in May. For more information
>about TV Land’s original Wednesday night line-ups,
>visit www.tvland.com .