Veteran Television Producer Michael Levitt
Tapped to Produce Broadcast
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)
and Pop, a newly rebranded television network seen in more than 80
million homes (formerly TV Guide Network), today announced that the
42nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards will be nationally
broadcast live on Sunday, April 26 at
8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT exclusively on Pop. In addition, NATAS
announced that the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards gala will
take place on Friday, April 24 at the Universal Hilton in Los
Angeles.
Televised from the legendary Warner Bros. Studios lot on Stage
16 – the location of countless iconic Hollywood films such as
“Casablanca,” “Jurassic Park” and “Ghostbusters” – the 42nd Annual
Daytime Emmy® Awards show will be executive produced by Michael
Levitt, one of the industry’s most acclaimed producers of live
events and awards shows.
“Our new partnership with the Pop network is an ideal platform
to present our signature gala,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS.
“With the Warner Bros Studios as our venue, where so many great
films and television shows have been made, coupled together with
Michael Levitt, our executive producer, who created the ‘TV Land
Awards,’ and has produced numerous live event specials
including ‘The Producers Guild Awards,’ ‘The Billboard Music
Awards,’ and ‘E! Live from the Red Carpet’ shows for the
Golden Globes and Oscars®, this promises to be a very special
telecast of the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.”
“As a network that celebrates talent, we are thrilled to bring
the Daytime Emmy Awards back to television for the fans,” said Brad
Schwartz, President of Pop. “Daytime audiences are some of the most
amazing and passionate in all of television, and we are proud to
honor the greatest works and achievements of daytime. Adding
premium live events to our schedule is just another exciting way we
are building Pop. We’re going to have a lot of fun with this.”
“As a fan of daytime television, I couldn't be more honored to
be producing this landmark special. The
daytime community consistently generates quality
programming and has so much to be proud of. I'm thrilled to be able
to produce this ceremony that will celebrate the best of
daytime in a memorable, fun and reverential way,” said Levitt.
“We are very thrilled about presenting our two premier shows in
this new and exciting way,” said NATAS Daytime Senior Vice
President David Michaels, “And adding the luxurious Universal
Hilton as the setting for our Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
guarantees a very special celebration!”
The Daytime Emmy® Awards recognize outstanding achievement in
all fields of daytime television production and are presented to
individuals and programs broadcast during the 2014 calendar year.
The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards gala honors the crafts
behind the many shows that grace the Daytime genre.
The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards is a presentation of
NATAS in cooperation with the Television Academy. The show will be
produced by Michael Levitt of Michael Levitt Productions with Gary
Tellalian and Mike Rothman also serving as executive producers.
About The National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)
is a professional 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® Award for
News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime
Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service,
and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of more
than 14,000 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 for outstanding
journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships,
publications, and major activities for both industry professionals
and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the
website at www.emmyonline.tv.
About Pop
Fans don’t sit at the outskirts of pop culture making snarky
comments. They live right smack in the middle of it, sharing,
creating, and connecting their passions with others. At Pop, fans
finally have a destination that celebrates the fun of being a fan.
Fans aren’t even fans anymore – they’re gladiators, tributes, human
beings and blockheads. Seen in more than 80 million homes, Pop
gives fans a dedicated channel that loves being a fan as much as
they do. A channel that respects talent over celebrity. A channel
filled with optimism, passion, humor, and excitement. A channel
that understands the fun doesn’t stop when the credits roll…it’s
really just the beginning.
Pop is a joint venture of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS)
and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF). The partnership combines CBS’s
programming, production and marketing assets with Lionsgate’s
resources in motion pictures, television and digitally delivered
content. Pop’s ownership structure is comprised of the company with
the #1 broadcast network and many of the top first-run syndication
series (“Entertainment Tonight,” “The Insider”) and the studio that
produces and distributes the blockbuster “Hunger Games,” “Twilight”
and “Divergent” franchises and produces such award-winning TV
series as “Mad Men” and “Orange is the New Black.”
Michael Levitt Productions
In less than a decade, Michael Levitt has risen through the
Hollywood production ranks to emerge as one of the entertainment
industry’s most successful and sought-after producers of live event
television programming. Emmy Award-nominated founder, CEO and
Executive Producer Michael Levitt has earned his reputation as a
hands-on creative producer with a strong emphasis on working with
talent. Michael Levitt Productions has produced an array of diverse
programs including award shows, music specials, reality shows, live
events, non-fiction informational series and reunion specials
including: “The TV Land Awards,” “The Producers Guild of America
Awards,” “SKIN WARS,” “Ask Oprah’s All- Stars,” “Radio Disney Music
Awards,” “Scream Awards,” “The ALMA Awards,” “The Billboard Music
Awards,” “Cause for Paws: An All-star Dog Spectacular,” “E! Live
From the Red Carpet: Oscars, Grammys and Golden
Globes,” ”VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards,” “Young Hollywood Awards,”
“Game Show Awards,” Bravo’s “A-list Awards,” “Hollywood Squares,”
“Disney’s Make Your Mark: The Ultimate Dance-Off,” “America’s Money
Class with Suze Orman,” “Motown Live!,” “The Soul Train Awards,”
“Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” “Britney Spears: There’s No
Place Like Home” and four highly-rated network reunion specials:
“Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork,” “Happy Days: 30th
Anniversary Reunion,” “Knots Landing: Together Again,” and “Dynasty
Reunion: Catfights and Caviar.”
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is a global leader in all
forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all
current and emerging media and platforms. A Time Warner Company,
the fully integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most
successful collections of brands in the world and stands at the
forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from
feature film, television and home entertainment production and
worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution,
animation, comic books, video games, product and brand
licensing, and broadcasting. Warner Bros. Entertainment is
headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142 acres in
Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost motion
picture and television production and post-production facilities in
the world and home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world’s
tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more
than two million gallons of water).
On the Web: www.poptv.comPop Facebook:
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