The first Emmy Awards ceremony was held on January 25 (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ Facebook)
Lifestyle Desk, New Delhi. The history of the world's biggest honor of television, 'Emmy Awards', is no less than a film story. Usually awards are named after some great personality, but do you know that the Emmy Award was not named after any person but because of a technology?
However, another question might be coming in your mind that why are we talking about this today, then let us tell you that January 25 is the date when the first Emmy Award ceremony was organized. On this special occasion, let us know how the Emmy Awards got its name and who won the first Emmy Award.
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How did the name 'Amy' come about?
Before knowing how it got its name, it is important to know how this award ceremony started. In 1946, Hollywood's first Television Academy was established, the foundation of which was laid by Sid Cassidd. In 1947, Edgar Bergen became the first President of this Academy and to give recognition to the Academy, it was decided to hold an awards ceremony, which was held on 25 January 1949 and has been going on since then.
However, there was a lot of brainstorming regarding the name of this award. Academy founder Sid Cassidd first suggested calling it 'Ike' after the TV tube, but General Dwight D. Eisenhower was too famous with this name at the time, so it was rejected.
After this, the idea of naming it 'Imi' came to pay respect to the 'Image Orthicon Tube' (a technology of TV). It was later changed to 'Amy', so that it would sound like a woman's name and fit the award's iconography.
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This trophy is a confluence of art and science
The Emmy's spectacular trophy was designed in 1948 by Lewis McManus, a television engineer. He made his wife Dorothy the model for this. This design is a combination of both the art and science of TV. Its wings are the symbol of the goddess of art. And the circle in the hand represents the atom, which is a symbol of science and technology of TV.
5 and a half hours of hard work and 4 metals
Each Emmy trophy is meticulously crafted in a Chicago company. It takes about five and a half hours to make one trophy. Copper, nickel, silver and gold layers are used in making it. The weight of a statue is about 3 kg and the cost of making it is about 400 dollars. If all members of a large team want a different trophy, the academy also charges additional fees for this.
First Concert: Tickets Only $5
The first Emmy ceremony, held on January 25, 1949, was not as grand as today's. At the time, tickets were only $5 and only six awards were given out at the event. The first Emmy Award was given to 20-year-old Shirley Dinsdale for her puppet show. Interestingly, Lewis McManus, who designed the trophy, was also given a special honor at the first ceremony.
The show 'Saturday Night Live' has dominated the history of the Emmys. The show has won over 84 so far, the most for any show. At the same time, its creator Lon Michaels is the most nominated person with 107 nominations.
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