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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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60 | 1 | "Kamp Krusty" | Mark Kirkland | David M. Stern | September 24, 1992 (1992-09-24) | 8F24 | 21.8 |
61 | 2 | "A Streetcar Named Marge" | Rich Moore | Jeff Martin | October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01) | 8F18 | 18.3 |
62 | 3 | "Homer the Heretic" | Jim Reardon | George Meyer | October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08) | 9F01 | 19.3 |
63 | 4 | "Lisa the Beauty Queen" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | October 15, 1992 (1992-10-15) | 9F02 | 19.0 |
64 | 5 | "Treehouse of Horror III" | Carlos Baeza | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29) | 9F04 | 25.1 |
Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | |||||||
Sam Simon & Jon Vitti | |||||||
65 | 6 | "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" | Rich Moore | John Swartzwelder | November 3, 1992 (1992-11-03) | 9F03 | 20.1 |
66 | 7 | "Marge Gets a Job" | Jeffrey Lynch | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05) | 9F05 | 22.9 |
67 | 8 | "New Kid on the Block" | Wes Archer | Conan O'Brien | November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12) | 9F06 | 23.1 |
68 | 9 | "Mr. Plow" | Jim Reardon | Jon Vitti | November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19) | 9F07 | 24.0 |
69 | 10 | "Lisa's First Word" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Martin | December 3, 1992 (1992-12-03) | 9F08 | 28.6 |
70 | 11 | "Homer's Triple Bypass" | David Silverman | Gary Apple & Michael Carrington | December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17) | 9F09 | 23.6 |
71 | 12 | "Marge vs. the Monorail" | Rich Moore | Conan O'Brien | January 14, 1993 (1993-01-14) | 9F10 | 23.0 |
72 | 13 | "Selma's Choice" | Carlos Baeza | David M. Stern | January 21, 1993 (1993-01-21) | 9F11 | 24.5 |
73 | 14 | "Brother from the Same Planet" | Jeffrey Lynch | Jon Vitti | February 4, 1993 (1993-02-04) | 9F12 | 23.8 |
74 | 15 | "I Love Lisa" | Wes Archer | Frank Mula | February 11, 1993 (1993-02-11) | 9F13 | 25.2 |
75 | 16 | "Duffless" | Jim Reardon | David M. Stern | February 18, 1993 (1993-02-18) | 9F14 | 25.7 |
76 | 17 | "Last Exit to Springfield" | Mark Kirkland | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | March 11, 1993 (1993-03-11) | 9F15 | 22.4 |
77 | 18 | "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" | Carlos Baeza | Jon Vitti | April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01) | 9F17 | 25.5 |
78 | 19 | "The Front" | Rich Moore | Adam I. Lapidus | April 15, 1993 (1993-04-15) | 9F16 | 20.1 |
79 | 20 | "Whacking Day" | Jeffrey Lynch | John Swartzwelder | April 29, 1993 (1993-04-29) | 9F18 | 20.0 |
80 | 21 | "Marge in Chains" | Jim Reardon | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | May 6, 1993 (1993-05-06) | 9F20 | 17.3 |
81 | 22 | "Krusty Gets Kancelled" | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13) | 9F19 | 19.4 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" | David Silverman | Mimi Pond | December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17) | 7G08 | 26.7 |
2 | 2 | "Bart the Genius" | David Silverman | Jon Vitti | January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14) | 7G02 | 24.5 |
3 | 3 | "Homer's Odyssey" | Wes Archer | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21) | 7G03 | 27.5 |
4 | 4 | "There's No Disgrace Like Home" | Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28) | 7G04 | 20.2 |
5 | 5 | "Bart the General" | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | February 4, 1990 (1990-02-04) | 7G05 | 27.1 |
6 | 6 | "Moaning Lisa" | Wes Archer | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | February 11, 1990 (1990-02-11) | 7G06 | 27.4 |
7 | 7 | "The Call of the Simpsons" | Wes Archer | John Swartzwelder | February 18, 1990 (1990-02-18) | 7G09 | 27.6 |
8 | 8 | "The Telltale Head" | Rich Moore | Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon & Matt Groening | February 25, 1990 (1990-02-25) | 7G07 | 28.0 |
9 | 9 | "Life on the Fast Lane" | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | March 18, 1990 (1990-03-18) | 7G11 | 33.5 |
10 | 10 | "Homer's Night Out" | Rich Moore | Jon Vitti | March 25, 1990 (1990-03-25) | 7G10 | 30.3 |
11 | 11 | "The Crepes of Wrath" | Wes Archer & Milton Gray | George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti | April 15, 1990 (1990-04-15) | 7G13 | 31.2 |
12 | 12 | "Krusty Gets Busted" | Brad Bird | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | April 29, 1990 (1990-04-29) | 7G12 | 30.4 |
13 | 13 | "Some Enchanted Evening" | David Silverman & Kent Butterworth | Matt Groening & Sam Simon | May 13, 1990 (1990-05-13) | 7G01 | 27.1 |
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1 | 24 | September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) | May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13) | 11.21 | 111 | |
2 | 25 | September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16) | May 19, 1995 (1995-05-19) | 14.50 | 63 | |
3 | 24 | September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22) | May 17, 1996 (1996-05-17) | 15.40 | 55 | |
4 | 24 | October 4, 1996 (1996-10-04) | May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18) | 19.20 | 20 | |
5 | 20 | November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02) | May 17, 1998 (1998-05-17) | 19.80 | 11 | |
The X-Files | June 19, 1998 (1998-06-19) | — | — | |||
6 | 22 | November 8, 1998 (1998-11-08) | May 16, 1999 (1999-05-16) | 17.20 | 12 | |
7 | 22 | November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07) | May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21) | 14.20 | 29 | |
8 | 21 | November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05) | May 20, 2001 (2001-05-20) | 13.93 | 31 | |
9 | 20 | November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11) | May 19, 2002 (2002-05-19) | 9.10 | 63 | |
I Want to Believe | July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25) | — | — | |||
10 | 6 | January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) | February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) | 9.54 | 7 | |
11 | 10 | January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03) | March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) | 5.34 | 91 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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154 | 1 | "Treehouse of Horror VII" | Mike B. Anderson | Ken Keeler | October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) | 4F02 | 18.3 |
Dan Greaney | |||||||
David X. Cohen | |||||||
155 | 2 | "You Only Move Twice" | Mike B. Anderson | John Swartzwelder | November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) | 3F23 | 13.9 |
156 | 3 | "The Homer They Fall" | Mark Kirkland | Jonathan Collier | November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10) | 4F03 | 17.0 |
157 | 4 | "Burns, Baby Burns" | Jim Reardon | Ian Maxtone-Graham | November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17) | 4F05 | 12.6 |
158 | 5 | "Bart After Dark" | Dominic Polcino | Richard Appel | November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) | 4F06 | 14.1 |
159 | 6 | "A Milhouse Divided" | Steven Dean Moore | Steve Tompkins | December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01) | 4F04 | 12.8 |
160 | 7 | "Lisa's Date with Density" | Susie Dietter | Mike Scully | December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15) | 4F01 | 12.2 |
161 | 8 | "Hurricane Neddy" | Bob Anderson | Steve Young | December 29, 1996 (1996-12-29) | 4F07 | 14.36 |
162 | 9 | "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" | Jim Reardon | Ken Keeler | January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05) | 3F24 | 14.85 |
163 | 10 | "The Springfield Files" | Steven Dean Moore | Reid Harrison | January 12, 1997 (1997-01-12) | 3F25 3G01 | 20.41 |
164 | 11 | "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" | Chuck Sheetz | Jennifer Crittenden | January 19, 1997 (1997-01-19) | 4F08 | 13.98 |
165 | 12 | "Mountain of Madness" | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | February 2, 1997 (1997-02-02) | 4F10 | 17.49 |
166 | 13 | "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" | Chuck Sheetz | Al Jean & Mike Reiss | February 7, 1997 (1997-02-07) | 3F27 3G03 | 9.10 |
167 | 14 | "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" | Steven Dean Moore | David X. Cohen | February 9, 1997 (1997-02-09) | 4F12 | 15.67 |
168 | 15 | "Homer's Phobia" | Mike B. Anderson | Ron Hauge | February 16, 1997 (1997-02-16) | 4F11 | 15.26 |
169 | 16 | "Brother from Another Series" | Pete Michels | Ken Keeler | February 23, 1997 (1997-02-23) | 4F14 | 15.07 |
170 | 17 | "My Sister, My Sitter" | Jim Reardon | Dan Greaney | March 2, 1997 (1997-03-02) | 4F13 | 15.10 |
171 | 18 | "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" | Bob Anderson | John Swartzwelder | March 16, 1997 (1997-03-16) | 4F15 | 14.60 |
172 | 19 | "Grade School Confidential" | Susie Dietter | Rachel Pulido | April 6, 1997 (1997-04-06) | 4F09 | 13.27 |
173 | 20 | "The Canine Mutiny" | Dominic Polcino | Ron Hauge | April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13) | 4F16 | 13.25 7.9 (HH) |
174 | 21 | "The Old Man and the Lisa" | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20) | 4F17 | 13.97 |
175 | 22 | "In Marge We Trust" | Steven Dean Moore | Donick Cary | April 27, 1997 (1997-04-27) | 4F18 | 16.93 |
176 | 23 | "Homer's Enemy" | Jim Reardon | John Swartzwelder | May 4, 1997 (1997-05-04) | 4F19 | 11.80 |
177 | 24 | "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" | Neil Affleck | Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : David X. Cohen | May 11, 1997 (1997-05-11) | 4F20 | 11.57 |
Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : Dan Greaney | |||||||
Story by : Ken Keeler Teleplay by : Steve Tompkins | |||||||
178 | 25 | "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" | Mike B. Anderson | Richard Appel | May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18) | 4F21 | 12.69 |
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Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting," which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of earlier cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most television sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, Digital Light Processing (DLP), plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. LEDs are being gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have started increasingly producing smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s. (Full article...)
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"all things" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. Written and directed by lead actress Gillian Anderson, it first aired on April 9, 2000, on the Fox network. The episode is unconnected to the wider mythology of The X-Files and functions as a "Monster-of-the-Week" story. Watched by 12.18 million people, the initial broadcast had a Nielsen household rating of 7.1. The episode received mixed reviews from critics; many called the dialogue pretentious and criticized the characterization of Scully. However, viewer response was generally positive.
The series centers on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called "X-Files". Mulder is a believer in the paranormal. The skeptical Scully was initially assigned to debunk his work, but the two have developed a deep friendship. In this episode, a series of coincidences lead Scully to meet Dr. Daniel Waterston (Nicolas Surovy), a married man with whom she had an affair while at medical school. After Waterston slips into a coma, Scully puts aside her skepticism and seeks out alternative medicine to save Waterston.
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![Telefunken television, 1936](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Telefunken_1936.jpg/320px-Telefunken_1936.jpg)
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Early television model, from 1936, produced by Telefunken, Germany
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- ... that television production companies working in Bhadun, Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an extra for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
- ... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics, a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean, Cory Booker, and Chris Christie?
- ... that Milton Grant went from disc jockey and bandstand host to an owner of television stations?
- ... that Paul Dini was a writer for both the animated television series Batman: The Animated Series and the video game series Batman: Arkham?
- ... that after being wiped by the BBC, all four episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler were discovered in Nigeria in 1984?
- ... that due to her leftist beliefs, journalist Ana Amado was told not to come to work by her public television employer while her husband was on the death list of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance?
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Television is for appearing on, not looking at. |
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- ...that noitulovE, a cinema and television advertising campaign for Guinness draught stout, won more awards than any other commercial worldwide in 2006?
- ...that Molly Badham, co-founder of Twycross Zoo, trained the chimpanzees who appeared in the long-running Brooke Bond PG Tips television advertisements?
- ...that actress, writer and producer Michelle Paradise created the television series Exes and Ohs without an agent?
- ...that Tomorrow's Pioneers, a television program for children produced by Hamas, features a mascot similar to Mickey Mouse?
- ...that like the characters in his television series The Practice and Boston Legal, David E. Kelley worked as a lawyer in a Boston law firm?
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Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović, AM (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (/ˈbænə/), is an Australian actor. He began his career in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy drama The Castle (1997). He achieved further critical recognition for starring in the biographical crime film Chopper (2000), and as the titular character in Hulk (2003).
After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention for his performance in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001). He played Hector in the war epic Troy (2004), and took a leading role in Steven Spielberg's historical thriller Munich (2005). In 2009, he played the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek, which was a critical and commercial success. Bana continued to work steadily in the 2010s, portraying Lieutenant commander Erik S. Kristensen in Lone Survivor (2013), and playing police sergeant Ralph Sarchie in the horror film Deliver Us from Evil (2014). In 2018, Bana played the title role in a true crime miniseries, Dirty John. In 2020, he returned to Australia to star in outback thriller The Dry. (Full article...)General images
- Image 1LG Electronics smart TV from 2011 (from Smart TV)
- Image 3The Nipkow disk. This schematic shows the circular paths traced by the holes, which may also be square for greater precision. The area of the disk outlined in black shows the region scanned. (from History of television)
- Image 4An RCA Victor Color TV ad featuring milliner Lilly Daché in 1959. (from Color television)
- Image 5LG Smart TV using the Web browser (from Smart TV)
- Image 6Samsung's discontinued Orsay platform (from Smart TV)
- Image 7Philo Farnsworth in 1924 (from History of television)
- Image 8First television test broadcast transmitted by the NHK Broadcasting Technology Research Institute in May 1939 (from History of television)
- Image 9The Philco Predicta, 1958. In the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from History of television)
- Image 10An early Smart TV from 2012 running the discontinued Orsay platform (from History of television)
- Image 11Comparison of image quality between ISDB-T (1080i broadcast, top) and NTSC (480i transmission, bottom) (from Digital television)
- Image 12Color bars used in a test pattern, sometimes used when no program material is available (from History of television)
- Image 13RCA CT-100 at the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention playing Superman. The RCA CT-100 was the first mass-produced color TV set. (from Color television)
- Image 14DBS satellite dishes (from History of television)
- Image 18Smart TVs on display (from Smart TV)
- Image 19Ad for the beginning of experimental television broadcasting in New York City by RCA in 1939 (from History of television)
- Image 20RCA 630-TS, the first mass-produced television set, which sold in 1946–1947 (from History of television)
- Image 21This live image of actress Paddy Naismith was used to demonstrate Telechrome, John Logie Baird's first all-electronic color television system, which used two projection CRTs. The two-color image would be similar to the basic Telechrome system. (from Color television)
- Image 22The first mass-produced Czechoslovak TV-set Tesla 4001A (1953–57) (from History of television)
- Image 23Family watching TV, 1958 (from History of television)
- Image 24Baird in 1925 with his televisor equipment and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right) (from History of television)
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- Image 1The Bellflower Bunnies (French: La Famille Passiflore) is a children's animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales books by Geneviève Huriet, Amélie Sarn and Loïc Jouannigot. It debuted on TF1, a French television network, on 24 December 2001. Many French and Canadian companies have participated in the show's production over the years; TF1 has always been involved. The series is written by Valérie Baranski, and produced by Patricia Robert. Moran Caouissin directed the first season, and Eric Berthier did the last two.
The show centres on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette. (Full article...) - Image 2Holby City is a British medical drama television series that was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1999 and 29 March 2022. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the BBC medical drama Casualty, which is set in the emergency department of the fictional Holby City Hospital, based in the equally fictitious town of Holby. Young wanted to explore what happened to patients treated in Casualty once they were taken away to the hospital's surgical wards. He opined that Casualty limited itself to "accident of the week" storylines, while Holby City allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term care, rather than immediate life-and-death decisions.
Holby City has earned various awards and nominations, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its writing and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs), winning the Best Continuing Drama in the 2008 British Academy Television Awards — an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in for three years prior to winning and five years after winning. Despite being the most shortlisted Holby City actress, Amanda Mealing (who portrayed Connie Beauchamp) did not win any awards for her role. Jimmy Akingbola was the most acclaimed actor from the series, winning two awards for his role as Antoine Malick. Rebecca Wojciechowski and Peter Mattessi are the only members of the show's production team to win an accolade; they have each won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award. The serial has also been nominated for 32 awards at the National Television Awards, although it never won. (Full article...) - Image 3
The Voice is an American singing competition television series which premiered on NBC on April 26, 2011. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the series features several stages of competition to search for new vocal talent contested by aspiring singers, age 13 or over, drawn from public auditions. The show has four coaches who choose their favourite artists during the audition rounds, and guide their selected teams through the remainder of the season. The winner is subsequently determined by television viewers; the prizes include $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group. The Voice has been very successful since its premiere, drawing high ratings for the network and becoming one of the highest-rated shows in the country.
The Voice has been nominated for numerous awards, including forty Emmy Award nominations, winning six times, including three awards in the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program category and three awards for its lighting design. The Voice has additionally received nominations for six consecutive Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Reality Series (four wins), seven People's Choice Awards (four wins), four Television Critics Association Awards and six Teen Choice Awards (three wins for the series), among other awards. The series has received nominations for its diversity, including one GLAAD Media Award, two Imagen Awards, and three NAACP Image Awards. (Full article...) - Image 4Charlie Brooker is the series creator, and has received seven awards for his work on Black Mirror.
Black Mirror is a British science fiction anthology series created by Charlie Brooker. From 2011 to 2013, the first two series aired on British network Channel 4, as did the special "White Christmas" (2014); the following four series were released on the American streaming platform Netflix from 2016 to 2023. There are twenty-seven episodes in the show's first six series, and an additional interactive film Bandersnatch (2019). Inspired by The Twilight Zone, each episode of Black Mirror is standalone and explores the common theme of technology and its side-effects.
Black Mirror has received positive reception from critics and has been nominated for ninety-nine awards, winning twenty-nine of them. The most acclaimed episodes are "USS Callister", which won four Emmy Awards, and "San Junipero", which won two. Additionally, the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch won two Emmy Awards. As actors rarely appear in more than one episode, the only people to receive multiple awards for their work on the show are writer Charlie Brooker, who has won seven, and executive producer Annabel Jones, who has won four. The series has been nominated for seventeen British Academy Film Awards, winning two, and fifteen Emmy Awards, winning nine. (Full article...) - Image 5
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels. The story, set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, has several plot lines and a large ensemble cast. The first story arc follows a dynastic conflict among competing claimants for succession to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, with other noble families fighting for independence from the throne. The second covers attempts to reclaim the throne by the exiled last scion of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty; the third chronicles the threat of the impending winter and the legendary creatures and fierce peoples of the North.
The series, mostly written by Benioff and Weiss, has been nominated for many awards, including eight Golden Globe Awards (one win), ten Writers Guild of America Awards, eight Producers Guild of America Awards (one win), ten Directors Guild of America Awards (two wins), eight Art Directors Guild Awards (five wins), thirty-four Saturn Awards (six wins), fourteen Satellite Awards (three wins), and a Peabody Award (one win). The series has received 164 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including eight consecutive Outstanding Drama Series nominations, with a total of 59 wins. Game of Thrones received numerous nominations, with awards recognizing various aspects of the series such as directing, writing, cast, visual effects, or overall quality. (Full article...) - Image 6
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Miami Vice is an American police procedural television series which was broadcast for five seasons on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) between 1984 and 1990. Starring Philip Michael Thomas, Don Johnson, Edward James Olmos, Olivia Brown, Saundra Santiago, John Diehl and Michael Talbott, it focuses on the lives of two undercover Metro-Dade police officers, Ricardo Tubbs (Thomas) and James "Sonny" Crockett (Johnson). The series was created by Anthony Yerkovich, with Michael Mann and Dick Wolf serving as executive producers.
Since its debut, Miami Vice has received several award nominations, including twenty at the Emmy Awards, seven at the Golden Globe Awards, two People's Choice Awards and two Grammy Awards. Although lead actor Philip Michael Thomas coined the phrase "EGOT" for his ambitions to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards, only Johnson and Olmos won acting awards for their work on the series, while composer Jan Hammer earned two Grammy awards for his composition for the show's opening credits, "Miami Vice Theme". Of a total of thirty-three nominations earned by the series, it went on to win ten awards. (Full article...) - Image 8
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- Image 10The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the community of disabled sports. Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the disabled sportswomen adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen). Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months.
The inaugural winner of the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award at the 2005 ceremony was an American swimmer named Erin Popovich, who is affected by achondroplasia. She won seven gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. She is one of three people to have won the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award more than once, winning again at the 2009 awards. Fellow swimmer Jessica Long has the most victories of any other sportswoman, collecting the award four times at the 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2022 ESPY Awards, with one further nomination at the 2009 ESPY Awards, while cross-country skier Oksana Masters has been nominated the most times (eight) without winning. Swimmers have been successful at the awards with nine victories and 13 nominations, followed by paratriathles with three wins and nine nominations. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The incumbent holder is American paralympic swimmer Jessica Long after being announced as the winner at the 2022 ESPY Awards. (Full article...) - Image 11The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award) is presented as part of the ESPY Awards. It is named for the American tennis player Arthur Ashe. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". According to ESPN, the organization responsible for giving out the award, "recipients reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost". The award was presented as part of the ESPY Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles from 2008 to 2019. The 2020 ESPYs ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ashe Award being one of the few awards presented, and the 2021 ceremony was held in New York City.
The inaugural award, made at the 1993 ESPY Awards, was presented to the American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster Jim Valvano. In 1993, ESPN partnered with Valvano to create the V Foundation which presents the annual Jimmy V Award to "a deserving member of the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination." Suffering from cancer, Valvano gave the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage Award acceptance speech which "brought a howling, teary-eyed Madison Square Garden to its feet". Valvano died two months after receiving the award. Although the award is usually given to individuals, it has been presented to multiple recipients on seven occasions: former athletes on United Airlines Flight 93 (2002), Pat and Kevin Tillman (2003), Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren (2005), Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani (2006), Trevor Ringland and David Cullen (2007), and Tommie Smith, John Carlos (2008), and survivors of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal (2018). The accolade has been presented posthumously on five occasions. (Full article...) - Image 12The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male athlete from the world of action sports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2004 after the non-gender-specific Best Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was presented the previous two years (with American snowboarder Shaun White receiving the 2003 award). The Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award trophy, created by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, is presented to the male adjudged to be the best action sports athlete in a given calendar year. Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months.
The inaugural winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award at the 2004 awards was freestyle BMX rider Ryan Nyquist. During 1997 and 2003, Nyquist won eleven out of eighteen available freestyle BMX medals at the X Games. He became the first freestyle BMX rider to be nominated for, and thus the first to win, an ESPY Award. The 2006 winner of the Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award was Shaun White. He was nominated a further five consecutive times between the 2008 and 2012 ceremonies, all of which he won, making him the athlete with the most victories with six. The two other athletes to have earned successive awards are street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and motocross rider Ryan Dungey. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris became the first non-American to win the accolade in 2017 by earning three medals at that year's X Games in Minneapolis. Snowboarders are the most successful sportspeople with seven awards, followed by motocross riders, with four, and street skateboarders, with three. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent winner of the award was American Motocross and Supercross racer Eli Tomac in 2022. (Full article...) - Image 13Psych is an American comedy-drama television series which was broadcast from 2006 until 2014. Created by Steve Franks, the series aired on USA Network for eight seasons with a total of one-hundred and twenty one episodes. Psych stars James Roday, Dulé Hill, Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson, Kirsten Nelson, and Corbin Bernsen, with Roday and Hill earning award nominations for their respective roles.
Psych received awards from: the Independent Investigations Group, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the People's Choice Awards and the Imagen Foundation. The series also received nominations for several other awards, including four ALMA Awards, two Creative Arts Emmy Awards, eight Image Awards, one People's Choice Award, and one Satellite Award. In total, Psych received thirty-one award nominations in its eight-year tenure. The show has been recognized in terms of awards for its first episode, "Pilot"; its musical team; the series itself; and actor James Roday. Roday and Hill also lead in nominations, with nine. (Full article...) - Image 14
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(Full article...) - Image 15From left to right: ALMA Award-winning actor Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, and Primetime Emmy Award-winning executive producers Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and Bryan Burk
Lost is an American drama series that aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 until May 23, 2010. It was nominated for numerous awards, including 54 Primetime Emmy Awards (11 wins), 54 Saturn Awards (13 wins), 33 Teen Choice Awards, 17 TCA Awards (4 wins), 13 Golden Reel Awards (5 wins), 8 Satellite Awards (1 win), 7 Golden Globe Awards (1 win), 7 Writers Guild of America Awards (1 win), 6 Directors Guild of America Awards, 6 Producers Guild of America Awards (1 win), 4 People's Choice Awards, 2 BAFTA TV Awards, 2 NAACP Image Awards (1 win), and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards (1 win). Amongst the wins for the series are the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (1 win), Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama (1 win), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1 win), Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series (5 wins), TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama (3 wins), and Peabody Award (1 win).
The series has an ensemble cast and several different Lost actors have received acting award nominations. Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn are the only actors to win Primetime Emmy Awards. Matthew Fox has been nominated for 19 individual awards (winning three), the most of any cast member; Evangeline Lilly is second with 16 and Emerson is third with 13 (winning two). "Pilot" is the most nominated episode of the series, receiving nominations from fifteen different associations; the episode won eight awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards. The third season finale, "Through the Looking Glass", is the second most nominated episode with nine while "The End" received the most Primetime Emmy Award nominations with eight, winning one. (Full article...)
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