Emmy Awards Statuette Gets 75th Anniversary Treatment
variety.comCharna Flam The Emmy Awards statuette is getting a 75th anniversary makeover. The Television Academy confirmed that the Emmy trophy will receive a rare enhancement for the 75th annual ceremony this year.
The numbers “75” will be etched in to the base of the award that features a female figure with wings holding up a globe-like sphere.
The Academy noted that it drew inspiration for the move from Halley’s Comet, which returns into view every 75 years. “We were trying to find a way to honor the historic nature of the anniversary.
Emmy is all about celebrating excellence, and it has been for three quarters of a century,” said Maury McIntyre, president of the Television Academy. “Those standards really haven’t changed significantly regardless of what era the greatest medium on Earth has been in.
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