Emmy U.S.
(ˈɛmɪ)
[Said to be an alteration of Immy, f. image orthicon + -y suffix6.]
A statuette awarded to an outstanding television programme or performer by the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
| 1949 Life 28 Mar. 95/2 Grant-Realm Television Productions..won television's equivalent of an Oscar—the first Emmy. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Jan. B 9/2 Members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences..announced nominations for..the awards, called ‘Emmies’. 1959 Oxford Mail 7 May 1/2 Fred Astaire, now 60, received nine U.S. television ‘Emmy’ awards..in a presentation in which the big awards went to old timers. |