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Article: Promoting excellence: through awards, scholarships and other services, the National Academy keeps the bar high. (A Special Advertising Supplement).(National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 14, 2003
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences traces its history to 1955, when a group of broadcasters, led by famed variety show host Ed Sullivan, began meeting. Their aim: to be sure the developing TV medium maintained a high level of excellence in what it put on the air.
The Committee of 100, as the group became known, included a number of well-known industry figures: CBS News vice president Edward R. Murrow, CBS correspondent Walter Cronkite, actor Carl Reiner and game show producer Mark Goodson. After two years, the committee changed its name to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and launched officially, with 3,000 members. Sullivan ...