The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Governors Kate Linder and David Michaels along with the Daytime Programming Peer Group Executive Committee hosted a cocktail reception honoring the nominees for the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards and the nominees for Outstanding Animation for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

The event took place at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, which had been transformed into a comfortable indoor/outdoor summer-themed lounge area. Traditionally, the Daytime celebration and Primetime Animation party are separate, but I loved that they combined the event.  It was great to see familiar faces and friends who are still working in Daytime on both “Days of Our Lives” and “The Young and The Restless“, not to mention all the wonderful cast and crew members from “Robot Chicken” and other friends in the Animation peer group that attended.  Congratulations and good luck to David Millbern, it’s his first nomination as one of the producers on  “The Ribbon of Hope Celebration“, which was nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Special category.

The Daytime Emmy Awards will air on the CW network on August 30^th.  The Primetime Emmy Awards will air on Sunday, September 20^th, on CBS.

Tags: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, ATAS / TV Academy Events