American Idol receives honorary Emmy for ‘Idol Gives Back’

August 08th, 2007 | Category: American Idol

I may have been a tad bit cynical about American Idol’s big fundraiser show, Idol Gives Back, but the folks at the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences were clearly impressed. The Academy is giving American Idol its very first Emmy — a special Governors Award — for

“harnessing the capability of television to educate and inform viewers.”

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said, “I’m really pleased that the Academy recognized the fact that that was more than a TV show.”

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Original post by Liz Finn-Arnold

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