Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy is the winner of 18 Emmy Awards for her reporting and anchor work in her hometown of New York City. The daughter of Irish immigrants who settled in Queens, Mary Murphy has spent her entire, 30-year career in NYC. By the age of 13, Mary knew...

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Magee Hickey

Magee Hickey is known for her bright red hair, her warmth and her bubbly personality. This Emmy Award-winning reporter has covered most of the big stories in the tri-state area in the past 25 years and she is thrilled to be one of the newest members of...

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PIX11 NOMINATED FOR 33 EMMY AWARDS

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Marvin Scott

The recipient of seven prestigious Emmy awards for journalistic achievement, Marvin Scott has done it all. Since joining WPIX in 1980, he has served in multiple capacities as anchor, reporter, host and producer. Scott is currently the station's Senior...

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Howard Thompson

Every week viewers who feel they have suffered injustices or been wronged contact Howard Thompson for assistance. Since its inception in 1995, "Help Me Howard" has aided hundreds of viewers who have benefited from Howard's intervention. Born in...

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WPIX Nominated For 23 Emmy Awards

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Daytime Emmy Awards Coming To The CW Network

Often snubbed for a Daytime Emmy in the past, Susan Lucci has been jilted as a nominee this year. Missing along with the "All My Children" veteran is " The View," overlooked as a best talk nominee, though that ABC show's five panelists ( Whoopi Goldberg,...

Tags: All My Children (tv program), Anthony Geary, Los Angeles, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Drama (genre)

Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control

Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96. Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in...

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Eugene Polley, 1915-2012

Television watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence. Eugene Polley, 96, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, died of natural causes Sunday, May 20, at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove,...

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Dick Clark Dies at 82

FOX 17 Producer

Famed TV producer and "New Year's Rockin' Eve" host, Dick Clark, has died at the age of 82. According to TMZ.com, Clark reportedly passed away after suffering a massive heart attack this morning. The TV icon had entered St. John's Hospital in Santa...

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Dick Clark: An indelible impact on American pop music

Southern California Close-Ups: San Fernando Valley

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

First published on April 24, 2011. Revised and expanded in January 2012. The San Fernando Valley is 260 square miles of suburbia. Actually, make that suburbia on nutritional supplements. And antidepressants. With perhaps a little cosmetic surgery south...

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