Seventh Annual 'TV Land Awards' to Tape on Sunday, April 19th
SPECIAL TO AIR SUNDAY, APRIL 26th AT 9 p.m. ET/PT IN TV LAND PRIME
Gibson Amphitheatre to Serve as New Venue for Award Show
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 -- TV Land announced today that the seventh
annual "TV Land Awards" will be taped at a new venue, The Gibson Amphitheatre
at Universal Studios on Sunday, April 19th. Last year's TV Land Awards was
taped at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. The telecast premieres in TV
Land PRIME on Sunday, April 26th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Online registration for
media credentials is available at www.tvlandpress.com.
"The TV Land Award Show has become one of the must-see shows in Hollywood
so we decided to supersize the venue to accommodate the growing demand for
tickets," stated Sal Maniaci, Senior Vice President, Development and Original
Programming, TV Land. "We are thrilled that the Gibson Amphitheatre will
serve as the home of this year's show because the Universal Studio lot is the
backdrop for so many iconic television shows and movies from the past and
present -- precisely the type of rich entertainment we honor each year."
Throughout the ninety minute telecast, TV Land will honor legendary
artists from both television and movies, feature exhilarating music as well as
never-before-seen reunions of some of the most iconic celebrity casts from TV
and movies, and of course, the fan favorite -- the perennial TV Land Awards
parody that always highlights the year's pop culture moments .
Online press registration for the award show is open now and is accessible
at www.tvlandpress.com (click the TV Land Awards icon at the bottom of the
home page).
Michael Levitt ("Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List", "Billboard Music
Awards", "Scream Awards") is executive producer, Emmy Award-winning Jeff
Margolis is director ("Academy Awards," "American Music Awards," "Screen
Actors Guild Awards"), Greg Sills serves as supervising producer ("VH1 Rock
Honors," "The Teen Choice Awards," "Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards") and TV
Land's Sal Maniaci and Larry W. Jones are executive producers.
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network's original programming, contemporary television series acquisitions
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