``25Th Annual People's Choice Awards,'' First Awards Show of the Year, to be Telecast Sunday, Jan. 10, 1999, Over CBS Television Network.PASADENA, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1998-- Walter C. Miller , Exec Producer; Louis J. Horvitz, Director of PCA's Silver Anniversary Special; Three Special All-Time Favorite Categories to be Included The "25th Annual People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. " will once again be the first televised awards program of the year as it honors people's favorites in 18 categories of television, feature films and music. The program will be telecast for the first time from the famed Pasadena Civic Auditorium Civic Auditorium is a name commonly used for a city's auditorium and/or arena. Canada
Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. . The People's Choice Awards are voted by a special nationwide poll conducted by The Gallup Organization. In celebration of the awards' Silver Anniversary, three special People's Choice Awards will be included and highlighted this year. They are All Time Favorite Movie Star, All Time Favorite Television Star and All Time Favorite Musical Performer. Gallup voters will select the top five in each of the three special categories with the final vote of these three categories only to be determined by Internet voting. Online voting can be accessed via the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. website, cbs.com. In an unprecedented partnership, CBS.com and Excite, a leading online service, will build a People's Choice Awards website that will include an online voting booth, interactive games, polls, celebrity chats and interviews, multimedia show information and a sweepstakes. Unlike other major entertainment award specials based on nominations from peer-group associations or industry insiders, the "People's Choice Awards" favorites are chosen by The Gallup Organization using a representative sampling of more than 211 million Americans who select their favorite actors and actresses, television shows, singers and movies. No names of entries or nominees are given; pollees can vote for any TV show, motion picture or performer they choose. A listing of the top vote getters in each category will be announced in the near future as will news of this year's host(s) and presenters. The program, announcing the top favorite in each category on Jan. 10, will be before an invited black-tie audience of approximately 2,500 including top television, film and music stars and hundreds of fans. The People's Choice Awards traditional post-telecast party will be held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . Veteran producer-director Walter C. Miller, who has garnered multiple Emmy, Peabody and Directors Guild Awards for many live productions through the years, has been announced as Executive Producer for the second successive year. Miller has served as producer-director of the Country Music Awards for 28 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Tony and Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. for 10 years each, Comic Relief comic relief n. A humorous or farcical interlude in a serious literary work or drama, especially a tragedy, intended to relieve the dramatic tension or heighten the emotional impact by means of contrast. for 10 years and the Primetime Emmys for three years. In addition he has performed producing and/or directing duties for such other varied live programs as the Presidential Inaugural Gala, Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration, the Daytime Emmys and the American Comedy Awards The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually since 1987 to honor performances and performers in the field of comedy. The last ACA ceremony was held in 2001 under the control of the cable network Comedy Central. . The People's Choice Awards will once again be directed by two-time Emmy-Award winning director Louis J. Horvitz. Veteran Hollywood columnist Army Archerd Armand "Army" Archerd (b. January 13, 1922 in Bronx, NY) was a gossip columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his "Just for Variety" column in September 2005. , who has been with the special since its inception, will again be associate producer. Supervising Producer is John Potter. The "People's Choice Awards" is fully sponsored by products of Procter & Gamble, which is represented by TeleVest, supervisors of the broadcast. |
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