Prolific Producer Greg Berlanti to Receive Governors Award at 2024 Emmys

The Tv Academy has introduced that producer Greg Berlanti would be the recipient of the Governors Award on the 2024 Primetime Emmys. The annual honor, meant for a person, firm or group that has made a profound, transformational and long-lasting contribution to the humanities and/or science of tv, is particularly in recognition of Berlanti’s sizable influence on tv, tradition, and illustration for underrepresented communities in iconic initiatives like “Dawson’s Creek,” “Riverdale,” “All American,” “The Flight Attendant,” and “You.”

The prolific creator, author and/or govt producer of over 45 tv exhibits will obtain his Emmy statuette throughout the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 15, on the Peacock Theater at L.A. Dwell.

“Greg is a unprecedented creator, who persistently delivers characters and tales which might be in dialogue with the actual world,” stated Tv Academy Chair Cris Abrego through assertion. “From the start of his profession, his dedication to representing three-dimensional LGBTQ+ characters specifically has paved the way in which for larger cultural understanding and acceptance of a group that’s typically below assault in each social and political discourse. For seizing the ability of tv to maneuver our tradition ahead, the Academy is honored to pick out Greg Berlanti for this 12 months’s Governors Award.”

“I’m past grateful to be receiving this overwhelming and humbling honor from the Board of Governors and the Tv Academy. Each minute on this enterprise has been the best present that I’m eternally grateful for,” stated Berlanti in response to information of the award. “Will probably be good to have a possibility to thank all of the household, pals, showrunners, execs, forged, crews and audiences which have made an honor like this doable.”

Earlier recipients of the Governors Award, which was first introduced in 1978, embrace LGBTQ+ media advocacy group GLAAD, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Debbie Allen, Tyler Perry, “Star Trek,” “American Idol,” William S. Paley, Hallmark Playing cards Inc., “Masterpiece Theater,” Comedian Reduction, and PBS.

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, produced by Jesse Collins Leisure, will broadcast reside on ABC from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Dwell on Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and stream the following day on Hulu.