The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a Television Production Award, similar in nature to the Peabody Award but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to The Academy Award for film, The Grammy Award for music and The Tony Award for stage.
They are presented in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment programming, news and documentary shows, and sports programming. As such, the awards are presented in various area specific ceremonies held annually throughout the year. The best known of these ceremonies are the Primetime Emmy Awards honoring excellence in American Primetime television programming (excluding sports) and the Daytime Emmy Awards honoring excellence in American Daytime televison programming.