John Aniston to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Daytime Emmys!

John Aniston to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Daytime Emmys! Learn more here--->>

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the dates, locations and Lifetime Achievement honorees for the 2022 Daytime, Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle, News & Documentary, and Children’s & Family Emmy® Award ceremonies. The Academy had previously announced Lifetime Achievement honorees in Sports and Technology & Engineering but had postponed the presentation of those honors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All NATAS events are scheduled to return to being in-person this year following virtual ceremonies in 2020 and 2021.



2022 will also see the launch of the Children’s & Family Emmy Award competition and ceremony — the first competition expansion since 1979 — as part of a previously announced realignment of the Daytime and Primetime Emmys. These moves recognize a marked increase in children’s & family programming and submissions and respond to changing viewer habits by prioritizing content genre over program scheduling.

The 2022 Lifetime Achievement honorees are:


Yvette Kanouff (Television Technology & Engineering) - A technology entrepreneur who has been involved in digital transformation worldwide for 25 years, Yvette Kanouff is an entrepreneur who has received numerous industry honors and awards throughout her career. In addition, she holds numerous patents and is an active participant in industry organizations, standards bodies, and leading industry technology efforts.




This Old House (Daytime Television) - The venerable home improvement series joins Sesame Street and 60 Minutes as the only programs — rather than individuals — to receive Lifetime Achievement awards from NATAS. Like its peers in receiving this honor, This Old House has defined its genre and has become a television mainstay over the course of its 43-year run.




John Aniston (Daytime Television) - John Aniston, who received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2017, has been a regular on the “Days of Our Lives” for more than 35 years, portraying the nefarious Victor Kiriakis. Throughout the years, he has also amassed a robust theater resume both on and off Broadway.




Sir David Attenborough (Documentary Television) - One of the world’s preeminent natural history documentarians, Sir David Attenborough is a multiple-time Emmy and BAFTA Award winner. Attenborough’s Life collection, created with the BBC’s Natural History Unit, is an unparalleled look into the plants and animals of our planet.




LeVar Burton (Children’s & Family Television) - The longtime literacy advocate and host of “Reading Rainbow,” who taught a generation about the joys of reading, has won more than 20 Emmy Awards. Burton currently hosts his own podcast, ‘LeVar Burton Reads,’ and has a YouTube Series ‘This Is My Story’ which highlights racism in America.




Lesley Visser (Sports Television) - Trailblazing sports journalist Lesley Visser, who is enshrined in six different halls of fame, is the most highly acclaimed female sportscaster of all time. She is the only sportscaster, male or female, to have worked on the network broadcasts of the Final Four, the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the Olympics, the World Series, the Triple Crown, the World Figure Skating Championship and the US Open Tennis.




Judy Woodruff (News Television) - A news and political journalist for more than five decades, Judy Woodruff is the anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour. She has served as Washington correspondent for NBC News and PBS and a senior correspondent for both CNN and PBS and reported on every national political convention and presidential campaign since 1976.





“We look forward to honoring this year’s unparalleled class of Lifetime Achievement honorees — each an icon in their craft — and couldn’t be more excited to award the first-ever Children’s & Family Emmys,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS. “After two years of virtual ceremonies, we’re overjoyed to once again be together, in-person, to celebrate the best of television.”