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    Television Academy Honors to be presented in reimagined streaming show format narrated by Issa Rae

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    Michaela Coel in a scene from "I May Destroy You" (photo by Natalie Seery/courtesy of HBO)
    NOHO ARTS DISTRICT, Calif. --

    The Television Academy announced today that the 14th Television Academy Honors will be presented in a one-hour special program narrated by Issa Rae, streaming Friday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT on TelevisionAcademy.com.

    The virtual Honors recognition ceremony has a fresh new format this season that more effectively explores the concept and creation of the winning programs and the impact they have had on television viewers. Rae will narrate the one-hour, documentary-style special featuring the seven exceptional television programs announced earlier this year that are impacting society through thoughtful, powerful and innovative storytelling. Producers and talent representing all of this year’s honored programs provide a unique look at what inspired their work and their thoughts on television’s ability to spark positive social change.

    The Television Academy Honors annually celebrates programs across numerous platforms and genres that elevate complex issues facing society. This year’s honorees used their talents to produce compelling programs, in both fictional and nonfictional works, to address the U.S. criminal justice system, climate change, sexual assault, immigration, race relations, the impact of social networking and LGBTQ+ persecution. They are: For Life (ABC), I Am Greta (Hulu), I May Destroy You (HBO), Little America (Apple TV+), The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central), The Social Dilemma (Netflix) and Welcome to Chechnya (HBO).

    Rae, nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, is an American actress, writer, producer and web-series creator. Rae first garnered attention for her award-winning web series and the accompanying New York Times best-seller, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” She created and stars in the hit HBO show, Insecure, for which she has received multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominations. Rae made her film debut in the acclaimed drama The Hate U Give. In 2020 she starred in Netflix’s The Lovebirds, a romantic comedy, and the HBO political-satire drama Coastal Elites.

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    Guillermo del Toro and Aaron Sorkin receive honorary degrees at AFI Conservatory commencement

    Friday, August 7, 2026
    Aaron Sorkin (l) and Guillermo del Toro receive honorary AFI Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees during the AFI Conservatory's Class of 2026 commencement ceremony on Friday (8/7) at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood (photo courtesy of AFI)

    The American Film Institute (AFI) conferred Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon Academy Award®- and Emmy®-winning screenwriter, director and producer Guillermo del Toro and Academy Award®- and Emmy®-winning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin during the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2026 commencement ceremony on Friday (8/7) at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

    Del Toro was introduced on stage by Academy Award®-winning actress and producer Octavia Spencer and Sorkin was introduced by Emmy®-winning actor and producer Bradley Whitford. The commencement celebrated the AFI Fellows’ completion of two years of concentrated study in AFI’s MFA program. The 128 graduating filmmakers specialized in one of six disciplines--Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design or Screenwriting--and collectively created 141 short films, roughly the equivalent of 19 feature films during their two years at AFI. The class comprises 52% female filmmakers, 37% domestic Fellows of color and 44% international filmmakers.

    Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO, opened the ceremony by welcoming the graduating Fellows and their friends and families.

    In accepting his AFI Honorary Degree, del Toro remarked, “Tell stories that matter to you. But more importantly, tell the stories that do not matter to anyone else. Those are the stories that need you. Those are the stories that would not exist if it wasn’t for you.”

    Sorkin, in accepting his AFI Honorary Degree, shared with the graduating class, “Develop your own compass and trust it and, remember, the first person through a wall always gets hurt. Remember that you’re a citizen of this world and that... Read More

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