36th International Emmy Awards


The 36th International Emmy Awards took place on November 24, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, United States and hosted by American actor Roger Bart.
The winners were announced from among 40 nominees from 16 countries competing for International Emmys, honouring excellence in TV programming produced outside the United States, in 10 categories.

Ceremony

The nominees for the 36th International Emmy Awards were announced by International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in October 13, 2008, at a press conference at MIPCOM in Cannes.
40 TV shows of 16 country competed for the award in 10 categories. The United Kingdom topped the list with eight nominations, followed by Brazil, Argentina and Japan, China and Denmark, Jordan and Peru. The nominees were selected along six months, by 600 Academy members representing 50 countries.
In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy Awards for programming, the Academy paid tribute Dick Wolf with the International Emmy Founders Award, and Liu Changle, Chairman and chief executive officer of Phoenix Television with the International Emmy Directorate Award.

Presenters

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards.
NameRole
Roger BartHost from 36th annual International Emmy Awards
Kerry O'MalleyPresenter of the award for Arts Programming
Judith LightPresenter of the award for Best Actor
Lance ReddickPresenter of the award for Best Actress
John WatersPresenter of the award for Best Comedy Series
Andrea RothPresenter of the award for Best Documentary
Kelly RutherfordPresenters of the award for Best Drama Series
Marcus Schenkenberg
Malu Mader
Presenters of the award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment
Heather TomPresenter of the award for Children & Young People Series
Willie Garson
Cecilia Suárez
Presenters of the award for Best Telenovela
Paul BlackthornePresenter of the award for Best TV movie or Mini-Series
Dann Florek
Sam Waterston
Tamara Tunie
Michaela McManus
Linus Roache
Presenters of the award for Emmy Founders Award
Elaine ChaoPresenter of the award for Emmy Directorate Award

Winners

Most major nominations

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