Golden Bell Awards


The Golden Bell Awards is an annual Taiwanese television production award presented in October or November each year by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, a division of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. It is the first television production award in Chinese circulation, founded in 1965, and Taiwan's equivalent to the Emmy Awards. It is also one of the three major annual awards presented in Taiwan, along with the Golden Melody Awards for music and the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for movies and films. The awards were presented by the Government Information Office until 2011.
Currently, there are two main streams presented at separate ceremonies: Television Golden Bell Awards and Broadcast Golden Bell Awards.

History

When they began the awards only focused on news programs, music shows and advertisements. After five years, however, television programs were also included. The first iterations of the Golden Bell Awards had awards for "Programs Targeting the Mainland."

Timeline

Some argued that nine people voting for the Golden Bell Awards is unfair and biased as they believe that it is a subjective choice made by the judges. Some judges were also questioned by the general public for not being professionals of the television industry.

Award categories

Television Broadcasting Golden Bell Awards

Programme Awards

Programme Awards

1st-5th Golden Bell Awards
6th-14th Golden Bell Awards
15th-24th Golden Bell Awards
25th-34th Golden Bell Awards
Minguo YearCeremonyDateVenueOfficial Broadcaster
541st Golden Bell Awards10 July 1965Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
552nd Golden Bell Awards26 March 1966Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
563rd Golden Bell Awards26 March 1967Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
574th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1968Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
585th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1969Taichung Shih, Taichung, Taiwan
596th Golden Bell Awards25 March 1970Unite hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
607th Golden Bell Awards25 March 1971Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
618th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1972The Ambassador Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
629th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1973Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6310th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1974Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6411th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1975Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6512th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1976Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6613th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1977Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6714th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1978Armed Forces Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6915th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1980Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
7016th Golden Bell Awards16 May 1981Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
7117th Golden Bell Awards13 March 1982Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
7218th Golden Bell Awards23 March 1983Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
7319th Golden Bell Awards18 March 1984Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
7420th Golden Bell Awards24 March 1985Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
7521st Golden Bell Awards22 March 1986Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
7622nd Golden Bell Awards21 March 1987Cultural Center, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
7723rd Golden Bell Awards19 March 1988National Theater, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
7824th Golden Bell Awards9 April 1989National Theater, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
7925th Golden Bell Awards14 April 1990Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
8026th Golden Bell Awards27 April 1991Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
8127th Golden Bell Awards11 July 1992Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
8228th Golden Bell Awards20 March 1993Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
8329th Golden Bell Awards26 March 1994Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
8430th Golden Bell Awards25 March 1995Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
8531st Golden Bell Awards25 March 1996Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
8632nd Golden Bell Awards26 March 1997Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
8733rd Golden Bell Awards25 March 1998Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
8834th Golden Bell Awards31 March 1999Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanFormosa Television
8935th Golden Bell Awards6 October 2000Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanFormosa Television
9036th Golden Bell Awards28 September 2001Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
9137th Golden Bell Awards4 October 2002Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
9238th Golden Bell Awards5 November 2003Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanEastern Television
9339th Golden Bell Awards26 November 2004Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanEastern Television
9440th Golden Bell Awards12 November 2005New Taipei Multi Purpose Hall, New Taipei, TaiwanEastern Television
9541st Golden Bell Awards20 December 2006Kaohsiung Municipal Social Education Centre, Kaohsiung, TaiwanAzio TV
9642nd Golden Bell Awards10 November 2007Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanAzio TV
9743rd Golden Bell Awards31 October 2008Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanAzio TV
9844th Golden Bell Awards16 October 2009Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
9945th Golden Bell Awards22 October 2010Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan Television
10046th Golden Bell Awards21 October 2011Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
10147th Golden Bell Awards26 October 2012Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChinese Television System
10248th Golden Bell Awards25 October 2013Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
10349th Golden Bell Awards25 October 2014Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
10450th Golden Bell Awards26 September 2015Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanChina Television
10551st Golden Bell Awards8 October 2016Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanSanlih E-Television
10652nd Golden Bell Awards30 September 2017Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanSanlih E-Television
10753rd Golden Bell Awards6 October 2018Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanSanlih E-Television
10854th Golden Bell Awards5 October 2019Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, TaiwanSanlih E-Television
10955th Golden Bell Awards26 September 2020Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan