TELEVISION ACADEMY PRESENTS 10 YEARS AFTER “THE PRIME TIME CLOSET

Oct 24, 2013
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– A HISTORY OF GAYS AND LESBIANS ON TV”

WHO:              Panelists include Dan Bucatinsky (Emmy® winner for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, “Scandal”), Paul Colichman (CEO of Here Media), Laverne Cox (“Orange is the New Black”), Wilson Cruz (Actor and GLAAD’s National Spokesperson), Christy Dees (VP Development, Bravo Networks), Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “The New Normal”), Sherri Saum (“The Fosters”) and Amber Tamblyn (“Two and a Half Men”), along with the author of The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV and moderator for the evening, Stephen Tropiano.

WHAT:           The Television Academy presents “10 Years After “The Prime Time Closet – A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV.”” The focus of the evening is to celebrate the monumental strides the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Identified Community has achieved since the publication of historian Stephen Tropiano’s 2002 book, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV.

The event will be produced by Diversity Committee Chair and Children’s Programming Peer Group Governor Daniel Evans III and Diversity Committee Member and Casting Directors Peer Group Governor Howard Meltzer.

WHEN:           Monday, October 28, 2013
Media Check-in: 5:30pm
Arrivals: 6:00pm
Program: 7:30pm

WHERE:         Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre
5220 Lankershim Blvd.
NoHo Arts District, CA 91601

MORE:           For more information, please visit Emmys.com. Follow the Television Academy on Twitter @primetimeemmys and Facebook at facebook.com/primetimeemmys.

CONTACT:    For more information about this event, please contact Brian Rubin at PMK•BNC at brian.rubin@pmkbnc.com or (310) 854-4800.

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