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It’s official: “The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” will be broadcast live on Pop on Sunday, April 26 from 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT from the historic Warner Bros. Studios lot on Stage 16, it was announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards show, which will share space previously utilized by such iconic films as “Casablanca,” “Jurassic Park” and “Ghostbusters,” will be executive produced by Michael Levitt and his Michael Levitt Productions banner. Credited for creating the “TV Land Awards,” Levitt has previously produced “The Billboard Music Awards,” “The Producers Guild Awards” and the “Young Hollywood Awards,” along with several other award shows, music specials, reality shows, live events, non-fiction informational series and reunion specials.

The governing Board of Trustees of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) earlier this week announced the election of Charles (Chuck) L. Dages as its new Chairman of the Board. Dages was previously Executive Vice President, Emerging Technology, for Warner Bros., a position he held for nearly twenty years. As part of his job at NATAS, Dages will work in conjunction with the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees on all major programming, sponsorship and marketing of the non-profit organization and securing its mandate of recognizing excellence in the television and media industry.