Docuseries about Xbox history wins American television award
The documentary series Power On: The Story of Xbox has won a Daytime Emmy. The jury of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences found the documentary to be the best in the category outstanding single camera editing.
The documentary series had its premiere in December of last year and is spread over six parts. The series is mainly about Microsoft’s first game console, but the Red Ring of Death of the Xbox 360 is also discussed, for example. ‘Peripheral matters’ such as games and controllers are also discussed, specifically the creation of classics such as the Halo, Gears of War and Forza series, and the Duke controller ‘which required gorilla hands’.
The ceremony was held on Saturday evening in the US, writes Variety, among others. In addition to a Daytime Emmy for the editing work, the docuseries was also nominated in the category of outstanding arts and popular culture program. The winner in that category was First Film, from Netflix.
The production company behind the docuseries, Ten100TV, previously received an Emmy Award for their work on the sports program Red Bull Air Race World Series. They explain further on their website what it was like to work on the docuseries and how the pandemic impacted production, for example.
In previous years, the major difference between the Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards was simply the part of the day in which the programming was broadcast. It goes without saying that the best programming of, say, a television channel is saved for primetime, or the evening hours, and that’s why it was covered by the Emmys. Due to the current popularity of non-linear television, the time of ‘broadcast’ has become a smaller factor, and therefore programs from this edition onwards are divided between the two Emmy variants based on theme, format and style rather than time.
The organizations behind the two Emmys normally put images of the award ceremonies online, but always do this later. Moreover, not all winners have been announced yet; the second half of the categories will follow next Friday. In terms of appearance, the regular and Daytime Emmys Emmy statues are identical.
All six parts of the docuseries are on YouTube and other places free to view