The TV Land Icon Awards was an

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awards ceremony that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with the

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. Created by Executive Producer Michael Levitt, the awards were hosted and broadcast by the

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network from 2003–2012 and then returned to the air in 2015 and 2016. No TV Land awards show was scheduled for the spring of 2017, there has been no word since on whether the Awards will ever return. Awards are given in various categories (which change slightly from year to year) and originally included awards voted on by visitors to TV Land's website; they are given to both individual actors/actresses and to entire

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. The TV Land Award statuettes are made by New York firm,

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. In March 2013,

announced that there would be no TV Land Awards for that year. A network spokesman said, "We love the TV Land Awards and think there is great value in the franchise, but we will not be producing the show this spring.” After skipping 2014 as well, the Awards returned on April 18, 2015. For the 2016 ceremony, the awards were renamed the "TV Land Icon Awards". The annual ceremony hasn't been staged since the spring of 2016.

Hosts

Recipients

The following table summarizes the recipients of TV Land's "Discretionary Awards", which do not include any of the awards voted on by viewers (which are generally awarded to actors/actresses or characters).

References

External links

Official TV Land Awards
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