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The National Television Awards is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 network
Television network

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 and initiated in 1995. Although not widely held to be as prestigious as the British Academy Television Awards
British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs — or, to differentiate them from the British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards — are the most prestigious awards given in the United Kingdom television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States....
, the premier UK television acolades, the National Television Awards are probably the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. Because of the way the awards are decided, winners are not given the title "Best", but rather "Most Popular".






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The National Television Awards is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
 and initiated in 1995. Although not widely held to be as prestigious as the British Academy Television Awards
British Academy Television Awards

The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs — or, to differentiate them from the British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards — are the most prestigious awards given in the United Kingdom television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States....
, the premier UK television acolades, the National Television Awards are probably the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. Because of the way the awards are decided, winners are not given the title "Best", but rather "Most Popular". The ceremony is held annually in October, with the 2008 ceremony taking place on 29 October hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald

Sir Trevor McDonald Order of the British Empire is a Trinidad and Tobago-born United Kingdom News Reporter and Journalist. He is a news presenter with ITN, notable for having been the first black people news reader in the UK....
.

Categories at the 2006 Awards ceremony, which was held on the evening on October 31 were: Entertainment Presenter, TV Contender, Entertainment Programme, Reality Programme, Drama, Serial Drama (soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
), Newcomer, Actor, Actress, Quiz Programme, Daytime Programme, Comedy and Factual Programme. Viewers can vote for the shortlist of nominees from an initial longlist prepared by ITV, and then later can vote by text message, the official website
Website

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 and phone
Phone

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 for which of the nominees in each category should win. The awards ceremony, held at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, is shown in full by ITV. This is sometimes live, but has also been the evening after it takes place, by which time the results have usually been widely reported in the British media.

Unlike the BAFTAs and other similar awards ceremonies, the National Television Awards allow foreign programmes to be nominated, providing they have been screened on a British channel during the eligible time period. For example, American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 series Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
 was nominated in the 2005 Most Popular Drama category.

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  • Results of the National Television Awards
    Results of The National Television Awards

    The National Television Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald in the Royal Albert Hall in London. The awards are unique because the are completely voted for by the viewers....


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