Ryan Murphy to Receive Third Annual Norman Lear Award at Variety Showrunners Breakfast
Variety‘s annual Showrunners Breakfast will return on August 14, featuring two spotlight conversations with a curated group of this year’s Emmy-nominated...
Key points
- Variety‘s annual Showrunners Breakfast will return on August 14, featuring two spotlight conversations with a curated group of this year’s Emmy-nominated showrunners, plus the Norman Lear Creative Conscious Award presentation to Ryan Murphy.
- Murphy will receive the award in recognition of a body of work that embodies Lear’s enduring legacy of creativity, visionary storytelling and social impact.
- Lear himself was the first honoree in 2019, when he received the predecessor prize, the Variety Creative Conscience Award, making it fitting for Variety to rename the award in his honor.
- “Norman Lear’s legacy will forever live on via his landmark body of work, as well as through the generations of writers and showrunners whom he inspired,” said Variety Features Director Emily Longeretta.
What happened
Variety‘s annual Showrunners Breakfast will return on August 14, featuring two spotlight conversations with a curated group of this year’s Emmy-nominated showrunners, plus the Norman Lear Creative Conscious Award presentation to Ryan Murphy. Murphy will receive the award in recognition of a body of work that embodies Lear’s enduring legacy of creativity, visionary storytelling and social impact. Lear himself was the first honoree in 2019, when he received the predecessor prize, the Variety Creative Conscience Award, making it fitting for Variety to rename the award in his honor. “Norman Lear’s legacy will forever live on via his landmark body of work, as well as through the generations of writers and showrunners whom he inspired,” said Variety Features Director Emily Longeretta. A driving force across multiple genres, we are so thrilled to present Ryan Murphy with the Norman Lear Award.” Popular on Variety The two spotlight conversations and participants will be announced shortly. “The Variety Showrunners Breakfast is a celebration of television storytelling among peers whose vision continues to define the medium and create culture,” said Donna Pennestri, Associate Publisher,...