Creative Achievement Award Recipients

1965 Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) 1966 David Wolper 1967 Fred Friendly 1968 Ed Sullivan 1969 Rowan and Martin 1970 Walter Cronkite 1971 Roone Arledge 1972 Carroll O’Connor 1973 Mike Douglas 1974 Earl Hammer, Jr. 1975 Barbara Walters Award name changed to Person of the Year 1976 Dinah Shore 1977 Fred Silverman 1978 Jerry Lewis 1979 Bob Hope Award name changed to Award of the Year 1980 Carol Burnett 1981 Phil Donahue 1982 Lucille Ball 1983 Garry Marshall 1984 Johnny Carson 1985 Alan Alda 1986 Jackie Gleason

1987 Norman Lear 1988 Hanna & Barbera 1989 Merv Griffin 1990 Betty White Award name changed to Lifetime Achievement Award 1991 Dick Clark 1992 Andy Griffith 1993 Milton Berle 1994 Jim Henson (posthumously) 1995 Aaron Spelling 1996 Thomas S Murphy 1997 Carl Reiner 1998 Grant Tinker 1999 Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment Award name changed to Creative Achievement Award 2000 Merv Griffin 2001 No recipient named 2002 Dick Wolf 2003 No recipient named 2004 No recipient named