2017 Hall of Fame: Joan Rivers

Watch as Yeardley Smith shares her journey to playing the brilliant 8-year-old, Lisa Simpson, for three decades on FOX's hit show The Simpsons, at a Television Academy event in 2017.

Watch as Terence Winter, Creator/Writer/EP of Boardwalk Empire, explains how he got an agent and his first writing gig in Hollywood at a Television Academy event in 2017.

Back in 2017, Tyler Perry spoke candidly with award-winning journalist Tamron Hall about how an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show kickstarted his career, how he stays motivated, and his advice for aspiring writers.

Watch Joan Rivers and Eddie Murphy delight the audience at the 35th Emmy Awards in this throwback from 1983.

Don Mischer inducts Seth MacFarlane into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Anne Sweeney inducts Geraldine Laybourne into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Jim Burrows inducts Jay Sandrich into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, accepted by his wife Linda Sandrich.

Shonda Rhimes inducts Cicely Tyson into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Kerry Washington inducts Robert A. Iger into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

22nd Hall of Fame Inductee Ron Howard introduces the 25th Hall of Fame Inductees.