2017 Television Academy Honors: Speechless

The 14th Television Academy Honors were presented on September 3, 2021.

Celebrate this year's Television Academy Honors recipients, all of whom harnessed the power of television to influence hearts and minds and drive positive social change. In this one-hour special you'll meet the producers and the stars, find out what inspired them, and what makes these programs so powerful.

Seven programs will be recognized for using television to inspire social change.

The 13th Television Academy Honors were presented on September 8, 2020.

Executive producer and showrunner, Damon Lindelof, along with actress, Regina King, accept the award for Watchmen.

Co-creator, writer and host, Hasan Minhaj, accepts the award for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.

Director, Erin Lee Carr, accepts the award for At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal.

Showrunner, Anthony Sparks, accepts the award for Queen Sugar.

Writer and director, Richard Rowley, accepts the award for 16 Shots.

Executive producer, writer and director, Susannah Grant, accepts the Television Academy Honor award for Unbelievable.

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.