The Lifetime Achievement Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of the significant lifetime achievements of an individual in the American television industry. They are analogous to other awards based on cumulative achievement given out in the United States in the context of numerous career fields.
Winners who have been presented the Lifetime Achievement Emmy in the context of the News & Documentary Emmys, earning the citations due to their journalistic efforts, include Larry King, Ted Koppel, Andrea Mitchell, and Barbara Walters.[1]
Notable instances involving the award include how performer Fred Rogers, an actor known for works decided to children such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, stopped the regular chain of events at the 24th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1997 by successfully commanding the audience to give a moment of silence of commemorative thankfulness. Rogers additionally got a standing ovation before his comments, in which he told the crowd "may God be with you".[2]