The Emmy Awards are not just a night when a select few get celebrated onstage for their individual achievements in television. They are also an opportunity for the entire television industry to reflect on the past year. And that’s the mission that drives Cheryl Cecchetto, who has produced the Governors Ball, the celebration that follows the awards show, for the past two decades.
Cecchetto and her team at Sequoia Prods. try to outdo themselves every year with every element of which they are in charge, from color schemes and art installations to performances and table settings.
“When I first started, it was tablecloths and flowers and some chandeliers,” Cecchetto says of the progression from working on the 50th Primetime Emmys to this year’s 69th. “But now it is a massive production. It’s ‘Game of Thrones’ in New Zealand, but we have one take, and we don’t edit because it’s live,” she...
Cecchetto and her team at Sequoia Prods. try to outdo themselves every year with every element of which they are in charge, from color schemes and art installations to performances and table settings.
“When I first started, it was tablecloths and flowers and some chandeliers,” Cecchetto says of the progression from working on the 50th Primetime Emmys to this year’s 69th. “But now it is a massive production. It’s ‘Game of Thrones’ in New Zealand, but we have one take, and we don’t edit because it’s live,” she...
- 8/24/2017
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety - TV News
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