The
official website of
Jeopardy! posted a neat announcement today, an excerpt of which is below:
New York -- March 21, 2011 -- The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced that the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to game show hosts Pat Sajak of
Wheel of Fortune and Alex Trebek of
Jeopardy!. The Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on June 19th, 2011 on the CBS Television Network.
Sajak has been hosting
Wheel since 1981 and the syndicated version since 1983. Trebek has been the quizmaster of
Jeopardy! since 1984. Both programs still rank as the #1 and #2 nationally syndicated programs.