Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocassette release) is a 1977 children's animated Halloween television special and is a prequel to the 1966 television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! It premiered on ABC on October 28, 1977. The original voice actor for The Grinch , Boris Karloff , by then deceased, was replaced by Hans Conried , though Thurl Ravenscroft , who sang on the original special, again provided singing vocals. The songs and score were written by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo .
13-575: The special won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program . On Halloween in Whoville , a huge storm blows and a chain of events causes the Gree-Grumps and Hakken-Krakks to arouse the Grinch into descending to Whoville in his paraphernalia wagon and wreaking havoc in the town on "Grinch Night". All of Whoville dreads the smell of the wind as an omen , and everyone retreats to their home as
26-455: Is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry". Headquartered in New York City , NATAS membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country. It was also known as
39-759: The National Television Academy until 2007. NATAS distributes several groups of Emmy Awards , including those for daytime, sports, and news and documentary programming. One of its past presidents, Don DeFore , was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955. Other past presidents include Diana Muldaur, John Cannon, Peter Price, Frank Radice and Bob Mauro. NATAS distributes several US national level groups of Emmy Awards, including: 19 Regional NATAS chapters organize award ceremonies of their own, awarding Emmy statues similar to those given out at
52-529: The Cat in the Hat . Both extras were remastered in high definition for this release. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children%27s Program The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program was presented to television programming aimed towards children in any format. Series, specials and non-fiction programming were all eligible for the award. Prior to 1974, both daytime and primetime programming
65-468: The Grinch in order to save Whoville. Catching up to the Grinch's wagon, the irritated Grinch decides to give Euchariah the "spook's tour", and Euchariah is drawn in to a surreal nightmare with spooks and monsters in all directions. Euchariah endures the spooks just long enough for the storm to die down, forcing the Grinch to abandon the trek and return home. His dog Max, visibly depressed and nostalgic throughout
78-779: The Primetime and Los Angeles area Emmys, while NATAS is in charge of the other Emmy honors. In 2007, the organization spawned a peer organization dedicated to new media, called the National Academy of Media Arts & Sciences (NAMAS). NATAS published a magazine , Television Quarterly , which started in 1962. Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda was nominated in July 2024 for the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form for " It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive. " Around 150 people from anti-Palestinian group "Creative Community for Peace" signed
91-639: The national ceremonies. They also administer their own regional scholarship and student productions award programs. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives out only the Los Angeles, CA Regional Chapter Awards. NATAS also supervised the Primetime Emmy Awards until a split between the East and West memberships in the 1970s led to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences leaving NATAS. ATAS supervises
104-676: The packaging and menu still referred to it as Grinch Night ). On October 18, 2011, the special was released on DVD by Warner Home Video under Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose! , along with How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat . On October 23, 2018, it was released on Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as an extra on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Ultimate Edition , along with The Grinch Grinches
117-421: The special, refuses to return with the Grinch and follows Euchariah home where he is greeted as a hero; the Grinch laments that he will "miss that Grinch Night Ball" but finds solace in "that wind will be coming back, someday; I'll be coming back, someday!" and then ends this promise with a sinister laugh. The special was first released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video via their PlayHouse Video banner in 1985. In 1992, it
130-439: The whole village goes into lockdown . Euchariah, a young Who with astigmatism , goes out to the " euphemism " and blows away. He runs into the Grinch as he is picking brickles out of his fur, the result of a failed attempt to hunt down the last Wuzzy Woozoo. After giving Euchariah a brief spook, the Grinch decides the young boy is too small to waste time on and resumes his trek to Whoville. Euchariah decides that he must stall
143-486: Was eligible. However, once the Daytime Emmy Awards were formed, only primetime television remained eligible. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) revised their rules for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards to exclude primetime specials or extensions of a daytime series from eligibility for the award. The rule change followed three consecutive wins for Sesame Street primetime specials. The category
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#1733085612553156-468: Was released again by Random House Home Video on VHS under the title It's Grinch Night . It was also released on VHS by CBS Video through Fox Kids Video in 1996 under the title Grinch Night , along with a sing-along version. In 2003, the special was released as a bonus special on the VHS and DVD release of Dr. Seuss on the Loose from Universal Studios Home Entertainment under its original title (though
169-568: Was retired beginning with the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards , citing that streaming services had created further confusion over whether children's programs would be eligible for the award or not. The NATAS , who organizes the Daytime Emmys, announced in 2021 that it would introduce a Children's and Family Emmy Awards presentation beginning in 2022. National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ( NATAS )
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