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[VIDEO] Watch Daytime Emmy Awards 2019 — Live Stream

The 71st Emmy Awards returns to FOX, airing LIVE coast to coast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT). The announcement was made jointly by the Television Academy and FOX. The Emmy Awards recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media. The Emmy Award is a symbol of peer recognition from more than 23,000 voting members of the Television Academy. Host(s) and producers for the 71st Emmy Awards will be announced at a later date. For more information and updates on the 71st Emmy Awards Live Online , go to TelevisionAcademy.com/Emmys and follow @TelevisionAcad on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Snapchat. About the Television Academy The Television Academy seeks to expand the horizons of television excellence. Through the programs, publications and events of the Academy and its Foundation, it strives to empower storytellers who shape the evolving television space. And it cele

Should sports do more to help female athletes feel 'more comfortable' having children during career

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You want to reach the top of your sport, but you also want to start a family. It's a conundrum facing many sportswomen. Some British athletes, like Jessica Ennis-Hill and Jo Pavey, have become mothers and then come back to compete at the very top. But for some, it's a seemingly impossible situation. As such, England netball captain Ama Agbeze has called upon sports' governing bodies to introduce specific maternity policies to enable female athletes to feel "more comfortable" having children during their career. Agbeze, 36, wants to start a family with her husband but told BBC Sport taking time out of her career would be a "significant decision". While she said it wasn't "taboo", she added that pregnancy was among "things that just don't get mentioned". "If you're forewarned, you're forearmed," she said. "Hopefully they will start putting procedures and policies in place so that from as so