The Television Academy Hall of Fame is an annual televised ceremony, inaugurated in 1984 and sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Hall of Fame is a means of honoring individuals who, over the course of their careers, have made significant contributions to the television medium; inductees have included on-camera performers and newscasters, but also directors, producers, writers, and designers, amongst others. Unlike other "Halls of Fame," the Television Academy Hall of Fame exists purely as ceremony, and the umbrella title for the annual specials, and not as an actual museum. However, in May 1991, when the academy moved to new headquarters, a spot on the corner of Magnolia and Lankershim in Hollywood, California was reserved for the Hall of Fame Plaza, an outdoor exhi