EMMY-WINNING SURVIVOR?

Survivor creator Mark Burnett may soon have an Emmy to go with his vast fortune. According to Variety, the Academy of Television Arts &#038 Sciences voted to create two new primetime categories that will honor reality TV. Outstanding Nonfiction Programming (reality) would include such entertainment-based shows as Fox's Temptation Island, the WB's Popstars and ABC's Making the Band, while Outstanding Nonfiction Programming (special class) would recognize shows that culminate with a cash-prize winner, like Survivor and Big Brother. (Don't hold your breath, housemates.) The move takes effect this year.

TV GuideNews Feb. 9, 2001 at 12:00 a.m. PT